The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-02-12
6boNoVAH ROSA SHOT.
4 Young English Woman In New York
Shoots Down 0'Donovan Rossa In the
6treet-But he VIII Recover.

0tGeot-OuG no )" III recover
New York special:-At 5:1s o'clock on the
afternoon Of the I'd inst, Jeremiah ODonovan
Rosa, the sIrish dynamiter," so called, was
shot by q woman on Chambers street, near
Broadway. At that hour the streets were full Of
people homeward bound, making their way to-
ward Brooklyn bridge and up town The excite
ment over the shooting, although the man was
recognized by very few, was intense: The
first shot fired took effect in O'Donovan's body
and he fell to the sidewalk The woman con-
tlnued to shoot until she emptied her FIVE
chambered revolver. Only the first shot took
present, and, breaking through the crowd that
had collected there even before the shooting
was over, seized the woman, who still held
the smoking pistol in her hand, and told her
she was under arrest She offered no remon-
STRANGE, but allowed herself to be taken through
the mass of citizens and to the city hall station
house. When the woman had ceased firing
O'Donovan arose to his feet aud made an effort
to find his way back to his Office on Chambers
street, which no had just left He said, 81 an.
shot, trying to place his hand on his back I'M
der his shoulder blade.
suggested that he should go to the Chambers
Street hospital couple of men lent their
arms, and O'Donevan did as suggested and
directed his steps toward tho hospital He
walked all the way there, nearly a quarter
Of mile: He bled considerably On the. way.
Once in the hospital he was undressed and ex-
arained by DR.. Dennison. 1t was found that
the bullet had entered tho back directly below
the shoulder blade The doctor pronounced
the wound not of a dangerous character, and
began to probe for the ball. Rosa has SUI
doubts Of his recovery. The woman'e
name is Yseult Dudley, age twenty-five; that
she was a nurse and married, and that she
lived at 60 Clinton place. She was asked why
she shot ODonovan, how long she had been in
America and other questions, to which she
made no answer Her entire demeanor was
that of rational person, and cool headed one
10 reporter Rosa said:
1t was premeditated affair, and this woman
was simply tie engine by which the dastardly
work was accomplished She had no private
injured in an English explosion. 1t is the work
Of the English government, whose policy has al
ways been to assassinate men it could not 9TH
erwise reach. She is the agent Of the British
minister or somebody else. This woman came
to me and said she was Irish, but that her hus-
land. She was rabid in her views on dynamite
She said the London explosions were no good
and wanted q horrible sacrifice of life, to strike
terror to the hearts of Ireland's enemies I told
her I was notengaged in that business, and re-
cieYed no money for such purposes, but only to
sands of lives should be sacrificed in London.
had been to see my printer, at 4 O'Clock,
when started out to meet her. She wanted
me to sign a receipt for money. The receipt
contained the word dynamite" and refused
walked out with her. She is nothing more or
less than an agent of the British government
mployed to assasslnate me.
MRS. DUD1EY's CAREER
in New Yo4-. is thus given: Thursday, Jan.
%, Mrs. Dudley called at Mrs. Legget's home
for unemployed women, No. 90 Clinton place.
She was met by Mrs. Brown, matron.
ssCan you accommodate me here?" asked
Mrs. Dudley.
'Have you references?" asked Mrs. Brown.
ssMy references DR.. Thomas; whom every
body knows" was the reply; and she then
added: 81 am professional nurse and wild
ow, and desire to stay here until secure an
engagement" "
In telling the story of her acquaintance
with Mrs. Dudley, Mrs Brown said:
7 She impressedme 60 favorably that told
her she might remain in the house il she would
room With two other young ladies. This she
consented 70 do Her only baggage was . ~
she one day remarked, she, might bscalled sud
denlysto attend soma patient !" $ =
In the paFlor at Frs. RI Ieggetts house the
young ladies' talked OF Mrs.. Dudley's, deed:
aShe was almost crazy with excitement ono
week egg Sunday when sheread Of the explo-
sions in London. sid one of the group. @She
said America shonh give up Rosa to England.
Then on Sunday last, when she heard of the ex-
piosions in Grand street, she was again very
much excited. She had a number of copies of
Rossas paper, and Sunday she said she had had
an interview with Rossa the day before, and she
said she had Rossa's word for it she could geta
ton of dynamite in New York; that she. heard
him say he knew and was in league with those
whe made ii, and he did not care if they stopped
its expectation or importation. Then she
added: Somebody will get even with O'Don-
ovan Rosa yet never knew she had pis-
tol, but offered to lend her mine"
The black-eyed young woman concluded by
saying that she believed Mrs. Dudley was tenn
porarily insane on the subject Of dynamite as
used against her country. -