The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-11-12
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Pardon Fault ~ Nos Liz.
Paris, Frauca-Dramafic sttnationa
followed fast. ons upon another. IL Ia
aasise court. where tAs trial OF Nine.
Marguerite 6teinhsii. was continaed.
A. on the opsninG day u tAi@ senaa-
tionAl case. ali Psris ri wrought 10
. high tension = the promised dis
closures and. although Il vaa known
that but few psrsons could pAas within
the precinst Of the court. hundreds
remained outside to watch and to dis
cuss In excited tones the prOgre&s u
the case ~ IL came To them through
the Newspaper extras that flooded the
streets.
Nine. Steinheil was again on thu
stand. dressed In . mourning gown. =
dramatic. though pathetic, figure. tight
ing hard tor her life. And In the
midst Of her inquisition BY the prcsid-
Ing Judge. her attorney. NJ. Aabtn.
with dramatic effect, suddenly pushed
to the forefront = man who. he said.
wished : o confess that be had taken
part In the murders OF which Mime.
SteinheIl was charged.
NJ. Aubin read letter signed
"Jean lie Fevre." asking that he be
permitted to confess. and then he
pointed at the ma and said;
This Ia Jean lie Fevre."
Nine. Steinheil CARED NJ him weari-
~ and after he had made \ rambling
statement. In which he said that. dis
guised ~ a woman and wearing a wig
OF red hair. he had helped to commit
the murders. she declared that she
could not identify him as one Of the
another attemtp to battle justice. A
described.
The presiding Judge promptly order
ed lie Fevre's arrest and an investi-
CATION OF his statement and warned
the jury that this might prove to be
another attemtp to battle justice. A
search OF the man disclosed two photo
graphs. one Of Nine. Steinheii and the
other OF the house where the crime
was committed. lie Fevre was locked
up as a v~agahond.
The police thus far are inclined to
belongs in the category OF Incidents
well known to cr~iminologtsts. where
an individual, half demented by the
reading of the case and possible fancy
ing himself in love with the prisoner.
has resolved to sacrifice himself for
a fascinating woman. lie Fevre's des-
cription of the crime conceded with
the original version upon which Mime.
Steinheil % insists
On further examination before the
magistrate, lie Fevre said that his
name is Rene Collard and that he ia
an actor. He admitted that he had
not the slightest connection with the
crime. and had merely acted on a
chicalrous impulse TO save Nine. Stein
he'll. of whose innocence he was con-
vinced. He was ordered detained
pending ~verification OF his identity.
Just before the close OF the day
came the first direct mention OF the
late Felix Faure. former president OF
France.
Several times the prisoner made
vague references 10 important politi-
cal personages who had formerly been
her friends,
Responding to a question AZ to
whether II was at the home Of Nine.
Hazeline. at Hayre. she met President
Felix Faure. the prisoner replied:
mo II was during a trip in the Alps"
The judge did not pursue this line
OF inquiry further. Owing to the
many trying ordeals OF the day and
the fatigue which the prisoner showed,
her lawyer asked for an early adjourn
ment and the hearing was brought to
a close by the judge making refer
ence TO the accusation against rreder-
lex Harrison Birmingham. an Amer
lean newspaper man. but the prisoner
persisted that she had never definitely
accused him. but had only said that
he resembied one OF the a~ssassins.
A summary OF the days evidence
shows that the judge failed to shake
Nine. Steinheiis original version OF
the crime. She admitted intrigue, but
heatedly denied hat she sent her
mother to solicit money from her low
ers and she insisted that her husband
had never protited by her " immor-
al life. Admitting that she had done
wrong. In a fearful voice. she be-
seeched the jury to pardon her faults.
She defended herself by saying that
since she did not live with her hus-
band ~ his wife she ionged for sym