Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-11-19
She WAS ACQUITTED
NINE. STEINHEIL FREED FROM
MURDER CHARGE.
Everybody Thinks Her Acquittal of
Numbering Her Husband Was Due
Directly to Inquisitorial Torture of
the Court and Her Dramatic Manner
During the Trial.

Paris, Nov. 15.-From all Paris there
arose shout of acclaim at / 'clock |
Sunday morning when Nine. Marguerite
Steinheil was acquitted of the murder
of her husband and stepmother after
one of the most sensational trials in
the history of France modern courts.
The word Acquitted" pronounced
at 1850 a. N. in an almost inaudible
tone by the foreman of the jury in the
crowded assize courtroom in the Palais
de Justice, spread like fire. Nine. Stein
he'll stretched out her arms in mute
gratitude to the jury that gave her
! life.
The shout "Acquittal issued from
the lips of the hundreds of distinguish
ed spectators in the courtroom. A hys-
terical wave Acquittal was swept
along by the hundreds in the corridors
of the Palais de Justice and rolled-a
volume of sound-across the sea of
100000 people who jammed the court
yard of the palais and filed the sur
rounding streets for blocks.
''Brava, Bravo They Shout.
From street to street, from alley to
alley, the tidings spread until the tat
tered denizens of the Mont Martre dis
trict, from their crooked alleys, joined
the thousands in the gay-Ht boule-
wards in cry of HBravo! bravo the
red widow is innocentl"
Cafes, hotels and residences emptied
their thousands into the steets to Join
the mob, mild with excitement, that
surged to and fro with but one object
to spread the news. Hysterical Paris,
almost universally of the opinion that
the cred. widow" was guilty, turned
night into day to shout their approval
of her acquittal. The courage, brilli-
ancy and cleverness she has shown in
her unequal fight against the French
system of justice had won the popu-
, lace to her, despite its conviction that
she was guilty.
Nothing Like 1t Since Dreyfus.
Paris has not seen the scene of such
excitement since the public awaited
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When it became known that the case
was in the hands of the jury in the
evening 100000 people, true Partisan
crowd, concentrated about the Palais
de Justice. The boulevards were
packed with thousands more.
1t is the almost universal opinion
that the acquittal of Nine. Steinheil
was due directly to the inquisitorial
torture to which she was subjected by
the court and the manner in which she
bore it. Bullied with brutal accusa
tions, browbeaten with invectives, heI
whole life laid before the jury in the
most foul language, she fought back
with every woman s weapon at her com
mand. With the facility of an actress
she was alternately weeping, pathetic
figure, helpless and alone, magnificent
woman, aroused indignation, angry, re
turning defiance for accusations anC
denial for invective.
/ Fascinated the Jury.
:, When she took the stand at the be
ginning of the trial Nine. Steinhei
=. was submitted for three days to an in
QUESTION, possible under the French
: code. At times Presiding Judge d.
Wales and Paul Trouard Riolle, prose
cutor general, were both on their fee
shouting accusations at her. Through
it all she fought back, taking advan
tage of every opportunity for emo
: tional display. Every move the golden
haired woman made in the court room
: had its effect on the jury.
The fascination of Mime. Steinheil
|. which captivated politicians, princes
!. and president, was just as effective OF
the 10 middle-class men who thi
J morning declared her innocent.