Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-01-10
PARTICULARS OF FIsKs AssAssINA.
TION.
All Quiet at New Orleans.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Gencral Andrew Por-
ter formerly of the United States Army, died
in Paris. ...- a.S1w
James Fisk, Jr., was shot twice in tho breast
by Edward Stokes. 1t is feared that Fisk cam
not survive. Stokes was arrested.
[NoTE.-Our dispatches Sunday briefly an
nounced the shooting of Jas. Fisk, Jr, by Ed
ward Stokes. The facts necessary to under
stand the case are briefly these: Mrs. Mansfield
Stokes, wife of the assassin had a suit pending
against Fisk for libel growing out Of former
disreputabe connections between the two.
These suits were progressing unsatisfactory to
Stokes. In his rage, he concealed himself in
the Grand Central Hotel on Saturday night and
as Fisk was passing up stairs TO his room, Stokes
shot him three times, Tho latest developments
will be found below.-EDs. CHRONICLE.
NV YORK, Jan. S.-Stokes' weapon was
four barrelcd Colts revolver, bearing a rifle
ball. At midnight Fisk said he thought he
would get over it. He walked up stairs after he
was wounded.
Stokes and the Attorney had a talk. The At
torney assured him they had broken down his
case and it would be dismissed. Stokes said in
an excited tone, " is there no way to beat this
man p He then went TO Mrs Mansfelds, and
thence to the scene of the tragedy,
At midnight Fisk slept TRANQUILITY. His ply
sicians considered the symptoms favorable. The
ball was found but not extracted. Fisk gave q
Mrs Mansfield visited Stokes in the jail She
told reporter that Ned Stokes must have been
crazy.
Fisk died this morning at eleven O'Clock
The employees of the Erie Railroad, of all
grades. crowded the corridors dnring the morn
| ing. Jay Gould was in constant attendance
while Fisk lived. Gould's face wore the usua
| calm expression. When Fisk expired, Gould
| fortitude gave way and his grief found ven
| through tears. No unknd word was heard Of
the deceased from the vast crowd Many tongue:
recounted his acts of kindness
LATER.-James Fisk Jr, died at 10;l5 An
at the Grand Central Hotel, in the presence o.
| his wife, father-in-law, Mr.. Morse, Jay Gould
| and large number of his intimate friends. A
| change in his symptoms took place at An.
and at it was evident that death was approach
ing. He commenced rapidly to decline. Hi
agony was mitigated by injection and mornhin,
and he retained partial consciousness until II
O'Clock, when he recognized his friends N
thanked several visitors.
He gives his sister and Mrs Hooker 500, coo
his father and mother $1,000 year, and hi
sisters-n-law each $1,000 year. He gave tn
Ninth Regiment ST., 900, and his wife gets tn
balance. To Jay Gould, for whom he enter
talncd the warmest and most disintereste
friendship, he left his personal effects, and en-
trusted to him The labor of love- $50 it
called in the wild of carrying out oil his Fisk
projects in regard to public Improvements
Mrs. Fisk's interests all her husbands share
in the Erie Railroad.
ployees oEthe various industries Whcrcwith b
was identified, was touching.
J. Fisls Opera House is drapcd in mourning.
IL Fisk death is thechief topic ~ change Ilri
stock declined ouc-halL \ thousand share
changed hands flooding the m0rkc. and de
pressed them TO iGl. The Erie Board passc
lUudutoy. resolutions regarding Fisk. Ih
moycmoutof F,hs body was attended by lWg
; crowds Mcmbcr Of the Ninth regimen. su
that they viii hang stokes.