Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-02
THE STOKES TRIAL.
The Examination OF Witnesses COntin-
ued from Saturday - Interest
Increases as the Case
is Advanced.

New York, July Ia large crowd
was present at the Stokes trial this
morning.
The first witness, II. d. Coyle, parlor-
man, testified TO hearing shots fired, and
heard some one say, "NobOdy helps me,
/ nobody protects me;n saw a man near
the head Of the stairs, who said, ''There
is a man shot" the man wore a white
coat; witness found Fisk wounded at
the foot of the stairs; afterward saw the
man in the white coat confronted with
1 Fisk, and identified by the latter; short
/ ly after, a lady gave him pistol she
| found on the floor, which witness gave
] to Crockett.
On cross examination witness said he
] helped Fisk up stairs; the man who
said, k"Thene is a man shot, appeared
quite cool and was walking at an ordi-
nary gait; the pistol handed him by
Miss Hall was a silver-plated, white
I handle pistol shooter. A white band
was produced by the cOronerand handed
to the witness. II has q brown, wooden
handle, and has oRly four chambers; /;
the witness was positive that this was
not the pistol handed him by Miss Hall.
This pistol was loaded, and counsei eau
toned witness about handling it. q
Considerable interest was manifested
when the witness stated that the pistol
produced by Coroner Young was not the
pistol given to him by a woman at the
hotel.
Witness re-examined The ladies
gathered around him (witness}, and one
said You had better say nothing
Henry, it might endanger your posi-
tion.' Stokes did not 90 into the front.
part or where the lady found the white
handle pistol. .# s..E
The defence wanted to prove that
Crockett told witness to say nothing
about the pistol, but the question was
excluded.
a few additional witnesses were exam
ined, after which a recess was taken.
The next witness was Marshall, Fisk's
valet, who exhibited the clothes worn
by the deceased at the time of the shoot
ing, creating a scene in court.
These witnesses gave evidence as fol-
lows:
II. A. Polhemus testified to seeing
Stokes in liquor store on Broadway
shortly before four O'Clock of the after
noon on which Fisk was shot.
John Marshall testified that he was q
valet to Colonel Fisk, and gathered up
the clothes Of Fisk at the hotel on the
evening Ct the killing of Fisk and put
ting them into a valise. THE vaIise
was opened in court ,Iand the clothing
identified as Fisk's, the cape showing
four bullet holes. The witness also tes-
titled that Fisk made his Headquarters
at Josie Alansfield's, where he witness
was employed TO wait on Fisk, and the
witness left Miss Mansfield's- because he /
did not like to wait on Stokes; Fisk
paid him while he was at Miss Mans
fields; Josie sent witness to Fisk and
got money, when she gave witness
money.
Officer MeAdam testified to arresting
Stokes, and to Fisk's identifying him. as
his murderer.
Miss Grace Hall testified to finding |
pistol in the parlor; no one was near /
the lounge; the pistol said to be Stokes's /
was shown to her, but she failed to iden-
tify it, but was positive that the one she |
saw did not have a white handle.
Austin H. May, barkeeperat the hotel, !
testified to asking Fisk if it was Stokes |
who shot him, but could not hear Fisk's [
answer as there were so many talking.
The court then took a recess.
After recess, DR.. James r. Wood was |
examined. After having described the
wounds the District Attorney asked |
him to tell what was the cause Of the
Colonel's death. He said he could ae-
count for it in no other way but that the
shock TO his system caused il.
Mr.. Townsend-It is stated in the cor
Oner's inquest that death ensuci from
DeritOnitds and the shock. Do You only
say he died of the shock?
AnsweT-There was peritoui,ds, out
not enough to cause death.
Question-Were there many persons
in the room when you entered Il?
Answer-There were several there, in
eluding the physicians. l ordered the
room cleared. The doctors wtTe doing
nothing when l got there. j probed the
but l did not probe blyOnd the
walls of the abdomen. No one but a
3raZy man would consider it .nal-prac-
ice. Probing had been done by DR.
rriplan before / arrived. William NJ
Tweed was with Fisk. Fisk was very
anxious to know whether or not he was
yoing TO die. / ordered his will to be
made ] cannot say that be wandered
n his mind at all. i ws@ present at the
examination. The shock
% Colonel Fisk was both from theeffeCt
II the wounds and from mental excite
neut. Cola always results from peri
ORjtGs; al a rule the head is not affected
n simple peTitOHitds. N
QuestiOn-Did not death eIsue too
Don after the wounds to be the effect of
leritORitdsf
Answer think 50.
Court adjourned. n