The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-01-27
The Shooting ofSa.!s fisk.

james Fisk Jr., Waf shot Mt the
Grand Central Hotel, Few York. by
Edward s. Stokes, VIZ om Fisk has
for some months bceii cation in the
city courts. Fisk dresS sefo the pri-
vate entrance of the Hofa,saui upon
entering, asked if Mrs. sss, his sister,
was in The boy said s. was not with
in, but that her oldest hughter was.
Fisk, after asking theskE to tell the
lady he was there, proc tled to 60 up
stairs and had ascended Iwo or three Of
the stairway when Stoke Rho had been
lying in wait at the head dpf the stairs,
made his appearance, did, saying 81
have got you now," leyttgssaa four bar
relied Sharp's repeating pistol at Fisk
and fired. The ball Aisscd Again
Stokes fired, this time Ystb effect, for
the ball entered Fisk's abdomen. Fisk
staggering. attempted totopen the door
hut seeing crowd outsi5e again turned
aud faced the stairs, to Is again fired on
by Stokes This time t,e ball struck
him in the arm aud he I'LL, Stokes fed
The crowd who had gfthcred around
the door burst in aud casriel the woun-
ded man up stairs to the parlor, where
he was laid upon the loinge aud medi-
cal aid summoned Stuies leisurely de-
scendcd the maiu stairs Of the hotel, and
went into the barroom. He had thrown
the revolver on the soft in the ladies
parlor as he passed it By. He saunter-
ed to the news stand apd bending over
the counter, said to NJ. Davidson, the
gertlcman in charge; Il have been in
suited there's uiau SLOT above stairs;
you had bettor send fa. II doctor" He
was very pale, but dis not show any
agitation or fear. H9 then left the
newsstand and walked aeross to the bar
as if to take a druk, but apparently
changed his mind for fe sat down in a
chair. Mr. Davidsef imagined that
Stokes WAS joking, apa did not pay any
stten,is.e i 80 lis 'ssssss in q no
mcut afterwards, the door boy came
rushing down stairs, aud running over
to the Office, said: On! nr. Powers.
Colonel Fisk has been shot by man
up stairs
Then the alarm was given and the
police notified. Stokes did not attempt
t. leave the hotel Officers came in and
arrested Stokes. He said nothing
Captain Bryne said, "Yonr name is
Stokes p and Stokes bowed aud sa d
Yes" lhe captain said where is the
pistol and Stokes told the captain
where it Was. A crowd had seathered
around and Stokes was taken up stairs
Captain Byrne on taking Stakes up
stairs, brought him to the room in which
Fisk lay on u lounge, aud the two enc
mics, even to the death were face to
tace. Captain Byrne said, Colonel
Fisk Hou see this man ; WAS it II who
shat you - aud Fisk. Raising nim-al on
his elbow, said. Yes that is the ulan
who shot me his maze is Edward S
Stokes, aad | fully ideutify him as the
man," Stokes, during this scene had
nervously twit"hcd his trowsers leg with
the cane he carried IN his haad AT
the conclusion oil! tho Identification Cap.
tain Byrnc clappcd Stokes on the shoul,
der aud said, You will c,me with me
now" Stokes bo ed and said n ,thing.
but went with the captain to the Fiji
teenth Precinct st, tou-huu.e
An anicn,oricm examination was
held, it being declared by the surgeons
~ :. : ~ i.s;. ms
jury at ouce returned the following yer.
dict {:
That James Fisk, Jr, received his
injuries by a pistol shot at the hand of
Edward 5. Stokes, ut the Grand Central
Hotel, January, 5, 1872.
\ rumor circulated is supposed to
have led Il. S. Stokes to the act. 1t
was asserted that the Oyer and Termiu
er Grand Jury had found an indictment
against Stokes aud Josephine Mansfield
for conspiracy to obtain money. The
latter had that very day been beaten in
II suit against Fisk for libel.
BY strange coincidence, it happened
that Stokes was intcrrogated ut this very
trial, as to whether he had ever threat
cned isk in any way. lie seemed some
what embnrrasse by the question, but
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