The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-06
RESEMBLES DAYS
OF |NQU|S|1|ON
Woman Defendant in StelllheIl
Murder Case Subjected to
Awful Ordeal.
JUDGE on THE BENCH
CALLS HER CONSTANT LIAR
She Breaks Down Under Strain
of Examination and FalntS
in Courtroom.

he'll again took the stand, 1T beng &c
cided 10 resume the direct interroga
tory addressed to her yesterday.
She plainly showed the effects Of the
irving ordeal she had passed through
during the last two pays. Great black
-inss were under her eyes and her face
had the color Of putty. Nevertheless
she rose TO her feet when the inquiry
began, and responded bravely to the
examination.
The presiding Judge, NJ DevalleS,
showed solicitation st the outset, lest
the strain of the previous days had
taxed the witness strength too Sc
ycrely. but he was quickly reassured
bv Madame Stciubcil. who said:
..No. I am not at all fstigucd.
Actor Disposed Of.
In opening the proceeding, Judge
Devalles dealt with tho appearance
ycstcrday of Reno Collard, an actor,
who caused momcntary sensation by
asserting be was the real assassin
JUDGE Devalles disposed Of tins incl
dent as pure invention. -,
cit is nothing more than Joke
said the court ''The inquiry has es-
iablisbed that this Was crackbrhlnsu
youth whose parents have stated thaC
I he followed the case passionately, and
bad previously attempted to intervene
with ANONYMOUS letters addressed TO
the examining magistrate.
Judge Dcvalles then tnrned his at
4 tcption 10 Madame Steuhcil. He CON
/ frontcd her with various conflicting
I statcmcuts she had made regarding the
occurrences on the night of the crime.
/ lie also questioned her closely ON tne
l. Involved financial condition oi the
4 steinheil household at the time Of the
murders.
Appeals to Jury.
NJ Madame Steinhejl's composurc grad
II ualy gave way before the succession OF
= sharp interrogatnrics. Her feeling at
Il last found expression in 40 agoDiled
d food of words in which she appealed
10 tho Jury to believe IN her innocence,
Complaining bitterly that in the hour
j Of her misfortune She had been desert
ed By high placed friends. asserting
i also that society women who had ire
N qucuted her home had now deserted
her.
n Notwithstanding this passionate ap-
Npeal, Judge Devslles pursued his inter.
Togatorics relcutlcssly. When he pinned
Z her down with proof that she had con
y cesied Jewels that she afterward said
had been stolen, she turned her back
? ton him, and with crossed arms and
= fashng eyes, admitted that she had
= done so. justifyipg her acton by the
y motherly instinct of shielding her
daughter from the knowledge that the
Jewels had come from her lover.
Fl The prisoner indignantly denied that
vi her sensational attempt to revive the
: 1ease last fall by an accusation against
t1lloune Wolf, The son of the cook IN
Tue Sieipbeil household. was due TO
iiIihe insis,cnce of her sweetheart; Maur-
spce Bordercl, the merchant whom IT
nIwns supposed she desired To marry, and
ir1n am effort TO clear herself.
Borderel had passed out of my
4 ff1ife,' said Nine. Stcinhcil, "and
ik had no thought of him My solicita-
us hon was to save my daughter S en-
I Ifagement 10 Pierre BussioD.
4 u In an interview today, Bordercl re.
81 aifirmnd his faith in the innocence of
rsi Nine Steinbell. saying she knew mar
1iagc with him would be impossible
N hnd that therefore tho alleged motive
.,3pf tho murder Of her husband was uu-
, fcnablc, He added;
'She did not revive the case on my
~ acronnt. for she knew The woman whom
Ia had loved was not the woman whose
,u[ }ntrigucs with Faurc, Cbouanard, Balm
lgpfourt aud So many others have been
Exposed"
abs Court Is Relentless.
~ The Judge continued doggcdIv ia
~ ofce the prisoner to rctrace step bv
,o ft'p h"r actions during The feycrish
y - ppnths following tho crime, confusing
~ ~ rsr at every turn with some new story
rnich she had told, or compelling her
~ explain over and over again why
pa kue had accused wronefully Burling.
pf Pani, the American newspaper man
ityu''iard the servant, and young Wolf
NkPcn each occasion Nine. Stcinbeil
W. pught refuge behind the plea that IL
soS;t ~ trenzicd desire 10 clear herself
Is ~ rom the awful iuiputatiou that she
noSt pad murdered her husband and mother
lsN I,oe nad acted upon any suggestion tina,
~rme into her head.
Inp'Y yudgc Dev1llcs was particularly So
d : LIZ ~ MS crosse examination us TO tho
uisn un OF feeling displayed by the pris
I. 49, ~ hef mothers funeral,
ilrss defendant Nearly Collapses.
mpb although today's session of the court
,aa CO, NOT begin until 1880 u. m.. tn,
ios,tD, nneai was SO severe that before tho
o! yssrnoou had passed it had been nee
Y, IN iiy 10 interrupt tho proceedings sev
,,sr:t tro ts' unlcs IN order that the accused
~ quiet her
- as;h,t one time when Madame Stein
~ bd,o acisiared Couiilard had lied, th,
4 Trf inTre INTERRUPTED sharply with tho cx
20 "a II ra,a,pn' ra.a ,hsn' But you also led
wv, TINS NJ Auhin sprauc 10 his fee
pss6E protested against the remark o.
,std lsuqdge Dcvalles rctor;ed.
sear .ad am justified in saving the ac
ter nea mas never ceased 10 lie concern
p, pg'ss s ~ X .his affair. Her stories arc tissue
Vy = ~ S,s a-ste IN the afternoon the proceedine
= pcsal s.e suspended for a short time WbSl
Irans werc resumed, Madame Stcinhei
Of ,llns - "''Fi respite. her examination be
Continued on Page Two.
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