The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-10
Marietta Wolf, Cook i'm the
Steinheil Household.
Stands Loyalty by Her Mistress
in Her Testimony.
FORMER STATEMENTS
Are COntradicted in Many Par
ticulars by the Witness.
Fails to Remember Anything of
Damaging Kind.

Paris, Nov. 10.-No servant ever
fought more Loyalty for her mistress
than did Marietta Wolf, cook in the
steinheil household, when called today
as a witness in the trial of Nine. Stein
= ell, who is charged with the murder
ii her husband and stepmother.
When the judge had led her through
labyrinth of contradictory statements
ne suddenly challenged her with this
abstract from her original deposition:
When Nine. Steinhefl learned that
her husband was dead she calculated
AT last 1 am Free
Without the least hesitation the SER
ant replied:
mo, I have been misquoted What
Nine. Steinheil said was AT last L am
aione.'''
The witness insisted the wife was
cevoted to her husband. The woman's
testimony aroused much interest in the
court room, as she is suspected of
holding the key to the mystery. AS a
witness she was reticent and volun-
teered nothing, replying frequently tI
do not know or tI do not remember
She testified Madame Steinheil had
known all the Wolf children, but
Alexandra, whom she once accused,
East of all. She admitted her mistress
addressed Alexandra by a familiar ap-
relation.
Judge DeValles induced the witness
to describe the Steinheil home and tell
how Madame Steinheil had leased
Green Lodge" in order that she might
there receive her lovers. 1t was after
she had expressed the opinion that
Adolphe Steinheil was ignorant of his
wife's intrigues that the witness was
confronted with the deposition which
che made for the police soon after the
tragedy.
In this the witness said she had
been misquoted. She volunteeyed the
further statement that Steinheil oc-
casionally took opium.
During the examination Nine.
Steinheil displayed great nervousness,
frequently interrupting with passion
the deductions made from the answer
elected.
When the cook was piled with
questions especially damaging to the
case of the defendant she found
refuge in the plea that she had been
too much upset by the crime to re-
member distinctly all the details.
Her Old Sweetheart Testifies.
Further testimony to the de-
fendant's advantage followed. Among
the witnesses was a nurse who cared
for the widow after the murders and
who had testified originally that Nine
SteinheiPS illness at the tims ap-
peared to her to be fefgned. Today
the nurse testified to the contrary.
Maurice Borderel, the wealthy mer
chant and former friend of the priS-
oner testified favorably to his OLD time
companion. One of the motives
alleged against Nine. Steinheil was a
desire to rid herself of her husband
in order that she might marry
Borderel The witness made an ex-
cellent impression upon the jury by
the frankness with which he admitted
his former association with the ac-
cused Despite the revelations which
had been made to him concerning the
woman's character 'Borderel could not
be shaken in his conviction that she
was wholly innocent of the crime. He
was rather vague in his replies when
questioned as to his intentions regard
ing marriage, but confirmed his
earlier testimony that Nine. Stein
he'll teleDhoned him the day follow
ing the murders.
At one time when the judge had
pointed out discrepancies between the
testimo ony given at the preliminary
hearing and that offered in defense
today, Nine. Steinheil cried out this
comparison was unfair inasmuch as
Magistrate Andre who had heard
the original testimony was pre-
JUDGED against her.
Will Change the Method.
Paris, Nov. 10.-At the conclusion of
the SteinheiI case Minister of Justice
Barthou will propose certain changes OF