The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-11-04
.STEINHEIL
ON TRIAL
Artists Widow Faces Charge
of Murder
FOUR HOURS ON STAND
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The Woman Accused Of the Murder Of
Her Husband and Mother in Paris
Stands a Gross Ex-
animation.
FOUR HOURS ON STAND

Paris. Nov. 4.--Madame Steinheil. in
nocent or guilty., will not need to re-
lproach herself for the manner in which
she endured her four hours ordeal on
the witness stand yesterday. She par
ried with lightning like rapidity every
thrust Of the presiding Judge who in the
French Assize court, acts as prosecuting
Judge.
Once she drove him from his line Of
questioning BY the seornful way il which
she said, you seem to take me for
common street walker She moved the
audience TO murmur Of agreement
when she replied to the Judges comment
trate who conducted the preliminary
inquiry, saying, when d poor woman
has been for seven hours a day for davs
facing a magistrate who keeps harrass-
/ ing her with questions and never ceasing
to repeat ! know you are guilty. You
/ killed your husband and mother when
your mind has been tortured and your
spirit broken, are contradictions AN
natural97
She made all her points with the mt.
| most possible effect She tainted the
prosecution for not daring to confront
her with her lover. Rorderel. whose evi
dence is the governments strongest ar
i gument She Indignantly said; Il have
never sold myself and made Judge
/ Wales confess that she was no money
\ ceeh The testimony yesterday brought
events To dinner on the night of the
crime.
Il may be recalled that Nine. steinheil
who is now about 80 years old, was the
daughter Of NJ. and Nine, Japy, very
respectable couple She was country
girl who was ambitious to 90 to Paris,
and when Adolphe Steinheil well,
known artist, eame along and asked her
to marry him she consented They lived
in Paris with her mother, Mime. Japv.
On May 81, 1905. Paris awoke to
great sensation, murder mystery, which
the trial begun yesterday is about to
solve Adolphe Steinheil. a well known
Iartist he'd been strancled ii his bed IN
the next room, bis mother in-l law, Nine.
Japy, had been killed in similar man
ner. In still another room. Nine. Stein
he'll, his wife, and the prisoner in this
trial, was found gagged and bound. The
only other person in the house was
Remy Couillarl the valet, who discover
ed the double murder and released Nine
steinheil.
Nine. Steinheil was naturally greatly
excited She said she had been bound
and gagged bv three mon and a woman
who, she thought might have been her
husbands models. whom 10 took from
the highways and bvways Of Paris. &c.
cording to her story. All her iewelry
had been taken. The police were unable
TO make any headway for some time.
Nine Steinheil declared that she herself
would rim down the murderers. She
made several false iaentihcations hnt
finally accused Couillard. the valet. In
bis pocket there was found ring which
she had reported to the police in her
list Of missing iewelry Afterward the
woman confessed that she had put the
ring in Couillard's pocket III order to
shield another whom she loved. This
other person had dropped her.
Interest in the mysterious case was
heightened by the fact that Nine. Stein
he'll had been friend Of the late Presi.
dent Felix Faure. who died suddenly Of
apoplcxy in 1893 In fact it has been as
serted that she was in his company
few hours before he died IN rather
mysterious way IN the presidential
abode. whittier be had been hastily re.
moved from the house of an actress.