The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-02-03
AN AMAZ0NIAN AVENGER.
ODOnOvan ROssa, the Dynamite Chief,
Shot bya
HANDSOME, ,6uTWARLlkE WOMAN
Attacked in the Streets Of New York
After Receiving
AN ALLuRlNG LETTER FROM HER.
A Fun Account of the Tragedy as Cleaned
From the Injured Irishman's State
ment Mt the Hospital and
From Other Sources.
AN ALLuRlNG LETTER FROM HER.
THE GIRL, AND WHAT SHE SAYS.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-The ,shooting of
O'Donovan Rossa took place at 5.l2 D, M.
Heis still alive. He was standing in
front OF the Stewart building, on Cham
bers sCreet, when he was approached by
HADsoME YOUNG LADY,
dressed plainly. She wore spectacles
and had the appearance of an intellec.
tual school teacher. She drew a six
shooter from her dress pocket, and level
ing it at Rossa fired one shot. Rosa
threw his hand above his head
and cried, "I'm shotr He then
fell heavily to tho sidewalk, The
woman fired the remaining bullets in
her pistol at the Frustrated man, and
calmly and unconcernedly walked oil
with the smoking revolver in her hand.
She was followed by large crowd
while still larger mob surrounded
THE WOUNDED DYNAMITER,
City Marshal James McAuley, in the
absence OF policeman, seeing the re-
yolver in the woman's hand, arrested
her. She was conducted to the twenty-
sixth precinct station house, in the civ
hall. Her GOODNESS of demeanor was re-
markable. When arraigned at the sar-
geants desk, the woman gave her
name as Yestel Dudley.
LATER AND FULLER DETAILS.
AT 300 this evening O'Donoyan Rossa,
the Irish dynamiter," so-called, was
shot by a woman on Chambers street,
near Broadway. Atthat hour the streets
were full of people, homeward bound,
MAKING fhn1r rI
bridge and up town. The excitement
over The shooting, although the man
was recognized by very few, was in
tense. The first shot fired took effect in
Rossa's body, and he fell to the side
walk
THE WOMAN CONTINUED SHOOTING
until she emptied her five chambered
revolver. Only the first shot took effect.
City Marshal James McAuley was pres
ent, and breaking through the crowd
that had collected, seized the woman.
who still had the smoking pistol
in her hand, and told
her that she was under arrest.
The woman offered no remonstrance'
but allowed herself TO be taken through
the mass of citizens and to the city hsll
statlon-house. George w. Barlow, a
merchant at l46 Read street, snd Peter
\. Everett, formerly a repoi tor, who
witnessed the shooting, accompanied
the captor and captive to the station,
saying they would be witnesses. When
the woman had ceased firing,
o'DoNovAN ROSE no MS FEET
and tried to find his way back to his
Office in Chambers street, which he had
just left. He said: az am shot, irving
10 place his hand on his back under his
shoulder blade. After few steps some
body in the crowd suggested that he
should go to tho Chambers street hos
pital. A couple of men lent their arms
ana O'Donovan did as suggested, and
directed their steps toward the hos
pital.
HE WALKED ALL THE WAY
there, distance of nearly quarter of a
mile. He bled considerably on the way,
Once in the hospital, he was undressed
and examined by DR.. Dennison, IL was
found that the bullet had entered the
back, directly below the left shoulder
blade. The doctor pronounced
THE WOUND NOT DAN GERoUs,
ana began to probe for the ball. A great
crowd mad followed the wounded man
down Chambers street and blocked
the road in front of the
hospital, after the door was locked
6ehlnd O'Donovan and his escort
meanwhile, the woman had been taken
10 the station house, with another
crowd following her. She was placed
before the sergeant's desk.
SHE WAS GOOD LOOKING,
dressed neatly, in plain, black clothing.
and wore eye glasses. She appeared
like q school teacher, with an intellec-
tual face. Her manner was composed
and she answered some of the cues.
tlohs put TO her, promptly and with
out embarrassment. To others she
SIMPLY shook her head and said:
u shall only answer the questions /
know you have a right to ask
McAuley handed the pistol, of small
calibre, TO the sergeant and said he had
seen the prisoner shoot man OH cham-
bers street. The volunteer witnesses
asserted to the stated facts of the shoot
ing.
SHE sPEAKETH.
She was asked:
"Do you know the man you shot?v
Yes" replied the prisoner. "Cer-
talnly," with English accent. ~ shot
Rossa."
FURTHER questioning by the sergeant
ellclted that the prisoners name was
Neslet Dudley, aged 25; that she was a
nurse and married, aud that she lived at
NO. oo, clinton Place. She was asked
tne question why she shot 0'Don-
been in America, and others, To
which she made no answer. After her
pedigree had been taken she was es-
corted to the rear room and the crowd
slowly dispersed. AS there arc no ac-
commodations for prisoners in the city
nali station, Mrs. Dudley was removed
10 the oak street station at 7:l5 p. M,
and there
PLACED IN A CELL.
uer entlre demeanor was that of q
at that.
Rossa had been placed on cot in the
same ward with Capt. Pholan, who was
stabbed by Richard Short, in o'Dono-
vans Office, over three weeks ago.
WS,DonoVan was within eight beds of
Phelan. The examination of the
wound by DR.. Kerby, showed
mat the bullet had PEN
etrated the back about half an finch
above the left shoulder blade. The ball
ranged upward and inward toward the
spinal column, but did not touch the
vertepr@' The bullet is evidently
the back 'Tv and mSsS1Ss SsSond Oa
slight shock, Rossa has suffered lit
tie, 1t was at one time feared tho bul.
let had penetrated the lung, but as the
wounded man has expectorated no
blood, tins was afterwards pronounced
Had the spinal column
been injured there would have
been signs Of paralysis, but none have
appeared. The doctor probed unBuc-
,essiully for the bullet. Thoy conclu-
fed that no largo blood vessel had been
injured, and as o'Donovan is fleshy,
muscular man, OF robust constitution,
there was no danger to be apprehended.