New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-11-01
A SPICY LETTER.
HELEN JOsEPIIINE MANSFIELD TO JAMES
FISK JR.

HELEN JOSEPHINE MANSFIELD TO JAMES
FISK, JR.
The following interesting communication was
furnished TO the newspapers yesterday from an I'M
known source. We have reason to know that Is genu-
inc and give az part Of the history OF very remark
able transactions il which the public is interested:
JAMES FISK, JR. ,o
SIR: You and your minons Of the Erie Railway Com
pauy endeayOring TO circulate that am
eXtort money from you, by threatened puDncaon OF
your private letters to me. You know how shamefuly
false this s and yet you encourage and ana IT, had tS
bcen my intention had whole trunk full OF your III
terestng letters some Of which would blush to say
mad received. II you were not wholly devoid OF an
decency and shame you would do differently knowing,
as you do that when your own notes to my orGers are
brought into the Courts, your letters ackn0wedgng
your Indebtedness to me- you will appear all the more
contemplate and cOwardly. You are no sooner ap,
prised my proceedings against you than am served
with injunction order requiring me 10 surrender up
all the letters you wrote me and prohibiting me rom
talking about them. This indeed looks to me IKE
Field" movement worthy the great ana dishEnls.rd
Erie lawyer. DO you in your sane moments imagine
that will quietly submit to the deliberate ana WcKe t
perjury IN swearing to these injunction papers tahu 10
the credit of New-Iork, am glad 10 say you Welc
obligcdto get them IN BrC9klyn Unr&rtunae iUr
perpetrated. Was not only recently you bought over
my servants negro boy Richard IL King, ~, also 500, y
your ylainyi Ihave tho sworn proof OF what tel you
more. You surely recoect the rated BACK frlda
the gold brokers you gave orders 10 TO puS e3u anu
then rpudiated the same because you said they had
collect in particular, sou Of Abraham, who had the
courage to swear out an attac lmeht asglhst
he
and you and jay Gould ruined the poor victim ny
breaking his business and having him arrested ana
imprisoned for PERJURY Aud at the time you premedl-
atrd this crime you well knew he held your written or
der to buy gold, and you the perjurers You are
aware III the papers you served Oh me, you swore to
what wicked and false, for 1t was only rev days
previous thereto you sent Mr.. Hubbell 10 offer me IN
duccments to give you an ORDER on the non. Feter d.
swceny my original affidavit and your letters to me-
which documents Sweeny got possession or as they COM
promised him and other Tammany magnates In the d.
vision of the Erie Railway plumber But positively re-
fused give required order. Knowing your doings
,n A,U U,1Ufa al oct "A
praCtiCing the same upon mel .
everlasting shame and Disgrace that you should
compel one who has grown up with you from nothing 10
the Erie Impressaro to 20 TO the Courts for
yndCatiOn Of her rights which you refuse TO ADJUST Tor
reasons you too well know 1t Is only four years ago
revealed TO me your scheme for stealing the
remained there With You nine long weeks; how. when
YOU were buying the Legislature, the many anxious
nights passed with you at the telegraph wire when
You told it either Fisk palace III NeW-1ork or
stone palace at Sing Sing and, II the latter, would
take cottage outside walls that presence would
make rusty irons garans or roses, and the very
stones you would have to hammer and crack appear
softer under my influence You secured your Erie pal
SANDER and njure II IL indeed heroic and worthy
the hero OF the memorable 18th of July last.
write this letter TO forever contradict all the ma
cous wicked abuses you lave caused to be circulated
and at the time uly state that l am willing to
leave matters in dispute and difcrence-and forever
settle any further cOntroverSy-to our respective cOun
sell Samuel G.. Courtney, Luther X. Marsh, and William
A. Beach. II they cannot agree, am willing William
make this proposal TO place myself IN the proper Light
and spirit m
and Tammany though shaken, still able to protect you
pursue your inclination The reward will be yours
am, with hat respect you are best able to Judge,
HELEN JOSEPHINE MANSFIELD.