Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-03
0'DONOVAN R0SSA SHOT.
a GOOD JOB POORLY EXECUTED.
a Bold EngIish-Woman Shoots the
Eccentric OYnamiter-He Will
Probably Survive.


I the Chambers street hospital He was shot
/ ia the back under the right shoulder. When
| the woman Vas brought To the station house
she handed the police sergeant five
/ barrelled. nickel plated, 32-calibre
revolver, very eoolly saying II guess
they are All empty now"
Sine firrd i've shots, only one taking effect.
She said she was narse and lived at 6 Clin-
ton Place; came from England five months
ago; had an interview with Rosa Saturday
at his office. She met him to-day by ap-
| pOintment made by letter from her TO him.
| Ii Is said the letter is now in the hands of
| Patrick Joyce, Rossa's SECRETARY. The
| woman - handsome, was very fairly
! dressed in the style of well-to-
do English immigrant. She wore spectacles
and had the appearance of an intellectual
school teacher. The bystanders who saw the
shooting say the woman drew revolver
! from her dress ocket and leveling it at
Rossa fired one shot. Rosa threw his
hand above his head and cried ''I'm shotr'
Then he fell heavily TO the sidewalk. The
woman fired the remaining bullets i'll the
revolver at the PROSTATE man and calmly
and unconcernedly walked away with the
smoking pistol in her hand. She
was followed by large crowd,
while a still larger mob surrounded
the wounded dynamiter. City Marshal Nc
Auley saw the pistol In the womans hand
and arrested her. She was taken to the 26th
precinct station at the city hall. Her imper-
turable gravity and GOODNESS of demeanor
were remarkable. When arraigned at the
hQ aH t,iSt Sts,l IN tha mt
Marshal McAuley said the woman was brand
ishing the pistol III the street. citizen. who
entered the station with the prisoner, said
she had just shot man in Chambers street.
do you know the man?' asked the sergeant
of the woman. Eyes, / shot O'Dono-
van Rossa." said the prisoner,
with a slight English accent. She
looked very dem1re and pretty as she stood
at the bar and betrayed no excitement; gave
her name as Yseult Hadley: said she was a
native of England and hospital nurse by
occupation; described herself as a widow,
twenty-five years of age, but does not ap-
pear to be over eighteen. A number of
questions we're put 20 her but sne preserved
a digDihed silence. She was locked up and
all reporters were denied the privilege of an
interview with her for the present. She did
not appear to be insane, for she answered
all questions deliberately and
with some degree of caution;
declining to divulge the cause
of the shooting, but it is presumed that il
was in revenge for the recent dynamite ex-
plosions in London. When seen at the
Chambers Street hospital Rossa was lying
quietly on a cot, which was located only
short distance from that of Captain Phelan.
Rosa said, rs he reached the street after
leaving his office in Chambers street at y.
~, a woman, without uttering word, shot
him. The ball penetrated beneath the right
shoulder blade taking an upward course.
Rosa said that the pain was not
great. and he hoped the would-be
murderess was satisfied. After probing
for four minutes the physicians decided not
to search further for the ball for fear of
weakening the patient The wound will
probably not prove fatal There is no i'm
mediate danger and the patient Is resting
quietly. Patrick Joyce, Rossa's secretary,
arrived at the hospital few minutes after
Rosa had been conveyed there. He was
told by Rosa to telegraph for Mrs. Rosa;
but few other people were admitted. The
report of the shooting attracted a large
crowd. among which was United
States Marshal James Centre, who assisted
Rossa 10 his feet and asked him
if he could be of any assistance TO him.
Rosa said, I'm shot. and, without utter
ing another word, walked with Centre to the
hospital. The woman, after doing the shoot
ing, ran toward Centre street, and. when op-
pOsite the District Attorneys Office. was
stopped by Deputy Marshal McAuley and ex-
by the arm She did not seem in the least
excited and said, Il shot Rossa, and if you
want me, | will go along with you" Nc
Auley theH took her into custody. When
she was asked why she shot Rosa she said,
Tin English, and [ shot him because he is
O'Donovan Rosa" She then asked for &
glass of water. and after thanking the
officer. was placed in cell. At O'Clock the
woman was removed to the Oak Street Po-
lice Station. where she will be detained until
tomorrow when she will be arraigned ut
the Tombs Police Court. The news of the
shooting spread like wild-fre, and in less
than half an hour. crowd of several hun
dred people gathered IN front of the hospital
anxious TO hear of Rossa's condition.
At o'clock tonight Rossa's condition il
considered by his physicians not so favora-
BILE Coroner Kennedy WAS sent for TO take
An ante mortem statement. The coroner
arrived at the hospital soon after. Rosa.
after answering the usual questions. made in
substance the following statement: "On last
Saturday afternoon | received 4 note from a
messenger boy saying that lady desired to
see me at the Stewart building. fvent there
and she told me she was friend Of the Irish
cause. that she had a large sum of money
70 help the cause along. After brief
conversation We adjourned 10 Sweeneys
Hotel. where an appointment was made for
to-day. This afternoon the same boy came
with note stating that the lady desired 90
see ne IN fnf EtfWaFt UutHlHNs 1 vent anu
the woman produced a paper which she
wanted me % sign on behalf ~ dynamiters.
I told her ! was not rsreivlnr money for
that purpose. She then remarked that the
place wae too public to transact business ia
and suggested shat Ne shouId - somewhere
elee. We went ont. and on reaching ihs
sidewalk the uousan fell back. pplled eut
pistol and connmeuces Hrinu. The arst shot
struck ne IN tl4e hscs and ! fell from The
shork. ! was ss@ssfed np ~ sfraoaer snd
takcn - tFa Chambers street Hssf.stal
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