Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-06

case and had previously attempted to in
tervene with anonymous letters addressed
10 the examining magistrate"
Defendant Becomes Excited.
Judge DeValles then turned his attention
to Nine SteinheiL He confronted her with
various conflicting statements she had
previously made regarding the occurrences
on the night Of the crime. He also ques-
toned her closely on the involved financial
condition OF the steinheI household at
the time OF the murders.
Nine %Steinheil's composure gradually
gave way before the succession Of sharp
interrogatories Her feeling at last found
expression in ar agoniEed flood Of words
In which she appealed to the jury to be-
lieve in her innocence, complaining bit
teriy that In the hour Of her misfortune
she had been deserted by high-placed
friends, asserting also that society women
who had frequented her home had now
deserted her.
Notwithstanding this passionate appeal
Judge DeValles pursued his interrogatories
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 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 knowledge tina these
jewels had come from her lover.
Clears Former Lover.
The prisoner Indignantly denied that her
attempt to revive the case last fall by an
accusation against young Wolf, the son OF
the cook In the household, was due to the
insistence of her sweetheart, Maurice Bor-
derel, the merchant whom it was supposed
she desired to marry. and in an effort to
clear herself.
"Borderel had passed out OF my life"
| said Nine. %Steinheil. and ] had no thought
OF him. My sole solicitation was to save
my daughters engagement TO Pierre Bulls
SON"
Infan interview today Borderel affirmed
his faith IN the innocence OF Mrs. Steinheil,
saying that she knew that marriage with
him would be impossible and that there
fore the motive for the murder Of her hus-
band was unnatural. He added;
she did not revive the case on my &C
count. for she knew that the woman whom
I had loved was not the woman whose in
trfeues with Faure, Chounard, Balincourt
and so many others have been exposed"
The Judge continued doggedly to force the
prisoner to retrace step by step her ae-
tons during the feverish months follow
ing the crime. confronting her with every
turn with som new story which she had
told. or compelling her to explain over and
over again why she had accused wrong
4 fully Birmingham, Couillard. the servant,
and Young Wolf. Upon each occasion she
took refuge behind the plea that In her
frenzied desire to clear herself from the
i~mputauon that she had murdered her
husband ana mother. she had seized upon
any suggestion tina came into her head
Judge DeValIes was very severe in MS cross
examination as to the lack Of feeling ais
played by the prisoner at her mothers
funeral.
JudEe says She Lies.
Although today's session Of the oour'
ala not begin until 1880 p. m. the ordea
was so severe that before the Afternoon
had raised il had been necessary TO inter.
rupt the proceedings in order that the &C.
cused woman might be given time to quie'
her nerves.
At one time when Nine. Steinheil de
clared that Couillard had lied the judg'
interrupted sharply with the exclamation
But you also lied"
At this NJ. Audin sprang to his feet ant
protested against the remaTk Of the court
Judge Devallss retorted;
Il am justified in saying the accuse,
has never ceased 10 lie concerning thi
affair. Her stories are tissues Of lies"
Late in the afternoon the proceeding
were suspended for a short time. Whei
they were resumed Nine. Steinhen had
brief respite. her examination being sus
pended while the first dispositions Of wit
nesses were read. This introduced a de