The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-10-26
PLY SICIAN iiCLO
FOR DEATH OF
YOUNG GIRL
Chauffeur in Court Tells How
Body Was Disposed OF
BAIL FIXED AT $4,000
DR.. Fritch Charged With Death Of
Maybelle MIlman-Body Found
In Greek

Detroit, Oct. 26.--After Chauffeur
Joseph w. Leach had testified in the
police court yesterday that on the
night of August q he drove Dr.. Geo.
A. Fritch from the physicians office
to Ecorse creek, where the doctor
threw into the water three sacks
which they had taken from his office,
Dr. Fritch was held for trial in the
recorders court on the charge Of
manslaughter by means of criminal
operation in connection with the
death of Miss Maybelle Millman of
Ann Arbor.
Miss Mllman's body was found in
three sections in sacks in Ecorse
creek and the lower Detroit river
early in September. The body bore
evidence, the police and county ply
sicians were satisfied, that criminal
operation had been performed or at
tempted Or. Fritchs bail was fixed
at $4,000 with two sureties.
The Chauffeur's Testimony
Chauffeur Leach told a graphic
story which cross-examination failed
to shake He said he responded TO
Dr.. Fritchs call for an automobile
early in the evening of August 27;
that the doctor told him he was in
trouble and needed a friend and ask
ed him about accessible deep water
Have you been killing some one?'
the chauffeur testified he asked Dr.
Fritch. You are not supposed to
know anything, was the response
Leach said he received
It was arranged that Leach should
return to the doctors Office later and
drive him down to the river.
when | called for the doctor about
o'clock" Leach testified, he
brought out a newspaper package Der-
haps eighteen inches long, and said
drove into the alley behind the doc
tors house, and under the Doctors
direction | took half a dozen bricks
from a pile in the alley and put them
in the automobile While | was doing
this the doctor went into the yard
He returned without the package and
we drove back to his office. We did
not remain in front of the Office more
than ten minutes. During this time
the doctor made two trips up the
steps into his office. First he brought
out a sack that was heavy enough TO
require him to carry it with both
hands. Then he returned and brought
out two more sacks, one in each
hand While he was at the Office
saw him put a revolver in his pocket
I'VE drove a little distance beyond
the bridge that crosses Ecorse creek
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to turn around. Then he stood on
the side step of the machine while
we rode back to the bridge. On the
bridge he opened the door of the au-
tomobile and threw the sacks into the
creek. Nothing was said after they
were put into the river. The doctor
rode back to the city on the front
seat with me.
He said If any one asked me about
where | had been | was to say that
had taken a party to road house out
Grand River avenue or somewhere
else.
1--WE stopped under light and the
doctor gave me $25 He also told me
not to worry about a bill | owed him.
When he told me he had another
package W ulSpOSe VI Sdlu COulu
not get away to attend to 1t.
Since that time | have seen the
doctor several times, once by appoint
ment. At his Office he told me that
her 'chum was nosing around and
that he had told her that he had sent
Maybelle to some other doctor.
81 told the doctor | wouldn't say
anything to anybody because | was
too scared
On cross examination Leach testi-
fed that while 81 mistrusted that
there was something crooked about
the business, was willing to do fa-
vor for a friend, and did not think
of it at the time as crooked work on
my part