MADAME STE1KHEIL III !$ FREEOBT JUS! ill Expected Termination of Case lirl I That Has jSUrred the City 'Iffif I VERDICT OF JURY IS ! f j'f RECEIVED WITH CHEERS I Prisoner Collapses and Is Car- j8jfr I ried Fainting From Crowded llll ! H PARIS, Nov. 13. Mine. Margherita jllfj j! I Sleinheil was acquitted by the jury at nilllt' n 1 12:15 this morning of murdering her. Il llnf $V husband, Adolpho Sleinheil, a noted '' jilt! jl 1- painter and her step-mother, Mine. Jap ii flliU l The verdict was rendered after two and ii jiH1 il't a half hour's deliberation, during which !' !!,! Il'1 the jury three times summoned the prcs- 1 x ,7. ideal of the court for explanations, thus NSI'lll'' 1 proving that lhe original majority was v j i fur conviction. j Wi, -: A dramatic scene followed the jury's I Wflk' f appearance. 1 ; I Tho red-robed judges and counsel Died 11, l in and took their place's. M, .do Vullus, 'iiliiVt ' tlm presiding judge, turned to tho ;piiy ' '' "Have 3'ou reached a verdict?" Jf,j The foreman replied: NflMr i'S 1 "On our conscience we answer 'uo' lo idlum! 1 1 every question." iulki f 1 Verdict Is Cheered. !" 'i,J; A salvo of "bravos" followed this Jmj m I jjM announcement and perfect bedlam broke I ill . M.i jH loosed M. Aubin, counsel for Mine. ' wil'MiV i BB Sleinheil. embraced his colleagues. Men , jJjlft1 '!!',' ' and women in the rear of (he hall .jump- film 1 'If'"' 1 cd nnd screamed for joy. The judge, lllrflt ' I - H threatened (0 clear the court room and Iljilili f!'! I when a semblance of order .was restored 1 jsnlt S ' H he called: I j ''A " Bring in the accused." MilB'tr'iW' I In two minutes tin; black-robed fig- I ; jj H ure appeared in lhe doorway .supported Mm 1 H on either side by a gendarme. Tho wo- M if 5 j j V! H man swayed and seemed to be fainting. WJ I j f'Y but in response to a wiM oulburst of !1I3(mV ' ' 1 cheers sho lifted her head and lowked WM t ''i j about, .smiling faintly in acknowledg- Mi mcnt. Then she tottered forward and hjI! If l ilt m t sank on the lloor beside the courl. DlSxi' K lb' H When the judge pronounced the ver- ujfp!i ' il flic.l, her faint murmur ol thanks was "fHiP1 !' y HI hardly heard. ifunHt ; 8it ,s ! ! An instant later M. Atibin was over ' sfrli 1 1 '-r IH the rail lifting her in his arms. 4 If i C 1 Whole City Interested. I M .J jjl The inxnvd surged forward, cheering Sifl 'r J H wildly. jEuTtsider the gloomy court tens 1 of thoiisltls who had been" waiting for : iMJi H her, look-,) the cry. After being as- l Cj)ufj j K sisled out of the courtroom Mine. Stein- ,1 w3 rjn heil was eonducteil from Iho building e'lifiijlm by one of the numerous sublerranean ! l?9i''MB passages. Where she was taken out is ) Uw' i i' ' M not known, but probably she was c-s- ! Mflkg 1 j M ' H corted back to St. Lay-air prison as the ! BffiJi'lB French procedure requires the fonnalitv , n fW. y ' $ IH of "lifting the bolts" before the def- :kM 5) 1,M inite release of lhe prisoner. l Mm ' ,t 'jjH This ceremony- will take place tomor- 'Vir ill 1 The last day of the trial was given ' It Ir ' . ll 1 H over argply to the argument of M. i ls iH'H Aubin. counsel for the prisoner. Speak- J a Wfl P 1 ing with much feeling, while admitting i'j f,f !'Ki f (he faults of his client, he devoted some ij't i lime to telling the story of her life .is B Mb,' l H child, wifo and mother. iBiutj'i'r"' IH "I defend her wilh all my soul." ho !f L-H 1' H said, "bocausc .1 bolievo lier'innocent." , i;;1t , jH Accused Moved to Tears. iflHwii I . H M'mi! Steinheil wept genli3' an her ;1 f Ti i counsel spoke of how her husband idol- 1 -jl Mf- I ' ized her, M. Aubin maintaining (hat he i 3 Pill nJ enjoyed the adulation of which she was l7i Elf!)! , l , the object. If her husband know of ' 3 fW'l her intrigues he never indicated it by I l't3il' I ( word or sign. - ii laT' ?' Tho counsel said he greatly regretted ; $ fjPi'f' that, former President Kauro's name had j J , , boon mentioned. ft- in'';" , "Who can say," he asked, "how ' j jfcjjj -niucli harm the perlidious insinualioiiH n jrf. l) of which Mmc. Steinheil was l.he object : L Mh, in connection with (he former president j 9 f !&'' have done her? L prefer not to invoke , 5 I 2 the shade of this jirofound intriol f I'm i here." i 1 , ... After sketching Iho ilefendanl;s in- jf IMu ,t 1 trigues with M. Chouauard. Balineourl. .'''rT 1 'i '' and Borderel, he came lo (he crime, in- ;Jjl l't4- sisting that the original story told bv ' I f?'i.lhu ' the accused was lrue. lie declared j pp! (''' lhe entire circuuiMnnt ial case of the It '' I ;l prosecution was a tissue laboriously j ' , It' I (daboral.'d on pn sumptions without a 'ifli-p'jlj' rdiadow of direct jii-oof. f. ' ' M Aubin prolonged hij iiieadiug far j fifl'iJ'H"! iuto the night. h 1ST f 1 J Final Hours Dramatic. IH&Dl j j .H The courtroom was lighted with glnr- ' lf " Irt 'H ing chandeliers and was Stirling hoi ' llrr'i 1 ' : Tho jury became restless, and several Ml "j ,H women sitting in the rear shrieked and : Jltt-i I ' !H fainted. ! lilp !;j - , The prisoner was a pitiful spectacle 'll'K'F'r- IH and gradually fell forward. 11 cold ; jfil 1 ; sweat, turning her Jivid face a glmstlv j Wt'-k A i H green. A doctor was called in anil ' wril ! 'H twice administered restoratives, bilt ' Us'-' ; ' H just before M. Aubin linishcil the wo- ' If''- i't ' 'H man's strength snapped, and with a ' !t"'! ' il 'IH convulsive gesture she threw her arms f JljP' H over the rail and collapsed in a lit of HfS rt ) ' weeping. Ift'iH !' 4 When the judge asked her if she had if i'-Sl i 1i H uy thing (0 say she made no roplv. ' MM ' H Tears streamed from maiiv eyes and "a m.h'- 1 miriuto biter, as tho jury retired, guards ! mfl '' gently luted the limp Jigu.ro and car- I iW t ' H ried her from tho room. jJPl'r"' H