Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-03
ROSA
!. shot by an English
Woman.
~.a sss EaaaI-Fuii Partiea'
,1rs q the ser"rrehee-

II xTosx Feb p t'sS5 p n ~ bono
Ips.ss hss just been ssot.
4 - - FEB. 2-5 p m--Ihe
~ n O'DJuovan Rosa took
n $500 minates past 5. He u still
Il Il Gas in frost Of the stewart
- - Charabers street when he
bse..~1achsd BY handsome young
- 49, plainly. ste xors spec
n - 80 rad the appearance Of an 10
$3.50 srbool te1cher. she drew a
II ks-.,.led revolver from her dress
- - dwelling IL at Rosa, fired
4 F.s Roass threw bis hands above
- sod cried. I'm shot He
m hsSvily to the sidewalk. The
80 fred the remaining oaliets N
49, a the fallen man, and then
-, and unc0ilcernediy walked on
- suoking revolver 10 her hand.
"a followed by 4 large crowd,
= 4 still larger mob surrounded the
.rtsr. City Marshal James Nc
- = the absence Of = polleem 40,
- rsyolFer ia tue Womsns hand
AEEKsTED HEs.
- w.s conducted to the Twenty
- p,.eines station h1nss IN the City
- 9af calmness Of demsan9r was
n..lshle. When arraigned at the
1870 desk she gave her name as
Islss Dudley.
yrLa AccoUsI or TBE sHooTIsG.
x.wYanx. Feb AIT twelve minutes
e. dis afternoon Jeremiah ODoB-
- Rgssa, tho Irish dgnanitsr. 80
- gas shot by "a woman on Cham
=. sreet near Broadway. At that
-, ~ streets we're oiled with people
s.-..sard bouud, making their way to-
- Rr,oklyn bridge. Toe excitement
- ia shooting, although tbs man was
rsnaniaed By very feE. was intense.
THE ITIssT SHOT
y.r.d took eject in O'Douovan's body,
~ - tsll 10 the sidewalk. The woman
.sasipnsd 10 sheet until she enptied 4
= ehasnbersd revolver. bat only the
-, not took effect. City Marshal
Ismss MeAuIey vas present at the time.
"a btssking through the crowd that
~ oolbscted even before ths shooting
rs ossf,
sEIzED IHE WOMAN,
Who sili held the smoking pistol in her
hsud. add told her that she vas nndeE
erfest The woman offered no remOn-
aFanoe, but allowed herself to be taken
armagh the mass OF citizens TO the City |
Hali setlon hongs. George W. Bul0w,
merchant at ll6 ksase street, aud Peter |
I, Everett, formerly reporter. who |
Witnessed. the shooting, accompanied |
,ks espt0r and captive 20 the station |
al hes t,a.V Ftt
sHm TIE woaAS CEASED FIRING
UDonoyan rose TO his feet. and made |
a sH0rt TO find his way back 10 bis |
slbR on Chambers street, which be bad /
hst Isft. He said, " am shot trying |
3 pAcs hand on bis back, under the 1
ANsdef blade. After d few steps some |
tdy b the crowd suggested that he |
neald 20 TO Chambers Street Hospital. |
/ esaple OF men lent their arms, aud |
UDubovan did AS suggested. and di- !
feasa hts steps toward the hospital !
Ne walked all the way there, u distance |
u nearly qnaFtaiEof mile. He bled |
easiderably On she way. Once ia the |
hospital, he was undfessed aud exam
med by DR.. Dsnnison. IL was found |
that the bullet had entered the back |
a.
Tbs doctor pTonoHaced the wound to be
not Of dangerous character, and be-
Gan to probe Tor the ball. A great
eiovd Of people followed the wounded
aIan down Chambers street. and block
"a the roadway IN front OF the hospital
after the door WAS looked behind
VDonovan aud bis escort. Meanwhile
rHx WOMAN
Had been taken 20 the station house,
with crowd following her. She was
placed before Ssrgt. X ss' desk. She
vas q good looking woman, dressed
neatly IN plain dark clothing and wore
eye glasses. She appeared like school
teacher, with IA intellectual face. Her
manner was entirely composed, and she
answered some Of the questions pat 30
her promptly aud without emhaeaAs
ment. To others she simply shook her
bead aud smiled, with a look which
aid, II snail only answer questions
MeAaley handed a pistol Of small
eslibre to the sers0a az. aud said he had
ssen the prisoner shoot n man ON Cham
bera street.
TAs vsluBteer witnesses assented TO
the stated facts Of the shooting. A citi-
asn here asked
aDo you know the man You shotf
"ies," replied the prisoner oooly With
% English accent, III shot O'Donoyan
nassa.H
Further questioning by the sergeant
dotted the statement that the prison
ss's name was Yousll Dudley, age 25,
nat she was nurse and married and
that she lived at CD Clinton place. She
sas asked Why ahe shot O'DonovAn,
boz long she had been 10 America and
oshsf questions 10 which she made no
answer. After her pedigree had been
0knn down she was escorted 20 q rear
room snd the crowd slowly dispersed.
A. there are no accomdafions for
Rrisunefs In the city hell station Mrs
padley was removed To Oak street STA
tias ~ 7:iS p. m. and placed Ia DELL.
net entife demeanoF was that of Fa-
uonA person. and q cool headed sne
ksiAat
epozosAs RessA HAD BEEN PLACID ON
oor
IN the same ward with Captain Phelan,
wee was stabbed by Richard Short. In
VDon0yan's Office, over three weeks
NO. ODonoyan was within eight beds
~ fhelan. An examination of the
woahded man by DIR. Kirby showed
eat Ne bullet had penetrated his back
seoat half an inch above the left
saeeldsf blade. The ball ranged up
xazd and inward toward the spinal
sesantn, bat did not touch tbs vertehrIe.
ths bullet Is evidently lodged in the
n1seses OF tke back, aud beyond
uNet shock, Rossa has suffered but
nAiA II was At one time feared thai
~ bullet had penetrated the lung, bat
g ihs wounded uaan. had expectoFated
se blood. II was pronounced impossible.
aaa the spinal column been injured,
sesfe woald have been signs of pa
Nstsis bat ~ none appeared, the doc
% pfseed unsacoessfuily for the
eslet Tkey concluded that no large
M,sa vessel bad been iniares, and that
= haesa u eeshy, muscular man. OF
moast eonsiitsiion. there was no dan
- 70 b Appsehended. The doctors
III peooe again for the bullet tomorrow
@ntnine some time after bis admis
va 70 the hospital. Rosa was removed
snoshef ward. Here he said be
netahi his condition vas serious
saassh 70 WARRANT him in making
An IE.MaKrEx srkTEMKsT,
- The CoFunnr vas sent for. when
80 uihelA arrived, kassa made the
ailoasng statement,
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