Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-03

years. He tackled the word Rossa-which
in the Gaelic tongue means ''red"-on to
his name after reaching this country, and
it is presumed he did this to strike terror
to perfdous Albion. After having been
discharged from IN English prison he came
to this country about 1869.
The British consul at New York, when
he heard Of the shooting and being told be
would probably recover, CALCULATED, Then
he will become greater hero than ever,
and then he added, ut is unfortunate that
he should have been shot by an English
woman; but think the poor lady must be
demented on the subject-she surely must
be dem, nled."
A special dispatch says: A slender
Young woman, neatly clad in black and
wearing steelbowed eyeg g asses, sent a
summons 10 O'Donovan Rosa to meet her
in Chambers street, near Broadway. at hVe
o'clock. She had previously met Rosa,
and he fastened to respond TO her message,
which was delivered to him in his office.
While the young woman waited she
paced slowly up and down the sidewalk
nearly opposite the court house. She was
observed by several persons particularly on
account of her frank, ingenious face and
modest demeanor. Rosa walked from his
office TO the place of rendezvous without any
sus icion of impending danger, at least so
say some Of his friends who We're in the Of
flee when he left it. He carried two or
three folded newspapers in his hands. The
greeting between the young woman and
Rosa is described by those VINO witnessed
it ss being cordial. The couple remained
standing on the sidewalk, about POO feet
from Broadway, fol two or three minutes,
and conversed in low tones. Then they
stepped into the corridor leading from
Chambers street into the Stewart building.
Alter while they reappeared, and Rosa
turned his face toward Broadway and start
ed to walk away.
The woman took few steps with him,
then stopped, raised her right arm and
there was flash and a loud report. Rosa
| turned quickly and beheld her within six
| feet of him, with smoking revolver IN her
hand. A second report followed almost
| Immediately, and the assailed man instinct
| lively raised his hands, a. if to shield his
head A man who ran out Of one of the adj
jacent Offices heard Rosa calculate, Great
| God, has it come to this"
The young woman stood perfectly still,
and fred three more shots at Rosa. The
bullets rallleu on the StOue duu = ie'SS VI VIC
Stewart building. Several persons, t is al
| legged, witnessed the shooting, but they
| were so dazed by its suddenness that no in
reference was offered Until Rosa was ob-
lved to sink TO the ground. bysiander
went ~ to the wounded man and asked
him if he was badly hurt.
Rossa's head bad dropped upon his breast,
| aud for a few seconds he seemed quite
overcome The voices of the men aud boys
who gathered about him reused him, and IN
a steady voice be replied that he did not
think he was dangerously wounded.
Few if any persons in the crowd recos-
nized the agitator at the time, and the hur-
rying throngs passing up Broadway, not
more than five yards away, gave no heed to
| the incident.
| Meanwhile the young woman who bad
sought TO slay the dynamter was walking
calmly toward Centre street She chung To
her revolver, which was partly concealed by
the folds of her dress Neither her face nor
her manner betrayed the slightest excite
ment or emotion. She cast one glance ut
the PROSTATE form of her intended victim
before she started to walk away.
Had she been anxious to escape, she
might possibly have gotten away from the
scene without detection as in the brief cx
element Of the moment she seemed TO have
been forgotten. IL WAS the irrepressble
small boy that called attention 10 her by
shouting: There she is.' There is the
| woman who shot him..