Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-02-03
The Wound Not Considered
Fatal-Great Excitement
in New York City.
The Would-be Assassin Arrest
ed With the Revolver
In Her Hand,
NEW YoRK Feb y

New YORK, Feb. ..
At II minutes past 5 this afternoon, Jere-
miah ODonovau Rosa, the notorious Irish
agitator, was shot by woman on Chambers
street lear Broadway. At that hour the
slreets We're full of people making their way
toward Brooklyn bridge and uptown, and the
excitement over the shooting, although the
man was recognized by only a few, was in
tense. The first shot fred took effect in
Rossa's body, ard he fell to the sidewalk.
| The woman continued to shoot until she had
emptled her five-chambered revolver. Only
the first shot took effect. City Marshal Jas
McAuley was present at the time, and break
ing through the crowd that collected even
before the shooting was over, he seized the
woman, who still held the smoking pistol in
one hand, and told her that she was under
| arrest. The woman offered no remonstrance,
but allowed herself to be pulled through the
mass OF citizens and taken to the City Hall
station house.
Geo. w. Barlow and Peter Y. Everett, an
ex-journalist, who witnessed the shooting,
| accompanied the captor and captured to the
station saying that they would be witnesses
of the assault.
When the woman had ceased firing, Rossa
arose to his feet and made an effort to find
his way back to his office on Chambers street
which he had just left He said, "fm shot, ="
trying tie place his hand on his back under
the shoulder blade. After few steps some
body in the crowd suggested that he should
90 to the Chambers street hospital couple
of men lent their arms and the lrishman
changed his mind. Turning his direction
toward the hospital he walked Fll the way, a
distance of a quarter of mile. He bled
considerably on the way. Once there, he
was disrobed and examined by DIR. Dennison.
1t was found tina: the bullet had entered
his back, directly below the left shoulder
blade. DR.. Dennison at once began to
probe for the ball. The wound is not con
sidered to be of a dangerous character.
A great crowd had followed the wounded
man down Chambers street, and blocked the
roadway in front of the hospital after the door
was locked behind Rossa and his escorts.
Meanwhile the woman had been taken to
the station house, where another crowd fol-
lowed her. She was placed before Sergeant
Kass' desk and good look at her was OBJ
tanned. She was a good looking woman,
dressed neatly in plain, dark clothing and
wore eve glasses. She appeared like a
school teacher with an intellectual face. Her
manner was entirely composed and she
answered the questions put to her promptly
and without embarrassment. To others she
simply shook her head and smiled, with a
look that said, II shall only answer ques-
tiops that know you have a right to ask, "
McAuley laid We barrel pistol of small cal
ibre before the sergeant and said that he had
seen the prisoner shoot man on Chambers
street
A volunteer witness assented to the stated
fact of the shooting A citizen here asked,
DO YOU know the name of the man you
shot?" She replied, "Yes, it was O'Donovan
RosSa."
Further questioning by the sergeant
elected the strtement that the prisoners name
WAS Yseult Dudley, aged 25 years, and that
she was a nurse, and married, and that she
lived at No 60 Clinton Place. She waa
asked why she shot Rosa, how long she had
been in America, and other questions, to
which she made no answer.
After her .'pedgree" had been taken she
was escort, to the rear room and the crowd
slowly dispersed. As there were no accom-
modations for prisoners at the city hall sta
ton. Mrs. Dudley was removed to the Oak
street station at 7.l5 p. NJ. and placed in q
CELL Her entire demeanor was that of a
rational person and cool-headed one at
| that.
Rosa has been placed on cot in the same
ward with Captain Pbelan. who was stabbed
by Richard Short in O'Donovsn's office over
three weeks ago. O'Donovan was within
beds of Pelham. An examination of the
wound showed that the bullet had penetrated
back about half an inch above the left shoul-
der blade The ball ranged upward and in.
ward tow ards the spinal column, but did not
touch the vertibrae.
The bullet is evidently lodged in the mus
cles of the back and beyond q slight shock
Rosa has suffered little. Ii was at one time
feared that the missel had penetrated his lunl
but as he expectorated no blood this was at
terwards pronounced impossible.
The doctors probed unsuccessfully for the
bullet They concluded that no large blood
vessel was injured, and as Rosa is a feshy,
muscular man of robust constitution there
was no danger to be apprehended. The doc
tors will probe again for the bullet tomor.
row forenoon.
Some time after his admission to the hos
pital Rosa was removed to another ward
At about six o'clock he said he thought hi:
| condition was serious enough to warrant hi,
making an ante mortum statement A cor
oner was sent for. and when that official ar
rived Rosa made the following statement:
The following ante-mortem statement wa,
sworn to by Rosa tonight, at the Hospital
before Coroner Kennedy:
On Saturday, Jan. 3lst, lreceived lettel
at nv office. The message was in writing
and delivered by the messenger boy Ths
note stated that lady wished to see me; tha
she was interested in the Irish cause and de.
sired to assist il; she didn't care to GO to m,
office and remain waiting there until | came
she only would ask for ten minutes time
The bov told me that she was at the telegraph
office in the Stewart building, corner O
Broadway and Chambers street. Invent ~iti
.bim and met her. l told her il would b
we'll to go to some hotel as the telegraph of
fee was no place to talk in. We came ou
and went to Sweeney's hotel; went into tbs
ladies parlor and she said that she would b
sble to give considerable money if anything
good was done; she then said she would cal