The Detroit times., 1913-05-15

doctor. She might have mentioned
Crystler's name 10 me. She mentioned
some man. I don't remember his
name"
DR.. George says that he prescribed
solution OF alum, tannic acid and
borax at that time.
Admitting that he had treated the
girl In the home OF Ernest Fish, No.
BIG Harrison-ave.. last December, ne
said that at that time he had pre-
scribed elixir OF iron, quinine ana
strychnine for her. as a tonic. as she
had collapsed at her switchboard IN
the telephone Office. and said she fire.
quently even forgot her name. He
says that he did not hear that she
was in trouble then. Then, this
spring-he said he could not fix the
date-he was called to the Fish home
to treat Belle Barry, found her fever
ish. he says. and gave her acetanaiid
and phenacetine. He says that the
last time he saw Belle Barry was two
weeks before her death, when she
called at his Office. to see II he could
get her a job somewhere. He said
she was nervous and weak and said
that she had been Ill. but, he says, he
didn't think II peculiar that she did
not ask for treatment from him,
though he had treated her so often
before.
He said she told him she couldn I
go back to the telephone company;
could not work In an Office as she did
not know stenography or typewriting.
and wanted him to fnd some work
for her.
He said that he was called to the
Fish home. the first time. by a man,
and the second time, Belle Barry her
self called him. He says he was let
In by woman. 1t was evening, dark,
and he could not say whether the
woman was Mrs. Fish or not.
Only once did the doctor get ruffied.
That was when an interviewer said
that he was accused Of having per-
formed an illegal operation In the
Fish home, and that he was accused
of two other such operations.
I'm not In that kind Of business"
he shot back. Il never performed such
an operation at any time
Asked what he did on the Sunday
that Belle Barry disappeared. he said
he bathed in the morning. of course,
then treated some patients, then chat.
ted. in his ONCE, until noon, with Mr..
Wilson and Mr. Nicholson, friends OF
his.
At noon he fent to his fathers cigar
store and pool room. then at No. $50
Brush-st. and played ball with young
Smith," who hangs around there. La
ter he said the name wasn't Smith,
but he could not think what II was
He stayed there until $50 o'clock. he
said, and then went home until y
o'clock In the evening, when he re-
turned to No. $50 Brush.st.. and tried
to get Smith" the same Smith" 10
go to No. 48 Catherine-st. with him,
but Smith would not go. and Dr.
George went alone. at 8:46 o'clock.
He says he stayed there about an hour
and a half, and then went to McLeod's
restaurant at No. 2311a Woodward
ave, as was his nightly custom for
the last six months. He says he
stayed there until 1870, chatting
Mary Meddaugh. employed there. Pc-
lice declare that the Meddaugh girl
said she did not see DR.. George there,
that Sunday night. George, told that,
said Mary was mistaken.
From the restaurant. DR.. George
says he went to John Harvey's drug
store at Brush and High-sts.. saw
that the clerk there was talking to
girl, and then went home. His
father was in bed, but spoke to him.
said the doctor.
Questioned about his movements
on Saturday, the day before. DR..
George said he couldn't tell every
place he had been. correctly. Try.
yourself. and see whether you can
trace your movements on certain
day." he said.
Asked why the particular Sunday
was 80 clear In his mind. as to his
movements. he said: 81 ate Ice
cream on that day. I seldom eat ice
cream"
He said he has no auto. and never
rented one except once, a long time
ago, when he broke his leg and was
taken home In q rented auto.
Asked II Belle Barry had ever con-
fided to him that she was in trouble,
or had ever asked him to operate on
her. he said: "No. never sus-
pected It. The only talk of q pri-
vate nature that / had with her was
a year ago, and that time she was
worried for fear she could not have
a healthy child when she married, as
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