New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-03
ROSSA SHOT BY A WOMAN.
fCou,iuued from First Pase.l
soero q, omen door Rosa said we might stand In
H. hnIiwav II was then | shot him.

he fe at the first shot and suppose that dscon-
e1 Then dT.nkng tin-cupful of water Mrs Dudley
Dnring the interview she was as she expressed IT,
,,ariectIv cool She had removed her nat upon ti-
terinp the cell. While speaking she oc aslohslIy
pushed her hair back from her broad whlte lo ,iU
head Her hair is bright brown. Her clieeSs sun
wore the rosy flush which had attracted tne auh'i@
ton of a rr0up of policemen at an earlier nour'
While sncaking she looked straight at her question:
ers and her bright blue eyes looked calm and inno
cent She seemed anxious to convince the reporter
tnat her sleeplessness not due to eXcitemc" OF
to thoughts of her possible or probable iate'
" OF that" she said. | am not thinking
MRS. DUDLEY's HISTORY.
"Ob YES. knew Mrs. Dudley" said bright
eyed Young boarder with dark curly halr to
TRIBUNE reporter who called at No. go Clinton
MACE last night. She very patriollc
English woman. week ago yesterday when she
read the account of the explosion III Lon,
don she became much excitei anu
said that the American government
ought to give Rosa up TO Eng land. Yesterday
morning we were in the parlor Wheh . boy p };
the bonsa CRYING an Il xtra' about the explosion
in Grand-st. Sac rushed out on the stoop, pougn.
and ran into the paror waving IL anu ViS t az
here's more dynamite for YOU Then she tola US
that she had seen kossa on Saturday ana mao ms
word for IT that he could get ton of dynamic; as
he was in league with those who manuiact urea IL,
and he knew how to make it himself. She SAID
also but without any appearance Oh
threat that he would get caught YET sooner or atcI
oklngly offered 10 lend her my plStoI' cho ""'
in state of great excitement, such a. she gensr,
allv got into when talking OF subjects cophet!ct
! with dynamite. but we didn't think mnch VI ~;
One of the ladies suggested that IL WASH eooid
taste 10 talk politics IN the paror ana she soppeu;
She has been buying Rossas Papers and had SeNVrhi
| OF them. which she read through and through;
! "By the way. ! wonder if she took my pistol
| saving which the young woman ran up staus' =,
YRS Dudley's card was IN rack close TO ne In o
door and opposite to il was the WORD H. iho
matron of the home which is boarding house Ior
young business women. SAID " Mrs Dudley came
here a week ago last THURSDAY ana asked 10 We
accommodated for a time, she dld not Know LOT
how long rs she trained nurse ana mlgDt Dc
called away at any moment; She gave as heI rei-
erence Dr. Thomas OF inonpsoh Pn' n u,r
me as beng a respectable woman onee
brought WITH her valise, ;n and rrsi pa,G
when she said that she bad ratient and went
away. She returned. on Thursday. and said that
her patient had died and paid her board mp TO To-
morrow AT 3 D. III. to-day she brought me heI
kew and SAID that she was going away ana wouId
send for her vase. saw little OF her whlIe mere,
generally at the table, but she impressed ie a.
sarcastic but lady -iike in her manners hcr eyes
were of grayIsh green color and she wore glasses
she was near:slghted me Io.d me ' F Se i ear
been in IA training school Tor nurses III England Ioi
three years and that she was a widow ana
had had two children. both OF whom had dleu.
When she left the house to-day she ala not seem ~
ali excited but spoke pleasantly with me. enc WAS
greatly excited a week ago Yesterday "neh SIG
lead the account of the London exp o'ions,
At the Office of Dr.. I. Gaiilard Thomas, No. 2oi
Fifth-ave.. DR.. McCosh SAID that Mrs. DudIeY came
to see DIR. Thomas few months ago aud salu that
she and TIVE other nurses had come rom
England short time before. She had
diplomas from some of the London hospitals
and the doc sent her to his private hospital az
No. 59S LeXiugton-aVe. She renamed mere
few weeks and then went to Newark
n. j.. whore she lived with Miss Cha'-
mers, at No. AZ Plane-st. She and Miss
Chalmers came TO this Office again about week
ago and Dr. Thomas advised her that she would
have better chance to get employment III TINS CITY
than III Newark.
DR. p. +. Chambers. the honse-suTgeon
of the hospital, remcm6eTGd Mrs; Dudley, enc
came here from Roosevelt Hospital he saih, on
November 81, and applied for position rs nurse
showing me diplomas from TWO or thIee hospitals
was favorably impressed with Ter, because OF her
appearance and also because of personal letters
which she had from the superrntendents and doc
tors connected with these hospitals.
she wS was .n TtR WAS Sorougsy aaasf,c,d
as n nurse but she could not get along very wen
with the employees and when her mouth was up
woman and while not at AL dlSpaI"glng
10 Americans, | presume the other en-
ployes did not like her on thhat 'etou ,hc
same time and left because Mrs. Dudley did. MISS
Chalmers was good nurse aud should nave peeh
glad to have kept her. did not notice any signs
she had had charge OF insane patients IN EhRIah't
One of the women nurses was seen. but was reil1
cent. She indicated, however, by her manner anu
statements that she had not been or the best 81
terms with Mrs. Dudley. She SAID that one oi
Mrs Dudley's diplomas was from Charing 'To's
Hospiial that one of her children had dled
aDout two years ago; that she was h"t
night in her head, and that she
was constantly boasiIng of her experiences
IN Fngish hospitals, and talking about the SUI
periority Of the English people.
James X. Lathrop superintendent OF the R0os .o
On oo'' october and lett November 10.
her Her not generally sasia "s G.
fcicnt in order She did not take proper care oi
her ward engaged Der for temporary service and
| told her would give her an opportunity to make
he strong IN mind. She boosted 10 a
| limited degree of her services abrOad-she was a
thoroneb soing English woman, Miss ChaImer,
! came here on October !, and was much pleased
with her. She left with Mrs. Dudley"
WHAT Is KNOwS OF HER IN NEWARK.
A reporter for TIE TRIBUNE knocked at the door
of a neat twr-,tOry frame cottage No IA Pianc-st.
Newark, late last evening, and after some delay
| woman's head appeared at an upper window. The
! reporter asked for Miss Chalmers. and was in
| formed that sho was not at home. When the re-
porter SAID that he wished to obtain some informa-
| ton about Mrs Dudley the head disappeared and
| in few minutes middle-aged woman opened the
door and invited the reporter to enter the front
apartment. After making some casual inquiries
! about Mrs. Dudley, the reporter announced the
| fact that she had shot RussB. The woman ex-
claimed her aston shment and covered hcr face with
her hands saying 1t could not he possible aud al
! ding a moment aierward that she had had very
| little acquaintance with the woman ana kne"
nothing of her antecedents previous 10 a month or
| two ago At this moment the woman husband.
whose name proved to be frederick Sneyd, entered
the apartment lie had the appearance Of a wellto-
90 mechanic. fc showed surprise when informed
hy his wife of Mrs. Dudicy's act, and then
FASTENED to assure the reporter that he ana hIs vile
| had no other acquaintance with the woman except
! through Miss Chalmers and during about II fort
night when she boarded at the house
| "Will you tell what you know OF the
| woman 7" said the reporter.
| ats not much we know about her" was the re-
| ply. "She came from ngland IN an lnman steamer
last September. She had been living IN Sussex,
| 4 uoland yyhere | bplicye her husband died three