Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-11-19
NINE. STEINHElL
FREED BY JURY
PARIS REJoIcEs WHEN WOMAN Is
ACQUITTED OF NUMBERING
HUSBAND.
SCENE IN COURT DRAMATIC.
Defendant Sinks to Floor and Falntiy
Murmurs Thanks to the Eeo-
ROBBED Judges.
CROWD CHEERS THE VERDICT.

PARIS, Nov. 15.-Mme. Margherlta
Steinheil is a free woman. Acqultleu
at an early hour Sunday morning OF the
crime of the murder of her husDaho'
Adolphe Steinheil, and of her mother-
in-law, Nine. Japy, she was receiVeu
into the arms of her friends win denlon-
STATIONS peculiarly Partisan.
Even the men in the courtroom "epl
with JOY when the jury's finding was an
nounced. , rs
The conduct of the jury during its
deliberations was such as to warrant the
conclusion that it's original vote was
..guilty.' Three times in its session OF
two and one-half hours it called for eX-
plantations from the president OF the
court At each one of these manltes.
tations of uncertainty in the MINDS OF
the jury the Steinheil sympathlzefs were
carried I'D or down In the scale OF reel
ing.
Crowd Shows Anxiety.
They will acquit her, said some. :,
Then why SO much talk! querled
others.
Rut if there was one person in the
crowd that would have been pleased with
a verdict of guilty no voice was gwen
to the sentiment. Popular feeling was
with the defendant all the way through.
To some degree sentiment and a stu1ty,
crowded courtroom favored the prisoner
and the delay caused much apprehension.
With the final appearance OF the jury,
however. several of whom were smiling,
an instructive feeling Of acqulttal flashed
through the courtroom.
A dramatic scene followed. The red
robed judges and counsel hled IN ana
took their places. Every eye was rlVeted
on the door through which the prisoner
should enter, but she did not appear. NJ.
de Wales, the presiding judge, turned to
the jury and said: "Have you reached
verdict?
The foreman arose and replied: 'On
our conscience we answer No to every
question"
Crowd Cheers Justify.
A salvo of ''bravos" followed this an
nouncement and a perfect bedlam broke
loose. M. Aubin counsel for Nine. Stem
he'll, embraced his colleagues. Men and
women in the rear of the hall jumped
and screamed for joy. The judge threat
ened to clear the courtroom, and when
semblance Of order was restored he
called:
Bring in the accused"
Fully two minutes passed before the
black-robed figure, with a white face
dropping on her breast, appeared in the
doorway, supported on either side by
gendarme. The woman swayed and
seemed to be fainting, but in response
to a wild outburst of cheers she lifted
her head and looked about, smiling faint
ly in acknowledgment. Then she tot
tered forward and sank on the floor be-
side the rail.
When the judge pronounced the YER
dict her faint murmur of thanks was
hardly heard An instant after NJ. Au
bin was over the rail, lifting her in his
arms. The crowds surged forward in a
solid wall, making the rafters ring with
cheers Outside the gloomy court tens
of thousands who had been waiting for
hours took up the cry. Special editions
of the papers spread the news like wild
fire through the boulevards, where thou
sands more were waiting in front of
the cafes, and the same scenes of re-
joicing were witnessed there.
The ceremony of liberating Nine.
Stenheil occurred soon after her acquit-
tai, and the woman. heavily. yelled. ac
companied by a relative and one of her
lawyers, entered a high-powered auto
mobile and dashed away to On unknown
destination.