Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-04

A WOHld.be Suicide and Inmate OF
LunaiiC Asylum in Enyland.

A WOH1d.be Suicide and Inmate OF Z,
Lunatic Asylum in England.
LONDON, February 4.-Arter Mrs Dudley's at
tempt at suicide in London in july 1884, she failed
to obtain sureties, and therefore sent TO the
house OF detention at Millbank for a time
According to another account Mrs. Dudley was
the victim OF a mock marriage to an English cler-
gyman who was already married. She was subject
by her, one OF which was found upon her after she
tried to poison herself, and another to friend In
1SS3 Indicate that the loss Of her children unhinged
her mind.
The Standard referring to the shooting of Rossa
says: sit is not human nature to suppose that the
attack VIII evoke spark OF pity. In taking the
Rossa's precepts- Those who live by the sword
must perish by the sword This ought TO act as a
timely aGmoniton to those who contemplate adopt-
Ing the doctrine OF private vengeance"
MRS. DUDLEY SENT TO AN ASYLUM
Brighton correspondent says: Mrs. Dudley was
once charged with an attempt at suicide in a car
| don clergyman identified her as nurse at the
queen Charlotte hospital In the Marylebone road.
The police surgeon gave it as his opinion that she
was responsible for her actions, but when she was
arralgned for trial at Brighton In October 1S3 she
was pronounced insane by medical experts and was
| sent to the county lunatic asylum at Hayward's
Heath. The Indictment against her was therefore
Withdrawn. She is described as having Slight
scar on the left side OF her neck II Is also stated
that she was at one time wanted for the theft OF
two rings and statuette from her Brompton lodg-
ings but the OF the articles refused to prose
PAPERS eersd e 4 as the
She was discharged from the asylum some months
ago. While living in London sfre described herselr
sometimes as widow, and at other times stated
that she had been divorced from her husband.
Later inquiries show that Mrs. Dudley formerly
lived at No. 12 Gunder Grove. Brompton. AT the
time OF her residence there she was greatly inter-
eSted In the success OF home for young women
and often visited the police stations in search OF
especially interested In cases OF attempted suicide
and had expressed the opinion that poisoning was
the easiest method OF self-destruction.
MRS. DUDLEY VICTIM OF MOCK MARRIAGE
further investigation OF Mrs. Dudley's antece-
dents In England shows that when she learned
that she was deceived by mock marriage to a
but declined to prosecute her betrayer Persons
who were intimately acquainted with her say that
her love for her children was intense and that for
long time after their deaths she daily visited their
graves and would lie On the mounds for hours,
frantically appealing TO her children to come back
to her Rev. MT: MeyricE, chaplain of Milbank
prison, where Mrs Dudley was incarcerated for a
short time on charge OF attempting suicide by
poisoning, In an interview to-day SAID: 'sWhile
from insomnia and took narcotics to produce sleep
She affected madness and was generous and i'm
pulsive. She was benevolent, and ever helped the
sufferers In the institution. At one time she formed
q scheme for nursing the children OF the poor, SO
that tn IT. their mothers would be enabled to hire out
On January 4th last Mrs Dudley wrote the Rev.
Mr.. Meyrick from New York, as follows: 81 cannot
say that the suicidal impulse viii never return but
safety" She offered, in the same letter. to pay the
passage or friendleSS orphan from England TO
America. She seemed greatly interested In this or
phan, and said She would find her lucrative en-
ployment If she came to America. Continuing, Mr..
Meyrick said: 'The girl was never connected with
politics and believe that the excitement caused by
the recent dynamite outrageS in England caused
her brain to give way"
Commenting on the shooting Of oDonovan Rosa
by Mrs. Dudley, the Times says: "This man whose
thoughts one would imagine ran from morning un-
I'll night on methods OF murder, at once placed
himself In the power OF an unknown woman. He
now chewS the cud OF reflection, which must be
bitter enough. Mrs Dudley'S act rivals that of
Charlotte COrday."
The Daily Ne,cs says: sShould the worst befau
O'Donovan Rosa IL must be admitted that no one
has done more TO deserve his fate. But IL he were
killed some other would instantly spring up to take
his place"
The Standard advises Mt. ParneH to take the
fate OF Rosa to heart, and says that stranger
things have happened than that Parnell, too,
should find his NemisiS-