The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-14
s..n.. Of LAST pay Of Trial.

Paris Nov. 13.-The puDnc tooa!
awaits with confidence the acanittal
of Margherita Steinheil. Guilty or m
nocent the impression is general that
the state has not made out case.
originally charging that she murdered
both her painter husband, Adoiph
steinheil. and her step-mother, Nine
.Japy, the prosecution modified Its al
legations as the trial progressed. final-
Iv eliminating the charge of patricide
and admitting that the accused woin-
an might have been an accomplice
rather than a principal in the death
of her husband.
The confidence of the public Is
shared by the accused. her counsel ana
immediate friends. This was shown
when Nine. Steinheil entered the court
room today She had recovered some-
what from the physical collapse OF
Yesterday and smiled family. Her
counsel. NJ. Aubin. glanced first at his
client and then about the courtroom
triumphantly. as if his case was al
ready won. In case of her acquittal
her friends have arranged to spirit
the widow away to some quiet place
in the country. where she may recu-
perate from the effects of her trying
ordeal.
clamor for Adrnittanee.
All Paris, it seemed, clamored today
at the doors of the palace OF justice
when the curtain rose upon the final
act of the legal drama. which has
thrilled and absorbed France to the
exclusion of practically everything else
for 10 days. Among those who gained
| admission were Henri Rochefort. the
veteran journalist. whose attempts to
| give the tragedy Il political color have
gone far to excite popular interest
| in the case; several well-known dram
atists and playwrights. and dozen
| other celebrities.
The resumption of the trial this aft
ernoons began with the argument OF
NJ. Aubin for the defense and was de-
| layed by the unexplained absence n
| the foreman of the jury. NJ. Poupart.
] a merchant of st. Ouen. A fellow
| juror explained that yesterday the
/ foreman had complained of vertigo
| Judge Devalles ordered physician to
| see Poupart and In the .leantime sus-
| pended the sitting of the court.
Marietta Wolf. the former cook OF
I the Steinheil household. and her son
| Alexandra. both of whom had testi-
| fed for the defense contributed t.
/ the general excitement today with
! grand outbursts of indignation. Be-
/ fore the sitting of the court Nine
| Wolf and her son were told of tho
open intimation made in the court
yesterday that they had been accom-
plices in the murder. Marietta turned
pale at the words of her informant
| hut che recovsrad herself and declared
she had no fear She asked angriis
why she had been asked this aues'
| ton:
/ Nine. Wolf Becomes Excited.
1T is good thing that Alexandra
/ was not present in court when the IN
| situations We're made. for had he beer
he would have raised pretty row
/ Alexandra. too, made a great show
of being furious and declared that il
he had been present in court .wher
the prosecutor made his insinuation.
| he would have bounded into the arena
and shouted:
Here l am. Now, what have yot
to sa.a"
forced her way into the courtroom ant
attempted to reach the judges bench
but she was seized by the police ane
unceremoniously dragged out of th'
place. The report continues curren
that both Marietta and Alexandra
Wolf are in imminent danger of ar
| rest.
Among those who sought standing
room in the courtroom today was Re
jane. the actress.