Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-13
HIS BOND INCREASED.

l ,r. Pulford Bound over to the Superior Court in $1O,O0o Bonds Attorney Williams Strcnuously Opp poses the Increase i'm Amount of Bond-Bound over to the october Term - The Evidence the Case Is Based Upon.
 The adjourned hearing in the Nellie Jesbis case, in which Dr. W. H. Pulford ,f Ansonia is charged with performing criminal operations, occurred before Judge l Munger at Ansonia yesterday morning at l LO:30 o'clock.
 The 9:42 train from this city bore Dr. l Pulford, Coroner Mix and several others who went over expecting to hear the evil | dence. They stepped off the train in An sonia at twenty minutes past ten and pro. ceeded down the railroad track to Water street on which the little, odd-looking court house, so-cslled, is situated. Here quite crowd was waiting for the doors to open and when Chief Ellis turned the key there was wild rush for the door, which Chief Ellis quickly ovsrcame, however. The little court room was packed full of those interested in the case, but their curi- osity was not at all satisfied.
 Attorney Williams entered pro forma demurrer to the complaint against the sc, cused, which was promptly overruled by Judge Munger. Upon the advice of his counsel Dr. Pulford then declined to plead and was bound over to the October term of the superior court. Senator Holden, who is the town prosecuting attorney, A.>x> 0fG Gvir L@, He argued that the bond of $7,000 should be increased to $10,0O0 as surety that the accused be brought to trial. Attorney Williams strenuously opposed the increase in the bond, saying that $7, ,OOO bond was all that was necessary a. no attempt had been made to get that amount.
 Judge Munger decided that the bond should bs increased, however, to $10, 900, and Dr. Pulford was brought back by the 11:30 train to this city, where he will await his trial
 The turn the case has taken has sur prised many who have been following it. There will be fight over the admission of
 the so-called ante-mortem statement of the girl on the ground that she would not state that she thought she was about to die. This statement is one of the main props of the state in the prosecution, but in case 1t is not admitted when the cass is tried, the state has enough evidence, so 1t Is claimed to convict the accused. Besides the state ment made by Nellie Nesbit just previous to her death the three letters written by l Dr. Pulford to Mrs. Ellis, and Mrs. Ellis statement to Coroner Mix are considered l by far the most damaging to the accused THE TELL TALE LETTERS. | Three of Dr. Pulford's lsttera are in pos
 session of the state. They are all address | ed to Mrs Ellis. The first informs her O.
 the doctors desire to have her (Mrs Ellis
 take Nellie. She has, he gays, about $20
 but will pay the rest ss soon as she can
 He thinks her honest.
 The second, written June 22, noti6e | Mrs. Ellis of Nellie's coming the following
 Monday. He describes her as good look
 ing girl, rather full in flesh, and asks tha
 directions how to come be sent.
 The third, written July 3, encloses thre
 packages of medicine and directs the giy
 ing of largest first in prescribed doses til
 vomiting ceases or medicine is gone. I
 not better then give Nos. 9 and in order
 always observing medicines doing mos
 good. Get some good hom9opath to ge
 her into Grace hospital. Write to he
 mother and have her see her. Post th
 girl we'll, so nothing stirs up. He sls
 wants to bs kept posted. At the bottol
 the doctor charges that this letter be tor
 up.
 All the letters are in the doctors hant
 writing and bear his signaturs but tt
 last, which has his initials, prefxed wis
 the ''Dr."
 DIR. THoMPsoN's STATEMENT. ) The testimony of Dr. Ernest L. ) Thompson, practicing physician of Ne
 Haven, is practically as follows: On Il second day of July he received a lett, ) from Mrs. Mary Ellis Of Westville, whie asked him to call at her home as soon { possible. He responded to the call and ( arriving was informed that the patiel wss from Ansonia and that ehe was p : tient of Dr. Pulford, who had operats 3 upon her. An examination of the ca 8 showed that she was in an intensely his t fever, with very weak and thready pulls f running 150 to the minute, tongue heavi 8 coated except the tip. which WAS brig 3 red and very dry. She was exceeding = restless and depressed mentally. She COT , plained of severe cardiac pain, great thir 3 and nausea.
 , There was objective evidence of an ops ation having been performed. He aek l ! the patient where the operation had be. 8 performed and was told that Dr. Palfol } had operated on her on Sunday and aga ] on Tuesday before she came to NewHave but the first operation was performed ( f Friday. Because of the peculiar charact of the case he refused to have any ything 7 do with it and advised the nurse 10 ser l for the physician who was responsible : the case. On the following day he 6 @ tempted to communicate with the corone ? but was unable to find him. Tuesday 0 was out of town the greater part of the d
 and on his return in the evening found t slip of paper which was an impersti
 summons for him to come at once to t J. Ellis house. He refused to respond to tt
 call and, recognizing the desperate natu g of the case, reported the matter to the ce v oner.
 nn Had the hearing gone on yesterday tt
 much, at least, of the testimony would ha
 been submitted. All of this will come o J. at the trial in New Haven in October. Th a there is the report of the autopsy whi @ shows the performance of the operati, d and the cause of death.
 MRS. ELLIS STATEMENT. | Mrs. Ellis testifes that on or about Ju q 15, 1893, she received letter from I = a Pulford in which he stated that lady Y applied to him for aid, and wished h - Mrs. Ellis) to help him out. This she fused for tho money offered. On June z the doctor wrote again saying the Ia a would be over on Monday She came !, " Mrs. Ellis house on Tuesday, about ,5i o'clock. She was very sick and vomitir o She said she came there to be eick a $ was sent by Dr. Pulford. Understand what was the matter Mrs. Ellis says }. put her to bed. Then the girl Nellie N II bit) told Mrs. Ellis that Dr. Pulford h :; performed an operation on her. She sa a he did 1t three times.
 Monday morning Burgess came, 1T v carriage. He wanted to see Nellie. M '. Ellis went up stairs and informed her n the caller, and inquired if he was t n young man of her wrongs. She said I 7, he was not. She said it was drumm s with whom she was infatuated. He o mained in the room with Nellie for seve 70 hours. That same evening Burgess cal ', back with Dr. Pulford, who left her mo o medicine. Burgess said to Mrs. Ellis tt a Dr. Pulford got Nellie into this troul v and he must get her out of it.
 d On Tuesday, July 4, Burgess came o, "a and saw the girl. The girls condition ce d tinuing to grow worse, talk was h u between pr. Pulferd and Burgess
 the house. Mrs. Ellis came to t
 room and told them that che had called
 her physician and he said the girl wor
 be dead in three days. Pulford said y e will cause yourself good deal of troul '- if you have this girl go home. Burg Il told Dr. Pulford that he must get hac