The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-01-08
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Saturdays Dispatches
NEW YORK.
New YORK, January 3.
lanes Fisk, Jr., Shot.


Fisk-Mansfeld suit, at the Grand Cen
trail hotel, shortly after four o'clock thl'
evening. Definite particulars OF thu
shooting have not yet been ascertained
lint il is learned that Fisk has received
three shots in the breast, and is no"
believed to be dying. His wife, who Ii
in Boston, has been telegraphed Tor, te
come on to this city Immediately. Cor
ouer Young has been notified to pro
csed to the hotel and take an ante
mortem deposition.
An urgent telegram has been sent to
Mrs. Fisk at Boston, requesting her to
come on, if necessary in a Especial tram
Mrs. Hooker, Fisk's sister, TO whom NJ
is so deeply attached, arrived at tht
hotel shortly after the occurrence, anc
at once installed herself as nurse. Hel
presence seemed to greatly relieve the
wounded man. Mrs. Stokes, who Is
ye,y estimable lady, is said be IN
Paris. The American Press reporter
visited Mr.. Stokes in his cell. The
prisoner was found living on a hard
couch. In answer to the inquiry
whether he wished to make a statement,
he said, in a good-nstured tone, 81 am
sorry that cannot crafty your laudable
curiosity but have just had con
sultation with my counsel. and his
special request was that should make
no response TO the reporters or even TO
the coroners."
The witnesses detained by the coroner
are Thomas Hart, guest Of the hotel,
the stage driver OF the hotel, the door
keeper, and one Of the bell boys.
At III o'clock this evening Fisk was
sleeping under the influence OF NOR
phine with his pulse beating at 10.
One OF the physicians is OF the opinion
that the wound will not prove
fatal. but his confreres are of opinion
that the patient can't possibly recover.
The shooting was doubtless caused by
the way things were going in Court.
The case at Yorkville this morning
went against Stokes and it was intlmated
that the Grand Jury would probably
indict both Stokes and Mrs. Mansfield
as blackmsiIers. The wound is OF
a terrible nature. The pistol is large
sized revolver and the wound is like
that of a ball from a MIME rifle. The
doctors have very little hopes of recov.
ering the ball and modification 1t is
expected will set in. Fisk took his
injuries bravely, never flinching from
the sharp probe of the surgeon in the
vain attempt to find the ball.
LArsR.-The whole community was
thrown into a state of excitement at a
late hour this evening by the intel
ligence that Col. Jas. Fisk, Jr., had
been shot, and probably fatally
wounded, by E. C. Stokes 1t appears
that after the examination Of the Fisk
Man sfield case, this afternoon, Stokes
left court room in a carriage and pro-
ceeded to the neighborhood of the
Grand Opera House, in Twenty-third
street, where he remained for some
time. Shortly after Mr.. Fisk left the
Erie Office in the Opera House building,
entering his carriage. Stokes did not
follow him, but Immediately drove to
the Grand Central Hotel, which he was
seen to enter at about $50. Fisk's car
riage arrived at ten minutes after four,
and the Colonel alighted at the ladies
entrance to pay visit to Miss Morse.
He was ascending the stairs leisurely,
when he discovered Stokes standing at
the head of the stairs with pistol in
his hand. The door.keeper states that
almost Immediately two shots were
fired, and that Fisk leaned against the
wall, saying 81 am hurt; | am badly
wounded" Stokes waited some seconds
at the head Of the stairs, then turned
and walked coolly to The ladies parlor,
where he threw his p;S'c: on a sofa,
and then quietly descended the staircase
leading to the office. The clerks and
proprietor had heard the report, and
were on the alert. AS Stokes
passed the Office he turned towards
Mercer street, exclaiming, 81 guess
there's somebody hurt upstairs" and
then broke into run towards barber
shop. The proprietor of the hotel
shouted, stop that man = to the hall
boys and porters, who started after
Stokes, catching him just as he was
turning into the barber shop, and
brought him back and detained him
till an officer arrived, when he vas taken
to the fifteenth precinct station house
and locked up in the captains room.
A number of guests, porters, &c, mean
while arrived at the scene Of the tragedy,
and Col. Fisk was lifted up and carried
TO room No. ll3, where he was laid on
sofa. He was very cool and collected,
and gave hasty instructions to send for
number Of persons. In few minutes
he was undressed and had at his bed
side Doctors Foster, Wood, Fryhlen,
Taylor, White and Marsh. Several
other physicians arrived later. On ex.
amining the wounded man, the right
arm was found shot through, aud a
wound was discovered three inches
above the navel and two inches to the
right Of the medium line downwards, al
an angle of forty-fiye degrees. The
wound was probed, but the surgeons
failed to discover the ball. The chances
were pronounced to be against the
Colonels recovery, and his death from
exhaustion or psritonitis is deemed
probable. The wounded man heard
the decision calmly, and Immediately
sent for David Dudley, who on arrival
drew up Fisk's will, which was duly
attested. Callers now began to pou,
in, one of the first being VIM. NJ
Tweed, who remained with him till Q
late hour. Jay Gould, Peter B
Sweeney, Miss Morse and her mother
whom he had come to visit, and severa
OF Mr.. Fisk's family were the only