, 1885-07-01
INSISTING ON SANITY.
Mrs. Dudley Declares She is
Not Crazy,
But the Jury Say That She's
Mistaken.
Five Children Burned at Trim
idad, Col.
Mrs. Dudley's Vain Efforts to Prove
Her Sanity.

nlrs. OuuleyS VAN to Prove
Her Sanity.
NEW YORK, June 30.-The attendance
at the trial Of Mrs. Dudley, this morning,
was very large. A crowd of Rossa's
friends took possession of the court room
early in the morning, and when the trial
was resumed the officials had to close the
doors to prevent uncomfortable crowding.
A number of witnesses testified to Mrs.
Dudley insanity, and at the conclusion
of this kind of testimony Mrs. Dudley in
terrupted the proceedings of the court by
addressing Judge Gildersleeve. She said
Whether | was irrational or not when |
shot Rosa, | am perfectly sane now, and
wish to testify in my own case. The case
goes to the jury now without having
heard me. They will form an entirely
erroneous impression of my motives and
will not know why | shot Rosa. The
doctors sand | had said that | had a mis-
sion, when they should have said that
had an inclination.
The judge said she had better confer
with her counsel, and when the time came
the our would hear her. Mrs. Dudley's
counsel said they found themselves in a
somewhat peculiar position, They had
been trying to prove that their client was
insane. She on her part, insisted she
was not insane at the time of the attack,
and insisted on her right to go the stand
and testify in her own behalf. Counsel
could not see how they could do other
wise than call her as a witness. 1t was
finally agreed she should be called to the
stand after recess.
After recess Mrs. Dudley lawyers tired
their best to get her to forego her deter
mination of becoming a witness. She
persisted in her intention, however, and
at the word from the prosecuting counsel,
she walked quickly to the witness chair
and was sworn. Then she said:
Gentlemen of the jury, | may or | may
not be insane, but if it is accurate that my
action was for the possession of the al
mighty dollar, then | am not insane. |
wish you to decide my case by acqnitting
either on the ground that my action was
iustifable, or convict me. | was in doubt
as to whether jeremiah O'Donoyan, Pat
rick Ford or Mesegaroff were more respon-
sible. | read O'Donovan's and Ford's
papers, and read about Mesegaroff, and
then | went to see O'Donovan. We had
a talk about the wholesale murder of in
nocent women and children. lie said
that the blowing up of buildings was per-
leetly right. What, said he. are the
lives Of a few women and children com
pared with the holy cause of Ireland 2
He said in reference to the recent explo-
sion that we did it, and he also said, 4
intend to blow up the house of parlia-
ment when it next c%onvcnes. | believe
now, however, that he was deliberately
lying.
The jury acquitted Mrs. Dudley on the
ground OF insanity. The jury was only in
consultation about five minutes, when they
rendered their verdict a motion was
made to send Mrs. Dudley to the state
lunatic asylum, which her counsel OPP
posed. The latter asked that their client
be permitted to be returned to her native
country and be placed in an institution
there. The court will listen to arguments
on this motion next Thursday.