The Detroit times., 1910-03-02
|DR. FRIICH TRIAL
,Con,,nued feom Page OnsJ

~ "'N' one lblu MdItnt iishh'S '"~
Was going to DR. Fritch's Office for all
Examination. When she ler the
house that August day. she inquired
from the landlady. Mrs. McDougall'
Inc way TO Dubois-st.
Why seize upon the things that
tend to show guilt and ignore the
Things that tend 10 establish limo
cence? Ii they are going 10 use Mabel
Millman's words. why not use all she
said? But no, the prosecution is here
10 convict and so II wants you to
consider only the things that show
4guilt.
4 The prosecutor has disposed OF
our defense In two words. He calls *
Il frame-up Do those words strike
YOU as familiar? Why. those words
were coined by the prosecutions not
By this administration perhaps. but
away back decades ago It's time
honored phrase. a favorite expression
Xof prosecutors from time-immorial
N Discusses Alleged Frame-Up.
III Now, gentlemen. let us look at this
tthJng. What difficult thing II would
3 De TO frame-up all these witnesses, AZ
Sof them? want TO say to you, we
have brought to you respectable wit
nesses. The testimony OF anyone OF
N them is enough To dispose of the peo-
X pies case. Why. on the basis OF $500
n per witness-that is the price Mr..
n Knott claims TO have been offered-it
n would have cost the doctor s23. 500 20
y frame-up this case. Don't you sup
|. pose he could have caught Frank
" Knott cheaper than 5000
"A why gentlemen. | would rather
n 10000 times believe Mrs. Bessie Knott
+. than the story OF this man who is unfit
!, to be her husband. What was his
q object in coming here To testify
n against her? Did he look TO you like
R a very estmable representative OF the
N underlying principle Of truth and
I. honor he prates about? He never
n would have been on the stand If his
!. wife had not given her permission. and
. she takes the stand and says Let him
n tell all he knows
~ Calls Knott Sneak" and Cur"
n The sneak The cur, To come
N up here. taking advantage Of the per-
" mission granted by his wife, and
k when he gets on the stand he turns 10
III the court for protection when we
hi question him about matters that he
NJ didn't like to so into. He says he
III was offered $500. Wouldn't he have
NJ taken it II he had had the chance. this
n man who stole his wifes baby, and
her tewelry and a paltry $37? We
n might excuse him. perhaps, for steal
ii Ing the child. but there was no excuse
for man who is getting 5000 a month
from his wife's father stealing S37
n from his wifes pocketbook | guess
that's where Judge Van Zie got that
sS7 Mrs Ida Putzig is alleged 10 lave
N received from DR.. Fritch COR testify
n Ing First they said IL was s3S. later
. they chopped off dollar"
She was a cheaper woman than |
thought she was put in the prose
cutor
Lodge took up the testimony of
N nearly every witness for the defense
and in an intimate. conversational
n manner. discussed with the jury the
Is testimony OF these witnesses and de-
IA Tended 1t agains. the accusation that
b II had been framed up
Il Our Witnesses Told the Truth"
n You gentlemen know something Of
me- he continued. do you think
i nave beel running around fixing wit
n iesses in this Gaze? | say 10 you men
row that our witnesses were telling
fhe truth, and. what is more. we have
n documents to prove our case
The reference was to the receipts
Il produced by Witnesses and the time
Il sheets OF the painters. He referred
h saroastically to the prosecutors re.
mark, Thursday, thai exceptions are
rot proof
. And bear in mind. gentlemen, tina;
insinuations are not proof, either he
n went on. He cal sit behind pile
n OF ominous looking papers and ask sig
niiicant questions and ask you to ac-
n cept that as evidence"
N Lodge again referred 10 the fact
n that Mrs Messengers story places
Il Mabel Millman IN Fritch's office alive,
1 an hour aud a BALI after he is alleged
|, TO have telephoned to Chauffeur
N Lcach's home TO an auto in which 70
|. carry her dismembered body TO
Eccrse creek. This discrepancy alone
was enough to dispose OF the case and
lcquit the doctor. his attorney de-
II clared.
II Eloquent In Peroration.
\ Beginning his peroration. Lodge
4 waxed eloquent.
d There was time" he said, "whcl
liberty meant more than il does now.
4 JllT lOTtIdtUtIS NtIll 10 NdG DttduSt
of tax on tea They were big with
the idea that man could not be de
prived of his life or his liberty unless
ais guilt were proven beyond a reason
able doubt am sorry to say these
Ideas are becoming oldfashionCd.
Nowadays the police think they can
use fair means OF foul to secure the
conviction OF al accused man.
but Thank God the jury still exists
Thank God, the liberty of Dr.. Fritch Is
in your power to dispose of, and | APP
peal to You now. as sworn judges o;
| the facts. to make true deliverance be.
| tween the state oi Michigan and the
defendant at the bar. | believe we
have established mis- innocence beyond
reasonable doubt and ! believe we
are safe in your hands
AZ this point the court ordered a
recess. Lodge was about TO thank the
jurors for the consideration they had
shown during the long trial, but the
recess cut MIN eff abruptly.
II believe Mr.. Lodge is about
through" put in Prosecutor Van Zlle.
That's all right; he can finish
.ater' responded the court.
II know. put that takes the tuck out
of it, complained Lodge, in an
aside"
Il have never seen jury pay SO
| close attention as YOU gentlemen have