New-York tribune., 1885-02-17
MRS DUDLEY IN COURT.


WELD IN $4,000 BAIL AND SENT BACK 10 ihh
TOMBs-ROssA NOT PRESENT.
I,o;I,a Yseult Dudlev. the self-constituted
avenger Of Englands wrongs, as OD1noVa&n & noIS tha
is of tie wrongs OF Ireland, was taken Iroin '.o %
Tombs to the Yorkvle Police GE1rs Rssa yW,th intent
to kill. Mrs Dudley was in charge OF Keeper Johh
J. Faiion On her way to and at the couf. she ae-
seterzed % her since the shooting She seems to en-
lSSy lsSye tRs wss stressed dressed the same as she
last week The courtroom. taken up mostly ey
the Justices bench and the space reserved 1or
lawyers and witnesses was packed 10 us 9'Eos' T
iish detectives but the leading dynamiteurs were
conspicuous by their absence. In the crowd were
several LADIES' intending Mrs foy wNT Mrs s1 nud1ev
A. c. Butts The State was represented by Assist,
ant District Attorney PqIdy Justice faIteLsch fdeLSd
presided and silently strOked his recently DocKcd
out chin wbisker.
Judge Fullerton opened the case, and asked I'm, y,
pressivcly If Rosa was present MT. Paray sa,a
dence to hold the prisoner without his testimony
and that if Rossa called extrane0us matters
that had reference to the guilt OF tne prsonodi d
made unnecessarily tedious. Judge Fullerton
mojestically waved his hand aud said that Rossa
should have been present, but 1t was OF no eohss
DR.. Dennison of the Chambers Street Hospital,
the first witness, described Rossa's wound, and
said 1t looked to him as II 1T had 6een
made BY revolver of thrtyt~Sa t"a SoW hc
had taken the revolver from Mrs. Dudley and said
that she had told him that she had shot Rossa be be-
cause he was an enemy of her country. Jadge fui
lerton asked McCauley II Mrs. Dudley had said
why Rcssa. was an enemy of her country. NO.
sirh promptly replied McCauley The last witness
was James Gaynor, sergeant of the City Hall po-
lice. lie stated that when Mrs. Dudley was az
rested she admitted that she had shot Rossa. ,
Mr. Purdy then announced that the case for the
State was closed. Mr.. Butts said that the defence
had no witnesses to examine at that time, and the
Justice IN fatherly way inquired of the prisoner
what she had to say for herself. In calm voice
Mrs. Dudley said:
Nothing By the advice Of. counsel. my mouth
is closed
Justice Patterson said the prisoner would be held
to await the action of the Grand Jury.
Judge Fullerton next asked that bail be hxed;
The Justice said $4,000 and began fumbhng legal
documents as if his time was valuable. No one
Offering to 60 on Mrs. Dudley bond, she was taken
back to the Tombs and resumed her seat and nedi-
tations In the matron's room
Edward Hooley, young man IN plaid ulster
told Mr.. Purdy before the examination, that he
was passing through Cham bers-st. at the time Of
the shooting of Rosa, and that, after going few
blocks, he found his sock wet with blood. He
thinks he stopped one of the bullets from Mrs
Dudicy's revolver ,
In reference to the failure to call Rosa as a wit
ness DistrictAttorney MARITIME said There did
not seem to be any necessity of calling ROssa. III
he had been killed the case would have been proven
without him. II lie had gone on the witness stand
he would have posed rs a martyr and the occasion
would have been made one for cheap advertising !;
and | did not care to have that kind of work.
talked the matter over with Mr. Purdy and con-
cuded that the examination might Just as wei! pro-
ceed without calling Rossa."