The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-24
FR|TCH's PATIENTS
BATTER AWAY At
PEOPLES CASE
Mrs. Bessie Knot Testifes She Was
in Doctors Office Afternoon of
Aug q and Saw Nothing of
Mabel Millman.
Telephone Message To Wife of
Chauffeur Leach Is Made To Appear
Very Innocent Incident

A story as remarkable almost az
hat related by Mrs. Mignonnette G.
Aiessenger. when she was on the stand
Tor the people. was that told by
riends and patien,s OF Or Fritch AT
wednesday afternoons session OF the
ritch trial. " hllc their testimony
orroborated the peoples case in scv-
raj important "details. the incident >.
n the light OF these apparently plaus-
Die explanations, took on a wholly In
locent character
IL was admitted for instance. that
Or. Fritch called up Mrs Joseph
each, wife of the chauffeur whose
testimony was the prosecution's trump
ard aga'nstt Fritch ON the afternoon
u Aug - that he asked for Joe"
lad left wcrd for the latter TO call him
hp when he raue home. just as Mrs
each had testified, But. according 20
he testimony of the Fritch witnesses.
ne Doctors obieci in calling Leach
Was 10 get an automobile TO convey
Dhe OF his patients Walter G. DRAKE.
Who was suffering from injuriess 70
lis head received ia an accident sew
raj days before - his home
Leach's automobile apparently was
lac only one in town. so far as the
lCctor was conc rned. fo~ ne made ho
fort TO secure one from any other
source. Anyway. MIR Drake got bet
Ter right after thai and was able 20
20 home on a car, in spite OF all tne
MSS that had been made previously
over the automobile and the exchange
Il telephone messages between Or
| rfff oh ire In 10 of ~ .ts
lent. and, in tmn. between Mrs Draite
nd her husband : Office girl
Mr. Drake ly the way. is Dr.
'ntch's nearest neighbor in the build
Ing al Safest ana Westinghouse.
Where the doctor has his Office. He IS
lanager OF the Gas Consumers asso-
clation. located directly across the
all from the doctors suite, aad
ritch is his family physician.
Mr. Drake was unable to fix Aug.
20 as the DAY when he was so ex
5emely nervous that the doctor saw
ii; to cal an automobile. He knew
was toward TIC end or the month,
However. and said he was in and our
of Or. Fritch's office several times.
lie saw 40 woman standing in the hall
that afternoon llr admitted. on cross
have been anywhere from Aug. -
to 81
Mrs Drake, rowever, was positive
that the date was Aug 81 How dli
he fix il? She read in the papers
Joe Leach's story of the mldnigh;
,de TO Ecorse creed and recalled the
incidents of that August afternoon
when he~ husband was nervous IN
that way.
when did you read about it,"
I'm september, | think.
Sure d0out mat:
Yes, quite sure"
WASH il in October
II dom thinE So
The prosecutor dcived into scrap
hook, Attorney Lodges scrap book.
and found that l.cach's confession
WAS first printed Oct Il.
Il must have teen mistaken az
knowledged the witness
But you recall that these incidents
you have testified to happened on
Aug. % even though your husband
didn't come home in an automobile"
Yes
That's all"
Nettie Adeline Schelp. cashier and
assistant in Mr. brakes Office. was
recalled. Her testimony dovetailed
very nicely into that OF her employer
and her employers wife and the other
. witnesses. There was scarcely u
| hitch in the details anywhere. and
Miss Schelp like Mrs Drake. was
positive the date was Aug. p because
she had her eyes treated and bought
pair Of glasses on that day she
recalled conversation with Dr.
Fritch. in which he had told her he
had ordered an auto for Mr.. Drake
IN auto which never came
The doctor. she said had a number
bf patients that afternoon. and he was
not excited a bit. I'm fact. she never
saw him any other way but just cool
and collected"
The prosecutor had no questions,
and hid smile with difficulty.
Don't you want TO crosseXamine
me-" asked Miss Schelp in surprise.
"Oh. no" was the reply.
Mrs. Bessie Knott. an unusually
attractive young woman, who nov
lives at No 1913 HClden-ave.. and mas
been a patient Of d. Fritch, was the
last witness of tho afternoon, and the
most valuable one the defense has yet
produced. She vas suffering FROM
stomach trouble I'm August. she sald,
and went TO DR. FritCh's office at 2."o
IN the afternoon for a treatment. she
felt so poorly that she was Obliged 90
rest for a while ia one of the back
rooms, and for this reason did NOT
leave until $3.50 She was In all the
rooms, she said. and saw no dead
body. She was positive that II on
had been there che would have seen
Il. She corroborated the telephone
incident. She fixed the date by count
ing back the Sevs in the caloidar
when she read of Or. Fritch's arrest.
Detroit, Mat. WeG> aud sat. at ?.
Special Matinee Tuesday. Washington's
birthday, Frederic Thompsou brings
Robert billiard. in Porter Emerson
Brownies wonderful play. like no other
"A Fool There Was.
A japanese scientist claims to have
discovered a process for causing
oysters TO make perfectly spherical