Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-12
R|OLLE IS JEERED At
Denunciation of Nine. Stein
he'll Protested by Hearers.
MURMERS IN COURTROOM
Sympathy for Prisoner Anglers
Judge de Wales.
WOLF IS NOT IMPLICATED
Prosecutor Declares He Had No
Part in Crime-Why Accused
Agitated Sleeping Tragedy.
MURMERS IN COURTROOM
s NOT IMPLICATED

| Special Cablesram to The Star
PARIS, November I2.-Advocste Gen.
eraI Paul Trouard Riolle, resuming his
address to the jury in the SteinheiI case
this morning before a crowded court
room. did not proceed Immediately to de-
velop the theory Of the murders which
he somewhat indefinitely outlined yester-
tory Of the crime.
Nine. Steinheil sat statuelike. with
downcast eyes and a mater dolorosa air.
The speech OF the advocate general lost
| much of its effect because it was read
from manuscript. He began by taking up
the contradictory evidence Of the valet.
Remy Couillard, and declared that the
version he gave in court was correct.
The prosecutor dwelt on the words Of
Witness Lecoca, that it was not band.
but a string necklace Nine. Steinheil wore
at the time he saw her; on Nine. Stein
heils declaration to Nine. Godfrey that
a lock of hair had been torn from her
head, which, the prosecutor remarked,
had never been found. and on the fact
that the loosely sewn buttons on NJ
Steinheils shirt had not been torn on In
| the alleged struggle with the burglars
Jeers for Advocate General.
| A murmur of protest sounded through
the courtroom at the advocate generals
sneering tone in commenting on Nine.
Steinheils words. my husband. why
doesn't he come" when she was discov-
cred bound and gagged. This. said NJ.
| Of
she remembered that she had a hus-
band.
! Prosecutor Riolle referred to Nine.
| Steinheils demand for poison and
Marietta VOLTS intention at one time
| to commit suicide as proofs or Nine.
| Steinheils guilt.
any suspicion as to the good faith OF
| Alexander Wolf son of Marietta, who
was accused at one time by the prisoner
of having committed the crime and who
has also been referred to as one or the
friends Of Nine. Steinheil.
THE woman who accuses him lies as
she breathes," shouted the representative
of the government.
What Actuated Nine. Steinheil.
Continuing in his description of the sit
uation in which Nine. Steinheil found
herself after the crime, the advocate gen.
eral said:
Her lover Borderel awaits her reha-
Utilization: the Buisson family do not want
her daughter who was engaged to their
son Pierre, and a downfall from which
she can never recover is In sight. The
only chance of safety is to mslead Justice
by effecting the condemnation OF the In
nocent.
Hence she makes accusations against
Burlingham the American journalist
Rossignol, Alexander Wolf. the son OF
l lat
CouiIlard. For the same reason she writes
letter to the newspapers reopening the
! whole affair"
The advocate general would not admit
gestion. She always acted under her own
inspiration. he said. This was SHOWN In
many ways.
She was quick to take advantage Of
Couillard. the valet, for holding up her
opened, but said he did not read-in order
to make charges against him. She was
likewise quick to take advantage OF her
knowledge Of Alexander VOLTS question
able life in order to accuse him.
Explanation Is Laughed At.
The advocate general. proceeding, asked
in a rhetorical manner whether Nine.
Steinheil had not made certain confes-
sions to her fellow prisoners In st. La
zare prison. The statements OF these fell
low-prisoners have been printed in the
yellow journals here.
Maitre Aubin Nine. Steinheil's counsel.
interrupted to ask the advocate general
why he had not called these prisoners as
witnesses.
because I was not willing to use the
testimony of those whose veracity could
be questioned" replied the advocate gen.
eral.
This reply was regarded as extraordi-
| nary and was greeted with laughter and
protestationS in the courtroom
The advocate general continued that the
prisoners referred to were ordinary law
prisoners and their testimony was rela-
| lively unimpOrtant.
NJ RioIle admitted that the prosecution
had not proved that the gaberdines or
| said the assassins covered themselves. had
not been stolen from the Hebrew theater.
! But the advocate general said he believed
that Nine. Steinheil, with her quick i'm
agination had taken advantage of q SINH
| lar theft which occurred In 1885 at Mont
| beliard, when she lived there. and adopted
| this theory to suit her own case.
When dealing with the false clue con-
meeting Burlinsham, the American jour
nalist with the case. the advocate general
referred to the testimony OF Detective
Ponce who" said the government prose-
cutor. did not fear to say before a pub
| lie minister that he did not believe In the
| culpability Of the accused.
The murmurs in the courtroom over this
statement were so violent that Judge de
Wales threatened to clear the court.
II believe" resumed the advocate gen.
| eral. THAT the detectives duty was SIM
ply to deliver the summons and not to
| offer opinions which carry no weight with
a minister Of state
More Murmurings in Court.
| At this the murmurings in the court
room were renewed.
Referring to the clue in regard to
mysterious automobile supposed to have
been seen about the house on the Impasse
Ronsain the night of the crime. the advo-
cate general said he believed the story