The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-14
MADAME STEINHEIL IS
 ACQUITTED BY JURY
 OF MURDER CHARGE
fCoNrINurD FROM PAGE l.,

kSOAN A4s C MIL IT AAOm ~-~~~~-~~~~>~~-~>~~~~~- -~~~~>~->~~~->~~~~~~- 1899 the Steinheils were actually in want But let us leave this man. was a great patriot, asleep in his tomb.'
 M. Aubin began his address by point ing out that in IS months of investiga- ton the prosecution had been unable to solve the mystery of the crime. He then pictured Mme. Stinheils life from her girlhood up to the time of the murder. He said she had brought men high in financial, political and judicial circles to her home merely to advance the interests of her artist husband.
 There was much laughter at this as the spectators quickly recalled that three judges had written some very tender love letters.
 Tender Letters Read.
 After the reference to Faure. during which the prisoner wept quietly, Aubin took up her other lovers, Chouanard, Balincourt and lastly Maurice Borderel, for love of whom the prosecution charged she committed the double crime. Aubn said her relations with all were honorable. In support of the theory that Mme. Steinheil was not the vampire the prosecution painted her, M. Aubin read a number of tender letters written by the prisoner to her parents long before the murder. He also spoke of the pride of her husband in the talents and beauty of his wife and the disdain with which he thrust aside the gossip concerning her. Aubin, however, admitted she had made many mistakes, but pleaded that because of them she ought not to be put to death, as seemed the contention of the prosecution.
 The proceedings of the day were thrice interrupted. The first break occurred when it was discovered that the foreman of the jury M. Pourpart, was i'll. A sub stitute was put In his place. Soon after this Mariette Wolff demanded an apology from the advocate general because he had hinted in his argument that she was an accomplice of Mime. Steinheil. Judge De Valles curtly dismissed her plea, say ing the advocate general had made no such statement or intimation. The last interruption of the day came just be- fore o'clock It was from Mime. Stein hell herself. She became so i'll that it was necessary for M. Aubin to close temporarily and the prisoner be taken to her cell for medical treatment. She was on the verge of collapse.
 Demand of Prosecution. After Mime. Steinheil had been sufficient ly revived she was led, back to the dock and M Aubin continued his plea far into the night. It was based mostly on petty details and theories that did much to de- stroy the fine impression conveyed by his earlier argument.
 Then M. Boille, the advocate general, answered M. Aubin. He demanded that Mime. Steinheil pay the penalty of her crime under the knife of the guillotine. As the horrible word picture rose before her, Mime. Steinheil, who several times during the night had been treated by a doctor, collapsed utterly She revived quickly and the judge asked her if she had anything to say. She made no re- ply.
 The courtroom showed its sympathy. Many wept audibly and several women in the rear of the court, which was stitiing hot, tainted Then the jury was led out to deliberate as to the guilt or innocence of the prisoner.
 Story of the Crime.
 The murder of the distinguished painter, Adolphe Steinheil, and his mother-in- JoW op tho ,,ioht of May 1O0Q oo,,ca1