Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-09-10
IDENTIFY TORSO;
NOW TRY TO FIND
SLAYER OF GIRL
She Whose Body Was Found in
Ecorse Creek Was May Belle
MiIlman-Police on Trail of
Murderer.

DETROIT. Mich. Sept s-Sheriff Gas
ton and the police Of the entire state
started In with redOubled energy today
TO run down the slayer a May Belle Mill
man. whose dfsmembered body was found
IN EcorSe creek last Sunday.
One OF the clues is that furnished by
two St. Cosme road farmers who, about
o'clock last Tuesday morning. were
passed on the road by three-seated au-
tOmobile containing two men and a large
burlap bag. The machine was racing to-
wards Ecorse creek
Another clue to the effect that a young
woman answering the description OF the
victim was seen in the vicinity OF Ecorse
creek last week in company with De-
hoit man who formerly worked in Ann
Arbor.
BODY IN MoRGUE.
Bloodless from the ruthless knife OF a
murderer and shrunksE by several days
immersion IN the waters OF EcOrse creek,
the dismembered body OF Miss May Belle
AIiIlman. q years old. OF Ann Arbor.
Mich. lies in the county mOrgue- A por-
ton OF the lower part of the trunk OF the
unfortunate girl is still missing Men are
dragging EcOrse creek In the hope OF dis
covering the remaining portion Of the
girls body. The police Of Ann Arbor and
Detroit are uniting in a desperate On
deavcr to solve the mystery of Miss Mill
mans murder.
Miss Martha Henning. OF Detroit. q
former school mate OF the Millman girl,
Identified the body.
The scene OF the investigation of the
murder shifted from Detroit to Ann Ar
Der. After prolonged questioning of Miss
Henring. who identified the head Of the
body. the officers left hurriedly for the
university town. They were accompanied
BY Harry Millman, brother Of the dead
girl.
REFUSE TO DISCLOSE CLUES.
Sheriff CASTOR and his deputies refuse
to give out definitely the clue they are
working on. but most OF the questions put
10 Miss Henning yesterday afternoon
were concerning May Bellies physical
condition. The mutilated body leads the
authorities to believe that the cutting was
done by someone well acquainted with
surgery. Upon this point Miss Henning
was unable TO throw any light.
The county physician is now inclined to
think that the girl was strangled to death
before her arms. legs and head were
cut or the condition OF the tongue and
eyes indicating strangulatiOn.
HEAD AND LEGS IN SACK.
The head and limbs were found seweo
IN tho same kind Of a burlap bag as the
one containing the trunk. The sack was
lying under the bridge about ten yards
up stream from the place where the first
bag was found. evidence almost undi5-
putable that the body was thrown from
tile bridge. When the comb OF the dead
girl was laid before the anxious eyes or
Miss Henning she gave II one glance and
shrieked: ''Oh. tits hers" and then fell
IN a faint
The young woman in a few minutes
was taken TO the operating room and
shown the head on the glass table. Ali
sobs, was to pod her head that she was
satisfied that the dead girl was her
shum-
When she had recovered sufficiently te
Be questioned. she told how May Belle had
come to Detroit to visit her three weeks
ago. The last words OF May Belle to her
were uttered q week ago last Friday
morning.
IF I am not here when you return
tonight, don't worry" said May Belle. for
] am going 10 see my cousin on Lillibridge
street. and may remain there"
II has since been learned that the vic
tim never reached her cousins home.
WROTE PAUL SUKEY. JR.
That was the last saw Of her until
today in that awful morgue," said Miss
Henning.
The first day she was with me she
received a letter from Minneapolis and
the second day she wrote letter to Paul
Sulxey. Jr., Of Minneapolis. who was a
student at Ann Arbor until last year. l
don't know what was in the letters. AS
FAR as I know she was in good health.
mo man came TO call on her while she