The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-04
ROSSA'S NEMESIS.
SHE EMpTifS A FIVE-CHAMeERsD RE
VOLVER A. HIM,
But Only Succeeds in Putting One Bull
let Into His Back.
An Englishwoman Who Undertook to
Make Away with the Supposed Dyna-
mite Chief-How She Looks and
What She Says-Details of the
Affair Comments.

AMI commaai.ng features, who was seen TO
come II m tae American district office in
his company They were walking west on
Chambers street, when the woman slackenei
her pace, and drawing a pistol Eeid
it close to Rossa's back and
fired. He fell, aud she fired four times
at his PROSTATE form, but without effect.
Broadway was thronged with pedestrians
Stages cabs, and wagons made din that
was almost deafening, but above the roar
the reports rang out sharp and clear, and
people rushed in the direction of the Stewart
building to learn the cause. In less than a
minute a crowd of several hundred had as
sen3bled around Rosa. Blood trickled from
a little hole in the back of his coat, but he
was firm upon his feet, AMI, attended by one
of the crowd, he pushed his way across
Broadway and disappeared down Chamber
street toward tie hospital.
RoSsa's as ailant was young woman who
gave her name as Lucille Yseult Dudley,
who had sent q messenger from the tee-
graph Office on Chambers street and Broad
way % RosSa's Office, II Chambers street,
requesting an interview with him On last
Satur lay this same young woman had sent
from this anne office by an American Dis
trict telegraph boy tie following note:
Mr. Rosa: l am DESTROYS of helping
along your cause against the common en-
emy-Englanl For that purpose | am in
possession of a sum Of money which | intend
to place in youT charge. Is it possible for
you to meet me? Mrs. D.
Rosa last Satur day, in response to this
note, met The young woman at this Office.
She told MIN that she was interested in his
dynamite schemes, and had a contribution
to make if she could be assured that it
would be used effectively She had sent for
Mr. Rosa with this purpose in mind, she
sail This is no place to talk" Rosa re-
piled politely, but cautiously. 1--WE ought
to go to some hotel"
The young woman assented. Rosa sug-
gestei that they go to Sweeney'S on the
Bowery. They did go there. They had
their talk in the ladies' parlor, after which
Rosa and the young woman went out to-
getaer. The young woman said she would
see him again on Monday.
Monday afternoon at I o'clock the spec
iaclei, ladylike young lady came into the
telegraph Office again and nervouSly asked
for m ,sSenger boy to send around to Ros-
sas Office again and get Rosa. The lady
said: Go round TO Mr. Rossas and tell him
that the lady he met in the telegraph office
on Saturday is there again waiting" When
Rosa came She and Rosa went into the
street taking the north sidewalk and going
west toward Broadway He wore the big
brimmed slouch hat and drab overcolt by
which he is uually best identified. He had
his left hand in the pocket of his trousers,
and held a copy Of The United Irishman in
his right hand
When the pair were about fifty feet from
Broadway the young woman suddenly raised
her sacque drew a revolver from her dress
pocket, stepped behind Rosa, and hogan
shooting at his back in the most approved
dynamiter fashion. He threw up his hands
so as to shield his face and backed toward
the gutter, sexclaimiDg: Good God" She
continued firing until the five chambers Of
the revolver were empty. Rosa sank back
ward on the pavement until he was sitting
on his boot heels. Mr. Peter y Everett ran
to Rosa and assisted him to his feet. Rosa
was very pale, but did not appear to be agi
tata3 Mr. Everett asked him if he was hurt
and lie replied: Il don't know, but l thinE
one Of the bullets struck me in the back
The young woman walked leisurely to
ward Confer street. along Chambers. DC
! casionally she turned around, and by,
stanier said she smiled q peculiar smile, in
dicating triumph and uncOncern Gradually
! the crowd closed in and around her, but the
revolver, still plainly visible, kept every
! body at a respectful distance City Marsha
jaime McCauley finally ran UP behind anu
( caught hold Of her pistol-arn. As he did
50 she raised the empty weapon as though
she m9ant to hand it to him, muzzle first
He took the pistol from her unresistine
fiagcrs, and told her she would have to g,
to the City Hall Police station with him
She walked along with him in a steady
! dignitied way without resistance. She wa
taken to the station st the city hall
! YES said the young woman, surveyin:
/ the crowd around her with an air Of tri
! umph, Il have shot n man. and he is O'Don
| ovan Rosa" She leaned her right arm OF
the railing while the sergeant entered III
| charge against her on his blotter. She wa
! perfectly composed. An artist from an il
| Illustrated paper stood near her and took
| sketch Of her She lowered nearly half
| head over the policeman who stood besil
! her She appeared to be about five feet te
! inches in height Her wavy brown hair wa
! done up in coil below her hat. Her eye
are large and blue-'deep English blue" a
Englishman present called them. She La
full, red lips that revealed, when the
/ parted, her peculiar little smile an
! two rows of white, even teeth
She overheard two men audibly admirin
her, and she bluaheI wildly, making every
body think she was really beautiful
Her name was asked: "Yscult Dudley,
she answered.
"Wnl You write it, please?" said the ser
geant, as he handed her a piece of paper.
She replied Certainly" and leaning hy
right arm on the tall desk she wrote he
name with an untrembling hand in fine, clea
| characters
| "Wnlre do you resdcT
"At GO Clinton place"
"Ava you married or SINGLE"
"Sing e"
"W ere were you bornf
England
"You are accused of shooting OD1nova
| Rosa"
at IS true."
"1Eby dill you do it, interjected h
stander
Because he i O'Donovan Rosa am c
English woman The rest of the reasons yo
know yourself"
Wien sic said a am an English woman
Miss Dudley made herself seem taller an
statelier
Sergt GayAor oderei policeman to tai
Miss Dudley into the officers room. She sal
she did not cs.2e TO be interviewed, and I'll
sergeant refused to allow the reporte
to talk to her. Many persons, includir
several local politicians went into the roo
and looked at her. One man said that
had heard that Aer brother had been blow
up by dynamite explosion in England an
that she had come over here to kill Ross
for revenge. After remaining in the officer.
room for about half an hour, stared at b
reporters, artists and politicians she was es
eortel 10 the captains private Office, tn
door of which was kept partly open am
guarded by a policeman Many more me
came into the station and peered at he
through the partly-open door. Although 2
years of age, she seems not more than Il
She continued to exhibit the same calm de
meanor that she had displayed from the first
Her modest, dignifed bearing did not deSer
her even after the cell door was locked n
20 hon. f,.in n