STEINHEIL MURDER.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 664, 15 November 1909, Page 7

STEINHEIL MURDER.

;b'f ".ACCUSED ACQmTTEU-v,Y'/;; ;■ (By T«l«graoh.-Pf«s» _'At»ctatloß.'— flop*rlicfa't.t' .;.; "J'- '■'(Eeo. .November 15, 0.35 a,m.) : '} ;; Paris,;' November; 14. /Madame Steinheil, charged with the • murder of, her husband 1 , and of her mother, Madame Japy, has'been acquitted. ', 'V. ;"'"; :i■;;.' accused's H,.Steinheil, a painter, and'Madame Japy. his mother-in-law, were found both '''strangled' in their adjoining bedrooms' of- the 'former's house in the Impasse Eonsin, in the Mbntparnasse! neighbourhood of Paris on May 31, 1008. Couillard,' a valet, made the' discovery.' He first .found; Madame Steinheil bound ; and partly gagged in her bed, .bruised and scratched; but .otherwise .unhurt. In another room. Madame Japy, .mother.; of , Madame Steinheil,lay; dead on her bed, having been, throttled. . In a third bedroom ou the. floor, was. the dead body of M. Steinheil, huddled up as if he .had tried'his best to cope with, his assailant or assailants. '':.'' ' :■"•■"!" . "• '': [' ,'■' V Madaine SteinheilV firststory' was' that 6he was suddenly awakened by three men and a woman standi n„ at the head of Aer bed with the light of a burglar's. Lan tern turned/on her. One of thorn threw the sheet rapidly over her s'ace; whilst another gagged her with her night clothes. They tied ana bound her 'hand and foot to. the bed. Their : conversation showed that they: believed her'.to be her daughter, imd. she pointed out to them. where, 7000 franca were'hidden in order to save,,her,life.'. The burglars';then'' broke Into the'.'room "of- her mother. : 'whbm they attacked, at once, and she ■ fainted ' when, she,' heard her . mother's ecreams.-. rShe reoovored consciousness -only whenvher valet' Couillard '.called her- in- the morning.,.,,,:-.:. ; ;. ■.;...,_■ ,':':. : , ,;':..;,■.'. <;■ ' Madame Steinheil had another story; later. She said that; the murders wore committed by two Americans, a journalist and artist' They were'arrested, and, after suffering much badgering and inconvenience,, were released. Madame ;,Steinheil.. has., had, an : , adventurous -past,: andwafr present under not very reputable cir-' oumstancea at: the'death of President Felix Faure, ten'years ago.,,- ;.; :,(-•;.. .■•: