The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-03
ys.let Dudley, a Handsome
Young Woman,
roryps THE BOSS DYNAMITER,
, wakes a Statement and Blames
the Job on the British
Government.
o,DOnos van Bossa Shot.

.J titled in his office in Center street,
~ m.-The shooting of O'Donovan
possa took place at 5.l2 O'Clock. He is
LgI, live. he was in front of the Stewart
s gliding on Chambers street when he
"a, Ua.,' a,n6roached by handsome young
1adv dressed plainly. She wore spectacles
nI,5bad the appearance of an intelligent
an teacher. She drew five-barreied
7s,-oIver from her dress pocket and
lilac II at Rosa, fired one shot.
possa threw his hand above his head
49, oried. nI'm shot" He then fell
b..a iI to the sidewalk The woman
fred the remaining bullets in her pistol
II rho nrostrate man and calmly and
n,nconeernedIy walked off with the
smoking revolver in her hand. She
was followed by large crowd,
while a still larger mob surrounded
tbe wounded dynamiter. City Marshal
LANES MeAuley, in the absence OF the
noIiceman, saw the revolver in the
Woman's hand, and arrested her. She
vas conducted to the Twenty-sixth pre-
c,ncf station house in the city hall. Her
Goodness Of demeanor was remarkable
when arraigned at the sergeant's desk.
The woman who shot O'Donoyan Rosa
gires her name as Yeslet Dudley.
George w. Barlow. merchant, LAG
Reade Street. and Peter @. Everett, for
merly reporter, who witnessed the
shooting, accompanied the captor and
captive to the station, saying they
would be witnesses. When the woman
ceased firing 0'Donovan arose to his
feet and made an effort to find his way
back to his Office on Chambers street,
which he had just left. He said: 81 am
shet,n irving to place his hand on his
back under his shoulder blade. After
a few steps, somebody in the crowd
suggested that he should go to the
Chambers street hospital. A 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, a distance of nearly a quar-
ter Of a mile. He bled considerably on
The yay. Once in the hospital, he was
undressed and examined by DR..
Denuispn. II was found the
bullet had entered the back,
directly below the left shoulder,
bsade. The doctor pronounced the
wound not Of a dangerous character,
and began 10 probe for the ball. Mean
while the woman had been taken to the
station house with q crowd following
her. She was placed before Sergeant
Ross desk. She was q good-lookng
woman. Her manner was entirely COM
posed, and she answered some of the
questions pnt to her promptly and with
out embarrassment To Others she
simply shook her head and smiled
with look that said: 81 shall only
answer questions | know you have a
right to ask. P" &
McAuley handed the pistol, of small
calibre, to the sergeant, and said he had
seen the prisoner shoot q man on
Chambers street.
A pitizen. asked; "Do you know the
man you shot2'
Yes" replied the prisoner, coolly,
with English accent. Il shot 0'DonoYan
Rsssa.
Further questioning by the sergeant
ELECTED the statement that the prison
er's name was Yeslet Dudley, aged %;
that she was nurse, and married, and
that she lived at 60 Clinton place. She
was asked why she shot 0'Donovan !;
now long she had been in America, and
other questions, to which she made 70
answer. After her pedigree had
been taken she was escorted. to a
rear room. and the crowd slowly dis
perSed. As there are no accommoda-
uons for prisoners IN the city hall
Sta9on, Mrs. Dudley was removed to
UaHl street station at 7:15 p. M, and
there placed in cell. Her enire de-
meanor was that of a rational person
ana cool-headed one at that.
hoSsa has been placed on a cot in
me same ward with Captain
Phelan, who was stabbed by
Richard Short i'll 0'Donovan's Office,
over three weeks ago. Rosa was
within eight beds of Phelan.
The examination of the wound nv DR..
KIRBY showed that the bullet had pene-
tfated the backbone half an inch above
The left shoulder blade. The ball ranged
upwards and Inward toward the
spinal column, but did moi touch
the vertebre. The bullet is evidentIy
iooged IN the muscles of the back
and, beyond slight shock. Rosa mas
suffered but little. It was at one time
reared the bullet had penetrated the
lung but as the wounded man had ex
perforated no blood, this was after
wards pronounced impossible. Had the
spihai column been injured, there would
have been signs of paralysis. but none
appeared. The doctors probeC
unsuccessfully for the bullet. The
concluded that no large BLOOD
vessel had been injured, and as
0DonoYan is leshy, muscular man
Of robust constitution, there was M
eangec to be apprehended. The docto
WIZ probe again for the bullet tomorrow
morning. Some time after his admiS
sion TO the hospital, Rosa was removed
!? another ward. He said he though
nS condition was serious enough t
saIrant him making an ante-morter
S1S5autement and the coroner was sent fol-
y, when that official arrived, O'Donova
mace The following statement
BossA's STATEMENT.
Saturday January Slst, about p m
tIeceiFed letter at my office, No. !
Suati.nbers street. The message was i
snalng, and mas delivered. by me
IIaeer boy: The note stated that
wished to see me; that she was il
listed III IN the Irish cause and desire
M assist It. She did not care to go
ma once and remain waiting the
came; She would only ask +