St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-01-12
Assassination of Jas. Fisk. Ir.
He IS Shot by Edward s. Stokes.
NEW NGRII. Jan.

NEW YORK. Jan. !.
Central Hotel this morning at 1915
o'clock. from tic effects of wounds re-
ceivc,l at the hands of Edward :.
Stokes, his antagonist III the celebrated
Mansfield case. The story of the or-
rIIilcnrc is is follows:
r!;E ORIGIN OF TIE pTTICuLTl.
The trouble between Col. James Fisk
and Mr.. T.. :. Stokes has eliminated in
the assassination OF Col. Fisk. The or
igin "f the difficulty dates back nearly
two ,ycar%. Col. Fisk and Stokes were
Interested in an oil company. which
furnished al the oil that was used by
the Erie Railway Company. Fisk and
stokes hecanc intimate friends. Stokes
seemed Il smart, energetic Young man.
and grew rapidly in Fisk's favor. The
profits # The oil business were very
great. stokes hccamc frequent Nisi-
ter IT Col. Fi~k'~ rooms in the Grand
Opera House. They We're continually
together. 81 intimat" were they that
Stokes repeatedly dincd with Col Fisk
III the ho!lSr "i' Mrs ManSlield-Lawlnr.
! In NJ ! / ! / ED w / II HI NaphA y
LAWLoR.
Mr~. LaWloi was Col. Fisk'S mistress.
Ehc Colonel iec.m" acquainted with
her WHEN she was in want, clothed her
i'll silk and satinS. -priukled her with
diamonds ;irI other gems. gave her Il
rich nlan%iun with :. brown stone front.
furnished il >umptuouSly. and placed
carriages and servants III her disposal.
50 infatuated did he become that he
repeatedly appeared i'll public with her.
despite the earnest protc>tationS of his
friends. lie laughed 1T the newspaper
exposures ri his shame. and WAS finally
declared from fashionable society.
Col. Fisk SEEMS to have cnnti,Icd en-
tirrl} IL Stokes sense of honor, and to
Miss NunSiield'S sens" of gratitude.
Apparently he had not the least notion
tir.t Sob, Would tndraNor to SIipplant
Linn in her Itlr,'t;"n~. stokes. hnwev-
-. seems "a have, lalirm in love with
Miss Mansfield at ih~l sight His at
tlrhm'ml Na~ apparently rrcipocatcd.
and i,' readiness With which Miss
mansfield tn;u>t,.lrcL ifcr affections
from Gel. Fisk t" his a>Sa>>in gives an
ail "i strong probability IL the rumol
that She had ,tclii1crLtrll trapped Gel.
LIZ 1"E ms none. lie attachment
hvt"crn stokes and Mis- Mansfield was
not discovered b. Col. Fisk until weeks
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might Oh - charge ul cnhczIling til,
oil company tuid~. lie WAS kept in
ril>n until N"ndIN. when released "u
hail lie i''1'l1trd, 1'd Fi~I, WAS an
"'-t.'i "' go rrcu>atInn "t conspiracy
i't ia!>t Imprisonment.
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oil rn!null,- down. and Fisk. il is nm
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