Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-02-06

New York, Feb. AT 1901 p. IN.
0'Donovan Rosa was shot in front of
the Stewart building, on Chambers
street, by woman named 1eslet
Dudley. The woman was arrested,
and Rosa taken to the Chambers
Street Hospital. lie was shot in the
back under the right shoulder.
When the woman was brought to the
stationhouse she handed TO the Po-
lice Sergeant a five barrelled 30 cali
bre revolver. very coolly saying: 81
guess they are all empty now." She
had fred five shots, but only one had
taken effect. She said she was nurse
and lived at 90 Clinton place; she
came from England five months ago ;
she had an interview with Rosa on
Saturday at his Office; she met him
to-day by appointment made by Q
letter from her to him. 1t is said
that the letter is now in the hands Of
Patrick Joyce, Rossa's Secretary.
The woman is handsome, and was
fairly dressed in the style of we'll
to-do English emigrant.
By-standers who saw the shooting,
say the woman drew the revolver
from her dress pocket, and levelling
II at Rosa, fired one shot. Rosa
threw one hand above his head aud
ciicd:
w'm shot!'
The woman fired the remaining
bullets in the revolver at the pros
trate man and calmly walked away,
with the smoking pistol in her hand
She was followed by large crowd
while still larger mob surrounded
the wounded dynamiter. City Mar.
shal McAuley saw the pistol in the
woman's hand and arrested her. She
was taken to the 18th precinct sta
ion, in the City Hall. Her impertuba'
bic gravity and GOODNESS of demean
or were remarkable. When arraigned
at the desk she handed her pistol to
the Sergeant. Marshal McAuley
said the woman was brandishing
pistol in the street. A citizen who
entered the station with the prisoner
said she had just shot a man il
Chambers street.
ado you know the MANI" asked
the Sergeant of the woman.
ayes; | shot O'Donovan Rosa,
said the prisoner, with slight En-
glish accent.
She looked very demure and prett!
as she stood at the bar and betrayed
no excitement. She gave her nam,
as Yeslet Dudley, and said she wa
a native of England and hospita
nurse by occupation. She described
herself as a widow, 25 years of age
but does not appear to be over Is.
A number of questions were put L
her, but she preserved a digniiiel
silence. She was locked up, and al
reporters were denied admission t
her for the present.
She declined to divulge The caus
of the shooting, but it is presumed
that it was in revenge for the recon
dynamite explosions in London.
The physicians probed unsuccess
fully for the ball in Rossa's wound
The wounded mans condition wa
so serious that he desired to make
statement under oath.
RossA's sANTE-MoRTEM STATEMENT.
Saturday, January 3lst, at about
o'clock p. IN, l received letter at m
office in Chambers street. The mes
sage was in writing, and delivere
by a messenger. The body of til
note stated that lady wished to SC
me; that she was interested in til
Irish cause, and wished to assist
She said she did not care to go to m
office and remain waiting there unit
/ came. She would talk for te
minutes time. The boy told me Il
lady was in the telegraph office in Il
Stewart building at Broadway al
Chambers street. / went with hi
and met her. l told her it wOu
be well to 60 to some hatel as Il
telegraph office was no place to Ia
in. We came out and went
Sweeney's hotel. We went in Il
ladies' parlor, ana snc salu sue WouI
be able to give me considerable MOI
ey if anything good was done. 81
J then said she would call again {
Monday, February 2, at 4p. m. 81
sent another messenger to-day, ana
went to the same telegraph office an
met the lady. She showed me
!. paper was to sign; she then sugge
ted that we go the hotel; we wake
: down Chamber street toward Broa'
\ way, and we got a short distan
o when the woman stepped back al
fired two or three shots at me. Vi
of the balls entered my back.
JEREMIAH O'DoNovAN Ross
New YORK, Feb. "A hospit
: bulletin at | a. m. says: tossa
sleeping quietly, and the indicatio
are favorable to his speedy recover
His wife left for her home in Broo
lyn at IL O'Clock last night.