The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-01-18
From the New York Herald 7th lnst.
MURDER OF EiSA
A FARSI AND A TRACED :.
Fisk's Dying Sta oeG.onU.

and, alas like thousands ot Other cases, th'
al.uring iufuenvc'of inyeiy woman has been
chc r.addenng cause that h:'s brought about
this almost tragedy. Mr.. Fisk had the mis-,
frtune Somc;sle ago to become infatuated
about Mrs. Josephine Mansfield. This lnfat-
ua}inu 50 grew upon him that it appeared as
though, had he been king instead of Q
prince" he would have declared to Mrs.
h:anSiicid Il de crowns resign to call thee
mirc' lie did give mp great deal to her,
and lie no; only enriched her. but made her
,t3c coufdant of his remarkable schemes of
g 4antic speculation, and it is said of politi-
"a, ;nauipuiations. The course of this infat-
nation and passion did not run smooth, and
'Gerc was ultimately a disagreement that re-
8. IN c:trange. ent, and under hostile in
t.,o,ces ut, something that looked like vim
1i,t;vsness and enmity. The consequence
If all this was th,,,t Mrs. Mansfield was dis
carded 1t is said that green eyed Jealousy"
brought all this billing ard cooling to an un-
t;mely end. and that if Mr. Fisk had not ia
.vored another lady of whom he became
eoually enauored, Mrs Mansfield would have
been his true-love until this day. She be-
came acquainted with Mr.. Stokes, and wo-
man like, spited her old lover by taking a
new cne. This irritated Mr.. Fisk and ny
way Of obtaining the sweetness OF revenge
he became nlixsd up with Dir. Stokes mcr-
.aatilc concerns, and eventually the latter
was arrested for embezzelment. Then COM
nenced the tug Of war. From the gllded
parlors and bowers oflore in the tweuty-third
street mansion, the fierce fight was transfer
re t, the law courts, to elimination in the
D ,blic prints and to threatened publication
O: compromising correspondence. In this
G lcounter Mr.. Fisk seemed to be getting the
best of it, when yesterday evening he was
struck down by the hand of his cowardly
enemy, who played most efectually the role
FAN assassin. Whether death, the great
lcveler of us all; will bring this fierce and
bitter controversy to its own final appeal on
Mr. Fisk's case will stand in doubt, in all
probability for several days yet 10 COME
MIR. Stokes will have to answer for his crime
in any case, before jury of his peers, and
to him will be meted out even handed JUS
tce. He had very few friends in this city
lust night, and the corridors of the hotels,
and especially the Grand Central, from eve
to early day showed by their crowded appear
ance, how one touch of nature makes the
Will. -Nnr,l k:H,a and that the dastarll:acss
of assasSinat1onsuppressed the feeling OF CON.
tempt which Mr. Fisk's questionable practi-
ees of speculation have so universally aroqs-
ed, not only in America but in Europe. The
Ia It consultation Of tho physicians last night
W ,ile it gave no positive hops of recovery
of Mr. Fisk, indicated that thore was good
re ,son for hopefulness. Like the late Mr..
Richardson, Mr.. Fisk's condition will for
S me time stand trembling between life and
d ,ath. and the public will in their excite
pcnt have to lca,n to wait with a sublimity
of patience, that will try the moral strength
of the best conditioned natures
THE SHOOTING OF MR.. FISK,
Col James Fisk's private coach drew up
half past four yesterday afternoon in front Of
tie Grand Central Hotel on Broadway. It.
was about the time that New York's great
thoroughfare presents the pleasautest sight.
Men ofbusiness were walking leisurely home
ward, troops of ladies were lingering among
the glories of the shops, stated carriages
lined the curbstones waiting thd pleasure of
tn .ir mistresses, and the colors and soundsbf
.e were more subdued and harmonized than
at the buster hours of the day. The rumble
ofvehicles was not so noisy, For the heavy
d ays ard tracks had done their incessant
dragging hither and thither, and had left
Broadway, going home through the bye
ways.
As Mr.. Fisk's carriage dashed over the
pavement before reaching the hotel, guided
dextr, usiy through the tide Of other vehic-
les Il coupe at some distance in the rear
WI seen following in mysterious manner.
U.. the box sat an upright and sturdy look
i,g ulan. lie held the reins firmly in his
b ids and seemed to be looking continually
a. The back # the head of the coachman
W !. Was perehed upon the stylish equipage
of the Prince of Erie. All the way down
Br Dadway this curious proceeding was con-
I!!r,ed i few blocks from Bleekcr street
t;r door Of the coup was flung open and a
m n sptang quickly out, reached the side
Hal> aud ran swiftly through the moving
+ ryng Of pedestrians in the same direction
! Which the carriage had hitherto been 60
jig. This man was Edward Stokes, knowa
t, the world by this time as the bitterest en-
emy Of the man who had been riding in ad-
vance of him in his glittering carriage and
challenging public observation of himself.-
D.rtipg through the crowd he ran for some
distance until he reached the entrance ofthe
Grand Central Hotel He passed into tn!
main corroder jpst as the carriage of Fisl
stopped in front; then went up the stairs
and it was observed by those who saw hin
that he was very pale and much agitated.-
No one fanciea, however, that there wa
much significance in this fact, and so tn
momcntary surprise of his hurried ingres
passed only like ripple over the minds o
those louuging near the door.
Stokes ascended the stains to the first Zoo
and then went down the ladies' private stail
way. He reached the first landing.
Fisk had entered the vestibule and wa
-. .bo .o,-on efanc which lead fo th