Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-02-05
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Az Mrs. Dude, sat IN low chair
By the stove in the prison her every
movement spoke Of extreme tranquil
hty. She wore a seft, clinging black
dress, made with considerable attempt
II friIls and furbclows. A neat white
collar was the only relief to the sombrc
tint which she allowed herself Her
hight, glossy hair was braided neatly at
the hack Of her head, which was deli
eatcly shaped. Mrs. Dudley was either
remarkably rosy naturally or flushed
from the recent excitement. AS her
slemesnor, however, spoke Of internal
eslmncss her color was probably nothing
but the healthy type Of the London-hred
girl. At times she put on spectaclcs
and glanced at her qucstioncrs search
inrly.
Mrs. Dudley was strongly disinelincd
10 talk. When she did speak, how
ever. Il was with much volubility, and
wcll-bred, ordinary English accent.
She interpreted her remarks with little
ebullitions Of mirth, and frequently APP
Feared amused. Her counsel sat beside
her, and declined TO let her answer all
questions put to her. Mrs. Dudley was
fully as clever as her lawyer, However,
and exclaimed, That's not fair" be-
fore the gentleman had time to remark.
in legal parlance, ~ object"
"0ne would think ! had been endea-
voring to make q dramatic sensation"
she began, Ito judge by the accounts
have read Of the shooting this morning.
Now. in England we should have taken
it all so seriously. II is really quite
astonishing TO see how the matter is
treated here. ] didn't try to make n
dramatic sensation, a public sensation,
or anything Of the kind. You can be-
heve that
Mrs. Dudley made coquettish little
pout with her mouth. Nothing seemed
further from her thoughts than serious
conversation.
"If had killed him outright, delib-
erately. / could not have created
greater disturbance" she said" and
vet have heard loud cries from people.
why don't you shoot Rosa? He is
the root Of all evil That's the cry
here. But no one dared to kill him.
He told me he got threatening letters
every day informing him that his life
wasn't worth that Isnapping her fin
gers]. Every one was afraid to touch
him. Well, ] have done so. 1t will
be lesson to him at any rate"
A little ripple Of laughter came from
Mrs. Dudley's lips, but did not last
long. Then she resumed, in an amused
tone: "They told me he was such
dreadful man. You should have seen
how he trusted me. 1t was childlike,
and that was all. How did he know
who ] was? He gave me the key to
his cipher numbers. could read
cipher before, you know, quite easily.
/ only wanted the key, and ] got it. |
was not very hard pupil to instruct,
and when he was showing ne his let
tiers I read more than Respected or
wanted"
Mrs. Dudley was still pleasantly VOL
uble, and talked at a great rate of
speed. "Now, you will easily see that
women are infinitely superior to men.
O'Donoyan Rosa spoke about his great
doings in everything. He was going
to blow up this lie was going to blow
up that. | never told a soul what |
was going to do. shot him and no
one knew Of it. Women can keep their
own counsel"
"Rossa is no coward" she continued
"IIe did not act as one when shot
him yesterday. oh. yes, he called out,
protesting against being shot, of course.
Any one would have done that under
the circumstances. But he never asked
for help. 1t would have been entirely
reasonable if he had, you know. But
an Englishman never fires at fallen
foe or at man who cries for mercy.
And they tell me-" she continued !
slowly. "that he behaved very well in
the hospital. My own opinion is that
he is more afraid of prison than death.
He spoke to me Of his prison career at
Portland, you know, and that is what
leads me to that supposition. 1t seems
strange, doesn't it, but j am quite con-
WINGED it is the case"
Had you heard Of Rosa in Eng
lands"
g You might as well ask if | had
heard Of the President of the United
States. Rosa is known over in Eng
land, no matter what any one may say,
and, of course. you are aware of that.
In England, at the present time, and in
consequence of the explosions in the
houses of Parliament, they are putting
guards everywhere. The dynamiters
have no intention of touching the places
most carefully watched"
Here Mrs. Dudley became, for the
first time, eager, and discarded the
light, bantering tone in which she had
previously been conversing.
"Londoners think there is no place
but London for these dynamiters. They
don't look anywhere else. The schemes
Of the dynamiters are also laid outside
the metropolis, and | know it. Wool
witch Arsenal is doomed. The Bank Of |
England is doomed. The Carlton Club
is doomed. Sandhurst College, the
great military school, is doomed.
know it all. told you chat 0'Dono-
van Rosa taught me his cipher, or,
rather, gave me the key to it. Let the
Londoners look outside London as well
as in IT,"
add the accounts Of the recent ex-
plosion affect you much?n
Did the accounts make me crazy,
as some Of the papers say" she an
swered with satire. "No, sir, they
did not. They affected me as they did |
others. was very indignant. think |
every one who read about them was
indignant
"Did you belong TO any anti-Irish
societies on the other side?"
mo, indeed, did not. Ny mother
was Irish, and | have always been very |
, friendly with that people. told Rosa
my mother was Irish" she laughed. |
81 lie knows that. And don't you ina
CINE that il is because 0'Donovan Rosa