The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-11-24


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Ex.valet Presses Action.
But although Birmingham has been
satisfied with an apology, Remy Couil-
lard, the former valet, now in the dra-
goon s Ss.ea, has taken steps to bring
suit Sue Sc tragic widow" for
damage s Astorissnon defamation
Alexander woiff. .ecief, d the
ironclad Mariette, has rece,.> Nmag-
nanimous difference to the pfesum-
ed. INJURY done him by Nine Stein
he'll. He admits the possibility that
he. too. may sue her for the dam
age done to his reputation.
Unlike her tickle habit, Paris con-
tinues to manifest interest in Nine.
Steinheil, and journalists are doing
their best to stimulate it by every
device known to them. Not only has
this case been most remarkable for
the number Of lies uttered by the de-
fendant, but also for the ever-chang-
Ing fabric of falsehood that has been
built around 1t by others. It does
not matter to the journalists that
their transparent lies live for the day
only; they go right on inventing new
ones to take the place of those which
have dissolved overnight into thin air.
Went To Sanitarium.
Every sort Of story mas been told
about the Whereabouts and doings of
Nine. Steinheil and her daughter. Ev-
er since her acquittal there has been
an eager pack of reporters on the
trail of the former, but by a clever
trick and under the guidance of two
OF her attorneys, she gave them the
slip at the prison door Sunday morn
Ing. She has been reported in q
dozen different places at once. The
truth Is that she passed several days
and nights in sanitarium in q sub
urb OF Paris, where, contrary to many
predictions and positive. statements,
her daughter visited her, and it is
now understood that she is safely
hidden away in some obscure resort
In sunny Italy, where friends have
counseled her to remain for some
months.
These same friends are resortins to
various measures with the object Of
rehabilitating her in public opinion.
1t is reported that she is considering
a proposal that she lecture at stu
pendous compensation in America,
while, another report declares that
she will go on the boards IN tragedy;
others have had her planning her
memoirs.
What the Public Thinks.
Her counsel, indeed, has been quo
ted as saying that Nine. Steinheil
fervently desired to make an .ex-
1haHsttvesstatements to the public; but
public opinion seems for the moment
fixed upon this simple formula con-
cerning the accusation against Nine.
Steinheil, mot proven"
An animated discussion has been
going. on since the close of the trial
as to whether under the code the
tragic widow" can ever be put in
jeopardy again for the same crime.
Strange as 1t may seem, a consider
able number of lawyers have been
found who have readily expressed
the affirmative opinion that she was
not specifically cleared of the imputa-
tion of having inspired or suggested
the murders. =.
1t has been shown that the jury
fuctuated in its view of the question
of guilt. The juror who was excused
on account of illness has since plain
ly indicated that he was in favor of
conviction, and it is said that his in
fluence over his fellow Jurors up to
the moment Of his retirement had
been very great. His successor, the
supplementary juror, was of the op-
posite bias, and is said to have ex-
ercised an equally strong power of
persuasion in that sense.