New-York tribune., 1909-11-07
STElNHElL In NET
HER CASE WEAKENED
By TESTIMONY.
Efforts of Politicians to Re-
open Dreyfus Case Likely
TO Fail.
to Fail.
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lBy French Catls % The Tr!sunt.
Paris. Nov. 6-Mnne. Steinheil. weary.
with inhamsd. ilny eyes and with
waxen complexion. did not seem 10 be
Size same woman that she was yester-
day. She contemplated with iassitude
The arst hatch Of the sixty-tyvo wit
nesses for the prosecution. She took lit
tle interest in the contradictions of
Rene coUillard. the young dragon and
former servant. IN whose vet. II is
charged. she had placed the incriminat-
ing pearls.
Her brother-sn-law. N. Bonnapd, who
ELECTED the indignation even of tie
bench by his nonkeylike antics in imi-
Eating Nine SteinheiGs voice. created
by the eynicism OF his evidence wave
~ feeling In Nine. steinheil's favor. but
Nine. steiahcl herself cissipated this by
bursting forth into an eloquent and e1-
ceedingly well delivered sermon Of CEN
sure or the general question OF house
hold ethics and tie washing OF soiled
Family linen.
Taken an togeth, to-day's lighting 5
r,nfavorable 10 Nine. stsinheiL who thus
stiu further rscs -ound.
one must be on the SPOT 20 realize
fhe tremendous interest manifested
throughout France IN the SteinheA
trial Public attention IS monopoliEed
by The beautiful. pale, impassioneo,
uagic widow. who, ike q tgTess az
hay. is being gradually subdued by
the circle Of IRE with which she
IS surrounded. and which. by means Cf
ihe inquisitorial procedure OF criminal
5urispi udence prevailing in France and
other Latin counties. is steadily drawn
closer ana closer about her. There Is
a strong undercurrent 90 sympa ay
aroused by the woman making such
vigorous iglt, but all admit that tie
network OF oircumstanusl evidence
against her seems 20 be ineXtricable, al
thcugh no direct evidence Of her guilt
has yet been established. Scanning the
somewhat commonplace features Of the
1urymen. il seems indeed questionable
whether they are The sort OF men who
would act on the principle Of Anglo
Saxon justice and give the prisoner the
benelt OF a doubt.
Great care is taken TO prevent the
name Of the late President Felix Faure
from being pronounced in the trial So
far he has been only discreetly alluded
10 II Is well known that there is linger-
ing q political clique which has never
\ been reconci,ed 10 the decision Of the
u Dreyfus case, and seeks 10 use the
StoinhC-l trial as an instrument TO bring
rhe Dreyfus nightmare once mere before
r-1rFH u
Faure once said that rs long as he lived
thcre would be nc revision Of the Drey-
~. case and II is known that. Nine.
Steiuhcn was Tor O brief period q sort
~ -Presidente de la main gauche" OF
the republic, and that II was 10 Nine
Stelnheil that President Faure spoke the
last words which ne ever uttered A
Eroup Of bitter enemies Of the present
parliamentary regime hoped 20 arouse
public feeling boy insinUating that Mime.
Steinhen was utilized by the friends of
Dreyfus 10 remove the President, who
was irreVocably opposed 10 revision OF
The trial.
II can be stated to-day. however. on
the very highest auIherity thar not a
single iota OF evidence tending 70 sub
stantiate these insinuations or state
menis has been obtained, notwithstand-
Ing the fact that almost superhuman ef-
forts have been made 20 do so. Thus.
The only serious political factor Of the
Steinheil trial is now considered as elm
mated and This is felt to be OF vast i'm
portance. in view OF the present parlia-
nlentary situation and Of the forthcou-
ing general elections. cir