The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-01-11
ASSASSINATION.
James Fisk, Jr., Shot by Edward
Stokes, at the Grand Central Ho.
tel, New York.
Death of the Victim g, !, o.o,,-

III. a.. 90 ms ''AtCi I4oo
~ 80 aii"ir TOOK place IN the vestibul
m Tho " a e.EE 5ssi:tea 70 a Ghair-
ton,I;r,. ,Lo iiiS are t'4e circumstances
'lI' O"Se' ~ f:oV TINS atternoC
q o,'ii i'lse stopped at the entrance Of Il
l1Hu central Dotel. 1t contained Fis
and Il companion. The former alirhta
anu entered the motel for the purpose
iIIoet.uiA9 10 MS rooms. As he ascen3c
sno hfs' steps STOKES came out OF an 4,
Joilino P"SSa5e way unperceIved by Fish
.-'Io. I .'o!iGo MS coat drew out ms revolvc
~, '.'is U'oou'! yea thfee shots at tIsb
lie h'sI lodged IN FIsk'S shoulder, th
sOG4H' "ilS'Ied pas ms heal the.. lhir
the ahjnr,ao ~! o.'.o"' 'ooh eliecC J.
Fi.k n o,,cn -t.,.l.i i4ois,i y " jim i,
Stokes cos+ Ia. - 5'''' io,i' VIM
tr.t,. f,nn, IN y l"lie' 0h tAe pros
a,.a .eIl IL ''''ii"' an" S"id III sitV
= Ib-tb;y ,:,la i;''' !" Uole iof 'he 5 Q
RI al;,|Hlf., ,,-a '--'tS. .,
L.fnro f, I:,'r, - ~ 'ii|e" MS aS'"iiah
mnJ;a+a1r - - ~ 40 IeI'i'rh. I'm
bn+,I -. 80 me sHotS were hrea, th'
Soma Soma anI ~ g e. rosi'cd 70 'he scene. hii
seiZod Stol-os ,,La tr' "o'iIue4 man. o'i!er
nnssifJa n,a.1o l.4'7 es1'lo vas I'M
~ 'i''I7 no resistance, and wa:
T;Il, "a 'l,,,:oi ni;.i.i,, y, : - ,'Ie onc5.
whore +Lo -, s '' ~ HIS room
attanGanc. IL ~ ''i' i.o'C1 was soon II
In thn ,ni.ar,lL:i1 III, 4.,,,.
were sent for f1rtbc~ .,;iiI ''l: :1 ''ie>'S2',
the friends Of Fisk. '',' ''-''' -0'
The scene IF +ba.bo4oI ar+or +t,,..r,,,..
ing was ore Of cvtr,or}.,,a,.,. ~.
Crowds comino rron, ta ,'',,,, -, tAti,S'li,''
bearinr nf tL9 a,,,n.,,. .I,'s liil =, -
corridors of the hotaI aa@er,- ti ti,e
event and making Inquiries abont tba nar 'Is
ucaiars OF the outrage.
lhe officers who arrested Stokes CON
Veyed hlm to the Fifteenth Precinct Sta
'ioi' Nntrc nc IS row lodged IN Il cell. 1t
= saia thlt the order OF Judge Brady, re
o.i"iiliiiS ifI!iS stokes ana Miss Mansfield from
, '''DI-S''.i'5 tlle letters III Hiss Mansfield )
! ''ioi' "ii~cIin9 NoIolltI Isk, Peter B.
'"'cucy ana olAefa, has had an cXaspcrat-
iio eHect upon Stokes. 1t IS believed that
le was aroused to desperation partly III
o;.So 'o'i'7 % thG ruihofs generally re
-'i'eu a. wen Iounded that the Grand jury
l@lc FOUND an indictment against himself
'ha Miss Mansfield foc attempt to black
nan ish.
ielI insfitntsI a;r;i s; '-le us y 'la'iS- rs
he rrcorn - -n, n%" ,,'', '''',IsO -" Toy
MINIS f. i1t.. Ia,,.l ,''G"ef "'''ct1 T.! SI'
Ihcrru,lon - a,',,I;a,i ~ .
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, sail aLc,,++. .,,.,f.;5l,,I i',.', - -
,c.tc?,,,y de,.:r,.I Il. i. ,,''o-i -
.,g lis cSrti,.,a,.,, u.1 -,
he rr,I;r,irar,. po,,or !, a., ,;,.,I
Isn.6ait ,....,' i''-' 3'''' Va
,'vl"pt 1t fl.iGE ma, Tag v"ereiF"n Alloa
I3I-.rIi institutes I.h.t proceedings IL I,'t !
oEhYi"e fo"ce Court Whio" are stu
ending.
FISK STATEMENT
. the coroner, i to the effect that h had
omc to the hotel and made inquiries as to
,hethe' Miss Morse. was in, aud Icing an
WeTed IN the affirmative, proceeded up the
ta,rs. lie had no suspicion that any one
Intended to harm him. When about on
he first landing he saw Hash and te't
strike him in the abdomen. Be
ore falling he recognized Stokes as his a.
aiaut. he 1il not again s.c stokes tlii
lc wa, brought before him to Identify mm
Notwithstanding the favorable symptoms
hat characterized his wounds at first, Col.
Fisk continued to grow gradually worse,
md at a few minutes before | o'clock this
morning expired.
cor. rlsK's WILL.
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CORRECT STAT E4EHT OF THE TRAGEDY