Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-08
DEATH OF JAMES FISK. II.
The MurdsrSus Intent Of the Assassin
Stakes Accomplished.

R@H4U W SSMEo Fk0Ns IL
The MurdsrSus Intent Of the Assassin
Stokss Accomplished.
New York Affected by the Dssth Of q Truly
Remarkable Man.
NEW YoRK, January IA few mo-
ments before eleven o'clock this morning,
James Fisk, junior, expired. All that
unren1itting medical skill and attention
could do had been done, but OF no avail.
JAY GOULD
was In attendance from an early hour this
morning. Hla fsce wore, while there was
yet hopes that bis friend might recover,
It's usual calm expression. No sooner
had Fisk died, however. thsn
eoULD's FoRTTTUDE GAVE WAY,
and his grief found vent In tears.
The news Of Fisk's death spread rap
idly, and everywhere produced the most
profound sensation and regret, and al
the aspsrsions that his enemies had heap
ed upon his character were In 8 moment
forgotten, and only his
NcBLE QUALITIES
of head and heart were eremsmbered-his
frsnkness, his generosity and his charity.
TIE soENls
in and around the room where the body
lay was touching in the extreme. It be-
came necessary to admit up stairs only
those who cams on business, but, not
withstanding, very large number Of ths
friends Of Fisk and guests of the hotel
visited the body, among them many
ladies.
LATEE IN TEE AFTERNOON,
prior to the removal OF the body to Fisk's
late residence, the general public were ad-
m1ttsd to view the body,
AT SIX o'oLocK
this morning the first ominoua change
appeared In the patient, although not per-
hsps the first indication of the final end.
He grew a little restless, his face had
greater pallor, and his breathing was less
easy and regular. On feeling his pulse,
DR. Fisher found il was more rapid, being
very nearly one hundred.
AT HALF-PAsT SIX
Colonel Fisk said something in broken
tone Of voice, and closed his eyes.
The change in his face had become
more apparent, the pallor was more
desthlik6 and the moisture appeared on
his forehead. The pulse was over one
hundred, and the doctors stood By the
bedside watching the patient aLtentively.
AT SEVEN O'oLcCK
it was at first announced that he was re-
covering, and that the danger Of the sud
den ending Of the intense agoDy was very
great His pulse was at this time one
hundred and thirty. Doctor Fisher went |
down stairs in a hurried manner, and |
asked something Of the night clerk; he |
then went back sgRin. He looked very |
anxious,
arrived at the hoiel at s quarter-pass sew
en- O'Clock. She was admitted first into
the snts-ro0m and soon after into the bed |
room, Mrs, Fisk was terribly sgi5ated /
a. bhe beoside of her husband. This scene |
was
TIE MOST HEARTRENDNG
Of any that had yet taken place, and those |
present could not suppress their emotion. |
The doctors were sppealed 70 BY his wife /
10 give s0me little hope, but they dared /
not say thst there was any chance Of life. |
Fisk was not much moved at moments 1
when he was cCgnizlnt OF his surround |
lngs, but seemed never deserted by the 4
GOODNESS AND FoRrIrUDE
which he displayed whsn first shot.
AT EIGET O'CLOCK
there was little OK no change.
AT HALF-RAsT EIaET O'CLOCK
the doctors consulted, and at nine O'Clock
the excitement about his bed,
which had become TOO intense for the pa
sient to bear.
AT RALF-PAsT NINE
friends were permitted to go to his bed
.ide, and he thsnkad them for coming.
After this the rspid decline showed itself
more strongly than ever before.
AT TEN o'CLooK
here were eager end hushed whispsriDes
IS il WSs told svsry ear EhsG the end was !
iurely drawing nigh.
At half past ten he laid scarcely know
ng thst there were any minisssring him.
as turned his face 70 lhe wall, nOEiced no
ne, and ceased 20 breathe
AFA QUARTER OF RLEvKN.
The body viii be conveyed from his late
esidence, No. 5Is West Twenty-shird
tlee5, TO The New Haven depot, st
Two O'CLOCK MONDAY
fbernoon. The funeral viii take placs
t Brsttleboro, Vermont, Tuesday at one
o'clock pm. The brigade to which the
iinth regiment is attached has besn or
sred out to escort the remains to the de- /
'ot TO- morrow, the Ninth regiment acting
s special funeral escort. Ths officers Of !
hs brigade viii wear tbs ususl badge OF |
for thirty days,
STOKES +
vas taken to the Tombs this morning,
nd placed in 8 cell on the second tier,
where the worst criminals are confined.
hen he heard Of Fisk's death
az ExPREss,ED REGRET, Ii
nd said he did the deed in a state of ,,
renzy. The Indignation of the public
nds vent in general wish that the Grim
1al may be tried, convicted and hanged
7ithout delay.
THE PRESS ON THE MURDER.
The journals comment on the Fisk 9
murder and says the coWardice
( the set bore the first fruit in the
ublic mind, by awakening for Fisk |
ride felt sympathy, and there Is nothing
q the Gaze TO distinguish it from
murder for which desth on the gslloWs is /
be penalty II convicted.
THE TIMES
ronouncee the muIderous deed ss bru- t
Al and coWsydly, and will attract toward :
lax an amount Of public sympathy to :
'hich no part Of his career has entitled [
i'm.
TEE WORLD SAYS
lst in the act may be seen, in It's most
ccurste type, the spirit of those marital Z
luICSIs WHICH ClhRfaC5 our pT0B6ublOus | Z
, civilization, and Whste yer miserable I
ssults this businesls may have, it will Q
ave one beneficial result, that of enab- I !
ng those who cannot 81 , that murder is /
lurder when perpe 1rstsd under the e
1ecious pies Of uphoj ling the ssnctity OF Z
lsrrisge, TO appreciate the same crime
hen perpetrsted with view of eoncesl-
lg concubinsge. 5
THE MURDERED MANS WILL.
The following are the provisions of p
olonel Fisk's will: Mrs. Hooker, his a
ster, receives one hundred thousand
ollsrs in Narrsgsnsett Steamship COM
any shares; ais father and mother re-
3iVs three thousand dollars q year each; I
each of the two Misses Morse he be-
ueathed two Thousand dollars year; to
10 Aintk regiment, eleven thousand =
Ollsrs, This gift was made week ago, Y
at was legaliE3d last night. To bis wife
3 bequeathea the balance Of his property 3
sll kinds. Te Jay Gould, for whom he Z
1tertslned the WaTmest snd most diHin-
'restso frieGdHaip, he left his personal 8
fects, and entrusted to him "ths labor of Ii
ve," as It is called in the viii, OF carry
& out all his Mf. Fisk'sl projects in re- J,
srd to public Improvement Mrs. Fisk "
herits all her DECEASED husbands shares a
the Erie railroad. n
Attest TELEGR ANS. e