Mrs. Malloy Surrenders Herself To City Police

Mrs. Malloy Surrenders Herself To City Police

Attorney Demands Hearing

A 53-year-old Ann Arbor woman, sought for the past 17 days by area police and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on an embezzlement warrant, surrendered herself at city police headquarters this morning.

Mrs. Mildred M. Malloy of 811 Barton Dr. walked into the detective bureau at City Hall with her attorney, Jack S. Dulgeroff, and gave herself up.

She was immediately served with the warrant charging she embezzled more than $40,000 from the office of three doctors where she worked as a receptionist at University Hospital.

Demands Hearing

At her Municipal Court arraignment this morning, her attorney demanded examination and Judge Francis L. O’Brien listed a tentative date for the preliminary hearing of next Thursday. However, the judge noted that the actual start of the examination would probably be some weeks off.

The judge ordered Mrs. Malloy released after a $10,000 property bond was posted.

Police charge she embezzled a total of $40,205 from the office of Dr. Norman F. Miller, Dr. Tommy N. Evans and Dr. George W. Morley over a five-year period.

Mrs. Malloy had been a receptionist at University Hospital for Dr. Miller for the past 30 years. A warrant was issued for her arrest Oct. 11 but police had been unable to locate her.

Said On Vacation

Her attorney said she was on a vacation and was unaware of the issuance of the warrant. The FBI entered the case a week ago under a new federal law covering fugitive flights.

In an interview following this morning’s court arraignment, Mrs. Malloy said she has been traveling throughout the southwest and in Mexico for the past two weeks.

Dulgeroff said the police department’s belief that his client was fleeing prosecution was “absolutely absurd.”

“Why, if she had wanted to run away, she could have stayed in Mexico,” he said.

Mrs. Malloy said her first knowledge of the warrant against her came when she called her son, Jerry, several days ago. She said she immediately made plans to return.

“There’s much more to this case than has yet come out,” Dulgeroff said. “The 30 years this woman spent doing things for others won’t be wiped away on an ill-founded charge like this.”

She’s ‘Very Shocked’

Mrs. Malloy said she was “very shocked '' when she learned the warrant had been issued against her. She said an investigation of the doctors' account books was begun last August by a legal firm. She said she was told there was a $40,000 shortage and she was told “pay it back or a warrant for your arrest will be issued."

“I didn’t have the money because I didn’t take it, so I remained in the city waiting for the warrant to be issued,” she said.

When no warrant was authorized after a six-week wait she said she decided to take 40 days’ vacation time she had coming from her employers. She said she left the city and traveled by bus and plane through a number of southwestern states, finally arriving in Mexico. She said she was “completely unaware” of the warrant for her arrest during her travels.