Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-06

and received no money Tor such pur-
poses. but only to help the Irish cause.
She reiterated that a thousand lives
should be sacrificed in London. had
been to see my printer at four o'clock
when l starteA out to meet her She
wanted me to sign a receipt for
money. The receipt contained the
word dynamite, and declined to
sign. Put the paper in my pocket and
walked out with her. She IS nothing
more or less than an agent of the
British government employed to as
saSslnate me.
Rossa's admirers were greatly re-
lieved when they found his recovery
is regarded quite certain. Walker j.
Elliott and Patrick Joyce went to
Brooklyn and broke the tidings of
Rossa's attempted assassination to
his wife. She received the tidings
calmly. She Immediately started for
New York and reached the hos
pital at 10 o'clock, when she was at
once admitted to her husbands bed
side. Their meeting was quite affect
ing.
About 9 o'clock last night Mrs.
Dudley asked about the condition of
Rosa, and seemed sorry when she
heard he was still alive. A number
of persons called to see her, but she
positively re used to be interviewed.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2.-Rossa, in the
Chambers street hospital, made the
followiI G statement to Coroner Ken
nedy: IS .tuIday, Jan. 81, about p
M, received letter at my office, IL
Chambers street. TIE message was
in writing and was delivered by a
messenger bov. The note stated that
a lady wi> he'd to see me; that she was
interested In the Irish cause and de-
sired to assist it. She did not care to
go to my Office aud remain waiting
there until l came. She only would
ask for ten minutes time The boy
told me the lady was at the telegraph
Office in the Stewart building, corner
Broadway and Chambers street. l
went with him and met her. I told
her it would be well to 90 to
some hotel, as the telegraph
office was no place to
talk in. We came out and went to
Sweeney's hotel. We went into the
ladies' parlor, and she said she would
be able to give considerable money if
anything good was done. She then
said she would call Monday, Febru-
ary 2nd, at o'clock. Today she
sent another message to my office. /
went to the same telegraph office and
there met the lady. She showed
me paper which l was to sigp. She
then suggested that we go to some
place. We walked down Charles
street toward Brooklyn, and
when we got a short distance
toward Broadway, when the woman
stepped back and fred two or three
shots at me, one of the balls entered
my back" :"
(Signed,)
JEREMIAH O'DoNovAN Rosa.
MINNEAPoLIs, Feb. 2.-R >ssas son,
John, engaged in business here as So
lIcitor of the young mems endowment
association, called at the Tribune edi-
torial rooms this evening. The first
he heard of his fathers assassination
was when City Edito, Williams read
the bulletin to him. He remained
perfectly cool, but at once asked for
full particulars. Being informed that
nothing further had been heard he de-
parted, refusing to answer at present
a8y questions, except to deny any
knowledge of the woman Dudley who
is said to have done the shooting. The
news was complete surprise to him.
and he left hurriedly to send a mes
sage to New York in4uiring as to his
fathers condition.
FINERTY TALKS.
Finerty SAID tonight, when he
heard of the shooting of Rossa: 81
am sorry. Rosa is true man and
patriot" When asked what would
be the result of the attempted assas
sination he said. what would be
likely to follow would depend on the
motive of the shooting. If it should
turn out that the woman who shot
Rosa is lunatic, nothing could be
done, although all true Irish
men would regret such an
attempt on the life of
of the brother patriot. But if on the
other Land, it should be found she
was a hireling assassin then this
would prove to be but the begin
nlng of the vendetta. If Englismen,
he said. thought to frighten the Irish
in the United States by assassinating
their leading man, they would find
Irishmen feared the lead of the assas-
sin no more.