The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-02-17
BUSINESSMEN
STORY HARD BLOW
FOR DEFENSE
Woman Testifes That She Talked To
Mabel Millman in DR.. Fritch's
Office the Day of Girls
Disappearance.
Saw Physician Hurry From Consult
ing Room Few Minutes After
Victim Entered.

On the resumption OF the Fritch
trlai, Thursday morning, Miss Martha
fleming was recalled To the stand ID
rave the way for the testimony of
MIS-. Minnie Messenger, one OF the
most important witnesses In the
case. Miss Henning also supplied
other missing links in the testimony.
relative TO important matters OF A
aellcate nature. Her testimony along
THIS line was exceedingly helpful To
the prosecution.
Miss Henning identified a bottle OF
medicine which has figured rather
conspicuously in the testimony as
having been purchased by Miss Mill
man several days previous to her
death, and told OF having seen Mabel
take some of this medicine. The wit
ness also identified the surgical in
strument found in the room she and
Miss Henning occupied at No. 2S9
Cass-ave., as having been Mabel's
property. Postcard pictures OF Miss
Millman, alone. and Miss Millman and
Miss Henning together. were identi.
fed b. the witness.
Miss Henning told in detail OF the
clothes Mabel Millman had at the
time of her disappearance. Those
she wore at the time she left the
rooming house the fatal afternoon
have never been recovered From
what clothes were missing, Miss Hen
ming said that Mabel must have worn.
at the time OF her death, wiHte
shirt waist and black wolfe skirt.
Mrs. Messenger Testifies.
Mrs. Messenger, OF No. 200 Fourth
ave. the woman OF mystery, followed
Miss Henning on the stand. She was
attired neatly In blue suit and wore
a veil, which. however, did not con-
ceal her face. Though rather delicate
nappearance she gave her answers
In a clear, direct maner and did not
appear To be greatly perturbed In
answer to the preliminary question
she described DR.. Fritch's office.
Were you III DR.. Fritch's Office in
the afternoon of Aug. 27?" asked
| Prosecutor Van Zile.
II was replied the witness.
How did you come to go there?"
Il was on my way TO the gas ofi1co
and, not being familiar with it's loca-
! ton. stopped In at the building where
| DR.. Fritch has his office TO inquire the
way"
Whom did you inquire of"
Il asked a young woman standing
at the top of the steps"
who was that woman"
Mabel Millman"
did she tell you her Nance"
YES"
And where she lived?"
YES"
How was she dressed?"
Identifies Mabei's Picture.
Mrs. Messenger described the vari-
GUS articles of clothing substantially
as Miss Henning had enumerated
them. She identified a picture OF
Mabel Millman, the same that had
been identified by Miss Henning.
After witness had detailed the pre-
urinary conversation with Miss Mill
man as 10 the location OF the gas
Office. the prosecutor went on:
Was anything said about Miss Mill
man going into Dr. Fritch's Officer"
Yes"
Did she say what she was going
there for?"
Not in plain terms"
What did she say?"
We'll. asked her II she knew wha5
| kind OF doctor he was. She said she
| had met him only once-that was the
day before, and that she had an APP
| pointment with him for O'Clock that
afte rnoon. after the other patients
had gone | offered TO go in with her
and asked her why she had not
| brought a friend. She replied that
| the doctor had told her not to tell
anyone she was coming"
Mrs. Messenger testified that she
and Miss Mlllman remained there
! for about 20 minutes. When they
went into DR. Fritch's reception room.
! She left Mabel sitting in chair near
| the window and stood In the open
! doorway overlooking the iron steps
! Il at led 10 the street Once or twice
she stepped back 10 look in the recep-
| tior room and Mabel was still sitting
there in the window.
Mrs. Messenger said she had sought
| the open air on account OF Asthma
and decided that she would wait for
| DR. Fritch and ask him to treat her
/ She walked away a few steps and
presently returned TO the Office to
] fn0 the reception room empty. An
other woman left the place as she en-
tered. but Il was nor Mabel Millman.
and she had not seen the latter go out.
Or. Fritch Hurries Out.
About half an hour elapsed between
/ the time she last saw Mabel Millman
sitting in the Office and the time she
locked in To find the Office deserted.
Continued on PAGE Nine.)
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