The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-04-18

Particulars are given today of weird
 ceremony that has taken place at the
 grave of M. Steinheil, the murdered
 painter. There recently arrived in the
 capital a Brahmin, named Timur- Dhar,
 and Sirbangha and Hyran-Singh two Hin
 doc fal1rs, who practice occult science,
 and pretended to know the past, present
 and future. Their mission to Paris is to
 discover the murderers of M Steinheil and
 Mime. Japy, his mother-inlaw, and they
 hope to dc this by holding communica-
 tions with the astral body of the painter.
 The trio attempted to gain access to the
 house of the crime in the Impasse Ron
 sin, but the tenants denied them admis-
 sion. They stared at the facade of the
 house for some moments and then started
 for Le Hey cemetery, where M. Steinheil is buried. They caused mild sensation as they passed through Bourg La Reine wearing their silk turbans, long white robes and bags attached to their sirdes. The cemetery gates were closed The vis-
 itors took off their sandals, and entering
 the cemetery asked to be allowed to find M. Steinheils grave themselves.
 They fitted through Gods acre with uplifted hands. indulging In invocations and sometimes prostrating themselves. No | one gave them the least indication where l M. Steinheils grave is situated. Sudden | ly long cry escaped from Hyran- Singh, | the fakir It resembled something like | "Braaaaaa, maaaa." He found the grave | and his companions -hastened to his side. I The grave seemed already forgotten. l There were four faded Wreaths attached l to the grill at the foot of the monument. | Timur-Dhar and the fakirs removed the l Asiatic tapestry from the tombstone and 1 began their prayers, first of all saluting l the four cardinal points. Then they fell | on their knees and struck the earth with | their fists. Tmur-Dhar afterward lay his l whole length by the grave, and seemed l to be plunged in an hypnotic sleep, while
 his two companions prostrated themselves. l They remained thus for some minutes. l Ultimately they rose and resumed their l salutations to the north, south, east and | west This completed the ceremony. Be- | fore leaving one of the priests picked up l a little earth and leaf from one of the | wreaths and enclosed both in small box l Asked if he had all the clements neces- | sary for finding the murderer or murder CTS of M. Steinheil and Mime. Japy, Timur- | Dhar replied T believe so. We are now | going to fast and pray in order to enter l into communication with the astral body ] of M Steinheil.'
 | The story of a terrible crime committed | by 16-year-old youth named Yves Ker- marrec, comes from Parceur, near Taule. | The youth had been spoilt from his child l hood, all his wants being readily supplied l by his indulgent father. But not content with the gifts of money he received from l time to time, young Yves conceived the
 idea of getting hold of his fathers entire l wealth. He told himself that he could | only do this by murdering his parents. So that he could be present at early mass l the alarm clock was put on at b:30 yester- 1 day morning. His father woke him up l and he went downstairs and dressed him. | self. Returning to the bedroom when he l thought his parents had fallen to sleep | again, he shot his father dead, and fired l three shots at his mother. One bullet l passed through the woman's head, the 1 other two lodged in her arm and bosom | She Is now in dying condition. Mount
 ing his bicycle as if nothing had hap l pened, Yves Kermarrec rode to the solic- | itor's office, where he was employed, and | began to work with his accustomed ener- | gy. When gendarme called at kne office | and informed him that his father was l dead the young clerk simulated a grief l that was almost tragic in it's expression. | He kept up the comedy when he returned | home. He had expected to find his moth CT dead. But the woman still fingered. Making a supreme effort, she raised her self on her elbow, and pointed to the
 youth as the murderer. Yves Kermarrec then confessed his guilt, adding that it was his desire to enter Into possession of
 his heritage that had induced him to com init the crime