Huntsville gazette., 1885-07-04
DUDLEY ON TRIAL.
Lucille Yseult Dudley, Who Tried to XIII
ODonovan ROssa, Placed On Tral-A
Reminder of tho Days of the Guiteau
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Lucille Yseult Dudley, Who Tried to XIII
O'Donovan Rossa, Placed On Trial-A
Reminder of tho Days OF the Guiteau
Trial
NEW YORK, June 29.-Lucille Yseult
Dudley, the would-be assassin of O'Don-
ovan Rosa, was arraigned at the bar Of
Special Sessions this morning, to plead
to the charge of felonious assault with
intent to kill. Tie plea of not guilty was
entered, and the work of selecting jury
at once commenced. Ex-Judge Fuller
ton appeared for Mrs. Dudley. The
courtroom was crowded to it's utmost
capacity, but at least one-fifth of those
present were detectives and police off,
GERS. Rossa and his Lieutenant, Patrick
Joyce, were both in attendance.
The jury was secured and sworn be.
fore recess. The following are the names
of the Jurors and their occupations:
Emanuel Simmons, jewcler; Chas. P.
Cohn, quilt manufacturers; Louis
Kronthal, travelling salesman; George
Hensinger, furniture manufacturer;
Henry Mass and George Brunswick, de-
signers and engravers; William Shill and
Charles Dietz, clerks; Henry T. Blod-
gett, life insurance agent; John w.
Lathrop, jeweler; Geo. w. Phelps and
VIM. L. Jenkins, Jr.
At the reassembling of the court at
2:30 p. M, Assistant District Attorney
Purdy opened the case for the people,
and detailed the facts bearing on the case
prior to and after the shooting.
O'Donovan Rosa was called as the
Grct trryifn nd Mro nnA1ov 1anf hor
voice in making things lively. Being
asked his name, the witness replied:
Jeremiah O'Donovan Rosa"
''That's not his name," called out Mrs.
Dudley. "Where did he get the Rossa
trom?'
"What is your business?" was asked
the witness.
"Dynamiter!" shouted Mrs. Dudley
before Rosa could reply: Journalist"
When relating the circumstances OF the
shooting witness said Mrs. Dudley had
asked him to sign certain receipt, which
he had refused to do. Mrs. Dudley at
this cried out in loud voice:
"You are liar! You never read q
word of it."
At several subsequent points in Ros-
sa's testimony Mrs. Dudley made similar
ItludTkS, at Ouc tlulc CCllluS tuC July W
move away from him as he was danger
Gus man, and at another, saying that he
was never struck by bullet at all, but
fell to the sidewalk through fright.
Mrs. Dudley continued to interject her
sharp and sarcastic sallies up to the
time of adjournment, much after the
fashian in -Thich Guiteau enliveEed the
proceedings during his trial. Rossa said
that when he fell, after being shot, his
legs were paralyzed, and Mrs. Dudley
added: "With fear" Then she con-
tinued: "You were scared, Jeremiah,
and badly.
While Judge Fullerton was readin g
one of Rossa's imf1ammatory editorial 8,
she jeered: "How did you like your
own weapons, Donovan? l wouldn't
have shown the white feather If was q
coward"
Mrs. Dudley frequently shrieked:
sLiarl Liar! Curl" and repeated Ros-
sas alleged pleading expression: "For
Gods sake don't kill me-"
Rosa told the story of the shooting
substantially as it was printed at the
time number of Rossa's followers
were present and occasionally hissed,
"spy," "English agent" and words Of
like import at Mrs. Dudley.