Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-13
Listens All Day to Pros
eculor's Denunciation'
But His Argument Is Said to
Be Very Vulnerable.
Expected That She Will Address
The Jury in Own Behalf.

Paris Nov. 12.-The entire session of
the Steinheil murder case TODAY was
taken up with an impassioned plea
by Advocate General Trouard Riolle
for the conviction of the woman who is
charged with having killed her Eus-
band and her stepmother, and, be-
cause Nine Steinheirs counsel, NJ
Aubn, is yet to be heard, doubt has
arisen whether the fate of the woman
will be placed with the jury tomor-
row.
The prosecutor showed neither pity
nor mercy in his address to the jury.
He painted the accused woman in the
blacklist of colors-as the most wicked
type of woman, a born liar ana as one
whose whole life, before and after the
crime, justified the presumption of her
guilt. He developed the theory that
after her rich and generous lover,
Chouanard abandoned her in 1907,
Nine. Steinheii realized that she was
almost at the end of her tcther, and
be said that when she got Maurice
Borderel in her clutches she was de-
| termincd to hold him even at the price
of murder.
Against Nine. Steinhairs story that
burglars committed the crime, the
prosecutor insisted that they were
myths; and he undertook to recon-
struct the scenes which actually hap
pened, contendinG that while the ac-
cused woman and her accomplices We're
| tying Nine Japy NJ. Steinheil was
aroused by the noise and jumped out
| of bed. Thereupon they attacked and
killed him, and, returning to Nine.
Japys room. found her in a bad fright.
| NJ. Trouard Hiolle even undertook to
account for the stoppage Of the clock
| in the St:i1hfil home after the MUIR
| der, advancing the theory that Nine.
| Stcinheil III her anguish could not en-
dure its tick'rg An expert testified
during the ',ial that the clock was
stopped BY itaf. as it was wound up.
| The aicnnc.. ~ NJ. Trouard Biolle
left the inpre.. that the testimony
upon which it w. i.lscd was too con-
1icting and that is fine spun pre-
SUN ptions were toe precise, leaving
him vulnerable before his opponent, NJ
Aubin -
| NJ. Thelater scored heavily at the
| conclusion of the prosecutors address,
when he challenged NJ. Trouard Riolle
to name Marietta Wolf. the cook in
the Steinheil home, and her son Alex
ander, whom throughout the argument
Trouard Riolle had limited at as being
the accomplices of Nine. Steinheil.
| Throughout the day Nine. Steinhei
seemed greatly Depressed. Not once
| did she interrupt the proceedings,
| though frequently she clenched her
| fists and showed signs of anger when
| the prosecutor made particularly
| odious sinsinuations against her
1t is understood that at the con-
clusion of M. Aubin's address, Nine
| Steinheil intends to take advantage
| OF the privilege accorded an accused
person and address the jury in her
own behalf. This would make a dra-
matte climax, and, it is expected, have
a powerful influence on the jury, which
| tonight is reported to be evenly di-
vidcd as to her guilt or innocence.
Two things must be remembered in
connection with a French verdict. First,
the majority vote prevails the foreman
| of the jury having two votes if there be
a tie; second, the jurors are not confined
| but are permitted to return to their
! homes at night, where they are subject
ed to the possible influence of their wives
1t Is notorious that whereas a ma jority
| of the men here favor the acquittal of
Nine. Stenheil, the women are practical
ly unanimous in the belief that she is
guilty.
Nine. Stcinhcil is being dcluged with
letters of every character, many of them
containing offers of marriage if she is
acquitted. Enterprsing theatrical man
aStrs are trying to arrangt for her i'm
mediate appearance on the stage after
release. one having offered 5000 for 80
appearances. Nine. Steinheil is rrpre-
scented as having thrown these letters
away in il rage
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