Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-07-01
0'DON0yAN'S ASSAILANT.
The Doctors and Lawyers Claim She Il
Intsne While the Woman De-
clares She is Sane.
The Jury is Out Five Minutes and Re
turns Verdict Of Aoquittal on
the Ground Of Insanity,

NEW 1Okhs June ~ Inc COURT
room where Mrs. Dpdley is being tried
for the assault on O'Donovan Rosa
was again crowded 10 excess to day
when the taking of the testimony was
continued.
DIR. Charles l. Dennlson, who
dressed Rpssa's wounds, testified M TO
their location and character. This
ended the case for the prosecution.
The counsel for Mrs. Dudley then
opened for the defense. He claimed
that Mrs. Dudley assaulted Rossa not
out OF personal spite or to avenge o
personal insult, bat because he was an
enemy OF her country. The counsel
discussed the subject of Irish patriot
ism, outlining the testimony
for the defense. The counsel spoke OF
what he termed Mrs. Dudley's 'phy-
steal infirmity.n He said he would |
show that for several years she had
been subject to eIiltptio fits, he
would show that her mind |
had been affected by these fits, and |
that she was not in fact responsible for |
her own conduct. The counsel aub.
mitted number of letters from Eng |
| lish lhysicians in the various institu- |
lions in which his client had been con- |
fined for treatment, setting forth the |
character Of her disease. The depon-
ents declared that Mrs. Dudley was
not in her right mind.
Elizabeth j. Tonlins, a private
teacher who resided at the same place
as Mrs. Dudley, testified that for sew
eral days before the shooting OF Rosa
the prisoner had acted in strange
manner. She had bundles OF Rossais
| ,ta M atpf t,e an Of l,.,
recent explosions in London, and in
speaking to the witness OF Rosa Mrs.
Dudley had alluded TO the advisabillty
of Kidding the earth of such man.
DR.. A. II Mcdonald, superlntend-
enJ Of the asylum for the Insane on
Wards island, testified he was con-
WINGED that Mrs. Dudley was suffering
from chronic mania. Mrs. Dudley
had told the witness that there were
three men she had determined to pun
ish with death, and that Rosa was
the first on her list.
Mrs. Dudley here interrupted the
proceedings of the court by addressing
Judge Gildersleeve. She said
whether was irrational Or not when
shot Rosa, sir, i am perfectly
sane now and wish to testify In my
behalf IL my case goes to the jury
now, without the jurors having heard
me, they will form an entirely errone-
GUS impression OF my motives, and
will not know why shot Rosa. The
doctors cay that had said that had
q mission, when they should.have said
that had an Inclination
The Judge said she had better confer
with her counsel, and when the time
came the court would hear her. MRS.
, Dudley's counsel said they found
themselves ia somewhat peculiar
position. They had been trying TO
prove that their client was insane.
She, on her part, insisted that
she was not insane at the time of the
attack, and insisted on her right TO, go
on the stand to testify in her own be.
half. The counsel could not see how
they could do otherwise than call her
as a witness IL was finally agreed
that she should be called to the stand
} after the recess.
} After the recess Mrs. Dudley's law
yers tried their best To gSt her TO fore
go her determination of becoming u
witness. She persisted in her inten-
ton, however, and at word from the
prosecuting counsel she walked quick.
ly TO the witness chair and was sworn.
Then she said:
Gentlemen of the Jury: / may or
may not be insane, but II IL IL accurate
that my action was for the posses.
f, sion Of the almighty dollar, then
/ have doubt you will readily
decide that l am not insane. | wish
you to decide my case by acquitting
me either on the ground that my &C.
ton was justifiable or convicting me-
/ was in doubt MS to whether jeremiah
O'Donovan, Patrick Ford or Mesgroff'
=. WAS the more responsible. read
ODonovan and Ford's paper and read
about Mesgroff and then I went to see
OdOnovan. We had talk about the
wholesale murder OF Innocent women
and children. He said that the blow
ing up Of buildings was pei fectly right.
What said he, are the lives OF few
: women and children compared with
the holy cause of Irelandp He said
in reference TO the recent explosion
= that we did IT,, and he also said II In.
tend to blow up the house OF parlia-
ment when 10 next convenes.' / be.
- lieve now, however, that he was delib.
erately lying"
The jury acquitted Mrs. Dudley on
the ground Of insanity.
The jurors were only In consultation
about five minutes when they rem
l.. dered verdict. A motion was made
to send Mrs. Dudley 10 the state luna.
Q tic asylum, which her council opposed.
= The latter asked th6t their client be
permitted 10 be returned TO her native
country and tie placed in an instltu.
ton. The court will listen to argr.
meDts on the motion on Thursday.