The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-03-02

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cant the fact that Fritch had refused
TO make any statement. even a denial,
when confronted with Joe" Leach.
Case Hinges on Lesch's story.
III you believe the story OF Joe
Leach" he said. that Is really all
there is 10 this case. III HIS story a.
true DR.. Friteh is the man who had
that body ana rhe man who took the
life OF that girl. If you find that
Fritch is the man who carried those
sacks out of his office and took them
10 Ecorse creek. you will have found
the man who is the guilty party In
this case.
Now. why shouldn't you believe
Joe Leach? The defense has gone
! from Dan TO Bcrsheba in an effort -
! lind something against him, someone
10 attack his reputation, yet they
have not produced one scintilla of evil
denCc of this character
Dld you ever stop to think what
a condition a man must be I'm who
has on his hands the dead body OF a
( person whose life he has taken? And
did you ever notice that these crimes
came 10 light because of some mis-
take made by the murderer? What
more natural than that Frtch should
turn to a friend he thought he could
trust? The body had TO be disposed of.
and IL had to be carried out the front
door because there was no back door.
| He couldn't carry II ont with sheet
over il without advertising the fact
To the whole world So he cut up the
body and placed il in sacks, so that II
hRnarpa innttfaitfra he nn,lI
say that he was just carrying out a
few Understanding suspicious
looking about a sack.
Il repeat. II Joe Leach is telling
the truth. that is the end OF the case.
II We know that Mabel Millman's body
came out OF that Office in sacks, we
don't care where he had the body con
cealed while his patients were in his
Office. don't care whether he had
II under a bed or stuck In a closet.
That doesn't matter, If that body was
taken out Of his Office that night, cut
~ into three parts and placed in
three sacks
The mere fact that the doctors
patients didn't see any body or hear
any outcries doesn't prove there were
none. Why. there were plenty OF
places to hide IL in that office. Though
II seems 10 me that some OF the pa
tients strained point TO peer into
closets they didn't peek into all the
corners.
Gentlemen all the circumstances
In this case go to show that Or. Fritch
Is guilty and the defense has pro-
duccd no evidence to controvert tina,
/ theory
That closed the prosecutors open
ing argument. which consumed an
hour and a half
Lodge Begins Address.
Stronger than any evidence that
has been introduced in this case was
the mastery summing up of Prosecu-
tor Van Zile We have just listened TO. -
said Attorney Lodge. beginning the
argument for the defense
II think may safely say that you
have now seen the full strength of the
peoples case, and you have heard
that all presented in the most skill
full manner possible No one can
realize the terrible burden that is on
an attorneys shoulders from the time
he enters the court room 10 take up q
trial until the jury retires to its de
liberations. Jurymen are but men
after all, subject TO the same pre-
JUDGES as other men are. and a man
must try case with this thought al
ways in mind How will this look 10
the Jury | beg OF you 10 consider
that In making my exceptions on the
record I have had no desire to inter
rupt the trial have had no other de
sire than 10 protect the interest OF
my client.
The prosecutor has appealed 10
you to try this case by the evidence
rather than by the testimony | join
fraternal hands with him In that
statement. and am willing 10 have
nv clients fate determined on the
evidence and the evidence alone.
THE prosecutor has said that our
witnesses have been sprung on him
suddenly while we have had notice
months in advance of the witnesses
the prosecution would call. Did you
notice that when | swore a witness
| asked that witness his or her full
name. address and other like ques-
tons
The police have had every facility -
look up these witnesses: they have
had five detectives doing nothing but
looking after this case. Yet. there
have been only two pitiful attempts 70
discredit our witnesses.
Lashes Frank Knott
You have heard this man Frank
Knott shall | call him a man ?-ad-
nit that he stole the baby from his
home and paltry s37 from his wife ;
pocketbook You have this man, who
has been supported by his wife's
father since his marriage, and his
quota to the peoples case. You have
seen the veil OF secrecy torn from the
most sacred OF domestic relations. -
| think the record on our side Will
stand comparison with that OF the
prosecution.
Lodge referred to the testimony OF
Mrs. Messenger as the crazy dis
closures OF weird witness and
made the most OF the prosecutor :
failure TO produce her anonymous let
ters TO Sheriff Castor. He lambasted
the police department In vigorous
style with pointed references 10 the
third degree" although II had not
been applied to any extent In the
FritCh case
Lodge took issue with the prosecu-
tors statement that there was no
,uoStfnp ne to tho GIRLS DhyQicn1 ron.