The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-11
COX IS LOYAL TO HER MISTRESS Testi6es For Madame Stein
 .heil JUDGE QUESTIONS WOMAN Paris S6n Abserbed in Murder
 Mystery. Desendent Cries out Against the Un- fair Methods of the Court Merchant BordeyeI is Frank
 T. His Statements.
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JUDGE QUESTIONS WOMAN

than did Marietta Wolf. the cook in the steinheil household who was call ed today as witness in the trial of Madame steinheil for the murder of her husband and stepmother. When the judge had led her through a labyrinth of contradictory state- ments. ne Suddenly chalfenged the wit-- ness with this abstract from her origi- nal testimony:
 "When Madame Steinheil learned that her husband was dead she ejacu- lated: At last am free." servant replied
 " No. I have been misquoted. What Madame steinheil said was At last am afone.'"
 The woman insisted that the wife was devoted to her artist husband. Next to the prisoner Marietta Wolf excited the most interest in the court room. as in the popular mind she Is suspected of holding the key to the mystery of the Steinheil home. She was the first witness today and hush of expectancy greeted her appearance on the stand. She was gowned In black and her attitude was as sombre as the clothes she wore. As a witness she was retfcent and volunteered noth- Ing. When pressed with specific aues- tions by the judge. she replied fre- ouently:
 T do not know" or T do not re- member"
 She could not. however, conceal her nervousness and she consulted fre- euentiy with the attorney for the de- Tense. She testified that Madame Steinheil had known all of the Wolf children. but AIexandre whom she once accused. least of all. She admitted that her mistress addressed Alexandre by a familiar appeiiation- Home' Is Described. Judge Devalles with considerable difncuIty induced the witness to de- scribe the steinheil hetne ana ssll how Madame steihhatl had leased "Greeri Lodge" in order that she might there receive her lovers.
 It was after she had expressed the opinion that Aldolphe Steinheil was Ignorant of his wife's fntrigues that the witness was confronted with the opposition which she made for the po- lice soon after the tragedy and iu which the witness said she had been misquoted She added that the priso- her had always shown herself very fond of both her husband and her stepmother and she volunteered the further statement that Steinheil occas- fonaily took opium
 During the examination of the cook, Madame steinheil displayed great nervousness, frequently fnterrupting with passionate protests against the questions and deductions made from the answer eiicited.
 When Marietta Wolf was piled with questions especially damaging to the case of the defendant. she found re- fuge in the plea that she had been too much upset by the crime to re- member distinctly all the details of what immediately followed.
 Marietta Wolf contradicted catego- rieaIiy the testimony given yesterday by the newspaper photographer. Bar by. Witness said that she had never stated. as Barby had said. that she would deny everything if Madame Steinheil was arrested. The witness was confronted with Barby and re- peated in his presence the denials she had made before.
 stormy Scenes.
 Several stormy scenes occurred dur. ing the afternoon. At one point Madame Steinheil interrupted angrily and shouted defiantly that if it was true that she had received $1,200 from her lover, Chounard. the iron manu- facturer, he had made hundred times that amount from clients whom she had brought him
 sThe testimony of Marietta Wolf, like that of her son Alexandre, who followed her on the stand. was who'll ly favorable to the defendant Alex andre admitted that the accused wo- man had been in the habit of address ing him as Thou" and that she had kissed him on New Years day. He offered the opinion that Madame Steinheil had been led to accuse him nr. a rt 0f the police and the newspaper report CTS.
 Further testimony to the advantage of the defendant was developed from the witnesses who followed. Among these was nurse who cared for the widow after the murders and who had testified originally that Madame Steinheil's illness at the time appear ed to her feigned. Today the nurse testified to the contrary.
 Merchant Testifies.
 witness of much interest was Maurice Borderel. the wealthy mer- chant and former friend of the pris- oner One of the motives alleged against Madame Steinheil was a de- sire to rid herself of her husband in order that she might marry Borderel The merchants testimony was dis tinctIy favorable to his old time com panion.
 The witness also made an excellent impression upon the jury by the frankness with which he admitted his former association with the accused. Despite the revelations which had been made to him concerning the wo- mans character, Borderel could not be shaken in his conviction that the woman was wholly innocent of the crime.
 He was rather vague fin his replies when questioned as to his intentions regarding 0 remarriage but confirm ed his earlier testimony that Madame Steinheil telephoned him on the morning following the murders.
 At one time when the judge had pointed out discrepancies between the testimony given at the preliminary hearing and that offered in defense today Madame steinheil cried out this comparison was unfair inasmuch as Magistrate Andre who had heard the original testimony. was prejudiced against her
 During his examination BordereI