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3 Medico-Legal J. 153 (1885-1886)
The Case of Yseult Lucille Dudley

handle is hein.journals/medlejo3 and id is 163 raw text is: THE CASE OF YSEULT LUCILLE DUDLEY. By W. H. O'SANKEY, M.D., OF LONDON, ENGLAND. (Read before the Medico-Legal Society, April 15, 1885.) I consider the case of Lucille Dudley a most interesting one Medico-Legally. I send herewith a statement of the leading features of the case as they appeared in our London journals, the general features of which I believe to be substantially correct. There would seem to be no doubt whatever that the Lucille Dudley who, on Monday, attempted the assassination of O'Donovan Rossa in New York, is identical with a young lady of the same name who, until Septem- ber of last year, was living in this country. Several persons intimately acquainted with her history and her appearance have, after reading the descriptions contained in the cablegrams published in another column, expressed their unhesitating conviction upon this point. In these cir- cumstances it becomes practicable to trace to some extent her past career, which has been both romantic and painful. She was born in 1860, the illegitimate offspring of parents, one of whom at least was connected with the higher circles of society. The child was well cared for, and received a good education at one of the best French convents. There is reason to believe that the name of Dudley given her at her birth was an assumed name, and that the truth about her parentage was concealed from her. For some time her guardians, whoever they may have been, allowed her to study for the drama, and later on she proposed to become a governess. In the meanwhile she had formed an acquaintance with a gentleman, said to be a clerk in holy orders, still holding a cure of souls in the Church of England. This person, though at the time a married man, went through a mock marriage ceremony with Miss Dudley, who was thus deceived into believing she was his lawful wife. The intimacy resulted in the birth of two children, both of whom, however, died in infancy. She seems to have been greatly distressed by their loss, and to have developed thereafter very strong suicidal tendencies. Three years ago she was found in a Great Eastern Railway carriage at Liverpool-street Station in a condition of in- sensibility. It was ascertained that she had been inhaling chloroform. Whilst in custody she was detected in the further act of taking opium, a small parcel of which was found sewn up in her cloak. She refused to give any account of herself, and expressed regret at not having succeeded in taking her life. Mr. Bushby, the magistrate at Worship-street Police-

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