The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-04

be fatal was sufficiently serious to suggest
that he make an ante-mortem statement
Consequently the coroner was summoned,
and to him the woundel man maGe the fol-
lowing statement:
Saturday, Jan. 81, about 4 p. m., re-
ceived letter at my Office. lhe message
was in writing and was delivered by mes
senger boy The note stated that LAZY
wished to see me; that she was interested III
the Irish cause and desired TO assist ii. She
did not care TO go TO my Office and remain
waiting there until came Sue would only
ask for ten minute times. The boy told NE
the Indy was at tue telegraph offica i'll the
Stewart building, at Broadway and
Gamblers street | went with him,
ard | met her | told her it would be
well to - TO some hotel, as the tele-
graph office was no place TO talk in. We
came out ana went to 5weeneys hotel We
went into the ladies' parlor, and she said she
would be aide 10 give considerable money If
anything good was done She then said she
wonld call Mnn!ay, Feb. 2 at 1 O'Clock.
Tuesday she sent another message to my Of
flee, and | went to the same telegraph office,
and there met the lady She showed me
paper which was to sign. She then sug-
gestei we go to some place. We walked
down Chambers street toward Broadway,
and we got a short distance toward Broad
way, the woman stepped back and tirel
two + three shots at me. One Of the balls
| entered my back
JEREMIAH 'ODONOyAN Rosa.
To q reporter Mr.. Rosa said the shooting
was the act of the British government which
! had hired q woman to get rid Of him. His
! friends also were of the same opinion and
! said that however the wound might result,
! the flea would 20 on AMI that Rossa's death
! would stimulate Irishmen all tbs world over
| to renewed and moro effective warfare
against England.
O'Donovan Rosa was born in County
| Cork. Ireland, in 1882 His father died in
! March, 1871; and the eviction in June of
that year by an alien landlord made him an
| uncompromisinS hater Of England For
several years he was a shopileeper, until
| 1853, when he was arrested for his connec-
| ton with the Phoenix society, the parent OF
the Feniau organization In 1868 he was
again imprisoned, and was not released
until 1870 He then came to New York,
where he kept hotel until he established
The United Irlshman, some years ago.
Tho contents of this Journal, as was init
| mated previously, are eminently ferocious
in their nature. Consequently the British
| government confiscates The United Irish
man whenever it finds the opportunity. A
| feature of its columns is the subscription
list recording gifts by Irish-Americans for
the purpose Of working injury to England
! by the use of dynamite or other effective
| secret measures.
or Miss or Mrs Dudlcy's antecedents it is
only known that she has been employed
in this city and Newark, n. Y, as n trained
nurse, giving in this city only Indifferent
| satisfaction on account of some peculiar
notions she had and was fond of expressing.
She was very much excited and indignant
when the views of tEs Tower and West
minister hall explosions came, and declared
the United States should turn Rosa over to
England. She stopped in this city at q
boarding house for business women kept by
Mrs Legett at 60 Clinton place, AMI was
considered very ladylil,e and quiet in her
demeanor One OF the ladies at the house
said; u do not think She had any mere per
Sonal motive. She was as much Of a devotee
| Of England as Rosa claims to be Of Ireland.
| She believed that she was doing patriotic
duty in shooting the enemy Of hOr country
"She spoke frequently Of Rossas lawlesS
acts" said another "She abhorred the
sacrifice Of innocent people, and denounced
it in strong terms. When she held one Of
Rossa's newspapers in her hands she seemed
! TO be inspired with patriotic hatred of the
man and his doctrines
Shortly after Q o'clock Monday night re
porter was permitted to go to the door Of
Miss Du1ley's cell and have a few moments
conversation with her He asked her if h(
could do anything to makesher comfortable
She came forward smiling calmly, and said
Il am in want of nothing but a glass of wa
ter feel thirsty, and cannot sleep l an
not excited, but merely anxious, you under
stand"
After moments pause she said: "Wil
Rosa die"
THE doctors thinl he'll recover, was tn,
answer.
"Ab, that is bad; that is bad" exclaimei
the prisoner, clasping her hands tightly.
"But the bah. hasn't been found yet, wa
suggested.
Then there is still hope
This was said with show of animation
When asked if she did not expect any of he
relatives to call upon her she said; Il hav
no relatives in this country. am in it bu
q few months But that man ought to die
He is Il villain. l did not bsliey
what the newspapers said Of him.
was all too horrible, but the
have not told half the truth about him. H
has convicted himself out of his own mouth
Idetermine 10 satisfy myself about him.
wrote to him about the emergency fund an
told him took an interest in the work h
was doing fer ireland He answered my let
ter, and made an appointment with me, "
met on Saturday night at Sweeney's hotel
asked him if it were true that be was n tn
bottom of the dynamite explosions in Eng
lind. He said he was Then | sa id to hin
But think Of the awful wrong you are dc
ing in killing innocent women and children
What is the death of a fow women an
children compared TO the wrong Ireland ha
suffered from England's hands" he said
Then made up my mind that he was tn
, worst william on the earth and determine
to kill him 2 . - Il met him this after
nooa by appointment He had told N
: everything about his schemes, and l had III
doubt at all about lis wicke dness, / fel
that lie was too bad a man to live
Were any Of your frienIs killed or in
iurei in any of the dynamite explosions il
England}'
; An English are friends" was the reply
J During the interview MIS-. Dudley locke
straight at her qu,stioner> and her brigh
blue eyes looked calm and Innocent Sh
seemed anxious to convince the reporter tina
her sleeplessness was not due to excitemeu
or to thoughts of her possible or probable
fate. "Of that" she said, a am not think
in-."
Mrs. Dudley was brought before justice
n Patterson at the Tombs poIics court at /
o'clock Tue-day morning and charged wit
shooting with intent t. kill She stoo
in the semi-ciTcle Of eager on-lookers III
shrinkingly, but with downcast eyes. A
Z her left stood her counsel Hon A, W. Butts
! The right flank was guarded by Officer JaeE
son. The prisoner. although she CAV
, her age as % looked scarcely more than q
d and is q very progressing woman. !
crowd Of newspaper men, dynamiters, art
c lists and policemen were pressed closel
d about her. She seemed wholly unmoved b
e her situation
= When quiet had been restored in tn
. courtroom her lawyer, Mr. Butts, informe
n Judge Patterson that be represented tn
4 prisoner and then went on to state that fo