Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-12-12

Houlton, Me, Dec. 1t.-Miss Rather
French girl. whose remarkable story
on The witness stand caused DIR. Lii
onel L. Dudley's attorneys to abrupt
ly abandon further efforts to prove
HIM innocent of the death of little
Mildred Sullivan and decided them
to advise him tc plead guilty to the
charge Of manslaughter. has been
given fun and free forgiveness for her
part in the affair by Mildreds father,
George Sullivan of Houlton.
Il haven't any hard feelings about
Kate and I'd like to see her., said MI
Sullivan late Thursday. AS a result
of his request an interview was ar
ranged between the two, which took
place during the evening in Room 81
at the Smell House-the apartment
which had been assigned to Kate
when she appeared before the desk
there after she had been discharged
from the court and had been to the
Jail to gather her belongings.
The room was a cold one and kath-
crime had sat there with her heavy
coat about her. shivering and looking
out through the frest-covered win
dows onto the gravel roof of the ho-
tel annex and the houses on the OUT
skirts of the town and the woods be-
yond them. There was rap at the
door and the big-eyed, solemn white
faced girl glided across the room
and opened il. Mildreds father stood
on the threshold. He Wore green
mackinaw and his face was freshly
shaven. When Kate saw him she start
ed back for an instant and the quick
ly recovered herself and stood wait
ing.
Haven't Any Bitterness"
Il wanted to tell you that / haven't
any bitterness inside about all you've
done and said,' Mr.. Sullivan murmur-
ed. and I wanted to see you and ask
YOU about my little Millie.'
In her room at the Smell House late
on Thursday Kate talked freely re-
garding the remarkable story she had
told in court and her connection with
the extraordinary events which had
terminated during the day with the
sentencing of DR. Dudley to from 10
to 20 years in the State prison and
with a sentence of from one and half
to three years for Alice Pelletier, the
light haired. dark eyed girl, who sac
rificed herself in an attempt to shield
the man she loved.
Has Suffered All
I'm sorry for DR.. Dudley and I'm
sorry for Alice, too Kate said slow
ly Il didn't know what was going to
happen to me until 1 heard the judge
say in the court room this afternoon
that was free to go. No matter what
they'd done to me, l couldn't suffar
any more than I have suffered. No
one could suffer any more than /
have-ever since l first knew Mil
dred was going to die"
Hates eyes fixed upon the small
patent leather pumps she was wear
ing and for a moment or two she sat
silent Then she raised her head and
the ghost of smile fitted over her
white, haggard face.
After Hon. Ira G. Hersey, Kate's
lawyer. had asked Judge Haley for
clemency in behalf of the girl in
court Thursday afternoon, Atty. Gen.
Wilson had stated that she was even
less culpable than appeared from her
story told on the stand, because OF
certain things which had not been
brought out and which could not be
put in evidence. One of them was
learned later in the day. 1t was be-
cause the little French girl would not
leave Mildred when she was dying
and seek her own safety in flight be-
cause she feared DR.. Dudley would
kill the child he had butchered with
morphine as. he had said he intended
to.
Feared Her Murder
AS soon as / knew that Mildred
Sullivan had been hurt so that she
was going to die, / wanted to drop
the whole thing and go home to Wall
lagrass," Kate said. But DR.. Dudley
advocated putting Mildred out of the
way with an overdose of morphine
and / wouldn't leave her. didn't care
what happened--if only ! could pre-
vent that. He kept giving her things
to keep her quiet and, from the time
he saw her at the Southland house I'M
til the end at the Pelletier house the
next night, he gave her two bottles
of chloroform and quite a number of
hypodermic injections.
"She Dies Hard!"
God! She dies hard!" DIR. Dudley
said
While they were in Boston DR.. Dud-
ley tried to get Kate to take poison
but she refused. He gave pills to Alice
Pelletier and one night Alice started
to take them but later decided not to.
Kate Michaud's parents are well known
and respected people In Wallagrass. Mr..
Michaud owns good sized potato farm
and is a stakeholder in the Fort Kent
Electric Co. Kate was educated at
normal school and at a convent. She was
a resident Of Bangor for six or seven
weeks,
Expected No Mercy
Ambrose Bridge who Unexpectedly en-
tered plea of not guilty in court Thurs
day afternoon to the charge of being
accessory before the fact of abortion.
said in Jail Friday that he did so, not
upon the advice of counsel. but because
he was afraid he would receive no mercy
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