The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-07-02
MRS. DUDLEY ACQUITTED
THE JURy FOUND HER INSANE
Ma, she Testified Nationally OF Her
fvsstigstions whether 10 shoot
nsssa or Some One Elise.
Tho Crime Calendar.


tried ior the assault on O'Donoval
Rosa, was sga!H crowded 10 exces
to-day, when the taking Of testimon,
was continued.
DR.. Charles l.. Donnison, vh,
dressed Rossa's wounds, testified ~ 4
their location and chr -ac,er.
This ended the case for the prossou.
ion.
Counsel for Mrs. Dudley then op'
ened for tho defense. He claimed
that Mrs. Dudley had assaulted Rosa,
not out OF personal spite, or "a
revenge a personal insult, but
because he was an enemy
OF the country. Counsel discussed the
A.. lbject OF Irish patriotism, outlining
cline OF testimony for tho defense.
| Council spoke OF what no termed Mrs.
Dudley's"physical iHiirmity." Ho said
he would show that for several years
she had been subject TO epileptic fits.
He would show that her mlnd had
bes an eiiectS by these dts ana that
sh0 was not in fact RESP onsible for her
conduct, Counsel submit I'd mum
Der of letters from English physicians
In the various institutions in which
his client had been conilsed for treat
ment, setting forth the character OF
her disea.s. The Opponents declared
Mrs. Dudley was not In her right
mind.
Elizabeth s. Tonllus, private
tor cher, who resided al tho same place
as Mrs. Dudley, testified that ior sey-
era, days before tho shooting OF Rosa,
tho prisoner had acted In strange
manner. Sho had bundles OF Rossa's
newspaper containing reports Of recent
exnloslous IN London, and In speaking
20 tho witness OF Rossa Mrs. Dudley
h; alluded TO the adv stability OF rid
t'lg tho earth OF such man.
DR., n. Il. Mcdonald, superintendent
OF tho asylum for the insane on Wards
Island, testified that no was convinced
that NJ ~, Dudley VIZ suffering from
chronic mania. Mrs. Dudley had told
tho winners that there were threo mon
she had determined 10 punish with
death, and that Rosa was the first on
her list.
Mrs. Dudley here interrupted the
proceedings OF tho court by addressing
Judge Gildersleeye. She said:
"Whethsr l VIZ = irrational or no. thon,
/ shot Rosa. am perfectly sane now
and W 'sh - TESTIFY in my bshalf. II
without their having heard me,
they Will form an entirely erroneous
impression OF my motives, and Will
not know why shot Rosa. The doc
tors say that had said that had q
mission, when they should have said
that / had an inclinat'oa."
The Judge said sho ad better confer
with he- counsel, and when the time
came tho court would hear her;
Mrs. Dudley's counsel said they
found themselves in a somewhs at pc
culiar position. They had been trying
to prov that their client was insane.
She, on her part, insisted that she WAS
not insane at tho time OF the attack
aud inslsted on her rights to go on the
stand - testify in her own behalf.
Counsel could not see how they could
do otherwise than call her as wit
ness.
1t was finally agreed that she should
be called to the stand after recess.
MRS. DUDLEY's TESTIMONY.
After recess Mrs. Dudley's lawyers
tried their best TO get her to foiego her
determination of Becoming witness.
She persisted in her intention, how
ever, and at word from the prosecu"
ing counsel, she walked quickly to the
witness chair and was sworn. Then
she said:
"Genrlomen of the jury, / may or
may not be insane; but If it is accu-
rate that my action was for the possess
sion Of the almighty dollar, then
haye no doubt you will readily
decide that j am not insane. 1 wish
you to decide my case by either acquit-
ting me on the ground that my action
was justitiable or by convicting me. l
was IN doubt as TO whether jeremiah
c Donoy an, Patrick Ford or Mezgrott
was the most responsible. read
about Mezgro and then went to see
O'Donovan. We had a talk about the
wholesale murder of inncte women
and children. He said that the blow
ingIdp of tho building was perfectly
right.
HW hat" said he, "are the lives OF a
8 few women and children compared
with the holy cause OF Ireland?"
He said in reference to the recent ex-
plosion, that ''we did it," and he also
said, 81 intend to blow up the House
OF Parliament when 1t next con-
venes."
l believe now, however, that he was
deliberately lying.
The jury acquit cd Mrs. Dudley on
the ground Of insanity.
LIKELY no GO no THE ASYLUM,
The jury W Gre only in consultation
about five minutes when they rem.
dered the verdict. A motion was made
to send Mrs. Dudley to the State Luns
tic Asylum, whicn her counsel OF
posed. The latter asked that their
client be permitted to be returned to
her native country and be placed in al
institution. The court viii listen to
arguments on the motion on Thurs
day.
National naht