The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
She GETS A REST.
Nine. Steinheil Was Not Recalled
to the Stand
When Her Trial For Murder
Was Resumed Today.
POLICE WITNESSES
introduced to Describe Appear
ance of Her Home
Immediately After Killing of
SteinheiI and Nine. Japy.

SteinheiI and Nine. Japy.
Paris, Nov. 6.-Mme. Steinheil, who
was led fainting from the court room
yesterday, was not called to the stand
when the trial was resumed today
Those who had witnessed the dram
attic situations of the last three days
were prepared for new thrills today
The court, however, elected to con-
tlnue the examination of the states
| Witnesses. which was begun after the
accused woman had collapsed.
The prosecution had announced that
II Will call sfxty-seven witnesses and
three of these were heard late yester-
day. The opening examination today
was along the same lines, police wit
fesseS being introduced to describe the
appearance of the Steinheil home i'm
mediately after Adolph Steinheil and
Nine. Japy had been murdered
The purpose of the testimony was to
show that there were no evidences of
a genuine character to support the
claim of the widow that robbery was
the motive for the crime
AS on preceding days, every one who
lad been granted permission to hear
the case was on hand early and the
usual crowd which failed of admittance
was gathered about the entrance to the
court room. The intense interest of
the public continues.
Former Servant Testifies.
The first witness called today was
Remy Couiliard, formerly servant in
the Steinheil household, but who is
now in the military service. He ap-
peared in the uniform of a dragoon.
1t was Couillard who discovered
Nine. Steinheil bound and gagged in
her bed and the bodies of her hus-
Sfa
rooms. He recounted today the
story which he had told the police
but nothing new was developed. In
his examination special emphasis was
laid on the condition in which Nine
SteinheiI was found and the way in
which she was bound and gagged.
Soon after the crime Couillard left
the service of Nine. Steinheil and on
November 21, 1908, he was arrested
on suspicion of having been impli-
Gated in the murders. H4-
A pearl which Nine. Steinheil had
claimed was stolen from the home at
the time of the murders had been
found in his pocket, but after he had
been held in Jail for several days he
was released on Nine. SteinheiTs con-
fession that she had placed the jewel
in his pocket.
She claimed she had become con-
vinced that the servant was guilty,
and believing that if arrested he
would confess, she planned to bring
him into the custody of the police.
Damaging to the Defense.
Couillard's testimony was damaging
when he found Nine Steinheil she
told him only of a burglary, making
no mention of her husband and step
mother who lay dead in their rooms
He said the gag was not in her
mouth but near the pillow on which
cd EJor bop dc tod
in front of her and not behind her
back as she had testified. the witness
said and both the ropes about her
wrists and ankles were loosely bound
Moreover the witness said that af-
ter the police had arrived and the
woman had told them the story of
the murders the telephone bell rang
whereupon Nine. Steinheil who had
been feigning illness and pain, ordered
him from the room and springing
from her bed, answered the telephone.
During this testimony the prisoner
interrupted repeatedly, denying most
of Couillard's statements as fast as he
made them.
The questions of Judge Devalles en-
phasized the Importance to the state
tioning brought out the statement that
the alleged murderess had ordered that
their watch dog be removed from the
house on the night preceding the muir
rid of the animal, the witness said, on
the ground that it was i'll smelling and
also sometimes damaged the pictures in
her husbands studio. Couillard was
followed on the stand by police wit
nesses.
During the afternoon much contra
dictory testimony was given regarding
how Nine Steinheil was bound, the
general appearance of things in the
household on the morning after the
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whether the artist knew of his wife's
intrigueS with other men. One of
Steinheils models man named An
tanzio, swore that a few days before
the murders the painter told him that
he intended to divorce his wife for the
sake of their daughter. On the other
nand NJ. Rouneaud. a brother-in-law
of Steinheil, testified that the painter
always had insisted that his wife's
character had been maligned.
Husbands Relatives Heard.
He said NJ. Steinheil adored his wife
and was in no way suspicious of her.
NJ. Bouneaud and his family, however,
knew Nine. Steinheifs character and
severed their relations with her after
the gossip following the death of Presi-
dent Faure.
Another brother-in-law of Steinheil on
the contrary testified that the artist
was familiar with his wifeS eScapades.
This statement aroused an outburst of
from Nine. Steinheil, who
cried out:
You have dishonored the memory of
my husband. 1t is infamous"
DR.. Legist testified that the binding
and gagging of Nine. Steinheil seemed
to him to be fake.
Following the Introduction of some
further but u1finc portant testimony the
case was adjourned until Monday.
Sensational Break in Cotton.