Rock Island Argus., 1872-01-10
TIE LINE OF DEFENCE TO BE
ADOPTED RY STOKES
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Reported Expressly for the AHsus.l

LoNDoS, Jan. 9.-Ihe city journals, IN
their articles on the assassination Of Fisk, cite |
the cases OF Richardson and Crittenden,
and attribute the frequency Of such deeds
10 the peculiar civilization of America.
NEW YoRk, Jan. 9.-S,okes continues a,
the Tombs, apparently cool and collected.
The Fisk inquest was begun yesterday
and resumed this afternoon. The porter OF
the Grand Central Hotel testified to picking
up the bullet which Capt Byrne of the po-
lice identified, as he did also the pistol
found By the body Oh the sofa near the
staircase. Two barrels were discharged.
DR.. Friblev testified to the character of the
wounds Of Fisk; that the one in the Abdo-
men was necessarily fatal. Probing TOR the
bullet had nothing to do with it. FIsk's
Rnte-mortem statement was given despite
tho objection of the prisoners counsel DIR.
Marsh read the result of the post mortem,
and produced the ball. He also thought
the wound necessarily fatal.
Counselor Graham persisted that it was
burlesqueing justice to give the case to the
! Jury without allowing to be proved that
| Fisk was armed and as ready to take life as
Stokes, but the Coroner declined to take
any exception. and left the case to the jury.
| The Jury retired at o'clock and al $50
submitted the verdict that Fisk came TO his
death in consequence of g wound or wounds
inflicted by ball or balls from pistol in
the hands of Edward s. Stokes, discharged
BY him in deliberate manner at the per
son of the said Fisk, ct the Grand Central
Hotel.
The Coroner committed Stokes to the
T1mbs 10 await the action Of the grand
Jury. His counsel urged the Coroner not to
send the case before either of the grand
iuries now in session, on account of the
present public excitement, and said he was
justified by the ACT which says the papers
can be sent to the next term of the grand
Jury. The District Attorney said by the
next term was understood spy part OF The
current term. The Coroner reserved hi'
opinion.
Miss Mansfeld's house is closely guarded
) by officers under orders of the Coroner Il
7 prevent her leaving j. without his spccia
r permission.
= Mayor Hall publicly announced to de-,
that private affairs will prevent him attend
ing to the duty of his office during at less
week. The President Of the board Q
aldermen, Gen. J ohm Cochrane, he says, vii
u sot as Mayor until his notification shall b
revoked.
This step is regarded as q preliminary {
Halls actual resignation.
- The run on the Third Avenue Saving
Bank continues. $l,350,O 900 he's thus fs
been paid cut The presideut says th
money despositOrs sold the bank books &
the rate Of IS per cent.
Eleven deaths from small pox to day.
Charles J. Perry exMayor Of Hoboker
shot himself in the head this afternoon II
fic.ing e mortal wound. Dependency
supposed to be the cause.
New YORK, Jan. 8.-A Herald's speci
dated London, Jan. 6th, saJS; "ln Co
sequence Of the understanding with Il
United Ststes, England and Germany #
the suppression Of piracy in Chinese "
ters, the Spanish feet attscted Gilslo,
island Of the Moaoco group. for the pu
y pI Sc Of punishing the pira;icAl Sultan, I
Il, natl. Several forts we're demolished, 81
numerous bombshells struck the Sultar
palace.
NEW YORK, Jan. "a dispatch fro
n New Orleans last night stated that @ rel
- Inent of federal troops, with cannon, We
stationed near the State House to repel {
ss. threatened sttaek from the Lafayette sous
,d, mob. The State House is filed with arm
lti- police. The militia are in arms, and 1
ned hundred citizens have mustered as mill
'nss guard at the Governors office.
WATHIGGToS, Jan. 9.-A private let