Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-09
DOCTOR HELD IN
DETROIT MURDER
Police Arrest Physician in Con-
nection With Maybelle Mill
mans Death.
MONEY FOR OPERATION
Martha Henning, Intimate Friend of
FOR OPERATION
Martha IIenning, Intimate Friend oi
Dead Girl, Detained by the
Authorities Also.

jected to a severe cross examination
by detectives.
Beyond saying Fritch is in posses
sion of damaging evidence, nothing
was given out as a result of the ex
animation. No other arrests have
been made.
Wei Known Practitioner.
Detroit, Sept. Or. George A.
Fritch of this city was arrested and
locked up last night on suspicion of
being connected with the death Of
Mabel Millman of Ann Arbor, whose
dismembered body was found in Il
bag in Ecorse creek.
Two years ago DR.. Fritch was ar
rested in the investigation into the
death of Edith Presley, 4 proofread
err employed by the state senate, vine
suecumbed to the effects of an oper-
alton. State Senator Charles E.
Ward was also arrested at that time
on charge of having procured the
operation. He was acquitted and
the charge against DR.. F'ritch was
abandoned by the state.
A registered letter received by
Mabel Millman shortly before she left
Ann Arbor to come to this city may
supply a clew to the solution of the
mystery surrounding her death. Post
master Prettyman of Ann Arbor re-
ceived a telegram last night from
the postal authorities at Washington
instructing him to give Sheriff Gas
! ton all the information in his pos
session regarding the rerson who
sent the letter to Miss Millman.
Letter Contained Money.
The letter contained money, and
the authorities believe that when
they obtain the receipt slip for il
they will have n clew to the man
who knows something of the opera
ton which resulted in the girls
death.
The police have some of the slain
girls letters in their possession.
Among these are some from Fred
Banding, student semi-professional
baseball player, who formerly attend
ed school in Detroit, and who is now
in Kansas
Nothing was done IN Ann Arbor
yesterday toward clearing up the
mystery of the girls death, except
further quizzing of her chum. Martha
Henning. who revealed nothing new.
Miss Nlillman told her mother that
the registered letter was sent from
| Detroit by Martha Henning, who had
mailed her 50 to go to Detroit. Miss
Henning denies sending her register
| ed letter or money and says that Miss
Millman had plenty of money which
she spent freely in Detroit and told
her that her brother had given it to
her. This, the brother denies.
| Mother is Grief Stricken.
| mabel was a good girl who al
ways stayed at home" said her moth
or in Ann Arbor today.
Il would give my own life if she
would only return alive. | am a
widow and have had hard struggle
to raise the children in honesty and
decency, and that this blow should
now fall upon my head almost kills
me. 1t is not only the terrible muir
der, but the fact, still more terrible,
that Mabel concealed something from
me that almost breaks my heart.
There is no use denying it, my
darling did not give me the reason
for her visit in Detroit. This admis-
sion is so hard for me, still my only
thought now is that the murderer
must be caught, and, in order to help
the police and give every assistance
possible. ! am telling all | know Of
course, Mabel told me that she was.
going to Detroit to visit Martha Hen
ming, her chum, who had invited her.
She left Saturday, Aug. IA. Two
hours before she went away reg
istered letter came for her. She was
not home at the time and the post
man would not leave the letter with
me. Instead he found Mabel and
gave it to her. Mabel then told me
that Martha had sent her the money
and that she now could go. Two
hours later she left the house. /
know now that>Martha Henning did
not send that letter, and, of course
! am absolutely in the dark as to who
the sender was.
Letters From Students.
"While in Detroit Mabel mailed a
postal card every day until the very
last, the fatal Friday. What she did
Il in Detroit | have no idea. The ques
sftion has been asked of me with whom
my daughter kept company. l know
the names of only three young men
Paul Suey, young man, former stu
dent, who was raised here. His faith
er was county treasurer. The young
man is now in Minneapolis, and, a.
far as / know. has not seen her since
last June, although she correspondent
with him. Then there was q youn.
, baseball player, Blanding, a forme
. student here, who is now in Kansa,
City. | know she got letters from
him up to a few days before she lief
for Detroit Then there is youn;
imam in Detroit, Evan Harder, wht