The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-09
ARREST MADE IN
MILLMAN CASE
Detroit Physician Suspected
OF Girls Murder.
GIRL FRIEND ALSO HELD

Detention Of Or. George A, Frlteh
Quickly Follows order to Inspect
Postoffice Records to Learn Name
OF Party Who Sent Money order to
Ann Arbor Girl Whose Dismem.
bered Body Was Found In Ecorse
creek-Pollce Close. .Mouthed,
Detroit, Sept. 9-Dr. George A.
Fritch, we'll known practitioner of
this CITY, was placed under arrest at
police headquarters on suspicion in
connection with the death of Miss
Maybelle Millman of Ann Arbor,
whose dlsmembered body was found
Monday and Tuesday in two sacks
sunk in Ecorse creek, in the western
suburbs of this city. Miss Martha
Henning. intimate friend of the dead
| girl, was also taken into custody as
a witness.
DR.. Fritch is registered as follows
on the blotter at the central police
station George A. Fritch; offense
I
charged. suspicion of murder; occu-
patton, physician; age AZ; married.
color, white: residence, 665 Trimbull
avenue; father and mother both born
in Canada; arrestng officers, Detec.
tives Parker and Allen"
The arrest of DIR. Fritch followed
the hurried return of Sheriff CASTOR
from Ann Arbor where he had spent
most of the day looking up clews in
the Millman case. SO unexpectedly
did the scene of investigation shift to
Detroit that tho Wayne county sher-
IFS arrival here was almost simulta-
neous with the arrival at the Ann
Arbor postoffice Of Washington tel
egram authorizing Postmaster Pretty
man to submit the records of the
money order and registered letter de-
partments TO the inspection of Mr..
CASTOR. All day this authorization
had been anxiously awaited by the
officials gathered at Ann Arbor I'm the
hope that the postoffice records would
show who had been the sender of
registered letter containing remit
tance of money which Miss Millman
received at her home just before leav.
ing on her ill-starred trip to Detroit
three weeks ago
Although Miss Martha Henning was
seen 10 enter the conference in Chief
McConnclls room, Sheriff CASTOR
would not even admit that Miss Hen
ming had returned 10 the city. Detec-
Do rly nI
corting a short. thin man with n
sandy mustach, who had not hitherto
appeared in the Investigations. This
man proved to be Dr. Fritch. Miss
Henning and DR.. Fritch both remain.
ed in the detective Office for about
half an hour, and then the doctor was
taken into a separate room, while the
girl was subjected to further ques-
tionng in the absence Of the physi-
clan.
After an hours time Miss Henning
was taken up stairs TO the matron's
room. and DR. Fritch was led To the
cell block in the basement Chief Of
Detectives Mcconnell then turned TO
the assembled newspaper men and
made brief statement. He said
I'VE have locked up DR.. George A.
Fritch on suspicion of numbering
Maybelle Millman. We have worked
on the case all day and would not ar
rest him unless we had sufficient evl.
dence TO justify our action"
DR.. Fritch was previously arrested
in connection with the mysterious
death of Miss Edith Presley, proof
reader for the state senate. who died
under Suspicious circumstances In
Detroit in April, 1907, Two criminal
prosecutions were started after the