The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-10
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{. You didn't hear any shootlngf A. didn't
hear any shooting. sir.
@ Who was The last person you remember seeing
couldn't tell In a MOTEL where there are so many pe0'
pie running up aud down the stairs.
Q. Are you well acquainted with the attac mes
working in the hOleie a. Yes, sir.
Q. DO you remember seeing them theref A. None
Of them tnat can tes
BY Mr.. FIELD-were you going up stairs In
answer 70 oeIi9 A: No. SIR; I'had an order: ~
In his room; FIRST part OF the fourth door.
@ what were you doing theref A. | was going
O. what Dusinesss A. Waiting on guest In the
house.
g You vent ven up in answer to an order from some
O. Whose order was it9 A. don't know the
where Was wa was WGsase 10 orer Gamer
Well the number Is 474, u you want to lind him out.
g Where were you when you received the order rue,
aud when returned got the order.
@ Then It was Just wnen you returned that yon
ana looked up the stairs
VIVA, IN. a,st sMAsr cq i q, rim .,o,r,,
a. have never measured 1t; icannot tell what
q. Is 1t ten or fifty feetp A. Well it Is a large
house. aud you have to round 1t. (Laughter.)
Tne CORONER-Oiiicer, preserve order. This IL no
place for levlly ana hope the gentlemen Will not
indulge IN any.
BY the CoRoaEn-Do you know now many steps
there are2 A. never measured It,
q. You have gone up and down good many
tlniesS A. Yes, good many times
q, How long would It take you to 60 up? A.
q. Would It take you five minuteSS A. on. no;
one Digit OF stairs would take me about minute,
by Mr.. CLEws-Have you talked with any one
about this occurrence A. No. didn't talk to any
q: Nobody came to see you aboutitf A. mo: No, sir
BY Mr.. FiELp-Have you never ta,Aed about ~
A ham t,ntf n Hv n
In the ONCE.
BY Tie OonorEa-Did you PICK up the ball at the
stairs; told YOU that four or five times.
q. TO whom did you give the Dalls A. 10 Mr.
CrOcker at the mead OF the stairs.
Q. How did you know 1t was balls A. Itlooked
like q ball wnen picked tup
You say You canao! Ie, wme,ner ~ was sTe rouhd
U Did you think II was squares A. cannot tell
MIR MIR. orDypE ono OF the jurors mere suggested
that the jury had obtained enough Information from
the witness.
Is Mr. CrockerS A. clerk IN the house.
AS the witness was leaving the stand the Coroner
ordered an officer to detaln MN Ia court
Evidence OF Captain Byrnc.
Captain Byrae was next sworn, and sad:-I am
attached to the Fifteenth precinct police as Cap
tain FIRST heard OF the shooting about ten minutes
alter TOUR O'Clock; was going up the stop OF the
s se1ssanss ''G went 20 tie era Grand cen
Where Colonel FISK was lying; IT is in the NORTH
east corner Of the building; was given u bali at
the Grand Central Hotel. lbal' banded TO witness
attach $. o.! the hotel AZ the foot q the private
stairs; Mr.. Crocker gave II me; he told me a man
named Hart found II; there was pistol placed IN
me that {, was gwen ., to .d him M ~ ,o one
ana she said she round it lying on tho sofa. on one
corner OF IT. 1t was IN the parlor. on the broadway
ana the writing room; Mr. Crocker was also search
Ing for tue pistol; arrested Mr. Stokes Ia the read
lug room, ABOUT half an hour after Mr. Cr0cker told
me that the pistol nad been found.
By Mr.. FIELD-Ihc sofa was near to the door; the
entrance TO this parior was on line with the main
i,y the CORONER pistol produced is the same;
two balls wero discharged out OF 1t; II Is now
The witness here held the pistol IN his hand with
tho barre pointing toward the ceiling. He turned
It about in his nanu slightly careless. While doing
SO the Coroner SAID to hum. "Wl you discharge one
Of those s-tsensa'ion in courS-and let US
MIR MCKEoN-I object to that, Mr.. Coroner 1t
was my practice to do differently Ia such cases.
enclosed In paner anu your seal afiixed to It, and
let It DO handed over to the District Attorney.
The CORONER-rhat course snail be pursued, sir.
Counsel for the rrIsoner-That had better be done
sir, lor we have Grand Jury now that Will indtct
without evidence.
Witness resumed-I was not present when Mr.
Stokes was arrested; Onlcer McKeddon arrested
him.
he gave me all the Information he could. and mani
tested no more desire to do this than person In
such circumstances would manifesto any person
passing the OF the parlor and gong to the
main stairway could readily hing anything out OF
reports OF pistol being found In III, where Mr..
Fisk was taken.
more Interest III the matter tnan person in his po
sltion under the circumstances would be expected
MIR. McKEoN asked Captain Eyrne to send to the
prisoner cane. which he (McKeon) thought might
have been left at the station house.
Evidence OF the Hotel surgeon.
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Central Hotel; | saw Colonel Fisk last Saturday
afternoon; as near as l remember 1t was twenty
minutes after four O'Clock saw HIM the room "a;
ladies' entrance fronting on broadway; Mr. Fisk
looked very pale aud was agilated l went there TO
shot; heard him say later that it was Mr. Stokes
who shot MIN; Colonel Fisk was standing with his
clothes on in the parlor wnen saw him first; re-
manned with him until half-past one O'Clock in the
mo. ming. and then LEFT for i few moments; was
present when he Tied, al Ave minutes to eleven on
Try MIR. FIxLDs-I assisted Mr.. Fisk to undress;
1 did examine his clothing; there was no weapon
found upon uim; there were rum0rs that Mr.. Fisk
did carry weap0n-that he was armed at the time
the ACCIDENT occurred; think | heard it in the
hotel; If there had been pistol around his waist
could not nave failed 10 see 1t.
O. Was the wound in the abdomen fatal one,
and, under all circumstances, must Mr.. Fisk nave
died from the effects thereor9 A. in my opinion 1t
was.
mad anything 10 do either In causing or acceierating
death A. | do not.
u. W nat 90 you tnlnR caused death! a. Jnc
SHOCK, causing peritOniils AMI the woundng OF the
nestines: there were four holes IN the lntestlnes,
and think this accelera,eL the death;
by the CORoNER-D Did you probe Colonel Fisk'5
wound A. did, sir.
BY Mr.. FIELps-was Mr.. Fisk perfectly sensible
when you were probing the wound? A. Yes; It
was necessary give him chlor0lorin, but when DR..
James Wood probed the wound he showed that he
was sensible Of pain 1t would not be excessively
painful.
O. Was Mr.. Fisk sensible at the time OF death ?
A. No, sir.
q. How long had ne been senslble' A. Until four
| O'Clock in Tie morning.
O. Then IL Is your opinion that after Colonel Fisk
received the wound IN the abdomen under no cir
cumstanccs could he possibly recover A. That Is
my opinion, sir; think he died OF the wound, and
| nothing cse
O. Don't you consider that the length Of time Mr..
| FISK survived showed great vitality A. l think 1t
| did show Great vitality