Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-12-04
She WAS ACQUITTED
NINE. STEINHEIL FREED FROM
MURDER CHARGE.
Everybody Thinks Her Acquittal Of
Numbering Her Husband Was Due
Directly to Inquisitorial Torture Of
the Court and Her Dramatic Manner
During the Trial.

During the Trial.
Paris, Nov. 15.-From all Paris there
arose a shout of acclaim at 1 o'clock
Sunday morning when Nine. Marguerite
Steinheil was acquitted of the murder
of her husband and stepmother after
one of the most sensational trials IN
the history of Frances modern courts.
The word Acquitted pronounced
at 1880 a. m. in an almost inaudible
tone by the foreman of the jury in the
crowded assize courtroom in the Palais
de Justice, spread like fire. Nine. Stein
he'll stretched out her arms in mute
gratitude to the jury that gave her
life.
The shout "Acquittal' issued from
the lips of the hundreds of distinguish
} ed spectators in the courtroom. A hys~
terical wave" Acquittal was swept
} along by the hundreds in the corridors
of the Palais de Justice and roned-a
volume of sound-across the sea OF
200, 900 people who jammed the court
: yard of the palais and filed the sur
y, rounding streets for blocks.
"Brava, Bravo They Shout.
n From street to street, from alley to
alley. the tidings spread until the tat
0 tered denizens of the Mont Martre dis
/ trict. from their crooked alleys, Joined
a the thousands in the gay-lit boule-
y wards in cry of "Bravoi bravol the
f red widow is Innocent
Cafes, hotels and residences emptied
their thousands into the steets to join
the mob, mild with excitement, that
J. surged to and fro with but one object
!. I'd sDread the news. Hysterical Paris,
D almost universally Of the opinion that
d the "red widow" was guilty, turned
night into day to shout their approval
OF her acauittal. The courage, BRILL
ancv and cleverness she has shown IN.
her unequal fight against the French
y system Of justice had won the popu-
y lace to her, despite its conviction that
=" she was guilty.
Nothing Like It Since Dreyfus.
Paris has not seen the scene Of such
excitement since the public awaited
the verdict IN the famous Dreytus case
20 When it became known that the case
- was ia the hands Of the jury in the
= evening 100000 people, a true Partisan
= crowd, concentrated about the Palais
+" de Justice. The bouleyards were
packed with thousands more.
1t is the almost universal opinion
that the acquittal Of Nine. steinheil
.r. was due directly 10 the inquisitorial
u. torture TO which she was subjected by
he the court and the manner in which she
bore II. Bullied with brutal accuse.
lions. browbeaten with inyectives, her
whole life laid before the jury 10 the
most foul language, she fought back
ID with every woman B weapon al her com
Pc, mand With the facility Of an actress
in she was alternately weeping, pathetic
he figure, helpless and alone, Q magnificent
per woman, aroused indignation angry, re-
A. turning defiance for accusations AND
ny denial for inyeetiye.
a Fascinated the Jury
,se When she took the stand al tho BE-
DO ginning of the trial Mme hteinhei
was submitted Tor three days 10 an in
,es quisilop, possible under the ffencl
,m code Az times Presiding Judge d.
.es Yallee and Paul Ir0uard Riolle, prose
an cpioT general were both op theI Fee
Nj shouting aeopsatlons "a her Ingopgl
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