Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-10
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and heard for the first time of Mil
bred Sullivants predicament. Davis
asked her TO help him arrange for get
ting her out of trouble and she agreed
to.
Arranses for Operation
On Monday she went to DR.. Dudley
with the story. He asked her how OLD
the girl was and her name, but Kath-
crime told him the girl would tell him
that herself when she came. He want
ed to know If the girl had any money
and Kate said she would guarantee
the bills would be paid.
IF she has a friend who is paying
the bills 1 want $50 and if she is pay
ing them herself. want s25, kath-
crime declared DR.. Dudley had said.
Mildred came up from Houlton Tues
DAY night and Kate told of meeting
her with Davis and Bridge. Dr. Dud-
Ilev had arranged for the girls to come
10 his office Wednesday night and they
were there at the appointed time but
she did not come until later. He then
told them to return Thursday night,
when he would operate He mad ar
ranged to have it done at cottage
not far from town. On Thursday eve
ming they were at his office at O'Clock
but the doctor was out.
The Operation
4 aFhey went to Bou1ier's grocery store
and bought some canned goods to take
with them to the cottage, returning TO
DR. Dudiey's between and 9. He re-
turned soon afterwards and said they
needn't go to the cottage but that ne
would operate there. There were some
people in the parlor next to his ONCE
hut he said they would leave soon
and they did. Then Dr. Dudley TOOK
Mildred into his back room and lock-
ed the door to his reception room. He
also locked the door into the hall.
katherine said that when she went
into the back office Mildred had dis
robed. The doctor placed her ON an
operating table in position for the OPP
:eration. Kate commenced to give her
1ether. a few drops at time, accord
ing to DR.. Dudleys directions and the
sdoctor began his work.
"He had been at it about 10 min
Astes. - said the witness, when l saw
something that looked to me like
piece of the intestine l walked down
from the head of the table and the
doctor told me to attend to my bust
ness and he would attend to his. he
dropped one of the instruments ana
il struck basin and quite lot or
blood was spilled.
The Fatal Mistake
"Then he told me that wat l saw
was part of the intestine, that ne hao
made a mistake and punctured the
tissue and it had dropped down.
asked him if we hadn't better call IN
another doctor but he said another
doctor could do nottingham nothing
could help Mile and that We had our
selves to look after. l started Tor the
door to call in some one else ana ne
barred the way. He told me TO dress
Mildred and j did. She was still I'M
conscious out was moaning.
Kate then told how they took the
EeirI@ cut the rear door and into the al
new where DR.. Dudley's auto was walt-
sing.s They saw two young men IN the
altevIbut8 thought they. !. were hair
drunk and it didn't make any oiter-
ence. They took Mildred back TO the
Southland house and the doctor toio
her she would have to carry the glri
in as she couldn't go into the mouse
IThev saw no one however-Mrs. SOUTH
ard was in the hammock on the YER
anda unbeisnown to them-ano III
Dudley helped her get the girl into tue
house and upstairs after which ne ielt'
telling her to call in DR.. Graves one
described Dr. Graves visit just as the
Young physician had told 1t on the
stand. and told how Alice Pelleuer got
"A carriage and they carried Mlioreo
10 the Pelletier house the next day Ut.
Dudley was there when they arrived.
He thought Mildred would I'VE nan
an hour but she didn't die unth De
tween II and II that night MILDRED
was given opiates and slept most Oh
The, time. Friday noon she aroused
BIT and spoke Ia Kate and to MIS- Pel-
letter. Before the girl was dead Dr'
Dndlev commenced to talk about dis
posing of the body. He said II weights
we're tied to ii and it was sunk in the
lake it would never be heard or again
kate wonldn't agree and insisted that
it should be buried.
.fes.-s~a-''> The Burial
That night DR.. Dudley drove his auto
mobile up in front of the Pelletier ooor'
He came into the house and, throwing
raincOat over the bouyf ne loVh ~ III AA'S
arms and carried it out to the waiting
car. He placed it in the seat and Kate
sat on one side of it with the doctor on
the other. Alice Pelletier hung on De-
hind.
Then began the ride through the night
ia the road toward FIT. Fairfield with
what had been Mildred Sullivan swing
inp on the seat between the man and girl
she told of their going in through the
field to the Smith woods and how Dr.
Dudley selected a place for the grave
which he dug with a spade. While there
they heard voices in an automobile In the
road but no one saw them. When the
shallow grave had been dug. DIR. Dudley
took the body in his arms and placed It
in the ground, covering II with loose
earth. He returned the next day and put
more leaves on it, After the burial they
returned 10 the Pelletier house.
Kate went into full details of all that
6ailowed-of her trip to Boston on DR..
Dudley's advice and how he came up lat
err and took rooms on Warren avenue
with Alice. She wrote letter 10 Mrs.
Il