The Cecil Whig., 1885-02-07
O'DONOVEN ROSSA SHOT.
THE IRISH AGITATOR AsSAILED BY
AN ENGLISH WOMAN.

AN ENGLISH WOMAN.
Not Dangerously Misunderstanding With
the First shot-The Motive for the Shoot
ing Not Very Clear.
A slender woman, neatly clad in black
and wearing steel bowed eye glasses, sent
a summons to O'Donovan Rosa, editor
of the United H'ishmaa, TO meet her in
Chambers street, near Broadway, New
York, at o'clock on last Monday after
noon. She had previously met Rossa,
and he fastened to respond to her mes
sage, which was delivered to him in his
office, No. 12 Chambers street, by Dis
trict Telegraph boy.
THE SHOOTING.
The greeting between the young wo-
man and Rosa is described by those who
witnessed it as being cordial. The couple
remained standing on the sidewalk, about
200 feet from Broadway, for two or three
minutes, and conversed in low tones.
Then they stepped into the corridor lead
ing from Chambers street into the Stew
art building. After while they reap
peared, and Rossa turned his face toward
Broadway and started to walk away.
The woman took few steps with him.
then stopped, raised her right arm and
there was flash aud loud report.
Rossa turned quickly and beheld her
within six feet of him, with smoking
revolver in her hand. 4 second report
followed almost Immediately. and the
assailed man instinctively raised his
hands, as if to shield his head. A man
who ran out Of one of the adjacent offices
heard Rosa circulate:
Great God, has it come to this -
The young woman stood perfectly still
and fired three more shots at Rossi The
bullets ratified on the stone and glass of
the Stewart building Only one shot
took effect.
AT THE CITY HALL.
City Marshal James McCauley, who
was on hand. arrested her. lie led her
quietly to the police station in the city
hall. my name is 1seult Dudley, 'said
the young woman, in clear, firm voice,
as she stood before Sergt. Gaynor at the
desk in the station.
Your age?'
"Twenty four"
Married or sngle?'
Il am a widow
"What have you done %
II have shot O'Donovan Rosa. l am
an English woman, and | shot him be-
cause he was O'Donovan Rosa. You
know the rest of the reasons
She declared that she was born in Eng
land. and had been in this country only
about four months. Her profession, she
said, was that of hospital nurse. Her
recent place of residence was given as
No 60 Clinton Place, and when asked if
she would like to send message there,
she said: "Oh, no; they don't know any
thing about me; | have no friends in
New York"
AT THE HOSPITAL.
When the woman had ceased firing.
O'Donovan arose to his feet and made an
effort to find his way back to his Office on
Chambers street. where he had just left.
He said, Il am shot" trying to place his
hand on his back under his shoulder blade
After a few steps somebody in the crowd
suggested that he should go 0 the Cham
bers street hospital. Two men lent their
arms, and Rosa changed his mind, turn
ing his direction toward the hospital. He
walked all the way there, a distance of
nearly u quarter of a mile. He bled con-
Siderably on the way. When he arrived
there lie was disrobcd and examined by
DR.. DonGsou.
1t was iouni that the bullet had enter
ed the back directly below the left should
er-blade. The doctor pronounced the
wound to be not of a dangerous character,
and began to probe for the ball.
ROSSA'S ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR.
To a reporter Rosa said: at was a
premeditated affair, and this woman vas
simply the engine by which the bastard
ly work was accomplished. She had no
private revenge to crafty; no relative of
hers had been injured in the English ex-
plosions. 1t is the work of the English
government, whose policy has always
been to assassinate men they could not
oIbCl "ioS lCdCh- SIC 10 CIV vi tIC
British minister or somebody else. This
woman came to me and said she was Irish,
but that her husband did not sympathize
with the cause of Ireland. She was Did
in her views on dynamite. She said the
London explosions were no good, and
wanted horrible sacrifice of life to strike
terror to the hearts of Ireland's $ enemies.
| told her that | was not engaged in that
busines and | received no money for
such purposes but only to help the Irish
cause. She reiterated that thousands of
lives should be sacrificed in London. |
had been to see my printer at four o clock,
when | started out to meet her. Sac
wanted me to sign a receipt for money.
The receipt contained the word dynamite
and declined to sign it. 1put the paper
in my pocket and walked ont with her
She is nothing more or less than an agent
Of the British government employed to
assasslnate me-"
AN ENGLISH CONSPIRACY.
Patrick Joyce, the trusted lieutenant
of Rosa, came to his chief shortly after
the latter was wounded. Rosa turned
over all his papers to joyce and among
them were the letters from Mrs. Dudley.
Joyce was loud in his denunciation of
the cowardly attempt to slaughter the
great dynamiter, and charged it to En-
gland at once.
''Of course" he said, SIT was the ont
come of a conspiracy on the part of En-
gland to rid the world of Rosa, whom