The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-03
CUR AND SNEAK
LODGE CRIES IN
lAsH|NG KNOTT
Fsi,eh's Attorney Makes Bitter At
tack on Man Who Impeached Tes-
timony of Wife, Chief Witness
For the Defense.
Closes Long Address With Eloquent
Plea That Doctor Be Freed-Prose.
cutor Begins Final Summing UP.

Prosecutor Van Zile began his final
argument 10 the jury N the Fritch
man slaughter case at o'clock. Wei.
hesday afternoon. The court room, as
usual. was crowded 10 the doors. and
tie number OF attorneys present was
larger than usual.
Absolute quiet reigned as the rugged
prosecutor arose and began his sum
ming up ia quiet, even tones. Several
81 the jurors pulled themselves up in
thcir chairs and leaned forward 10
tch every word
Al the outset he told story OF Il
farmer boy who. questioned by pass
er-by as to how much he got Tor hoe
ing those potatoes, replied: Il get
nothin If | DO and he'll II | don't"
SO IL Is with the prosecution with
reference TO such cases as these he
continued, III the prosecutor and the
police refused To take up "A case like
this. they would certainly get hell, and
they would get it from your hands,
too. as citizens. What is more we
would have IL coming
The prosecutor referred to Nj.
Lodge as being very clever and dram
attic and then proceeded 10 take the
"ihN oHA vi sumo VI LotEt az SUI
ments
There should not be so much
salve-spreading.' he said Let us
set down TO the bed rock and look
into this case in the light OF the
proofs
The fat that IL was arraignmeut
day in the recorders court tended ID
augment the throng in attendance al
Ia. ~ ~ ~ .1
attorneys and others VINO had busi.
hess in the othe- branch OF the court
locked 10 Judge Phelans room u
hear Attorney Frank Lodge close his
argument for the defense. while wait
Ing for their oWn cases TO be called.
Many OF the curious were Gisap-
b pointed. however After the seats IN
the lobby were die. the officers adj
mtted oaiy those whom they knew,
while the less fortunate ones gath
ercd in the corridors, about the court
room doors craning their necks 10 get
a view o. the speaker and strainins
heir ears TO hear what he had 10 say.
Women Patients in Court.
Among ;hc women Ia attendance
were several OF Dr Frtch's patients,
who had testnee Tor him. DR.. Fritch
a
once before court opened and thea
calamity escorted them TO seats.
Il find | have talked TO you three
, hours and 10 minutes" said Lodge.
continuing his address, and during
all that time We have been finding
weaknesses in the peoples case. II
the prosecutors case Is SO strong DO
you think IL would stand three hours
OF such discussion"
Lodge for the first time referred 10
the bit Of evidence revealed by the
microscopical examination conducted
by Or. Thaddeus Walker.
You must be careful he said. lin
considering testimony revealed 10y the
microscope. This defendant has not
had fair show with regard 10 this
microscopical evidence. Has anyone
else been permitted TO look through
that microscope? No All We have
is DR.. Walkers word for what he
saw
Lodge pointed out that the sub
stance Dr. Walker claimed TO have
discovered was not visible TO the
raked eve and was not seen by Drs.
Stapleton, Grimes or Clark. Then he
reverted TO the post-mortem, decla:-
ing:
"The full history of that bungins
rostmortem has not been told and
never will be
Lodge made point OF the fact that
millions Of sacks of cement such as
used in disposing of The Millman girls
body had been sold in Detroit last
year and asked is Or Fritch the
cnly man in Detroit who had c. II.
Little sacks In his house,
Now they attempt TO convict DR..
Frtch out of Mabel Millman's mouth,
he continued. and | say 60 YOU they
cannot convict him except out of her
mouth. double hearsay though II Is.
Now let us see what Mabel Millman
said She told Martha Henning she
was going to DR. Fritch's Office for an
examination When she left the
house that August day. she inquired
from the landlady, Mrs. McDougall,
the 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 arc going to use Mabel
Millman's words. why not Use all she
said? But no, the prosecution is here
20 convict and so II wants you 10
consider only the things that show
guilt.
The prosecutor has disposed of
our defense in two words. He calls *
fram4-up. Do those words strike
you as familiar? Why, those words
we're coined by the prosecution not
by this administration perhaps. but
away back, decades ago It's a time
'honored phrase. favorite expression
Of prosecutors from time-immorial
Discusses Alleged Framc-Up.
Now, gentlemen let us look at this
thing what difficult thing il would
be TO frame.up all these witnesses, i3
OF them? | want to say to you, we
have brought to YOU respectable wit
nesses The testimony OF anyone OF
them is enough TO dispose of the pee
pe's case. Whv 80 ,.a basis OF $500
yer witncss-that is the price Mr..
Knott claims TO have been offered-it
would have cost the doctor $4,000 %
frame.up this case. Don't you sup
pose he could have caught Frank
Knott cheaper than 5000
why gentlemen. | would ather
10000 times believe Mrs. Bessie Knott
than the story Of this man who Is unfit
TO be her husband. What was his
ia,