Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-02-14
CRIMES AND MlsHAPs.

AbOut,5 o'clock on the evening of the
I'd, woman named Mrs. Dudley approach
ed O'DOnOVan Rosa, the sO-called Irish
Dynamiter'' on the streets of New York
and fired pistol shot at him viii Oh took
effect in mis- back. He fell and she continued
firing until she had unIOaded every
chamber in the revolver. But one shot
did any damage and that was the first one.
The woman was taken to the police station
where she cOOlly answered all questions
and admitted having hit the target she
fired at, O'DOnOvan Rosa. He was taken
to the hOspitah and placed on a cot in the
same Wrad with Capt. Phelan, who was
recently stabbed, by Short in ROssa's Office.
O'DOnOVan made the following statement
over his own signature to the coroner.
Saturday, January 81, about 3
p. m, received letter at
my Office on Chamber street. The message
was in writing, and delivered by a messen-
ger boy. The note stated that a lady
wished to see me, that she was interested
IN the Irish cause, and desired to assist it.
She did not care to go to my Office and re-
main waiting there until 1 came. She
would only ask for ten minutes time. The
boy told me the lady was at the telegraph
Office in the Stewart building, on Broad
way and Chambers streets. I went with
him and met her. 1 told her it
would be well to go to some
hotel, as the telegraph Office was no place
to talk IN. We came out and went to SWee-
ney's hotel. We went into the lady's parlOr,
and she said she would be able to give
me considerable money if anything was
done She then said she would call on
Monday, February ID at O'Clock. To-
day she sent another message to my,
Office, and I went to the same telegraph
Office, and there 1 met the lady. She show
ed me paper that was to sign. She then
suggested that we 90 to some place. We
walked down Chambers street towards
Broadway, and we had got but short dis
lance toward Broadway, when the woman
stepped back and fred two or three shots
at me; one of the balls entered my back.
From what can be learned the woman is .
crank. Rosa on the other hand believes
the woman was sent over by the English
government to assassinate him.
A special from New York, Feb. 5th, says:
The damage done by the IRE OF last night
TO Q. B. Chittenden's building on Barclay
street and Park Place amounts to $500 OG9;
fully insured. The costly presses of Major
d Knapp, photographers, that escaped de-
struCtiOn, are more or less badly damaged.
Total loss on stock, $3.50, goo; insurance dis
trlbuted among thirty companies amount
ing to 100000. Damage to Fritchie, i'm
porter of drugs and oils, estimated at $25,-
600; insured. Damage to John Wygand's
stock Of crockery, $50. 600; insured. Edward
Miller & Co., loss SIC, COO.
A disastrous explosion of natural gas .oc.
CURED IN saloon at Pittsburg few days
ago. A street car filed with passengers
was passing Just as the explosion occurred,
and was thrown from the track, every pas
senger being more or less injured. The
driver viii not recover. Three adjoining
buildings were wrecked. Many people
were seriously injured and several fatally.
The citizens in that locality have complain
ed Of the bad condition of the pipes Of the
Fuel Gas company for some time. The
lighting of g match in the cellar was the
fes1Tee oF the 7hnIa a1ustnFTfa tinn
On April %, 1884, a most horrible and
brutal murder occurred near Audubon, la
Hiram Jefferson, an old man, was the VIC
tim. The murderers were his own son and
two sOns-in-lavg named Wilson and Sunythe.
The son made a confession and the three
were taken to Audubon and locked up. On
the morning of Feb. q mob of 500 citizens
visited the Jail, oVerpQWered the officers and
took the three men out and hung them