Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-12

dropped in to see if the story was
true. He was not permitted to see
Rosa and vanished shortly after.
w. j. Burke, prominent dynamiter,
shouted; You can kill Rosa, but
I you can't kill the idea
To reporter Rosa said: 1T was a
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 the 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
no good, and wanted a horrible sacri-
fee of life, to strike terror to the
hearts of Ireland's enemies. | told
her | was not engaged in that business,
and received TO money for such pur-
poses, but only to help the Irish cause.
She reiterated that a thousand lives
should be sacrificed in London. / mad
been TO see my printer at four o'clock
when | started out to meet her. She
wanted me to sign a receipt for
money. The receipt contained the
word dynamite, and ! declined to
sign. Put the paper IN my pocket and
walked out with her. She is nothing
more or less than am agent of the
British government employed to as
.sassInate me-
Rossas admirers were greatly re-
lieved when they found his recovery
is regarded quite certain. Walker j..
Elliott and Patrick Joyce went to
Brooklyn and broke the tidings of
Rossa's attempted assassination to
his wife. She received the tidings
calmly. She Immediately started for
New York and reached the hos
pital at 10 o'clock, when she was at
once admitted to her husbands bed
side. Their meeting was quite affect
ing.
About 8 o'clock last night Mrs.
Dudley asked about the condition of
Rosa, and seemed sorry when she
heard he was still alive. A number
of persons called to see her, but she
positively refused to be interviewed.
New YORK, Feb. 2.-Rossa, in the
Chambers street hospital, made the
following statement to Coroner Ken
nedy: Saturday, Jan. 81, about 4 p.
M, received letter at my office, II
Chambers street. The message was
in writing and was delivered by 8
messenger boy. The note stated that
a lady wished to see me that she was
interested in the Irish cause and de.
sired to assist it. She did not care t.
go to my office and remain waiting
there until l came. She only would
ask for ten minutes time The boy
told me the lady was at the telegraph
Office in the Stewart building, corner
Broadway and Chambers street.
went with him and met her. / tolC
her it would be well to go tC
some hotel, as the telegraph
Office was no place tc
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Sweeney's hotel. We went into tht
ladies parlor, and she said she would
be able to give considerable money il
anything good was done. She ther
said she would call Monday, Febru
airy 2nd, at o'clock. To-day she
sent another message to my office.
went to the same telegraph office anc
there l met she lady. She showed
me paper which ! was to sign. She
then suggested that we go to some
place. We walked down Charlie:
street toward Brooklyn, anC
when we got a short distance
toward Broadway, when the woman
stepped back and fred two or thret
shots at me, one of the balls entered
my back
(Signed,)
JEREMIAH O'DONovAN Rosa.
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 2.-Rossa's son,
John, engaged in business here as so
licitor of the young mems endowment
association, called at the Tribune edi-
torial rooms this evening. The firs'
he heard of his fathers assassination
was when City Editol Williams read
the bulletin to him. He remained
perfectly cool, but at once asked for
full particulars. Being informed that
nothing further had been heard he de-
parted, refusing to answer at present
any questions, except to deny any
knowledge of the woman Dudley, who
is said to have done the shooting. The
news was complete surprise to him.
and he left hurriedly to send a mes
sage to New York inquiring as to bis
fathers condition.
FINERTY TALKS.
Finerty said tonight, when he
heard of the shooting of Rosa: 81
am sorry. Rosa is true man and a
patriot" When asked what would
be the result OF the attempted assas-
sination he said what would be
likely to follow would depend on the
motive of the shooting. If it should
turn out that the woman who shot
Rosa is lunatic, nothing could be
done, although all true Irish
men would regret such an
attempt on the life Of
of the brother patriot. But if on the
other Land, it should be found she
xvaS a hiralin0 accoegi1 them fhic