New-York tribune., 1912-04-28
Steiinheil
Memoirs of Fascinating Nine.

: originals All Paris knew that she entered
| the palace on certain days by side door
No doubt, she says she was shadowed, and
the papers thus traced 70 her
With the sudden and mysterious death
Of the President Of the Republic on Fehru'
airy l6, 1899, began the turn Of Nine. Stein
heirs fortunes As she tells the story oi
the event. she visited him I'm the afternoon
remarked that he was looking unwcll, ano
received IN answer the assurance that
thereafter he would be more careful In the
Jse Of the drug which he was In the hahi,
Of taking TO stimulate the weakened action
of his heart. She then. so she continues
left him. and Was not Informed OF MS
death until late that night.
Paris. however. had another version ol
the case, % which II Clings 10 this day
According 10 this account Nine. Steinhel
WAS with President Faure when he died.
and had 10 be hurried out OF the palace
IN 4 semi-hyeterical condition. leaving pe-
hind her evidence Of her presence that was
not discovered until later. All OF WHICH
according 10 the story did not prevent hef
from beine the gayest OF the gay ~
large dinner party that very night Inc
confusion created by tho circumstances ~
Paure's death made II necessary 70 a,
IN. fact from his wife and daughter until
Z o'clock IN the evening
From this moment the favorite' IKE ,"
many OF her kind before her In history
became a marked woman. she "'S AZ
cused of poisouing the President the press
,rd,cating her under the initial s. ~hich
was also that OF q young actress VINO was
ukewis,, suspected, still a third woman O
Jewess being also mentioned as the poSS'-
b,e ,nurderess But II was upon "pp''
steinbeI that public attention whs chlenS
centred. II was against her that the cam
noion was almost exclusively dlIecttu'
rha Government dreaded her on account
., tbe documents known TO be III hef pos
session Indeed, she herself suggests III
80 ..NIenoirs" that there must nave
,,s,ad direct connection between the
s~a,h y, Felix Faure and the murders OF
| her husband and mother
7. ia at this point that the narrative
v,arees into wealth Of mysteries that
u,oLa Il as interesting as the best planned
of detective stories. These mysteries a'c'
The mystery Of the stolen Je"e!s
| mystery or tUS ptdlt HSNhANS'
1,ho mystery OF the man with the Ger
! man accent -
,rhe mystery of Faure's Memoirs
One of the phases Of the double muI"e'
a., ,he Impasse ROnsin that most soTeis
nuzzled the Paris police was their discoV,
arv that the jewels which Nine steinheil
s.s renorted 10 them as stolen by the as
sass,ns we're found In her possession ai'ei
a.. commission OF the crime. As they hau
sa,,od the clew Of the gabardines "Ianalre
49, Isyites," so they called this mystery
..Toesa,re des bijouX." The eNpiahatioh
was given at the trial. but Is retaiieu III
,,,oh greater detail in the book IL Is aS
n',,sous bit OF revelation of certain
nbase Of Partisan life as can be iouhu ~
anv ~ the earlier novels of Paul Bourse'
Tho steinheils as has already been re-
lated had separated in all but appearance
| .,,a,.,I,, after the birth of their daughter
,ho husband acknowledging his wifes righ'
20 comnlete freedom of action. As we nave
seen. she Immediately set to WORK 10 take
| fullest advantage Of her liberty geheraiiS
- mir common social and material ad-
| ,.artage There we're, one infers from her
story sffurs Of impulse. but these were