Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-01
YsEULT ACQUITTED
Of tte Charge of Assault Against
O'Donovan Rossa.
SHE TsvNTs HIM WITH cowARDlcl
In Court, lnterupting His Testimony
at Every Pause for
Breath.
MRS. DUDLEY ADDRESSES THE JURY.

New YoRK, June 30.-O'Donovan Rosa
gave his testimony yesterday afternoon in
in the trial of Mrs. Dudley, the English
woman charged with shooting him. Being
asked his name, he said Jeremiah o. Dono.
van Rossa" "Thats not his name" called
out Mrs Dudley. "Where did you get the
Rossa from2 The next question was
.'what is yodf BusinessY' Dynamite" !"
shouted Mrs. Dudley, and then Rosa said
Journalist"
Continuing, 0'Donovan Rosa said that
Mrs. Dudley had agreed to donate $500 in
iDstallments. She said she did not like dy-
Mantle where it would take innocent lives.
0'Donovan testified that he did not like that
business either.
AS the witness said this, Mrs. Dudley arose
10 her feet, and glaring at the witness
shouted Liar" The prisoner was forced
to her seat.
Witness continued that he had told the
prisoner that his only purpose was to liber.
ate Ireland.
Getting money from servant girls and
swindling them,' interjected Mrs. Dudley.
Witness identified notes sent to him by
the prisoner, and told how, in response to
one of them, he met her in the Stewart
building. Mrs. Dudley offered him a receipt
10 sign in the telegraph office Of that build,
ing, but he refused TO sign.
You're a liar" shrieked Mrs. Dudley.
You never read the receipt. You didn't
dare go SO far And then, turning to the
Jury she shouted: "You had better get away
from this man; you can't tell what will hap,
Zen. He's only perjuring himself"
In another moment Mrs. Dudley cried i'm.
ploringly: Won't somebody please knock
that man out of the Window
0Donovsn went on to say that he sug-
gested that they 60 to a more appropriate
place to talk the matter over, and as they
left the telegraph Office she shot him. He
fell.
You got scared and dropped" shouted
the woman.
O'Dorovsn did not remember how many
shots were fred.
mo; you were too frightened" jeerngly
the prisoner, and then added:
" For Gods sake don't kill me- You for
get TO tell that"
When O'Donovan showed where the bul,
let struck him, Mrs. Dudley interrupted:
Il want that bullet back. 1t was only
lent"
Rosa then told of his comings and GO
ings between this country and Great Brit
aim, and was continually interrupted by the
prisoner with caustic remarks. When he
stated that he was once sent 10 this country
by the British Ministry, Mrs. Dudley said:
/ wish We had kept you in England
There would not have been a particle left
of you"
And so it continued Throughout the testi-
mony, the prisoner breaking in at nearly
every answer and taunting Rosa with COW.
ardice.
AsRossa stepped from the witness stand
he passed the prisoner on the way to the
door. As he did SO Mrs. Dudley shouted
in his face Down with dynamiters God
save the Queen" and then added tauuting.
Iy Don't kill me! Don't kill me, for Gods
saker
She Would Testify.
Nrw YORK, June 3O.-Aiter the recess
Mrs. Dudley's lawyers tried their best to
get her to forego her determination Of be-
coming witness. She persisted in her in
lention, however, and at word from the
prosecuting counsel she walked quickly TO
the witness chair and was sworn in. She
said: Gentlemen of the Jury, may not be
insane, but if its accurate that my action
~as for the almighty dollar then | have no
doubt you will readily decide that am not
insane. / wish you to decide my case by
acquitting me either on the ground that
my action was justifyable or convict me. /
vss in doubt as to whether jeremiah
ORcssa, Patrick Ford, or Mesgarof we're
the more responsible. l read 0'Donovan's
and Ford's papers and read about Mesgarof
Invent to See O'Donovan
and we had talk about the wholesale muir
Der of innocent woman and children. He
said that the blowing up of buildings was
,erfectly right. "What," said he, "are the
lives of q few women and children compared
aiih the holy cause of IrelandT he sail
in reference to the recent explosion that
we did il" and he also said, 81 intend to
blow up the House Of Parliament when it
ne xt convepes." 1t proved, however, that
he was deliberately lying. he said
sIso that he intended to blow up
English vessels and in that way strike terror
10 English hearts. he was murderer. he
hsd shown himself to be one You have no
proof except his own word"
"No, but believed him. | now consider
him a liar. If am homicidal, it is queer
that never shot any one before. have
Carried Pistol since Was Sixteen
years old. At hat age was living in the
country, and there was a local scare about
mad dogs, go that everybody, men and wo-
u en-, who were capable of carrying revo,-
yer, did so. l gave ODonovan as fair
a trial as prisoner has ever had
in your court. shot him and
am willing to take the consequences. /
certainly shall not appeal in this land o.
liberty. / don't think q nau Ike him
should be permitted to 60 about advising a
murder. ] did not come here to shoot him
lam a coed nurse aud was wiling to take
& position here While in prison / was
perfectly bewildered By offers from mana,
gers who wanted me to lecture. ! answered
bf saying that l would consent only
On condition that 0Donovan
should come with me and
I would give practical Illustration, aided
by Rosa, OF the effect of dynamite on the
human frame. Ifit met their views would
Acquitted.
The Jury acquitted Mrs. Dudley on the
ground Of insanity. The jury we're only in
consultation about FIVE minutes, when they
returned their verdict. A motion vas made
TO send Mrs. Dudley to the State Lunatic
Asylum, which her counsel opposed. The
latter asked that his client be permitted to
De returned to her native country and be
placed in an institution there. The court
;g Ea,ar IN orgnments On this motion on