The Detroit times., 1912-09-28
JURY TO TRY Or. FRITCH
I$'nhALLY SECURED AND
THE CASE is UNOER WAY
Seventy-one Talesmen Examined
Before Satisfactory Selec-
ton is Made
Kelly ADDRESSES JURY
Assistant Prosecutor Outlines
Strong Case Against Accused;
Miss Henning First Witness
THE FRITcH JURY:


Gustave sSehuchard. No. 6s1 Nc
ougall-aYe.
William Damn, No. 277 Macomb-
st. ssa ts
Albert Doerr No. $40 Medbury-
ave.
Robert, Vert. No. $40 Dix-ave.
Charles NJ. Hardy. No. SIS Beau
'bien-st.
Ernest A. Techman. No. $50 St.
Aubin-ave.
Walter Adams. No. $50 Hendricks
It.
Elisha H. Davis. No. II Twenty
nrst-st.
william H. stscher. No. 1854
Michigan-aye,
John westendorf, No. ass Bran
don-ave. %
Frederick c. Brandt. No. 271 Van
Dyke-ave.
Herman nreyer. No. $50 Seneca
ave.
After II talesmen had been exam
ined In Judge Phelan's court, jury
to try DR., George A. Fritch on the
charge of causing the death OF May.
belle Millman. of Ann Arbor, was
sworn in at 11:45 O'Clock, Friday
morning, and few minutes after As
sistant Prosecutor George Kelly had
finished his terse opening address TO
the jury, Martha Henning, was placed
On the witness stand, and the second
trial Of the doctor was under way.
!. The prosecution had excused 81
talesmen for cause and had Derempt-
orily challenged two;. while the de-
tense excused 26 for cause, and per-
cmptorily challenged four, making,
with the twelve accepted jurymen, IL
that were examined.
In his opening, Assistant Prosecut-
or Kelly stated that the prosecution
would show that Maybelle Millman
came here from Ann Arbor Aug. IA,
1903, and stayed at No. 2Se Cass-ave.
with Martha Henning, her friend ;
that she was i'll and was told to see
pr Fritch, whom she saw, Aug. 26,
and with whom she made an appoint
ment for Aug. 81; and that she can
pc placed In DR.. Fritch's Office on the
afternoon OF Aug. q.
We will show" said Kelly, that
DR.. Fritch called an auto driver Joe
Leach; that the driver came tn
Fritch's Office that night with his
auto. and drove Fritch to his home,
the doctor taking bundle with him.
This bundle Is alleged to have con-
{ tanned Maybe1fe Millrnans clothing
Continuing, Kelly said they would
show that Fritch got six bricks and
three cement bags from a garage In
~ inr in he af
the Fritch home; that he went back
no his Office. and brought three bun
dies out to the automobile, asking
Leach where there was some deep
water; that Leach suggested Belle
Isle bridge, but Fritch said 1t was
too light and too public. Then, ac-
cordjng TO Kelly, Leach and Fritch
drove to Ecorse creek ard Fritch,
from the running board Of the auto,
} threw three bundles into the creek
Later, the prosecutor said, two
cement sacks, weighted with Porath
bricks, and containing the dlsmembcr-
ed body OF Maybelle Millman, were
found in the creek by fishermen. A
third bag, containing portion OF the
abdomen and thighs, was, found on
the shore OF Crosse lie.
N"we will show that eMaybelle MIL
man was in poor health, that DR..
Fritch cut up the body, and that he
threw the body into Ecorse Creek. !"
said Kelly, in conclusion.
Court adjourned at 1880 o'clock
Friday afternoon until Saturday morn
ing. with Martha Henning's testimony
unfinished She has been excused
until Monday morning. There was
a rumor around the court room
that Miss Henning Is, to be married
and that her leave OF absence was on
this account.
"Oh, nothing like that" she said.