, 1885-02-03
ROSA SHOT.
The Leader of the Dynamitsrs
Receives a Bullet.
Yeslet Dudley, an Englishwo-
man Tries to Murder Him.
0Donovan Rosa and Phelan
in the Same Ward.
The Excited Agitators Blame
England for the Assault.
New York Wild with Excite
ment Over the Affair.


Donovan Rosa has just been shot and
killed in his Office in Center street. by
woman.
The shooting of O'Donovan Rosa took
place at 5:l2 p. IN. He is still alive; he
was in front Of the Stewart building on
Chambers street, when he wasapproached
by a handsome young lady, dressed
plainly. She wore spectacles, and had
the appearance Of an intelligent school
teacher She drew a five barrelled re-
yolyer from her dress pocket and ~leveling
it at Rosa, fred one shot Rosa threw
his hand above his head and cried, Pm
shoti' He then fell heavily to the side
walk. The woman fired the remaining
bullets in her pistol at the PROSTATE man,
and calmly and unconcenedly walked of
with the smoking revolver in her hand.
She was followed by a large crowd. while
a still larger mob surrounded the wounded
dynamiter. City Marshal M'Cauley, in
the absence of a policeman, saw the re-
volver in the woman's hand and arrested
her. She was conducted to the Twenty
sixth precinct station house, in city hall
Her GOODNESS Of demeanor was remarkable.
When arraigned at the sergeant's desk
she gave her name as Yeslet Dudley.
When Rosa arrived at the hospital he
was examined by DR.. Dennison. It was
found that a bullet had entered his back
directly below the left shoulder blade. The
doctor pronounced the wound not Of a
dangerous character, and began to probe
for the ball, A great crowd of people
had followed the wounded man down
Chambers street and blocked the road
way in front of the hospital after the
door was locked behind O'Donoyan and
his escort. Meanwhile the woman had
been taken to the station house with
another crowd following her. She was
placed before Sergeant Ross desk. She
was a good looking woman dressed neatly
IN plain dark clothing and wore eyeglasses
She appeared like a school teacher, with
an intelligent face. Her manner was en-
tirely composed, and she answered some
Of the questions put to her promptly and
without embarrassment. To others she
simply shook her head and smiled with q
look which said: Il shall only answer
questions which l know that you have a
night to ask McAuley handed the
pistol, a small caliber one, TO the sergeant
and said he had seen the prisoner shoot O
man on Chambers street Volun-
teer witnesses now assented to
the stated fact I heshooting- A man here
asked. DO you know the mar you
shotY'
Yes" replied the prisoner coolly,
with an English accent, II shot O'Dono-
van Rosa
Further questioning by the sergeant
elected that the prisoners name was
Yeslet Dudley, aged 25, that she was
a nurse, was married, and that she lived
at No. 60 Clinton place. She was asked
why she shot O'Donovan, how long she
had been in America and other questions
TO which she made no answer. Atel
her pedigree had been taken, she was es-
corted to a c room and the crowd slow
y dispersed. As there are no accommo
dations for prisoners in city hall stations
Mr. Dudley was removed to Oak stree
station at 7:l5 p. M, and there placed il
q cell Her entire demeanor was that o
a rational person and a cool headed one a
that. Rosa had been placed on cot il
the same ward with Capt Phelan, VIII
was stabbed by Richard Short in O'Don
ovan Rossa's office over three weeks ago
O'Donovan wa within eight beds Of Phe
Ian Examination of the wound by DIR
Kirby showed that the bullet had pene
trated the back about half a n inch abov|
the left shoulder blade. The ball ranges
upward and inward toward the spina
column, but did not toucl
the vertebrae. The bullet !
evidently lodged in the muscles of tn
back, and beyond a slight shock Ross
had suffered but little. 1t was at on
time feared that the bullet had penetrate
the lung, but as the wounded man ha
expectorated no blood, this was aftel