Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-01-12
NEW YORK TRAGEDY.
THE MURDER OF JAS. FISK, JR.
Bloody Sequel to q Sensation Trial.
THE ASSASSIN ARRESTED.

The New York papers give full accounts OIL
the assassination Of James Fisk, Jr., which oc-
Cured in that city on Saturday night last, by
Edward S. Stokes, from which we gather the
following:
The New York Herald, of Monday, in COM
mencng its account of the tragedy, says:
Mr.. Fisk had the misfortune some time ago
to become infatuated about Mrs. Josephine
Mansfield. This infatnation so grew upon him
that it appeared as though, had he been king
instead OF a "Princc" he would have declared
10 Mrs. Mansfield, ord crowns resign to
call the mine" He did give upa great deal
to her, and he not only enriched her, but made
her the confdant of his remarkable schemes OF
gigantic speculation and it is said, of political
manipulations. The course of this intatuation
and passion did not run smooth, and there
was ultimately disagreement that resulted in
arrangement, and under hostile influences into
something that looked like vindictiyeness and
enmty. The consequence of all this was that
Mrs. Mansfield was discarded. 1t is said that
''green-eyed jealousy" brought this "billing
and cooling" to an untimely end, and that if
Mr. Fisk had not favored another lady with
whom he became equally enamored, Mrs.
Mansfield would have been his true love" to
this day. She became acquainted with Mr..
By taking new one. This rritaed Fisk, and
by way of obtaining the sweetncss of revenge,
he became mixed up with Mr.. Stokes merean-
tile concerns, and eventually the latter was
arrested for enlightenment. Then commenced
the tug of war From TIE gilded parlors and
bowers of love in the Twenty third street man
sion the fight was transferred to the law courts
10 recrimination in public prints and to the
threatened publication of "A compromising cor
j al IiY..y
seemed to be getting the best Of it, when Sat
urday afternoon he was struck down by the
cowardly hand of the enemy, who played most
effectually the role of the assassin.
The story of the murder is thus told in the
New York World of Monday last:
The Murder.
81 carriage, the private conveyance OF Col
Fisk, drew up at the private or ladies entrance
to the Grand Central Hotel at an o'clock
John Geoghegan, Colonel Fsks coachman,
opened the carriage door and the colonel alight-
ed. He opened the first door, behind which
was John Re1mon, the hall boy, and asked if
Mrs Morse was in. The boy said she was not
within, but that her oldest daughter was.
Colonel Fisk, after asking the boy TO tell the
lady be was there, proceeded to go up stairs
and had assembled Two or three steps Of the
stairway when Stokes, who had been lying in
wait at the head of the stairs, made his APP
pearance, and saying, 81 have got yon now"
levelled a four barreled Sharp's repeating pis-
to at Fisk and fred. The ball missed. A gain
Stokes fred, this time with effect, for the ball
entered Fisk S abdomen. Fisk here showed
that he was no coward for staggering, he at
to open the door. but seeing crowd
outside again turned and faced the stairs, to be
again fired on by Stokes. This tme the ball
struck him in the arm and he fell Stokes
fed. The crowd who had gathered around the
door burst in and carried the wounded man up
stairs to the parlors where he was laid npon IA
lounge.
Fisk fingered until Sunday, when he died.
Stokes has been arrested and is now in Jail.
At the coroner's inquest, the Jury brought in
a verdict of "willful murder committed by
E. S. Stokes.