Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-02-03
o'DoNOVAN ROSA SHOT.


agitator was shot and slightly wounded by
Mrs. Dudley, in New York yesterday, on
Chambers street, near Broadway. The
streets were full Of people, aud The excite
ment over the shooting, although the man
was recognized By very few, WAS intense.
The first shot fired took effect i'll O'DOno-
vans body, and he fell TO the sidewalk. Tie
woman continued to shoot until she emptied
her five.chambered revolver. City Marshal
James McAuley seized the woman, who still
held the smoking pistol in one hand, and
told her she was under arrest. The woman
offered no resistance, but allowed herselfto
| be tax EN- to the City Hall police station.
When the woman had ceased firing,
O'Donoyan arose TO his feet and made al
effort to find his Way back to his office, on
Chambers street, where he had just left.
He said, Il am shot," tryiog TO place his
hand on his back under his shoulder blade.
Alter a few steps somebody in .hs crowd
suggt sted tlat he should go 10 the Chambers
street hospital. Two men lent their arms,
aud Rosa changed his mind, turning his
direction towards the hospital. He walked
all the way there, distance Of nearly
quarter of mile. lie bled considerably on
Iue way. When he arrived there be was
disrobed and examined by DIR. Dennisou.
1t was found that the bullet had entered the
back directly below the left shoulder. blade.
The doctor pronounced the wound to be not
ola dangerous character, and began TO probe
for the ball.
Rosa was placed on a cot in the same
ward with Capt. Phelan, who was stabbed
by Richard Short in Ros,a's office over three
weeks ago. An examination OF the wound
showed that the bullet had penetrated the
back about half inch above the left shoul
der blade. The ball ranged upward and in
ward toward the spinal column but did not
touch the vertebie The bullet is evident
Iy lodged in the muscles ofthe back, and be-
vond slight shock Rosa has suffered little.
Is was at one time feared that the missile
had penetrated lung, but as the wounded
mau has eXpectorated no blood, this was at
lerward pronounced impossible.
The doctors probed unsuccessfuly for the
bullet. They concluded that no large
blood vessel had been injured, and as Rosa
is heshy, muscular man, of robust consti-
!ulion, there is no danger to be apprehend-
ed. Some time after his admission to the
hospital Rosa was removed TO another
ward.
Meanwhile the woman had been taken to
the sta'ion-house before Sergeant kass.
She is gocdlUoking and was ares Ell Leaf
IL in plain dark clothing, and wore eye
J glasses Her manner was entirely COM
posed, aud she answered some of the ques
lions put TO her promptly and without en-
barrassment. To others she simply shook
her head audsmiled, with look which said:
shall only answer the questions know
you have a right TO ask.
J McAuley laid the five harreled pistol, Of
small calbre, before the sergeant, aud said
he had seen the prisoner shoot a man in
Chambers street. The volunteer witnesses
J assented TO the stated fact of the shooting.
A citizen here asked do you know the
man You sho,?" Yes" replied the pri
souer, coolly, with an English accent, Il
shot O'Donovau Rossn." Furtherquestion.
, ing by the sergeant elected the statement
that lke prisoners name WAS Yseult Dud-
ley, aged % years; that She was 81 nurse and
married, and that she lived At No. 80 Gin
tn Place. She WAS asked Why she shot
O;Donuvan, how long she had been in Amer
: lea and other questions, to which she made
no answer After her pedigree" had been
taken she was escorted IL q rear room. AS
here are no accommodations for persons in
The City Hall sta:iua, MIS-. Dudley was re-
moved TO the Oat street stalicr, and there
placed in 81 cell. Her entire Gtmeanor was
|
: one at that.
At about o'clock Rosa made an ante
) morteIn statement, as follows:
On Saturday, Jan. 81, about 1 p. N,
received letter at my Office, No. II Cham
bers street. The message was in writing
and was delivered by messenger boy. The
note stated that a lady wished TO see me !;
that she was interested in the Irish cause
aud desired to assist it, She didn't care TO
20 to my office and remain waiting there
until 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 of Broadway and Chambers
street. L went with him and | met her.
| told her it would be well to 60 TO
someahotel, as the telegraph office was no
place to talk in.
ave came out and went to Sweeny's Ho.
TEL We went into the ladies' parlor, aud
she said she would be able to give consider
able money if anything good was done. She
then said she would call Monday, Feb. 2, al
4 o'clock. To day she sent another mes
sage to my Office, and went to the same
telegraph Office, and there met the lady.
She showed me paper which was to sign.
She then suggested that we go to some
place. We walked down Chambers street
lance toward Broadway when the woman
stepped back and fred two or three shots at
me. One of the balls entered my ba, k
JEREMIAH o 'DoNovAN Rosa"
At $50 the wounded man was resting
easily, and said be was hopeful of pulling
through all right. Capt. Phelan, who is
still guarded by policeman, when inform
ed of the particulars Of the shooting, smiled
grimly, but refused TO say anything on the
subject
TO reporter Rosa said ut was pre-
meditated affair, and this woman was simply
the engine by which the dastar7ly work
was accomplished. She had no private re.
veDge to crafty; no relative of hers had
been injured in the English explosions. 1t
is the work of the English government,
whose policy has always been to assassnate
men they could not otherwise reach. She
is an agent of the British minister or some
body else. This woman came to me and
said she was Irish, but that her husband