St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-01
METHODICAL MADNESS
In the Dudley-Rossa Shooting Case the
Jury Bring in a Verdict Of
Aoquittal.
The Decision Based upon the Grounds
That the Prisoner Is
Insane.
Eliza Sage, Living Near Anegan,
Mich, BrutalIy Outraged and
Murdered.
Trouble Causes the suicide OF a. J.
Dumont, Prominent Man OF
New Orleans.
NJ. nmdleYls TrinI.

New eOf1eduSs
Mrs. Dudieyss Trial.
! New YORK, June GO.-The court room
| where Mrs. Dudley was being tried for the
assault on O'DOnOyan Rosa was again
crowded to excess to-day. DR.. Charles Z.
DennlSon, who dressed Rossa'S wounds,
testified as to their location and character.
IhiS ended the case for the prosecution.
/ The counsel for Mrs. Dudley then oDened
/ for the defense. He claimed that Mrs.
! Dudley had assaulted ROSSa. nOtOut of per-
sonal spite or to ayenge personal insult. but
! because ne was an enemy OF her country
Inc counsel discussed the subject of Irish
/ patriotism. In outlining the line of the
/ testimony Tor the defense the counsel speaks
OF what he termed Mrs. Dudley's physical
lntirnlty. He said that he would show
that Tor several years she had been subject
20 epileptic 1its. He would show that her
mind lad been affected by those tits and
thaG she was not responsible for
7 her own conduct. The counsel submitted
a number of letters from English physicians
ID the various institutions in which his
! client had been confined for treatment, set
/ ting forth the character Of her disease. The
/ Opponents declared that Mrs. Dudley was
/ not In her right mind. Elizabeth I. Ten
lus, private teacher who resided at the
same place as Mrs. Dudley, testified that
/ for several days previous to the shooting of
RoSsa the prisoner had acted in
/ = STRANGE MANNER
/ She had bundles of Rossa's newspaner
/ containing the report OF recent explosions
IN Loudon, and in speaking TO the witness
OF RosSa Mrs. Dudley had alluded to the
! adYlsa0ilty OF riddmg the earth of such a
man. Dr. a. ~ Mcdonald, superintend-
/ ent Of the asylum for the insane
on Wards Island, testified thai
he was coES6ahad ddslat Mrs. Dudley
was suffering from chronic mania.
/ Mrs. Dudley had told the witness that there
were three men she had determined to pun
lsh with death, and that ROssa was first on
1 the list. Dr. William L.. Harding gave
similar testimony. Mrs. Dudley here inter-
/ rupted the proceedings of the court by adj
/ dressing Judge GilderSieeye. She said:
! Whether I was rational or not when I
! shot BOSSa I am perfectly sane now. and
/ wish 70 testify in my own behalf. II the
case goes to the jury now without their
! having heard me they viii form an entirely
erroneous impression OF my motives, and
/ viii not know why i shot Rosa. The doe
tors said that [ had said that / had a mis-.
! sion when they should have said that i had
an inclination" The Judge said that she had
! better confer with her counsel, and when
the time came the court would hear her.
I Mrs. Dudley'S counsel said that they
found themselves in q somewhat peculiar
! position. They had been trying TO
prove
! THEIR CLIENT WAS INSANE.
/ She on her part insisted that she
/ was not insane atthe time Of the attack.
ana insisted on her right to go on the stand
| and testify in her own behalf. The couu-
! sci could not see how they could do other
I wise than call her as a witness. 1t was
/ finally agreed that she should be called to
/ Che stand after recess. After the recess
/ Mrs. DGdley's lawyers tried their best 30
! get her TO forego her intentions Of becoming
a witness. She persisted in her intention,
/ however, and at word from the prosecute
| ing counsel she walked quickly to the wit
ness chair and was sworn. She said:
! Gentlemen of the jury, l mayor may
I not De insane, but if il is accurate that my
action was for the possession Of the al
mighty dollar, then, l have no doubt. Won
/ will readily decide that am not insane. I
/ wish You to decide my case by acquitting
me either on the ground that my action was
/ justifabie
OR CONVICT ME.
Il was ia doubt as to whether jeremiah
/ O'DOnOVan, Patrick Fond or AIezgaroff
! We're the more responsible. I read OsDon-
ovan's and Ford's papers, aud read about
Mezgarof, and then / went to see O'DonO-
van. We had talk about the wholesale
murder of innocent women and children.
! BE said the blowing up Of buildings was
| right what. =" said he, .'aFe the lives of
q few women and children compared with
the holy cause of Ireland" ''He said. in
reference to recent explosions, that we did
I It, and he also said j intend to blow I'D the
house of parliament when ttnext conVenes.'
l believe now, however, that he was deIib-
erately lying. He said also that he IN
tended To blow up English vessels and in
that way strike terror to English hea rts.
+ He was murderer. BE had shown him
/ self to be one F"
/ words"
NO. but believed him. now con-
| slider him liar. If / am homdcidal isn't it
| queer that l never shot any one before2
( l have carried q pistol and had it loaded.
| too, since / was 16 years OF age. At that
/ age I was teaching in the country and there
was great scare about mad dogs hydro
I phobia, so that everybody, men and women,
who were capable Of carrying a revolver
| did so. l gave ODohovan as fair o trial
as prisoner has ever had in your court I
| shot him and I ana willing to
TAKE THE CONSEQUENCE.
certainly shall not appeal, even in this
| land OF liberty. / don't think a man like
/ him should be permitted to go about adj
| viSing indiscrlminate murder. I did not
come here to shoot him. ANA good nurse
and was wiling 20 take position here.
While in prison ! was perfectIy bewildered
fby offers from managers who wanted me to
lecture. / answered them I'LL bg saying
that 1 would consent only on condition that
/ VDOuOvan shOuld come sS-fftr wa and z
would give a practical illustration. aided by
| O'DOnOvan, Of the effect q III aslalte upon
the human frame. If this met their views
I would go"
The jury acquitted Mrs. Dudley on the
ground OF insanity. The Jury We're only in
consultation about five minutes, when they
'dered their verdict a motion was made
send Mrs Dudley to the state insane
asylum, which her counsel opposed The
latter asked that their client might be per-
mitted to be returned TO her native country
and placed in an institution there The
court viii listen TO the argument on this
motion on Thursday.
LONDON, July 1.-The papers generally
comment favorably on the 8cqai5tal Of
Mrs. Yseult Dudley.
Outraged and Murdered.
ALIEGAN, Mich, June S0.-Whle Cir.
cult Judge Arnold was hunting sheen ina
I patch OF oak grubs west Of town vesgalcEav
( he found the dead body Of Eiiza Sage. an
unmarried woman of "a years, With her
throat cut from ear 10 car. ana her back
/ badly bruised from blow with club or
7 heFmuTderers fist. Her left arm also showed
numerous bruises and tho imprint of Inaf's
fingers and thumb oRher wrist Her under,
clothing was torn from her body, and indi-