The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-05-27
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH
THE YOUNG WOMAN Ar TsPRINGSIDE
VERY Low.

PEhI Low.
At Midnight She Was in Commissions
DIR. Strauss Says That He Was Called to
See Her But Did Not Prescribe-Says the
Girl Took Belladonna--Action In Breach
of Promise Brought Against Strauss by
Miss ELLA Morris Whom He Afterward
Marries.
Pearle LIE Court, or Mrs. Morse, as the
name of the young woman at Spring.
side home is now said to be, was still
IN a critical condition, and at IL o'clock
last evening she was in convulsions,
and there were no hopes Of her living
throughout the night
The young girl has made no further
statements and no warrants have been
issued for the arrest of any one said
to be connected with her case.
In her examination before the coro-
ner Mrs. Morse said that she had taken
medicine from two physicians. One
of them was DR.. Gerson Strauss, whose
office is on Rill street. The physician
said last evening when told that it was
rumored that he was out of the city
that he had not been out of the city at
all, having been at home all day.
In reply to whether he wished to
make any statement in reference to his
alleged connection with the young wo-
man at the Springside home DR.. Strauss
said:
1.-TWO weeks ago Sunday evening Mr..
Balestier and boarder came to my
office and handed me siX-ounce bot
tie one-half full of some liquid. They
asked me what it was and said that it
had been filled at Hewitt's drug store.
/ found that the bottle contained BELLA
donna. l told Balestier to go to the
drug store and get duplicate of the
prescription or the original. They went
to the store and brought the prescrip-
tion to me, and my former statement
was corroborated.
"They told me that they wanted me
to go to 149 Meadow street When I
arrived there l found the woman, Flor
ence Campbell, in spasms. examined
her and found that she was pregnant
and had been taking belladonna. l
started to prescribe for the woman,
when another doctor came in the room
and said that she was his patient. |
withdrew from the case. but asked of
the other doctor why he had prescribed
belladonna and was told that 1T was
for urinary complaint. ! went back to
my office and had not heard anything
more of the case until last Friday even
ing
II was called to see a patient az 14s
Meadow street and found her in a
comatose condition. 1t was some time
before she responded to the remedies
and while waiting for the effects OF the
medicine given the patient | saw IN
another bed the young woman / had
seen at 149 Meadow street on my visit
there. The Campbell woman asked me
toa examine her, saying that she was
very sick I told her that she was suf-
fering from blood poisoning and that
she had better go to the hospital. She
said that she was not able to go. |
then had the town agent notified, who
sent DIR. Converse to see the woman,
and he ordered her taken to Springside
home"
Strauss ridculed the rumor that he
had left town for any reason. he said
that he had nothing to conceal He
said that he believed the woman would
recover.
DR.. Strauss was disposed to look on
the sunny side of life, probably because
| he had escaped being for a short time
a guest of the state. 1t seems that he
has been paying attentions to young
| lady named Ella Morris and that he
had been so tickle in the matter of keep
| ing his promises to marry her that the
Young woman had become disheartened
and when she appealed to him for the
| last time on Monday afternoon and
failed to get positive answer the in
dignant miss Immediately began pro-
| ceedings. An action in a breach OF
promise suit was begun through her
attorney, j. p. Goodhart, and the writ
placed in Deputy Sheriff Louis Rooms
| hands. At o'clock yesterday after
noon the officer arrested Strauss and as
there was no real estate to attach the
prisoner was taken in custody. 1t then
| dawned upon the doctor that it would
be better to marry the young woman
| than to defend the case against him
Accordingly license was obtained and
| the couple were married in Attorneys
| Goodhart's Office