The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-04
| AN GUILTY.
SHOUTS YOUTH At
STE|NHE|L TRIAL
Proceedings in Case of Widow
Accused of Murder Halted
by Sensational Outbnrst.
SELE-CONFESSED SLAYER
GIVES NAME AS LIE FEBVRE
Declares That, Disguised as 9
Woman, He and Three Others
Killed Victims.

pAp1c Nov. 4,-Jean Lefevre,
snectator at the trial of Nine. Steinneii'
threw the proceedings into disorder this
afternoon when he arose and declared
that he was guilty of the murders
charged against the woman
M. Aubin, the prisoners attorney, SUD
denly interrupted the proceedings TO
present a letter just received py nim
and signed Jean Lefevre," in which the
writer stated that he wished to confess
participation in the murders OF wnicn
Madame, Steinhei1 was accused.
The writer, the attorney said. mad
stated that he had been overcome py
remorse. Immediately after reading the
letter the attorney suddenly and dra-
natically introduced the writer, wno'
in the meantime. had made his way
through the crowd in the court room
to a place beside M. Aubin. The new
conner proved to be a man OF ABOUT
q wears. Amid the greatest excitement
he demanded a hearing. Refusing to
reply to the preliminary inquiries as
to his profession and domicile. the
vof,ne man shouted that he had been
an accomplice in the assassination Oh
A6OIDle SIelIiltll dii0 f3AeNoe-AiA~ ~~-rS-
AS the audience hushed into silence
in their eagerness to hear what ne
had to say Jean Lefevre continued:
IT was an accomplice in the assassi-
nations at the home of Madame STEIN
he'll. Filled with remorse / wish now
to confess my part in the crime. was
disguised as a woman and wore a WIG
of red hair My accomplices wore long
cloaks We committed the murders and
then escaped to the forest at Mount
Morency, where we burned our dis
gulses.
The voluntary prisoner said that aftel
destroying the immediate evidences o
their crime that he and his ccmpanion'
escaped from the country, goinl
abroad. One of his friends had since
died, he said. Madame Steii1heil con
fronted Lefeyre. but said that she wa:
unable to recognize him as one of the
murderers whom she had described
Judge de Valles ordered that Lefevrt
be placed under arrest and that an IN
vestigation of his statement be made
At the same time the court warned the
jury that this dramatic episode might
prove to have been another attempt te
battle. justice.
| The most experienced court reporters
| in France consider Madame Steinhei
the most consummate actress who has
ever appeared before the bar of JUS
tice, while the dramatic critics believe
that she might have been a world
famous tragedienne.
This beautiful and mysterious wit
ness OF the sudden death of President
Faure heard the court today tell OF hel
many sweethearts. bare the DARK
secrets of her past, while she grew
furious at times and sobbed and shook
with emotion at others.
No such trial has so interested the
French since the Dreyfus case. To one
accustomed to the procedure of COM
mon law, the batting of the accused
permitted under the Napoleonic code
seemed barbaric.
She refused pointblank to mention
the name of the late President oi
France, Felix Faure, the mystery oil
whose fatal attack of illness in hel
home eight years ago is the feature OF
international interest in the present
trial
"I had one dear. good friend" sale
Nine. Steinheil, softly. But l will moi
mention his name"
"Tell his name, Tell all the namesv
fairly shouted the viscount De Vale
president of the court.
mo; I shall not speak of the dead.
she answered. just as calmly as before
The judge refrained from directly
questioning the prisoner about the
tragedy of May 81. 1903. when. shortly
after midnight, Adolphe Steinheil the
artist husband of the defendant. and
Nine. Japy. her stepmother. were found
choked to death in the Steinheil house
in Paris and Nine. Steinheil was dis
covered gagged and bound in an ad-
Joining room.