Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-06
0'DOnOYan ROSSa.
A High-Spirited English Wo-
man Shoots Him.
But She is a Poor Marks Woman
Wound Not Mortal.
Full Particulars of the Affair.
O'Donovan Rosa Shot.

O'Donovan Rossa Shot.
New YORK, Feb. AT 12 minutes
after five this Afternoon jeremiah
O'Donovan Rosa, the Irish dynamlt-
er, so called, was shot by woman on
Chambers street, near Broadway. At
that hour the streets were full of peo-
pie homeward bound, making their
way toward Brooklyn bridge. The
excitement over the shooting, al
though the man was recognized by a
very few, was intense. The first shot
took effect in O'Donovan's body and
he fell to the sidewalk. The woman
continued to shoot until she
emptied the five calibers of the
revolver. Only the first shot took
effect. The city marshal, James Nc
Auley, was present at the time, and
breaking through the crowd that had
collected even before the shooting was
over, seized the woman, who still had
the smoking pistol IN her hand, and
told her she was under arrest. The
woman offered no remonstrances, but
allowed herself to be taken through
the crowd of citizens and to the city
hail station house. George w. Bar
tow, a merchant of 146 Rsade street,
and Peter Y. Everett, formerly a re-
porter, who witnessed the shooting,
accompanied the captor and captive
10 the station. saying they would be
witnesses. When the woman had
ceased firing, O'Donovan rose to his
feet and made an effort to find his way
back 10 his office on Chambers street,
which he had just left, He said Il
am shot, " trying to place his hand Oh
his back under his shoulder blade
After few steps somebody suggested
that he should go the Chambers street
hospital. A couple of men lent their
arms and O'Donovan did as suggested
and directed his steps to wards the
hospital He walked all the way
there, distance of nearly qnarter
of mile. He bled considerably on
the way. Once in the hospital he was
undressed and examined by DR.. Den
nison.
1t was found the bullet had entered
the back directly below the left shoul-
der blade. The doctor pronounced
the wound not of dangerous char
acter, and at once begaH TO probe for
the bullet.
A great crowd of people had fol-
lowed the wounded man down Cham
bers street, and blocked the road way
in flont of the hospital after the aoer
was closed behind O'Donovan and his
escort.
Meanwhile the woman had been
taken to the station house with an
other crowd following her. She was
placed before Sergeant Kass' desk.
She was a good looking woman.
dressed neatly in plain dark clothing,
and wore eye glasses. She appear
ed like school teacher, with
an intellectual face Her manner
was entirely composed and she an
swered some of the questions put her
promptly and without embarrass-
ment. To others she simply shook her
head and smiled with look which
SAID, Il shall only answer questions
which l know you have a right to
ask"
McAuley handed the pistol, small
calibre, to the sergeant, and said he
had seen tie prisoner shoot man on
Chambers street.
Volunteer witnesses aSsented to the
stated fact of the shooting.
A citizen here asked: "Do you know
the man you shot?"
Eyes" replied the prisoner with an
English accent Il shot ODonovan
Rosa" Further questioning by the
sergeant elected the statement that
the prisoners name was Yeslet Dud
ly, aged 25, that she was a nurse and
married, and that she lived at 60
Clinton place. She was asked why
she shot O'Donovan, how long she
had been in America and other ques
tions to which she made no answer.
After her pedigree had been taken,
the crowd slowly dispersed. As there
are no accommodations for prisoners
in the city hall station, she was
removed to the Oak street station at
7:15 p. H., and there placed in a cell.
Her entire demeanor was that of
rational person, and a cool headed
one at that. Rosa had been placed
in cot in the same ward with Capt.
Phelan, who was stabbed by Richard
Short in Rossa's office over three
weeks ago. Rosa was within eight
beds of Phelan.
An examination of the wound by
DR.. Kirby showed that the bullet had
penetrated the back. about half an
inch above the left shoulder blade.
The bail ranged upward and inward
towards the spinal column, but did
not touch the verteb1a. The bullet
evidently lodged in the muscles of the
back. Beyond slight shock R)ssa
has suffered but little. II was at one
time feared the bullet had penetrated
lung, but as the wounded man has
expectoratsd no blood this was after
ward pronounced impossible.
Capt. Phelan, who is still guarded
by the police. when inforned of the
particulars of the shooting, smiled
grimly, but refused to say anything
on the subject
The office of the Chambers street
hospital was visited by large num-
Der of Rossa's friends tonight-an
determined looking chaps-and they
gathered in groups of twns and threes
and discussed In whispers the at
tempted assassination of the arch
dynamiter. John Roche, whose
dynamite operations have been con
fined to the fourth ward, furtively
eyed each visitor to the institution,
and frr m tine to time disappeared to
talk vita parties outside. Algernon
s Sullivan. q public administrator,
had read the news in an extra" and
dropped in 10 see if the story was
true He was not permitted to see
Rosa and vanished shortly after.
w. ]. Burke, promikent dynamiter,
shouted: you can Kill Rosa, but
you can't kill the idea"
To reporter Rossa said: 1T was q
premeditated affair, and this woman
was simply the engine by which the
dastardly work was accomplished
She had no private revenge to crafty.
No relations had been injured in the
English explosions. 1t is the work OF
the English government, whose policy
1t has always been TO assassinate the
men they could not otherwise reach
She is the agent of tie British minis
ter or somebody else. This woman
came to me and said she was Irish,
but that her husband did not sympa-
thize with the cause of Ireland She
was rabid in her views on dynamite.
She said the London explosions were