The Detroit times., 1910-02-25
FRITCH's PATIENTS
. BATTER AWAY At ]
PEOPLES CASE
Many Swear They Were in Doctors
Othce Aug. q and Saw No Trace
OF Mabel Millman or
Dead Body.
PROSECUTOR Adds Touch of Comedy
10 the Trial BY Probing Drinking
Habits of Woman Witness.

| Mrs. Lille Drullard, one OF the pa
tients of DIR. Fritch. who was called
! thursday, was recalled by the defense
when the Fritch trial was resumed
! thursday TO explain further how she
iiXed the time OF her visit TO the doc,
tors office as Aug. % Her testimony.
| however. was largely a repetition OF
I her previous statement Asked by
the prosecutor how she came to be a
witness, Mrs. DrulIard said DR.. Fritch
had asked her ii she remem bered hay
ing been In his Office on the fatefui
afternoon and she had replied that She
did
Mrs. Sarah Ann Manchester OF No.
~ Biackstone-ave., wife of John
! Manchester. was next called. The
witness Is quite deaf and IL was neces-
sary FOR Attorney Lodge TO shout his
questions. DR.. Fritch. she said. had
Deen the family physician for some
ume and had treated various mem
Ders OF the family.
Were in DR.. Fritch's office last
summer Lodge asked
was there on Friday. Aug. 81"
was the prompt and emphatic reply.
ASKED how she fixed the date. the
/
she nxed the date in various WAYS.
nrSt ny counting back, then by the
iact that she was going 10 the fair
the next week, but didn't go until the
week after; next by the fact that she
always did her sweeping Friday. hut
put II off till Saturday this particular
week because she was going TO tho
fair. But 1t wasn't just clear how all
these matters were connected in any
way with her visit to DR.. Fritch.
but YOU were in DR.. Fritch's Office
on Aug. 27?" Lodge asked finally, and
ne seemed 10 be just a IL. impatient
Sure She Was There.
Yes sir" Her tones were most
emphatic.
what time were you there?"
About 4:30. left my home at 3 80.
took FOREST car. got off at Girls
, wold-st.. and went right 10 DR.. Fritch's
once First | went into the parlor
and sat down. Then | wanted TO talk
10 the doctor and SO | went into the
medicine room, where he was putting
: up my medicine"
Mrs. Manchester also found occa-
sion 10 go into all the other rooms and
she was very certain that she "didn't
see any dead body there and there
couldn't have been no dead body there
without me seem it."
Nothing escaped your eye. did it?"
asked Prosecutor Van Zile. taking I'M
the cross-examination.
NO. sir. nothing escaped me-" adj
mitted Mrs. Manchester. proudly.
There wasn't much there, and 7
couldn't help but see a body IL there
had been one"
Now, you made a statement down
at my Office at one time about this pc
Yes, | made a mistake"
You were not in very good condi-
ton that morning anyway, were you.
TO give a statement"
We'll, | was in pretty good condi-
ton. according"
The night before you were drunk,
weren't you?"
Denies Being Drunk.
Il was not drunk. | had a glass OF
brandy
You were lying on the sidewalk
when the police picked you up"
II fell off the sidewalk when they
give me dope. ! telephoned 10 DIR.
Fritch-"
You did?"
He says TO me"
1Ou Iel on the sidewalk into
Woodbridge station, didn't your"
Let me tell you now had sick
daughter and | had not had any sleep
for about three weeks. and was very
nervous. You take person that
hasn't had much sleep for three
weeks and nurses Il sick girl. you
don't feel very good
NO, brandy makes you feel bet
; ter"
Il expected to be called and did
not want to be- called while my
daughter was sick | expected the
trial was coming right of, and want
: ed TO know when they were going to
call me-
Was that the reason you braced up
a little bite"
80. il was so could get my work
done no. So / had them cali up DR..
Fritch To see II he was going to- cali
on me- And / went in the saloon on
FOREST. and asked the lady to give
me glass of brandy. And she brought
il out TO me and | drank IL and fell
down. And ! yomited Then they
sent the patrol after me and jumped
In and said IIooray for Or. Fritch;
he didn't DO H..
Mrs Manchester who is a woman
we'll past middle life. admitted that
she had been taken TO Woodbridge
station but said she had awakened
i'm time tol Eealize that they tried to
make her own ny that she saw that
etrl Miss Millmam In Fritch's of
zee"
woman and two detectives had
come ia her TO tr. 10 induce her TO
make such a statement she said. bur
she Rad refused. telling them the
same story she had told on the stand.
she insisted.
This closed one o. the most anus
inc ,ucid0rts o. the trial and Miss
roretta st Auhin. No. 90 Henry-ss..
Fcorse. an attractive young woman OF
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