Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-09
! YOU LIED!" COURT
TELLS STEINHEIL
Her Stories Are Tissues of Lies
He Adds-Lefevre, Who Con-
fessed Crime, Did 1t to
Save Accused.

PARIS, Nov. 6-The steinheil case re-
manned the center of intense interest to-
day. Contrary to expectation, Madame
Steinheil again took the stand. 1t having
been decided to resume the direct inter-
rogatory addressed. to her yesterday. She
/ plainly showed the effects OF the trying
ordeal she had passed through during
the last two days. Nevertheless she rose
to her feet when the inquiry began ano
Il responded bravely to the examination.
/ The presiding Judge, NJ. De Valles'
/ showed solicitation at the outset lest the
| strain Of previous days had taxed the
witness strength too severely but ne
was quickly treasured by Madame Stein
he'll. who said:
/ s.No. I am not at all fatigued."
In opening the proceeding Judge de
Wales dealt with the appearance yester-
day OF Rene Collard. an actor who caus-
ed a momentary sensation by asseruhs
that he was the real assassin Judge us
Wales disposed OF this incident as pure
invention
s.Tt IS nothing more than a joke, SAID
re court. The inquiry has established
that this was a crack-oraineo youth
whose parents have stated that ne toi-
Lowed tine case passionately and had pre-
viouslv attempted to intervene with an
onyunous letters addressed to the exam
lining magistrate. ...a b. ~. at
! Judge de Wales then tuIheu N
,.,tton 10 Madame Steinhen. he con
1904 her with various contlctins
.,steroents she had previously mace re-
| .,.v5,yr- the occurrences on the hlsht %
a. crsne He also questioned her closSIs
-. the Involved financial condition Oh the
S..,-L.,I household at the time Oh 'ii0
murders liar
a. 80 time. when Nine. steinheil oe
/ ,,orad that Couillard had heo' lhe 80
interrupted sharply with 'ne e'''-'''
/ tion:
a. tbis M. Aubin sprang to his rect
= r~otested against the remark OF the
oo,,-t Judge de Wales retorted;
1T av, justified in saying that the accus-
= 80 1ever ceased to lie concerning
| ,hts affair. Her stories are tissues Oh
| lies" A.. ooo.d,r0s
/ uera suspended for a short time. Nheh
/ tbev were resumed Nine. steihneil mao d
] 80, yssnite. her examination being sus-
! ss.s ,rbue the first deposition OF wit
$3.50 was read. This introduced de-
1 s--Intion OF the condition OF the house
j following the crime.
| xx-hen her examination was, resumed
the accused woman described an oroeal 10
/ 80, sbe had been subjected and which
sns said continued for four hours. During
/ that time she claimed that two French
/ journalists had tortured her into de-
bouncing Wolf by telling her that she was
about to be arrested. Before she mao nm
Isbed this recital, Nine. Steinhen broke
! down under excitement ana was leo rant
ing from the court rom
| Madame Steinheirs composure gradual
ly gave way before the succession OF
sharp interrogatoies. Her feeling at last
] found expression In an agonized flood Of
words in which she appealed to the jury
| 10 believe in her innocence, complaining
bitterly that in the hour Of her mistor-
tune she had been deserted by high placed
friends, asserting also that society women
who had frequentel her home had now de-
serted her.
SHIELDED HER DAUGHTER.
Notwithstanding this passionate appeal,
| Judge de Wales pursued his interrogato-
| ries relentlessly. When he pinned her
down with proof that she had concealed
Jewels which she afterwards said had
been stolen, she turned her back on him
I and with crossed arms and flashing eyes
admitted that she had done so, justifying
her action by the motherly instinct of
shielding her daughter from the knowI-
edge that these jewels had come from her
lover. 81 '.-
The prisoner Indignantly denied that
her sensational attempt to revive the
| case last fan by an accusation against
/ young Wolf. the son of the cook In the
| Steinheil household. was due to the in
sistence Of her sweetheart, Maurice Bor-
derel. the merchant whom II was sup
posed she desired TO marry, and in an eff
/ fort to clear herself.
PASSED FROM HER LIFE.
''Borderel had passed out OF my life"
said Nine. Steinheil, land 1 had no
! thought Of him. My sole solicitation was
/ TO save my daughters engagement to
! Pierre Buisson"
In an interview today Borderel reaf-
flrmed his faith in the innocence of Nine.
/ Steinheil. saying that she knew that
marriage with him would be impossible,
and that therefore, the alleged motive for
the murder OF her husband was unten-
able. He added: - -'~-+'
i'she did not revive the case on my &C.
| count. for she knew that the woman
| whom / had loved was not the woman
whose intrigues with Faure. Chouanard.
Balincourt and so many others have been
exposed"
The Judge continued doggedly to force
the prisoner to retrace. step by step, her
actions during the feverish months fol-
| lowing. the crime. confronting her at
| every turn with some new story which
she had told, or compelling her TO ex-
plain over and over again why she had
/ accused wrongfully Birmingham. the
American newspaper man; Couillard, the
servant. and young Wolf Upon each
occasion Nine. Steinheil found refuge be-
hind the plea that, in her franzied de-
| sire to clear herself from the awful I'M
putation that she had murdered her hus-
/ hand and step-mother, she had seized
upon any suggestion that came into her
head. Judge de Wales was particularly
severe in his cross-examination as to the
| lack OF feeling displayed by the priso-
ntr at her mothers funeral.
I Although today's session of the court
/ did not begin until 1880 p. m. the or
deal was so severe that before the af-
ternoon had passed It had been neces-
/ ssry to interrupt the proceedings sew
eral times in order that the accused wo-
man might be given syrup Of ether to
I quiet her agitation.
( Dramatic situations followed fast one
upon another yesterday in the as
size court where the trial OF Nine
Marguerite Steinheil accused of having
murdered her husband and her stepmoth-
er. Nine. Japy, was continued. AS on
the opening day. all Paris was wrought
TO a high tension over the promised dis
closures and although Il was known that