The Detroit times., 1910-03-01


Was that your sole purpose?"
Il had also an underlying principle
Of right"
30 YOU love your wife,"
Il do
And you'd do anything 10 keep hel
out of shame, wouldn't you?"
Yes"
You have had trouble with your
wife before this. haven't you?"
! Here Knott turned 10 the court, say
ing
"Your honor, II was threatened that
| If / testified in this case matters OF
this kind would be brought up
who told you this?" queried the
| court
My Wife"
Judge Phelan then ruled out all ref
erenccs Ia any previous domestic
trouble.
Knott admitted taking the baby and
some articles OF jewelry from their
home on Own-ave.. after she took the
stand He had offered to return the
baby II she would keep away from the
trial. she said.
Lodge resumed
10 pay her debts. yes"
And do you think $50 ont of $500
would help her out very much"
1T might
80 YOU thought YOU would teach
me lesson. ch?
Il came down here TO see that you
couldn't profit by crooked trick"
You didn't talk with me about it.,
did you"
NO Tut you were my attorney once,
and thought you had right to let
me know
"Oh. do you want me to refer to
that?"
The witness obviously did not
You know that ] don't dare betray
the confidence YOU reposed in me when
was your attorney. don't you?' Lodge
almost shouted
Most assuredly."
THAT was about the time you were
married wasn't it?"
"Yes"
"Oh. that's all. Mr. Knott" And the
witness stepped down.
Mrs. Messenger Defended.
The prosecution then called num-
Der OF witnesses. chiefly from Battle
Creek. TO counteract the testimony of
the witnesses who swore for the de-
Tense that Mrs. Mignonnette G. Mes
sengers reputation was bad. These
new Witnesses based their opinions
largely on their personal contact with
Mrs Messenger and few of them had
ever heard her reputation discussed to
any extent In one or two instances
the testimony was III the nature of a
boomerang for the prosecution.
DR. George \. Robertson. Of Battle
Creek. a man of advanced years. ad-
mitted on cross-eXamination that he
knew Mrs. Messenger To be a queer
and eccentric woman with a vivid
Imagination He had once prescribed
morphine for her when she was suf
fering from pleurisy. but did not think
she was still taking the drug Just be
fore the doctor left the stand he rec
ognized Attorney Harry McCurry. as
sociatcd with Lodge a. Brown in the
defense rs "A young man who had
called on him in Battle Creek
He was up to Battle Greek for a
purpose" he declared. excitedly. But
he didn't seem TO want me for a wit
ness after | talked with him"
More testimony on the boomerang
order was supplied by Mrs II l.. b.
Rowell. until recently police matron
I'm Battle Greek To the prosecutors s
question as 10 what she had heard OF
Mrs. Messenger, she replied promptly:
II have heard she is not a truthful
woman"
From whom?" the prosecutor asked
quickly.
From an enemy Of hers And she
named the chief of police of Battle
Greek as the enemy" Mrs Rowell
wasn't sure that she was police mat
ron. explaining that there had been a
change of administration in the police
department. now evenly split between
Republicans and Democrats. and she
had received notice that She was sus
pended
Others sworn TO give Mrs Messen
ger clean bill were: Mr. and Mrs
Arthur Purcell. of No. 529 Merrick
Clapper and Attorney Frank Clapp. all
of Battle Creek.
Capt. Mcdonnell Testifies.
Chief Of Detectives Mcdonnell was
the last witness for the people. lie
said that Futch refused TO make a
statement on the occasion of either of
his TWO arrests, and denied that any
books were taken from the doctor s
Office by ;he police To Mr. Lodge. on
Cross-cxanIination Capt. Mcdonnell de-
clared that he didn't care whether
Fritch confessed or not Lodge read
from statement made by Attorney
Brown I'm which Brown alleged that
Mcdonnell mad said 10 him. when
Brown asked TO see Fritch: You are
one Of those damned lawyers that al.
ways wants man 10 get his rights" "
And Brown is alleged 10 have replied:
And you are one of those damned
detectives who want to keep a man
from getting his rights The captain
denied that any such conversation had
taken place.
We rest" announced the prose
cutor
The defense swore only two witness.
IS in sur-rebuttal, Dr Fritch and DIR.
W n Harper. The latter testified to-
having treated Mrs. Lucy Albrecht. one
of the witnesses for the defense. Fritch
denied that he had given check To
Mrs Ida Putzig or anyone else He
always pays in cash, he said That
closed the testimony and court ad-
juurned