The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-01-27
FISK'S MURDERER
The Career of Edward =. Stokes.
From the New York Herald Ian


Edward $. Stokes was born in Phlla-
delphia in the year 1871, and is now in
his thirty-frst year His parents were
people LII very comfortable circum-
stances, and moved III the best society
III the Quaker City. When quite a
young lad he came to this city with his
family, and many of our oldest citizens
will remember the firm of Stokes &
Budlong, the principal member of the
firm being the father of Edward S
Stokes. Stokes was always IN early
life fond Of athletic sports, and until
lately was considered a good gymnast
10y those who knew him best He was
educated al the High School III Phila-
dolphin, and received a frst-class
English and Latin education He
Nas quick to learn and very
proficient in his studies He was
With his fathers firm in the provision
business IN Chambers street, in this
city, at an early age, and manifested
great energy and business tact. He
rad one great fault, however. His
blood was hot, and being of a nervous
temperament, he was liable at any
moment to break out when he deemed
himself imposed upon ar outraged
sie has always been sensitive to an iu-
suit and quick to resent an injury.
Stokes is 5 feet 9 inches high. and
weighs about 40 pounds He is slightly
built, but IS very wiry and Quick on
his feet. in conversation he talks yerv
quickly and 10 the point, and hurries
his affairs through as rapidly as posi-
ole. Stokes Is a man of fine personal
appearance, of dark complexion, with
piercing black eyes and regular Tea
lures. His hair, which was let black a
couple of years ago, is now partly gray.
and We're it not for his active move
ments he would pass for a man Of
ID years Mr. Stokes married a
lady of good family some ten
years ago, and has by her on,s
child, very beautiful girl Of nine
years of age. In June Of last wear.
Mrs. Stokes, who was in bad health,
VISITED Europe to seek some benefit
from the mineral springs OF Central
Germany, and when last heard from,
Is late as Dec. }, WIS in Paris. The
family, while III New York, had m
elegant suite of apartments at the
Worth House, corner of Fifth avenue
and Iwenty-sIxth street These apart
ments were furnished with every article
OF luxury and refinement that taste
could ueylse, or that money could buy.
Nearly Il year and half ago Mr.. Stokes
became acquainted with Mr. Fisk, and.
through the introduction of the latter.
ne made the acquaintance of Helen
Josephine Mansfield An intimacy
sprung up between the two which has
resulted In the shooting of James Fisk,
yesterday evening, at the Grand Cen
fral hotel. This fatal intimacy was
the cause of serious trouble between
Edward Stokes and his wife. 1t is hard
TO tell II there is any real feeling of at
lection on the part of Helen Mansfield
toward Edward 5. Stokes, but last eve.
alng she, confessed herself too unwell 70
see anyone. Everyone IN New York is.
OF course, familiar with the suits and
counter suits, OF the three principals
Fisk, Mansfield and Stokes-which
have hurdened the courts aud the
newspaper columns for year past.
Stokes has always asserted that Fisk
had robbed hum OF a fortune of 5000
600 accumulated III the oil refinery
business, which was the Joint property
OF Edward Stokes and his mother. He
was arrested by Fisk last year, and
was made against him of fraud. This
charge fell to the ground, and Stokes
has SINCE sued Fisk for false imprison-
ment. The Fisk Stokes war has con-
tlnued III the courts for nine months,
and, while Mr.. Fisk has had all the
power of the Erie Railway corporation
At his back, the funds Of Stokes have
been decreasing day by day, owing to
the fact that he had to pay heavy law
yers fees to carry on the suits. Stokes
has expended IN lawyers fees during
the last twelve months nearly
N3S,0h, and this contest has BEG
CARED HIM and rendered him desperate.
He has often said to the writer of tins
article, " This Is a fearful fight that /
am carrying on, and have no one to
help me; but ] will never give up until
! am ughted. Fisk, through his law
yers, has endeayored to make me an
pear dishonest IN the eyes of the PEG
PIE of New York, and | will not Weld
one inch of my rights, or one dollar of
the money which belongs to me He
has also frequently stated that he was
afraid of being asssassinated by some
u Mr.. Fisk's employees, aud has
shown the writer a pistol which
he carried IN his pocket to defend him
sell IT attacked. In addition he has al
ways, night and day, had some friends
IN hlS company to prevent attack, as
he sad that he did not wish to be
taken by surprise as Samuel Bowles
was some time since IN this city. The
quarrel between the two men has been
very much embittered by the woman
Mansfield, who has served to fan the
embers of the feud whenever it was
dying out
DR.. SYLVESTER has been Investigating
Euler's theorem, which the enunciator
rested entirely on intuition from com
paratively small number of instances,
that every even number may be de
composed into a sum of two primes.
lie has demonstrated a preliminary
postulato, and hopes to find a general
demonstration of the entire problem,
as Well as means of assigning exact
llnlts to the number of solutions in
each particular case.
PARTY of hunters killed nineteen
=" IN Sioux county last week,