The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-01
DUDLEY-ROSSA.
The English Woman who Shot,
her Little Gun at 0'Don-
Ovan Rossa,
The Dynamite wiud-bag and
servant-money Absorber is
Declared n Lunatic.
She has n Method in her Mad
meas and Addresses the Court
and Jury.
Cholera still Pursues its Dread
Campaign and Its Slaughter
Increases Daily.
the Dynamiter's AssRisant %
cIared Insane, hut she's n Daisy

the Dyunmttef's Assattnnt DEE
cIared Insane, hut she's n Daisy.
New York, June 3O-The court
room, where Mrs. Dudley is being
tried for the assault on O'Doncvan
Rosa, was again crowded to-day.
When the taking of testimony was
continued, DIR. Chas. l.. Dennison, who
dressed ltossa's wounds testified as TO
their location and character. This
ended the case for the prosecution.
Counsel for Mrs. Dudley then opened
for the defense. lie claimed
that Mrs. Dudley had as
saulted Rosa, not out of personal
spite or to avcngc personal insult,
but because he was an enemy of her
country. Counsel also discussed he
subject of Irish patriotism, outlining
the line of testimony for the defense,
and spoke of " hat he termed Mrs.
Dudley's physical iniirmity." He
said he would show that for several
years she had been subject to epileptic
fits. and that her mind had been af-
fected by these fits and that, in fact,
she was not responsible for her own
conduct. Counsel submitted num-
Der of letters from English physicians
in the various institutions in which
his client had been confined for treat
ment, setting forth the character Of
| her disease, and wherein the depon-
ents declared Mrs. Dudley was not in
her right mind.
Elizabeth S. Tonliuse, a private
teacher, who resided at the same place
MS Mrs. Dudley, testified that for sew
eral days before the shooting OF
Rosa the prisoner had acted in a
strange manner; she had bundles of
Rossas newspapers containing a re-
port OF a recent explosion III London
and, in speaking to the witness OF
Rosa, Miss Dudley had alluded 10
the advisability of Kidding the earth
of such u man.
DIR. A L. Mcdonald, supcrintend-
ent of the asylum for the In.
sane on Wards Island, testi
fed that he was convinced that
Mrs. Dudley was suffering from
chronic mania; Mrs. Dudley had tolt
the witness that there were three mel
she had determined to punish will
death and that Rosa Vas the first on,
on hor list. "Mrs. Dudley here inter
rupted the proceedings OF the cour
by addressing Judge Gildersleve AM
said: Whether was irrational or no
when | shot Rosa; | am perfect
sane now aud wish TO testify In IN
, behalf. If my case goes to tho jur
, now, without their having heard nj
:, they will form an entirely erroneou
; impression of my motives and wi
: not know why shot Rosa. Tn
4. doctors say that | had mission, whe
y they should have said that ] had Il
. inclination. The judge said she ha
: better confer with her counsel al
when the time came the court wcu
hear her.
Mrs. Dudley's counsel said thu
W found themselves in a somewhat p
o. culiar condition; they had been tryil
a. TO prove that their client was insan
he while she, on her part, insisted tn
IL she was not insane at the time of {
at attack, and insisted on her right 10
IL on the stand to testify in her own
w half, and counsel could not thereto
IN, see how they could do otherwise tn
W call her as witness.
IL was finally agreed that she shoi
be called to the stand after recess.
Alter recess Mrs. Dudley's lawy
ne tried their best to get her to fore
hg her determination of becoming a "
,rs ness; she persisted in her intent
II! however aud, at u word fr
ln- the prosecuting counsel,
W walked quickly to the with
on chair and having been sworn.
said: ''Gcntlemen OF the jury, II
or may not be insane, but If II is
curate, that my action was for
Dke possession OF the almighty dol
llh- then I.have no doubt you will rea'
mes decide that | am not insane. v
pui YOU TO decide my case, either
OF acauitting me on the ground that
and aa,;on vas iustifiahle or nv conyicl
no me was In donbt
to whether Jeremiah O'Dono
Patrick Ford or Mezgroh was
,,ar more responsible. | read OD'
IA, vans and Ford's papers and
IAN about Mezgro1, aud then went Z
sc5 O'Donovan, and We had talk a
h, the Wholesale murder of limo
a,hs women and children. lie said
! ra' blowing up building was pert
~ right. "What," said he,
the lives of a few We
and children compared with the
cause of Ireland" lie said in !
80, ence to the recent explosion
owe. did IT," and he also said, Il inten
issin blow up the house of parlia
a,rv when il next convenes.n | b'
. wss now, however, that he was dehb'
+ his ly lying"
The Jury were only In consult
about live minutes when they
cause dered their verdict acquiting
Dudley on the grounds sf iAs