The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13
BULLETS AND BILLIES,
The Shooting of ROssa-groubIe at
Socialist Meeting.

O'Donovan Rosa editor of the Unite, \
in New York, by young English widow
named Yseult Dudley. The two were walk
ing together on Chambers street, when the
woman slackened her pace and drawing a
pistol held it close to Rossa's back and fired
He fell, and she fired four times at his pros
trate form, but without effect. The
woman then walked away, menacing
the crowd who followed her with her pistol
but was soon arrested and taken to a station
house. Rosa made his way to the Chambers
Street hospital. Examination of his wound
showed it was not serious Mrs Dudley is
handsome young Englishwoman and is by
occupation trained hospital nurse. She de-
clared she had shot Rosa because he was a
dynamlter and was responsible for the
attempts to blow up public buildings i'll
London. Under pretence of rendering
financial aid to the dynamiters she had
formed Rosa ; acquaintance and at the first
opportunity tried to kill him. The news of
Rossas shooting spread with wonderful ra-
pldlty throughout London and caused the
widest excitement. Crowds of people sur
rounded the bulletin boards, and at almost
every corner there was a group of men jubi-
lently discussing the event. Many men be-
came almost frantic III the exuberance of
Their feelings Strangers to each other eff
fusely shook hands with the strong fer
vor of lifelong friends. Then they would
Ink arms and rush III squads to tho bars of
the nearest hotels, shouting as they went:
"Rossa is shot Many thousand toasts were
drunk to the health and happiness of Mrs
Dudley, who was lauded as IA heroine. In
vestlgation showed that Mrs. Dudley was
once imprisoned in England for attempting
suicide, and for year was an inmate of an
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doctors i'll New York She Is mystery APP
pearlng quite rational i'll many respects, while
III Others she seems rather Eighty. She ex-
presses no sorrow for her act, but regrets she
did not kill Rosa
Shortly after Rosla's shooting there was an
exciting scene at a meeting of rival bodies of
Socialists, III ConcOrdla hail, on the East side
OF the city. The meeting had hardly opened
when the crowded room was in an uprOar. One
party of Socialists, under direction of their
leader Jdstus SChwab, tried to prevent tho
other body from continuing and INDUCED in
yeliS and cat-calls Then Police Captain Nc
Cullagh, and six other poAsemen, all dressed
III citizens clothes elbowed their way TO the
front, and when their leader was near the
platform he threw open his coat, displaying
a gold badge, and cried: 81 am captain OF
the police here! You must stop this fight at
once " " Nes!' yelled SChwab 80 he is.
Fire him out Down with the police" Ami
mated by this battleCry, burly man hit
captain Cullagh IN the back OF the mead
with a chair Half dozen Socialists Jumped
upon the captain. but Sergeant Haggerty and
the five officers beat them back Tho police
men struggled hard and finally reached the
platform. "Down with the police!" shrieked
the Schwabtos. A dash was made at tho
platform. The policemen stood shoulder to
shoulder and drew their revolvers The first
man who advances a step will be shot like
dogn said Captain McCullagh. Then he
whispered to Officer Robinson, Hurry to the
station house and bring the reserves Rob
inson made his way out and to the police
station. Meanwhile the officers kept their
pistols pointed at the crowd, The faction
fight continued. Ten minutes later thirty
policemen rushed up the broad stairs Boys,
turn this mob out was the captains only
order. The long night sticks rose and fell
like fails, and at each fall a man dropped to
the floor. The 1900 Socialists rushed pell-
nell for the street, 1t is estimated that 200
men We're clubhed. In the scramble ON the
stairs Peter Braun, a musician, had his left
leg broken, and was taken to Bellevue
hospital. Schwab was arrested