The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-05
AARVEL ON STAND
IN BULLA CASE
5 Prosecutions Chief Witness
Against the Accused
Physician.
TORY OF CASE REVIEWED.
GENES BEFORE AND AFTER oP-
GRAFTON DESCRIBED eY PLY.
sicIANs, NURSES AND OTHERS
IN THEIR TESTIMONY.

DR.. Charles Marvel. who Is regarded
5 the prosecutions most important
illness. was placed on the stand in the
ase OF the state VS.. DR.. Joseph Nj.
3ulla this morning. Or. Marvel was
allied into the case of Eva sullivan.
pom whom the state claims the de
endant committed an abortion, in an
2dvisory capacity. He testified he
old DIR. Bulla he believed the woman
vas pregnant and advised against an
operation. saying trouble was likely to
'ollow for the doctors.
Mrs. Sullivan was in the court room
rs were few other women. She will
,ot be placed upon the stand by the
tate. Mrs. Bulla, wife of the defend
mt, sat beside her husband DR. Mora
Bulla, son of the defendant and as
sistant at the time of the operation,
its near his father. A number OF ply
'icians of the city were in the court
Dom this morning as interested spec
.ators. A great deal of the testimony
vas technical in its nature.
DIR. Marvel testified that he was met
IN North Eighth street some time last
spring by DIR. Joseph Bulla. who de-
scribed the nature of the Sullivan case
DR.. Bulla said he believed at the time.
the trouble was abdominal. DIR. Mar
rel accompanied the defendant TO the
Partridge home. where Mrs. sullivan
was staying and made an invesJiga-
ton. He testified to telling Bulla he
belived the woman pregnant. Suisse
luently at the request OF DR.. Bulla. the
witness made another investigation.
This was similar to the first and at its
conclusion DR.. Marvel says he told Dr.
Bulla the woman Was pregnant. DR..
Bulla made an examination at this
time. also. The witness stated he
next saw Mrs. Sullivan at the hospi-
tai. He testified 10 having been asked
over the telephone by DIR. Bulla TO
come to the hospital and administer
an anasthetic and went to the hospital
for that purpose. Drs. Mora Bulla and
Joseph Bulla were there. DIR. Mora
Bulla said he had made an examina-
ton specifically but could not outline
anything in the abdominal regions DIR.
Joseph Bulla was preparing for the
operation when the witness was adj
ministering the anasthetic An Incl
sion was made in the abdominal cavity
by DR.. J. Bulla. DIR. Mora Bulla assist
ing. The witness stated the operation
was performed 10 ascertain what was
the cause of the trouble in the abdom-
inal region.
DIR. Marvel testified that after the
operation, DR.. Joseph Bulla said 10
him: Doctor. your diagnosis Is cor
rect DIR. Mora Bulla inserted his
finger through the cut and reiterated
the statement of his father. The in
cision then was sewed up and the
wound dressed.
The witness stated thai he and DR..
Joseph Bulla had talked about The care
previous to the operation. and. DR..
Bulla told him Mrs. Sullivan was
married woman, but he believed her
husband was in penitentiary at Gin
cinnati The witness said Dr. Bula
told him then, that IL the patient was
pregnant il was by another man. The
witness said he told DIR. Bulla he would
not touch her under those conditions,
as the doctor might get into trouble.
DIR. Bulla told the witness he consid-
cred the woman in a very serious con-
dition and ought to receive attention.
The witness advised she be left
alone" and DIR. Bulla told him he had
been told or understood IL Mrs. Sulli-
van WAS pregnant some man would
| have to leave town IL any exposure was
made
Upon the cross-examination conduct
| ed by John r. Robbins, chief counsel
| for the defense. Dr. Marvel stated
about FIVE weeks elapsed between the
| two examinations he made He said
he did not consider the difference be-
tween the diagnosis made by him and
that of DR. Bulla as anything unusual.
| He told, also. that DIR. Bulla had in
| formed him drugs had been used in
| the case.
Yesterday the state examined the
Misses Kemper and Coffman. nurses at
the Reid Memorial hospital. where IL
is claimed the abortion was performed.
BY these witnesses the state at
| tempted to prove DR. BuiIa knew Mrs.
| Sullivan WAS pregnant with a child.
and to discountenance any evidence
that may be introduced by the defense
TO show Dr. Bulla believed the woman
afflicted with tumor or some other dis
ease and that the operation was per-
formed to give relief from this
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