New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-10
TUr FISK TRAGEDY

or TIE DOCTOR-A DENlo''N
AND THb
~ to the manner III N'',(" Go
nc LII LII his death at the hanNs u. ,s Curt,
S,,nped yesterday, IN the sicht sccrs ot
"'s go 7,n,bs 4 crowd oil eaI'' e,. ,,o
room I" ~ tD,o,ncd grim silence 'n'o"sno"' w,
tehU' ,' -, The eminent couuS'' %" "''" S'U,
e''"e rrescut. and Coroner 'o""h '"''o Wv
case promptly at SoeIo'S z,v.s TESTIMONY.
NIL, 1,ort testified l am pai'-ooy' anu ies'O ,,st
'", Central Hotel; was engaged there IN 'ua
The Gran" St,r,iav afternoon; l was called TO taAo
c"p'CSS nm stairs; he was crying ont and ent dow
Co; Md Of the stairs to him. that was abont n's
I,nn,os after four; ! found Col Fisk s''u 'ire
,ht nv the door az the foot OF inc him
Ibelped him upstairs holding his left arm anu c 70
sitting down in the reception room; hau Iva mo he
ask him what the matter with hmi H,ebot him;
had been shot twice. not telling me who huU -.
Twas going up the secondstory stairs on o".Il ,,ot
know nothing more OF the affair except as 10 wv
which pickcd up between the doors; Whou - ,bo
gave u To Mr. CrocEett never saw o. rtn acr his
Tine III pm IN ' Fs bT oppearance, having sgtn
M stosos and never him before in my lie 10 '
came right from the 10 where
found Mr. Fisk; had not been there very long ana
had only Just come in; didn't near ms can Tor Hp
Ssu. YVES excited don't know whether the BAL
showed 10 Is the han picked up or not 9l9 no.
tahc si' I' oGo,t tho stairway al the time
Cor tlSN M,S Hd heen fd-I16 I'm The reccrfion roon
"a t nor ristol fred. the only one recognized
.r,r-d ttcrc WIS MIR HaSkin, the bOOkkCcQer ~ the
hotel did not leave Col Fisk IN the charge OF tS zen
ueman' but paoed nun on INC SUM- anu "''' W ''''
THE POLICE CAPTAINS STATEMENT
Thomas Byrues testified: l am Captain Of the f1i
teo Precinct Police; first heard of THIS occurrence
on Saturday last about 40 o'clock as was going up
the stoo7 leading 10 the stallon mousse tfc
PROCEEDED 10 me room "n'1 ooI IisS enc nortleost
Grand central ho''I' " y S"u''eu noe cicon q
Ss hi which would now identity II shown to
mo rC.r,ncr Yopnq held ND a pistolball and the
ny lOoII.sntt - nm nan was given me by AI.
Crockett VINO toa me wy ~ i WI eyen N me low Mr.
o.A.,N VIC s 'l ~, i - 80 ,o o1d showed rrc
sa| the aIF ana she SnoEC1 II lo it au S'o" 81 e
sue '.'U ~ ,, a. .t.irs iI ne min Nm
,,. tfo adv sqii she forud il ON the sofa
~ VA ., ~ lcC,; ,alo fr ti,e t,ista before do
y l''u i' xxtDu py,H w. .' 80 ,I, h. tl
~ - Wy ,lS my - t1,, W. ,,yo s1Irc ylcrc
c,t r.. ne rc,i,o rcoI and searcbca fot n i'm tho
haThcr. ~ nv yleTe Mr. stokes was arrested about Gaf
an hoir rS If wa, handed to me as have stated:
he door of he Tarorwas not far nom the sofa Micro
saw il lthc pistol Was handed to the wnes, identity
~, C , e ,,u It.. ~. e. '.'l VIZ ,i li n
ehar5.l The remaining charges were in the pistol
W." Eou remove one OF tlG pals from me chamber,
" & q, ol.c[' IL can ony oe removed on me
No l' , Hi"gr seal ana gwen INTO
q bind .F,r tot, -
~, l :" w., Is ~ a. ~, io Is tolI mouse
-' 'ge llCS, IN az! 9Soats ne was arrested ny
~ INC STATION house. ana presume II 's there yet
DIR. IhlflfFs ItsthoSY.
1900. ,,ast [,o,or, g., oo, n,
''"'' go. - 49, 49,, - =, It,a,,, ,r t,
ia Grand CehtIa H"''F INC Iooi" Is Si'""'' o' 'n'
northeast OF the iadl's entrance passing up nlUu
,yay u was q parlOr and there was bedroom adoin
inr; Fisk was very pale and ast"ted hiS pulse was
-,saA ana t'H'o' I','' I''''N,' '" -. -. ,n
sgf. u
MATTER and he said lie had been shot; ne dld
40, 81, me who had shot him. although ne stated who
o. ; ,, thcv were both g,nshot wounds in the
mo- ,rcrc II entirely and the other in the aldo
lei arm mi ring h M tho right of The medan line and pen
tir trc cavity below ~ he then standing in the
k mn ne died on sunday morning at lC:JO O'Clock;
assisted Co. Fisk in undressing ana exam
Tfoard n r,Inor tlat weapon found, but 10 posi-
tvt omcnt 20 that effect; heard the runor aDont
hchoe. l1t ihcTe was ID. Tgr XVIII ~ .r hd hnor
cog ,N.a,'IrJ IN tc wat should have found it;
~ ,r-..ut at a.. Qo-tluortcu examination.
Was The wound ln u tt1 a1 ,oir5 so hat
andor any circumstances Col. Fisk must have
80 from IL In INV opinion IL was;
think probing caused or accelerated death DEAN
= he intestncs was necessarily fatal probed Col
ro cood emo f G Gbs ne dperatdn was neces
~, =. t ~ rs-, ~ ., Tr I,I,es vood ,ros
nroir - me- 0rf ration was NOT painful; col FISK was
Bfcnsblc from Z o'clock on Sunday morning |
nh' h1 at.tl III Hi{ oplni =. 4nI'.lnIIe |
~ ., ne l 3 rc,v >. the lcn"tb of time he si,rrivrd
ftrr receiving the injury. in my impression indicated
va png.aal vitality n he had only received tie wound
O II You hs been successful i'm extracting the ball
n9T,i@e in tRa INJURY would it have made
plain but merely WINGED, When VS. M T No., con-
sOdiu 10, "a" I NC had a. adhsye beer praccire9 for
so,,,,, man el oi practice for |
s' ,,,,. copoNFpe CT ,rv,,v,
TIE OoioNtH SlAihNhNI
D. mad laf. the box Coroner Young said: "neh
or TTp how