Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-17
Lucille YSeuIt Dudley.
0'DoNovAN RossAs AssAILAET.

A quiet and lady-hke inmate of a
New York boarding-house suddenly
attained a notoriety reaching to the
ends of the earth, by shooting the
man who is regarded oppositely by
the public, either as formidable
enemy of the English Government or
as mis,r tble pretender who makes
il appear that he is such, though the
medium of his publication, with the
purpose ofhandling the money free
ly s,nt in by deluded Irish people
resident in this country.
The antcccdents Of Lucille Yseult
Dudley as given by various people
who pretend to know them, are con-
Trajectory as well as incomplete. We
give such statements as appear to be
trustworthy. She claims to be an
English woman, but her mother, as
she says, was an Irish woman. The
truth seems to be that she is the
illegitimate daughter of French
nobleman, and though born IN Eng
land has not u drop of English blood
in her veins. Her education was su-
periog, as her attainments include
knowledge of the French, German
and Erse languages, and her English
is exquisite, perfectly we'll chosen as
TO words and accentuaied with the
refinement of the gentle-woman.
A life singular in its romance and
misfortune was injured beyond res
toration in her early womanhood by
the cruel deception which led her To
regard herself as the wife of a man
upon whom she had no legal claim.
lie Is said to have been a French Of
iicer. That his name was Dudley is
more than doubtful, but she has been
known by it at least tor several years.
Both ch 'ldren born of intimacy per-
haps more unfortunate than sinful,
are dead. The mothers bereayc-
ments are believed to have perma-
nently unsettled her reason, but only
at intervals has IL been found neces-
sary to restrain her.
In 1883 the unfortunate young
woman now only about twenty-five
years of age, attempted suicide by
poison in carriage of railway
train. She was discovered in an
insensible condition, and was taken
a patient of the lIayward's Health
Insane Asylum, Sussex, England.
An earlier attempt at suicide had
been punished by Imprisonment.
She remained in the asylum nearly
twelve months. tits said that during
the earlier half of this period of de-
tention, she was with difficulty pre-
vented from taken her life. After
her release she learned the work of
the skilled nurse, and in due time
was engaged TO practice 1t. Anoth-
er attempt at suicide interrupted this
occupation, and she was made the
subject of medical treatment in the
same hospital wherein her skill lad
been exercised.
She came to this country in Sep
tember last, and filed several posi-
tions as nurse, before planning and
carrying out tie plot which laid
Rosa on his back hospital. Her
system was simple one. She tempt
ed her victim to meet her by pre-
tending to have money for "thc cause
of Ireland" lie had two interviews
with her, in the second of which she
shot him.
Mrs. Dudley has personal fascina-
tions of high order. Her carriage
IS that of a woman of good breeding,
and her dress is tastefully made and
worn, il good deal the worse for
wear with regard to some articles
comprised in it. She is tall and we'll
formed her countenance is ch arac-
terized by refinement and regularity
of feature, and her complexion is fair
and clear, in harmony with her beauti-
full brown hair