Show THE INSANE PLEA When ODonovan ned w8lotb Mrs Dudley there was much excitement throughout the countr nii account of the prominence of Rossa in Irish affairs in America The chief regret expressed was lh Rpssj jyas nc kijled Jtjis 8f6f fp ta 1 say that no hateR England far more than ho loves Ireland and that the skirmishing skirmish-ing fund which lifi industriously collected col-lected from poor working girls went where it would do the most good to Rossa However much one may dislike Rossa and his methods the attempt upon his life was ji glaMist ttemptlo torainitftnur i dgrr tKSmtle folffirnTe thdTtiaS thrown ab t fir = Irpm Cfiojfaet that the person who made the attempt was a woman does not make it any the less an actn1t1 4i ITi de lV Thde < nr fill inurdcr attempC to r Tliat iterson Mis Lucille Yl cult Dudley has just been tried and tTTu Jufy Tias icquTTted her on 1 the stale old plea of insanity This plea of course was made by her counsel j Cfeftflfte1TJffoF tho tiefchsestfiii that he would show that for several years she had t bjttq subject to epileptic fits and that ner mind had been affected by them Counsel submitted letter l trap English physicians tending to show that ddfondantfs nindwaB unsound After Dr MacDonald the superintendent of the t u IHm hl w rp f S1i1ad given his > bpinibii concerning hermental condition and Dr Harding had given similar testimony Mrs Dudley inter ruptedtitheproeeedings and made the onlyTJWlBtrte T3mflrSr tlTaT hadTbeen made up to this time She said vl tiouIl ofAPt wlle H f ecUI DaUI U14d wish to teatirjiai my own case The case I goes to the jucjiiiow without their hning I heard me They will form an entirely erroneous er-roneous impression of my motives and will wj knQwll Jill sbct II9iY1 IM ftrE B ooilfdi1ltildt ln1 l11a d missi n W Ii I they should have said that I had an inclination inclina-tion I Atithis juncture Judge Gildersleeye I Baidsheliad better confer with her counsel I coun-sel and they found themselves in a very i t p culiar posltioii trying to prov her in 1 8 tae Awhile she in a most rational A manner A I 1 declared showasnot That inclination was I I afitfetJipught and one that augurs but V ill foTKossalf SrreTUi5ley sKair liieeT I him again FjnallvJier counsel consented con-sented tojlie ping t into t tlewitneSs box r and there fine mad ji9 < cjear amflogical a 8 iWoMf lie 1 iiW er m i tmridff1ri1li0Uit ji tJ a 1tJf t i11Wi le l1f > Jt1s1ti6w mti1 r i re l t was a in tit wonddrtul jnetlxivm < Br I p U p w f I tnndl1 SS Vtt bVct anvthmg thor ecil Bible than Ibis Jf Gtehllejijfeii of tha jiirrt ttnay or I my ut ift bc < 8ate < njfi ac f thlSpoSeaii of ftl lei 1 eml h I doubh o ill decl < le tut Mm not imane Iihh you ttfecidrfrny Case Tjy acqffiuting me either on the ground that my action was justifiable or convict meAt me-At this distance from the scene of the trial it would seem that Mrs Dudley was the only sane person in the court room and that the jury must have been insane tohave acquitted her on the ground of Jnganfty jhe put the issue as it was She was to be acquitted or convicted according ac-cording to whether they thought her action ac-tion tifiable or not The counsel for t4opWn a < rQ qpe nQon when he moved to have her sent to the State Lunatic Asylum but this her oun jgel ojjog dj wd wajjied tJttr sent home oE Acquittals on such grounds are mere mockery and only tend to bring disgrace dis-grace upon the law It was sheer nonsense non-sense and parody onj justice to e quit r dT Yrn tRPl f 1nani |