Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-08

can Journalism.
The House of Representatives Was Engaged
in calling on States for resolutions. &c.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The repn., Of the committee OH the i}raxt"n
Mckenzie case will not be presented tr-day, II
this week. and it now appears likely that re-
hearing Of the contest will ha allowed BY the
committee 30 action has. however, been taken.
THE FISK MURDER.
NEW YORK, Jan. s.--.The scene al tho Erie
Railroad Office last night, vas, Impressive in
the extreme \ large number Of the employees
cr the company had assembled, and every face
bore evidence 81. 4orrow There mas Il large
crowd outside the building: and in front Of
Fisk late residence, two doors below the OPP
ora House. Shortly before 0 clock JAY Gould
arrived, accompanied BY Frederick A. Lane
and Mr. Sherman. The faces Of all bore erl-
dence Of grief. Mcssrs. Sherman and Lame sat
alone 10 the inner office, Gould went to the
desk, wrote several letters and transacted 9TH
or business in reference 10 the funeral al Fisk.
The Grand Opera Houss vas draped in
mourning this q. nj. and the flags ut the iirand
Central Hotel and several theatres are az half
mast. The funeral services vii! take place at
the Grand Opera House TO- morrow. The hey:
DR.. FIage chaplain Of the Ninth regiment will
oificia.c.
\ post mortem examination took place this
evening. The ball which inflicted the fatal
wound entered six inches above the umbell
c,1ss. an inch and u half to the right OF the me-
dian line, passed downwards through the an,.
entum and mcssentery, piercing two loops OF
small! intestine and lodged in the left inqulnal
region where it was found about twenty two
inches from the point of entrance. About one
hundred of rank and file of the Ninth regiment
81 meeting tonight resolved to request OF
tie board Ut directors permission tor the regl'
ment to accompany Colonel Fisks remains to
Brattebero A resolution was presented, but
iu Difference to the wishes otCol. Fisk y family,
who desire no o>trntat!ous display, 1t WAS
finally Withdrawn.
The rumor was circulated this evening that
the Tenth regimsnt intended to attach itself to
a mob for the purpose Of taking out Stokes and
lyuching him. Superintendent heso ordered
about 800 policemen to the Iombs and took
command himself but their services were rot
required.
President Smith Of the Beard Of Police,
stated Yesterday that it WAS the intention of the
prosecuting officers Of the county to have
Stokes indicted by the Oyer and Terminer
Grand Jury to-day. A coroners inquest is
tedious aud the proceedings would be set aside.
Stokes would be indicted forthwith and erraign-
ed to plead the SAME day.
1t is expected the trial will take place within
thirty days 1t was rumored last night that
Miss Mansfield had disappeared and could rot
be fouud in the CITY,
On THURSDAY last Fisk offered to advance
s25U, 900 to pay the Police department for De-
cen,ber and the money was to have been tur-
nshed to day.
In consequence ofrumors that there was trou
Bile apprehended from the friends OF Fisk IN
the ninth regiment to the effect that they in
tended to take Stokes from Jail and hang him,
Major General Shaler held an interview with
Lieutenant Colonel Braine ard Adjutant Allen
of the Ninth regiment Tho latter officers dis.
claimed on behalf Of the regiment any such in-
tention. and accepted the responsibility put
upon them BIZ the Major General of being az.
counat,Ia personally for all actions of the rogi-
ment
COL Braiue, however, stated that the Eegi-
ment felt deeply the loss of their Colonel and
if Stokes should by legal bubbles escape pun
ishment they would not then be responsible for
the action Of the friends of Fisk A large
force Of police remained at the Iombs last
night There was also Il section OF police at
Miss aiansield's house. 1t is denied that any
indictments had been fonnd against Stokes or
that any person had ever minated to him that
such had been the case. The friends. of Stokes
assert that he had carried the revolver with
which he shot Fisk for the last six months.
They maintain that he believed his life to be
constantly in danger from some OF Fisk's re.
tainers and that he carried weapon to defend
himself with if necessary, and furthermore that
he was monomaniac on the subject oil hls dit
hcultes with the murdered man. Stokes
friends xay that many physicians condemn IN
Unmeasnred terms the action OF the surgeons
in probing the wound in the abdomen. They
hold that the condition OF the wounded man
was such that this course accelerated II /! was
not the direct cailsc of his death. The testi.
monv of eminent physicians ON this point will
probably constitute q conspicuous feature nfthe
trial
A plaster cast OF Fisk was taken last night.
Stokes exhibited the utmost nonchaance while
being taken from the police station to the
Tolnbs. He endeavored to prevail upon the
officer 10 get him bottle of wine or to stop
and let him get drink ut some saloon on the
route but the officer refused. The officer re-.
marked that Fisk was then very low, when
Stokes cooly said Il shot him in the abdomen,
did Mt ? ! saw the wound there when they We're
carrying him off, After being registered On the
Tombs' books and as he was crossing the court
yard Stokes said 'one year ago to-day Fisk had
me arrested Cor embezzliug S6VW. He
saluted Haggerty, the voucher thief, a. he
passed his coll and expostuated at being locke d
up with another criminal wishing to be alone,
subsequently he was put into cell by himsel t
when he began to show signs of bravado, CIV
ing evidence of great inward excitement. HIS
counsel. John Graham. Roger Pryor, ". o:
Bartlett and John Mckeon, called in the at,
,ernoou. They had long conversation with
him. After breakfast yesterday he said in
conversation with reporter: You need have
no fear for me, am no murderer, have read
the papers and fanswer you, there is tale
yet untold.
When Informed Of Fisk's death he said.
"Well, it is a5sad loss to the bushes communi-
ty, but the papers should not PREJUDICE me by
calling NE murderer. Some of the narratives
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