The Sun. — 1834-09-17 (London, England)

FURTHER PARTICULARS OF STEINBERG,  AND THE LATE MURDERS.  It appears that about twelve years ago Mr. Lefevre, the father of the murdered woman, was in respectable circumstances, carrying on the trade of a bookseller in Sohosquare, but occupying a suit of apartments at the house of Mr. Mace, Carriage and Carriage-wheel Depot, No. 1, York-square, New-road. Having met with various disappointments, he addicted himself to excessive drinking, and he became desponding, in which state he committed suicide, and was found hanging in a thick grove near Primrose-hill, quite dead. His family became exceedingly embarrassed, and were greatly assisted by Mr. Mace, who allowed them to live in his house. They had been on veryintimate terms with Mr. and Mrs. Steinberg, the latter of whom commiserating the situation of Mrs. Lefevre and her family, proposed receiving Ellen Lefevre into her hotise, not as a servant, but to live with them in a friendly manner. Steinburg consented to this, and the girl, who was only fifteen years of age at the time, accepted the offer and entered the house, where she was treated with the utmost attention and kindness. The son of Steinberg went to a boarding-school at Hampstead, and whenever Steinberg went to visit him he was invariably accompanied by Ellen Lefevre, at the suggestion of his wife, and on one of those journeys he was supposed to have seduced her. Many circumstances occurred to excite a suspicion in the mind of Mrs. Steinberg that there was something wrong between them. .He was in the constant habit of making her presents of valuable trinkets, necklaces, shawls, &c., and treating her with far more attention than his wife, and on more than one occasion he treated Mrs. S. abruptly, and took out Lefevre to walk with him in preference to her, and kept her out till late hours at night. On this intimacy being discovered Mrs. Steinberg ordered her to quit the house, when she went to reside with her mother, in Eitzroy-place, Fitzroy-square, where she was was prevented seeing Steinberg some time, and was kept locked up in her apartment. She, however, declared that she loved Steinberg dearly in consequence of his kindness and attention towards her, and that she could not live without him. Steinberg at length sought an opportunity, when he watched Mrs. Lefevre from home, on which he burst open the door and released her from her confinement, and took her to the house of Mr. Marshal, ironmonger, of the Hampstead-road, where she cohabited with him and became enciente, and eventually she became the mother of two children, which were weaned by Lefevre's mother, who afterwards forgave her. In consequence, however, of a quarrel Steinberg forbad Mrs. Lefevre visiting her daughter, and she afterwards heard or saw nothing of her until about four months ago, when she heard that he had gone to Germeny with Steinberg and her family, and that they were murdered by him on their return to England. Mrs. Steinberg, who resides in Leigh-street, Burtoncrescent, is an Englishwoman, and appears to be in respectable circumstances. She speaks in high terms of the mildness of the disposition of her deceased husband when with her. He was in the habit of allowing her 2/. 10s. per quarter. He went to Germany about a law-suit, and prior to quitting England, he intended to have gone by himself, and leave Lefevre and the children at the house in Southampton-street, Pentonville. Lefevre, however, could not bear the idea of being left by him, and begged of him to take her and the children with him. He at length consented to take her and the children with him.  Mrs. Steinberg expresses an opinion that Lefevre agreed with Steinberg to commit suicide and murder the children, as she was aware that she had been the cause of his ruin. She says that she is sure such was the case.