The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-02
THE FISK MURDER.
Trial Of stokes.

large crown present u tne St0keB trial
this morning. The first witness, II. D.
Corley, parlor man at the hotel, testified
10 hearing shots fired and heard some one
say Nobody helps me, nobody protects
me-" saw Q man near the head OF the
stairs who said there Is q man shot, the
man wore awhile coat; witness found
Fisk wounded at foot ofstairs; afterwards
saw man In white coat confronted with
Fisk and identified by the latter; shortly
alter lady gave him pistol she found
on the floor, which witness gave to Crock.
EFT. On ross.eXamination witness said
he helped Fisk up stairs; the man who
said "There Is man shot appeared
quite cool and was walking at an ordinary
gait; the pistol was handed him by Miss
Hall; 1t was silver plated white
handled six shooter. A pistol was
produced by the Coroner and handed
10 the witness; 1t has brown wooden
handle and has only four chambers; wit.
ness is positive that this was ndt- the
pistol handed to him by Miss Hall; this
pistol was loaded and counsel cautioned
witness about handling 1t.
Considerable interest was manifested
when the witness stated that the pistol
produced by Coroner Young was not the
pistol given him by the woman at the
hotel.
Witness re.examined = The ladies
gathered around him (witness), and one
said that you had better say nothing,
Henry, 1t might endanger your position;
Stokes did not go into the front parlor
where the lady found the white handled
pistol.
The defense wanted to prove that
Crockett told witness to say nothing about
the other pistol, but the question was ex.
cluded. A few additional witnesses were
examined, after which, q recess was taken.
Witness Marshall, Fisk's valet, exhib.
tied the clothes worn by the deceased at
the time Of the shooting, created a scene
in court
Three witnesses gave evidence as fol.
lows:
Il. A. Palhemus Testified to seeing
Stokes in a liquor store on Broadway
shortly before iour o'clock on the after.
noon Fisk was shot
John Marshall testified that he was q
valet to Col. Fisk and gathered up the
clothes OF Fisk at the hotel on the even.
ing Of the killing Of Fisk and put
them into q valise. The valise was
opened In court and the clothing identi.
fed as Fisk's, the cape showing four bull.
let holes. Witness also testified that Fisk
made his headquarters at Josie Mans.
fields where he (WitnesD was employed
to wait on Fisk, and witness lett Mans.
fields because he did not like to wait on
Stokes; Fisk paid him while he was at
Mansfeld's; Josie sent witness to Fisk and
got money when she gave witness money
Officer McAdam testified to arresting
Stokes, and to Fisk's identifying him as
his murderer.
Miss Grace Hall testified to finding q
pistol In parlor No. 1, near the lounge
The pistol said to be Stokes was shown
to her, but she failed to identify 1t, but
was positive the one she found did moi
have white handle.
Austin II. May, bookkeeper at the ho
tel, testified to asking Fisk lift was Stokes
who shot him, but could not hear Flsk't
answer, there were so many talking,
The court then took recess.
After the recess, DR.. James r. WOOD
was examined. After having described
the wounds, the district attorney askel
him to tell what was the cause OF thl
colonel's death. He said he could &C
count for It In no other way but that tn
shock to the system caused it.
Mr.. Townsend-It is stated in the coro
ner's inquest that death ensued from peri
tonitis and shock. Do you only say hl
died Of shock2
A. There was peritonitis, but no
enough to cause death.
@. Were there many persons in tn
room when you entered?
A. There were several there, including
| the physicians. 1 ordered the roon
cleared. The doctors were doing nothinI
when I got there. probed the wound
Q, Did you not probe beyond the wall
Of the abdomen
No one but crazy man would conside
| 1t malpractice; the probing had been don
by DR.. Triples before l arrived, VIM. NJ
Tweed was with Fisk; Fisk was YER
anxious to know whether or not he wa
!. going to die; l ordered his will to b
made. j can't ssay that he wandered i
mind at all; ! was present at the pos
mortem examination; the shock to Co
Fisk was both from the effect Of tn
, wounds and mental excitement Away
results from peritonitis; as a rule the hea
isnot affected in simple peritonitis.
@. Did not death ensue too soon aIte
the wound to be the effect Of peritonitil
A. think so.
Court adjourned.