The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-08
MYSTERY Wells
DEATH OF GIRL
Dismembered Body Is
Found in Creek.
results + HUMAN BRUTALITY
Emo ! 0vercomes Friend Who
Identifies Victim.
N n Of Dead Young Woman Coll
,pses Upon Hearinx News--of-
hcers Completely Banned
by Fiendish Plot.

Detroit Mich, Sept. 7-Shrunken by
| several DAYS immersion In the waters
of Ecorse Creek. the dismembered
| body of Miss May Belle Millman. Il
years old. of Ann Arbor. Mich. lies in
| the county morgue tonight, a pitiable
| example of human brutality.
The State has charitably drawn a
shroud over the waste of human frag-
ments SO that the curious spectators
| who enter do not see that d portion of
the lower part of the trunk or the I'M
fortunate girl Is still missing.
| While determined men are dragging
Ecorse Creek night and day in the hope
Of discovering the remaining portion
of the girls body. the sheriffs of
Wayne and Washtenaw Counties. and
1 the police of Ann Arbor and Detroit,
are uniting in a desperate endeavor to
| solve the mystery of MISS Millman's
murder.
The girls moher means, semi-con-
| scious, at her home in the University
City, having collapsed today when
the news was broken to her that the
body found In Ecorse Creek yesterday
| had been identified as that of her
daughter. Miss Martha Henning. of
Detroit, former schoolnsate Of the
Millman girl, gave the Identification
verdict which could not be disputed.
Scene Shifts to Ann Arbor.
The scene of the investigation Of the
murder shifted tonight from Detroit
to Ann Arbor After prolonged ques-
| tioning of Miss Henning. who identi-
| fed the head of the body as that OF
her chum, the officers left hurriedly
| for the university town. They were
accompanied by Harry Millman, bro
Their of the dead girl. who came to
| Detroit as soon as he heard of his sis
ter's tragic death.
Sheriff CASTOR and his deputies re-
fuse to give out definitely the clue
| they are working on, but most OF the
| questions put to Miss Henning this af-
| ternoon were concerning May Relies
physical condition as the mutifated
body leads the authorities to believe
that the cutting was done by some
one we'll acquainted with surgery
Upon this point Miss Henning was un-
able to throw any light.
| The county physician 10 now inclined
4 TO think that the girl, who was 81
years old was strang1ed to death be-
| fore her arms, legs and head were
cut off, the condition OF the tongue
and eyes indicating strangulation.
Not until today was the head Of the
girl found. although officials had been
constantly dragging the creek since the
discovery OF the torso yesterday morn
| ing.
Second Gruesome Find.
The head and limbs were found sew
ed in the same kind of burlap bag as
the one containing the trunk. The sack
was lying under the bridge about ten
yards upstream from the place where
| the first bag was found. evidence al.
most indisputable that the body was
thrown from the bridge.
The features were badly decomposed
but there was much evidence which
made identification positive. Two Of
| the teeth were gone and among the
masses Of long black hair was found
tortoise shell comb of curious. intri-
| cate device. The comb was shown to
Miss Henning. who was upstairs In the
coroner's ONCE. She gave 1t one
| glance and shredded: "Oh. it's hers"
and felt into faint.
There was still a chance that the
| young woman might be mistaken. SO
in a few moments she was taken to
| the operating room and shown the
head on the glass table. All she could
| do as she gave way to violent sobs,
was to nod her head that she was sat-
isfied that the dead girl was her chum
Rehearses Last Words.
When she recovered sufficiently to be
questioned, she told the last words of
May Belle to her. uttered week ago
Friday morning as Miss Henning was
leaving for her work:
IF am not here when you return
! tonight don't worry" said May Belle,
! "for I am going over to see my cousin
on Lillibrldge Street and may remain
| there"
| 1t has since been learned that the
victim never reached her cousins home
and none of the clothing she wore has
| yet been found.
Miss Henning before her departure
for Ann Arbor said:
May Belle came to visit me on
August IA The first day she was
with me she received a letter from
Minneapolis and the second day she
wrote a letter to Paul Sukey. Jr., of
Ann Arbor until last year I don't
know what was in the letters. SO far
as know she was In good health.
"No man came to call on her while
she was visiting me. She was a very
quiet girl and did not seem to attract
men very much"
Tell Of Racing Gar.
| William, and Ernest Buboltz, broth
lars reported to Sheriff CASTOR tonight
that last Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock
they saw a three seated automobile
racing from Detroit toward Ecorse
In 1t they noticed large burlap bag
much like the ones in which the body
ana head were found. The speed at
which the car was going rendered them
unable to obtain any detailed descrip-
tion of It.
The body Of Miss Millman will be
taken to Ann Arbort Omorrow morning
for burial. playmate Of her child
hood days said tonight that he was
certain that Paul Sukey was the only
man Miss Millman cared for.
Mrs. Leonine McDougaH, who man
ages the boarding house at 2ss Cass
Avenue, where May Belle MILNE
visited Martha Henning said tonight.
Miss Millman had no men callers
at nv house except one. A young man
who carried a suit case and said he
came from Ann Arbor called one even
ing and wanted Miss Millman to go
excused herself ani did not 20. The
young man who called was about rs
years old, Of dark complexion and
wore blue clothes