The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-02-13

O'D0nOsan Rosa was shof IN front OF
the Stewart Building, on Chambers
street. BY woman named Lucille isuslt
Dudley. The woman was Immediately
arrested, and Rosa was taken 70 the
Chambers Street Hospital. lie was shot
in the back under the right shoulder.
When the woman was brought TO the
station-house she handed 10 the police
sergeant fiye-barrcled nickcl-plated
42-caliber revolver, very coolly saying:
~ guess they are all empty now
She had fired i've shots, but only one
had taken effect. She said she was
nurse aud lived at No. 60 Clinton Place.
She came from England i've months ago.
She had an interview with Rossa on Sat
urday at his Office. She met him to-day
by appointment made BY letter from
her 10 him. Ii is said the letter Is now
| In the hands OF Patrick Joyce, Rossa's
secretary. The woman is handsome, and
very fairly dressed in the style Of WELL
to-do English immigrant. She wore
spcctacles and had the appearance OF an
intellectual looking school teacher.
Dystander- who saw the shooting, say
| mat the woman DIR W the revolver from
her dress pocket, and ievcllng II ~
| Rosa. fired one shot. Rosa threw MS
hand above his head and cried;
..l'M SHOT"
He then fell heavily to the sidewalk.
The woman fired the remaining bullets IN
the revolver ut the prostratc man ana
calmly walked away with the smoking
pistol IN her hand.
She was followed by . large crowd,
while a still Larger mob surrounded Inc
wounded dynamiter.
civ Marshal McAulcy saw the pistol In
The woman's hand and arrested her. She
was taken TO the Twcnty-sixth Precinct
Station, the City Hall. Her iinperturbabie
gravity and GOODNESS Of dcmeanor were
remarkable.
nnyn arraigned at the desk, she hand
ell her pistol 10 the Sergeant
Marshal McAuley said the woman was
brandshing a pistol In the street.
citizen who entered the station with the
prisoner said she had just shot man In
Chambers street.
.sDu Won know the mani" asked the
Sergeant of the woman.
eyes: shot O'Donoyan Rosa said
the prisoner, with slight English ac-
cent.
sne looked very dcmure and pretty as
, | She stood III the bar, and betrayed no ex-
element. She gave her name rs Lucille
Ysuclt Dudley, and said she was native
OF England and hospital nurse by occu'
) patton. She described herself as widow
4 twenty-five years Of aye, but does MOI
!. appear 10 be over eighteen
A number of questions We're put 70 her
but she preserved a dignificd silence. Sht
al tf.sVa rxar II
MED admission to her for the present
She did not appear to be insane, for she
answered all questions deliberately and
= with some degree Of caution. she &c
D clncd to divul-c the cause OF the shoot
4 ing. but il is presumed that 1t was In re
Q vengc for the recent dynamite explosions
Whru seen at the Chambers Street
Hospital, Rosa was living quietly on his
/, cot. which was located only short dis
I lance from that OF Captain Phclan's'
Z Rosa said that as he reached the street,
after leaving his Office in Chambers street
ut 80 D. M, woman, without utterine
! word, shot him. The bail penetrated
beneath and to The right shoulder-Dlade
takinr an upward course. Rosa sal,
s tina. the pain was not great, and he HOPED
the would-be murdcrc>s was satisfied.
physician, decided not 10 search furthcl
p Tor the ball, for fear Of weakening the
! patient. The wound will probably no
prove fatal There j. no immediate
!. danger. aud The patent l. resting quietly
\. Patrick Joyce. RoSsi'> secretary, ar
rived at the hospital a few minutes ate
~ Rossa had been conveyed there. lie WA
e told by Rosa 10 telegraph Tor Mrs
u Rosa. hut lew other people were ad
mitted.
m The report 81 the shooting attracted
III large crowd, among which was ca
~ United States Marshal John Centre, VIII
m assisted Rosa 10 his feet and asked hill
or II he could be Of any assistance TO hin
Rosa saids
=, aim shot" and without another wor
~ walked with Centre 10 the hospital.
"a The woman, after doing the shootin
~ ran toward Center street, and when OF
- positc the District Attorneys Office, wa
en stopped by deputy Marshal McAule
eu and Judge Callahan. McAulcy seize
As the woman hy the arm. She did nc
lr. seem In the least excited and said:
nd ~ shot Rosa, and II you want me,
IT. will 20 along with you
McAulcy then took her into custod
to- when asked what she shot Rosa 10
mt she said:
~ AIM English, aud ! shot him becau
lat he l. O'Donoyan Rossa."
III She then asked for glass Of waite
4. ana after thanking the officer she WI
IN placed in a cell.
~ Al six O'Clock the woman was remove
IL 10 the Oak street Police Station. u
~ viii lie arraiened at the Tombs Poll
Court.
The news Of the shooting spread III
he wildnrc, and in less than half an no
ed several hundred people had gathered
in front Of the hospital anxious 70 lea
m Rossa's condition.
~ Tonight Rossa's condition W
~. considered by the physicians not so fave
able. and Coroner Kennedy was sent
n take his ante morton statement. Il