The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-01-19
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The news comes from New York
that OH tic 9th inst Col. James
Fisk, Jr, was shot and probably
fatally wounded by Iidwarl s.
Stokes 1t seems that after the
close OF the Fisk-NIanSfeid case, in
the afternoon, Stokes repaired to
the neighborhood OF the Grand
Opera House, Twenty-thiri street,
where he remained until Fix left
the building in a carriage for the
Grand Central Hotel fer the pgr-
pose Of payiag a visit to a Miss
Morse. stokes,lid not follow him.
but went directly tothe same hotel,
arriving some twentyminutes before
Fisk did. On arriving at the ho:
tel, Col. Fisk entered by tie pr;-
vate entrance, and after making
some inquiries and giving some d.
rections to be carried to Miss Morse,
by a boy whom hc casually met,
started to 50 up stairs, and Lad
gone abont two steps, wheH, look
ing up, saw Stokes at the head of
the stairs, who instantly fired two
shots from q pistol at Fisk, tie
first passing into his body two
inches above the naval, the other
penetrating through the right arm.
Fisk leaned up against the wall
saying, 81 am hurt; | am badly
wounded" Stokes in q few Sec
onds walked coolly into the ladies'
parIor, where he threw his revolver
on the sofa ,tlieuqu:ckly pass?l down
the staircase leading to the Office,
As he passed the office he fa;d, q
guess there's somebody hurt up
stairs" He then broke to run to-
wards the barber shop. The pro-
prietor the hotel having Ecarl
tie pistol reports, shouted to the
porters, etc., to "Stop that man"
They took after him and caught
him just as lic turred into the bar
Der shop, and>brogght him back
and detained him until an officer
came. He was then taken to the
Fifteenth Precinct Station House
where lie was locked up in the Cap
tail,'s room in the meantime,
physicians probcd Fi>k's wound,
aid failing todiscoycr tie bali, pro
nourced that the chances were
against his recovery. Fisk heard |
the decision calmly, sent for Dudley |
Field, who drew up his will, which
was duly attested.
The rews flying over the city
created intense excitement, especial /
ly among politicians. IN q quarter
of an hour after the occurrence, tile
hotel was bcsicged BY a multiNide
clamoring for intelligence, and
large force Of police had to be de-
tailed to prevent iutrudcrs from en-
tering the wounded man's chamber.
VIM. NJ. Tweed, Jay Gould, Peter
b. Sweeney, Miss Morse and her
mother and several of Mr.. Fisk's
Iamily were the only ones permit
ted to enter the room.
fincc writing the above, we have
news conoborating the main
eatures of the case, and stating that
Col. Fisk died about nineteen hours
Ifter receiving his wounds. His
'oolness and fort;tude remained with
i'm to the last. In his will he gave
in Naragarsott steam
hip shares to lis sister, Mrs. Hook {
Y; to his father and mother So ,00Oa
ear each during life; to each Of the
'iisses Morse $4,000, and to tho
linth Regiment New York Mill
ia, of which he was Colonel, $l0,-
100. The pmaiu1cr of his nroDcrty.
to a large, hut unknown
I,n,, to his wife.
His remains were placed in the 4
)pcra House, where they remained 9
! state and were visited by $4,000
eople. Tie funeral took place on q
le 9Th. Not less tlian 100000 b
coplc crowded the streets on the $;
The procession was over a
mile long. Fisk's Dartnnr. Jay u