Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-03
O'D0NOVAN ROSSA SHOT.
THE CHIEF DYNAMITER LAID
Low BY A WOMAN.
Details of the Affair-Rossa's Ante
MOrtem Statement-The
Wound not Fatal.
SPECIAL BY rrLreArH TO THE EEooRD-uNIoNl

Wound not Fatal.
TsPEcIAL BY TELEGArH TO THE RECoRD-UNIoN.l
New YORK, February 2d.-At twelve
minutes after o'clock this afternoon,
jeremiah O'Donovan Rosa, the g Irish
dynamiter, so-called, was shot by wom-
| an on Chambers street, near Broadway. At
homeward bound, making their way toward
| the Brooklyn bridge The excitement over
| the shooting although the man was recog-
nized by very few, was intense The first
shot fired took effect in Rossa's body, and
| he fell to the sidewalk. The woman con-
tinued to shoot till she had emptied a five
chambered revolver Only the first
shot took effect. City Marshal James
McAuley was present at the time, and
breaking through the crowd that had col
| lected, even before the shooting was over,
| seized the woman, who still held the Slnoll-
| ing pistol in her hand, and told her that
| she was under arrest The woman made
no resistance, but allowed herself TO be
| taken through the mass of citizens to the
| CITY Hall station-hOuse. George W. Bar
| low. a merchant of l4G Reade street, and
| Peter c. Everett formerly a reporter, who
saw the shooting, accompanied the captor
| and captivC TO the station, saying they
would be witnesses. When the woman
| had ceased firing Rosa arose to his feet
| and made an effort to find his way
| back to his Office on Chambers street,Whlch
| he had just left. He said, =" am shot,
| trying to place his hand on his back under
| his shoulder blade. Attera few steps some
| body in the crowd suggested that he should
go to the Chambers Street Hospital \
! couple Of men lent their arms, and Rosa
| did as suggested, and directed his steps to-
wards the hospital He walked all the
way there Il distance of nearly quarter OF
a mile. lie bled considerably on the way.
| Once in the hospital, he was undressed and
/, examined by Dr.. Dcnnison. Ii was found
| that the bullet had entered the back direct
! w below the left shoulder blade. The doc
| tor pronounced the wound not of danger
Gus character, and began to probe for the
| ball. A great crowd Of people had followed
| the wounded man down Chambers street,
and blocked the roadway in front Of the
hospital. after the door was locked behind
Rosa and his escort.
| THE WOMAN IN JAIL.
Meanwhile the woman had been taken
| to the Station-hOuse, with another crowd
| following her. She was placed before Ser
geant Ross desk. She was a gOod-looling
| woman, dressed neatly in plain, dark
| clothing, and wore eyeglasses. She ap-
peared like 4 school teacher, with an intel
| lectual face Her manner was entirely
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 a look which
| said, 9 shall only answer such questions as
| | know you have 4 right to ask McAulcy
j handed the pistol, of small caliber. to the
| Sergeant. and said he had seen the prisoner
! shoot a man on Chambers street. Volunteer
witnesses assented to the stated fact Of the
shooting. \ citizen here asked, " Do you
| know the man yOt ShOt?' Yes, replied
! the prisoner, coolly. with an English ac-
cent, d" shot O'Donovan Rosa" Further
questioning by the Sergeant elected the
statement that the prisoners name was
! Yseult Dudley, aged 25; that she was a
nurse, and married, and that she lived at
| 60 Clinton place. She was asked why she
shot Rosa, how long she had been in
| America, and other questions, to which she
| made no answer After her pedigree had
| been taken, she was escorted TO q rear
| room. and the crowd slowly dispersed. As
there are 40 accommodations for prisoners
| in the City Hall station, Mrs Dudley was
removed to the Oak-street station at 7:15
P NJ, and there placed in a cell. Her en-
tire dcmearor was that Of a rational per-
! son. and a cool-headed one at that.
ROSA IN THE HOSPITAL.
Rossa had been placed on a cot in the
( same ward with Captain Pkelan, who was
stabbed by Richard Short in Rossa's office
over three weeks ago. Rossa was within
the wound by DR.. Kirby showed that the
| bullet had penetrated the back, about half
| an inch above the left shoulder-bladc. The
! ball ranged upward and inward toward the
| spinal column. but did not touch the vertC-
| br;p The bullet is evidently lodged in the
muscles of the back, and beyond the slight
shock. Rosa has suffered but little. 1t was
| at one time feared that the bullet had pene-
| trated lung, but as the wounded man had
| eNpectOrated no blood, this was afterwards
pronounced impossible. Had the spinal
| column been injured there would have
| been signs of paralysis but none ap-
peared The doctors probed unsuccessfully
| forthe bullet They concluded that no large
| bloodvcssel had been injured, and as Rossa
| is a tleshy muscular man, OF robust con-
| stitution. there is no danger 10 be appre-
| hended. The doctor will probe again for
| the bullet tomorrow morning. Some time
after his admission to the hospital, Rosa
was removed TO another ward. Here he
said he thought his condition was serious
enough to warrant him making an ante
.nortem statement, and the Coroner was
sent for When that official arrived, Rosa
, made the following statement;
RossNs ANTE MoRTEM STATEMENT.
Saturday. January 3lst, about 4 p. NJ,
received a letter at my office, No. Il Cham
bers street. The message was in writing,
and was delivered by a messenger boy.
The note stated that lady
wished to see me; that she was
interested in the Irish cause, and desired
to assist it. She did not care to 90 TO my
office and remain waiting there until |
came She only would ask for ten minutes
time The boy told me the lady was at the
telegraph office in the Stewart building, on
| Broadway and Chambers street. | went
with him, and l met her. told her it
would be well to 60 to some hotel, as the
telegraph office was no place to talk in.
We came out, ard went to Sweeney's
Hotel. We went into the ladies' parlor,
and she said she would be able
to give considerable money if any
thing good was done. She then said
she would call Monday, February
ID, at o'clock To-day she sent another
message to my Office, and l went to the
same telegraph office and there met the
lady, She showed me paper which was
to sign. She then suggested that we 90 to
some place We walked down Chambers
street toward Broadway, and we got a short
distance from Broadway when the woman
stepped back and fired two or three shots
at me, one Of the balls entering my back
(Signedl JEREMIAH O'DoNovAN Rosa.
ROSA : FRIENDS.
Soon after making this statement, Rosa
rested easier, and said he was hopeful of
pulling through all right. Captain Phelan,
who is still guarded by policeman, when
informed of the particulars of the shooting,
smiled grimly, but refused TO say anything
on the subject. The office ofthe Chambers
street Hospital was visited by large num-
Der of Rossas friends tonight, all of them
determined-looking chaps, and they gath
cred in groups of twos and threes and dis
cussed in whispers the attempted assassina-
ton of the arch dynamiter." John Roche,
whose dynamite operations have been con-
fined to speechcS in the Fourth Ward