Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-12
0'DOnOVan Rosa.
A High-Spirited English Wo-
man Shoots Him.
But She is Poor Marks Woman
Wound Not Mortal.
Full Particulars of the Affair.
o,ponovan Rosa Shot.


New YORK, Feb. AT - minutes
after five this Afternoon jeremiah
O'Donovan Rosa, the Irish dynamit-
er, so called, was shot by woman on
Chambers street, near Broadway. At
that hour the streets were full of peo-
pie homeward bound, making their
way toward Brooklyn bridge. The
excitement over the shooting, al
though the man was recognized by a
very few, was intense. The first shot
took effect in O'Donovaa's body and
ne fell to the sidewalk. The woman
continued to shoot until she
emptied the five cahbers of the
revolver Only the first shot took
effect. The city marshal, James Nc
Auley, was present at the time, and
breaking through the crowd that had
collected even before the shooting was
over, seized the woman, who still had
the smoking pistol in her hand, and
told her she was under arrest. The
woman offered no circumstances, but
allowed herself to be taken through
the crowd of citizens and to the city
hall station house. George w. Bar
tow, a merchant of 146 Rsade street,
and Peter Y. Everett, formerly a re-
porter, who witnessed the shooting,
accompanied the captor and captive
to the station, saying they would be
witnesses. When the woman had
ceased firing, O'Donovan rose to his
feet and made an effort to find his way
back TO his office on Chambers street,
which he had just left, He said: 81
am shot, trying to place his hand on
his back under his shoulder blade
After a few steps somebody suggested
that he should go the Chambers street
hospital. A couple of men lent their
arms and O'Donovan did as suggested
and directed his steps towards the
hospital. He walked all the way
there, distance of nearly qnarter
of a mile. He bled considerably on
the way. Once in the hospital he was
undressed and examined by DIR. Den
nison.
1t was found the bullet had entered
the back directly below the left Shout.
der blade. The doctor pronounced
the wound not c. dangerous char
acter, and at once began TO probe for
the bullet.
A great crowd of people had fol-
lowed the wounded man down Cham
bers street, and blocked the roadway
in font of the hospital after the doer
was closed behind O'Donovan and his
escort.
Meanwhile the woman had been
taken to the station house with an
other crowd following her. She was
placed before Sergeant Kass' desk.
She was a good looking woman,
dressed neatly in plain dark clothing,
and wore eye glasses. She appear
ed like school teacher, with
an Intellectual face. Her manner
was entirely composed and she an
swered some of the questions put her
promptly and without embarrass
ment. To others she simply shook hel
head and smiled with look which
said, 81 shall only answer questions
which | know you have a right to
ask.
McAuley handed the pistol, small
calibre, to the sergeant, and said he
had seen the prisoner shoot man on
CHAMBERS street.
Volunteer witnesses assented TO the
stated fact of the shooting.
A citizen here asked: "Do you know
the man you shot2"
eyes, replied the prisoner with an
English accent 81 shot ODonovan
Rosa" Further questioning by the
sergeant elected the statement that
the prisoners name was Yeslet Dud-
ly, aged %, that she was nurse and
married, and that she lived at 60
Clinton place. She was asked why
she shot O'Donovan, how long she
had been in America and other ques
tons to which she made no answer.
After her pedigree had been taken,
she was escorted to a rear rooom and
the crowd slowly dispersed. AS there
are no accommodations for prisoners
in the city hall station, she was
removed to the Oak street station at
7:15 p. III, and there placed in cell.
Her entire demeanor was that of a
rational person, and a cool headed
one at that. Rosa had been placed
in cot in the same ward with Capt.
Phelan, who was stabbed by Richard
Short in Rossa's Office over three
weeks ago. Rosa was within eight
beds of Phelan.
An examination of the wound by
Dir. Kirby showed that the bullet had
penetrated the back about half an
inch above the left shoulder blade.
The ball ranged upward and inward
towards the spinal column, but did
not touch the vertebre. The bullet
evidently lodged in the muscles of the
back. Beyond a slight shock Rosa
has suffered but little. 1t was at one
time feared the bullet had penetrated
a lung, but as the wounded man has
expectorated no blood this was after
ward pronounced impossible.
Capt Phelan, who is still guarded
by the police, when informed OF the
particulars of the shooting, smiled
grimly, but refused to say anything
on the subject
The office of the Chambers street
hospital was visited by large mum
Der of Rossa's friends to-night-all
determined looking chaps and tRey