Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-01-10
Assassination OF Flsk.


lcsst Is inmates, pacing mcsu,.us 4,
uti down the uaiu s.1F5i1r Of tas ~
On the var.0r fUor. Tais corridor -
story above the street, is PARALLEL -
Broadway. sul a. iis northyrs rsI
reached By ihe ladies staircase fros Il.
street Passing ani rcpss'u- tie 40
Of this staircase. Stokes glanced iafii7.I-
down the stairs each time. His a-tftb,.
the moment attracted liiilr aueuiio5 !,
iherc was nothing striking or u1ar,,l
about them. Mills hc thus l1it.-4
James Fisk. Jr., drove up 10 a csui,.,
to the ladies 5s0r. Stepping cut II Y.
carriage aud walking hgi,kly acrs,, A.
pavement, he passed ;hryugh the o.,
door Of the hotel
Up seven steps from the street ,bs-.
is small Landing. Reaching Thu. "a
happened 70 glance upward, and tb,r,
saw a well-drcssed man. wbor, he ih,,sr,.
Is recognized as Edward 5 Stokes. e,s8.
ing at the head Of the stairs. This ms,
had his right arm resting on the ,tani,,l
at the head Of the stairs, aud Fix no,;s.
ed that there was something in the ri,b,
hand. Before the victim could rec H.,
this something was pistol, without
word having been uttered hy either q,
the men, Stokes. seeming to take deIIber.
ate aim, fired The shot struck him in
the left arm another Immediately follow.
ed it, striking in the abdomen, aud P.k
cried out "for Gods sake, will auybJiv
save M ," Stokes glarcd al him fsrcs.
~, fred another shot, aud then turned
and ran up the stairs. At the top Of
staircase he was met by a gentleman WHO
had heard the reports and was hurting to
fad what the matter was He passed
Stokes and saw nothing singular 10 bis
appearance. Fisk was still crying. 70,
Gods sake, will anybody save me ~
Strokes stopped moment TO be sure
his shots had taken effect, and then CON.
posedly went into the ladies parlor AMI
threw the pistol down on the sofa, and
hurried down the staircase leading to the
office.
The shots had been heard by the clerks
and proprietors, aud as Stokes hurried
down the stairs and through the hall,
they cried out to the porters, Stop that
man !" Stokes was at once surrounded and
detained until officers from Fifteenth Pre-.
cinct Station house could be obtained to
take him in custody.
The noise Of the firing, and the general
excitement that followed drew number
Of guests and servants to the scene of the
tragedy where Col. Fisk was found IN
great agony, but perfectly cool and col
lcctcd.
lie was aware of his condition and cave
hasty orders to send for a number Of peo
pie, first among whom was Mrs. Hooker
his sister, for whom he has ever manifest.
cd great affection.
Fisk was hardly undressed before Dn
Foster, Wood, Trikler, Taylor, White
and Marsh arrived, who examined the
wounded man, and pronounced against
his recovery. During the whole exanin.
alton Fisk behaved with great fortitude
and bore the verdict of the physicians
calmly. He Immediately sent for David
Dudley Field, and upon his arrival made
his will, in which he lett the bulk of his
property to his wife, who had been tele.
glaphed to come from Boston,
Callers began to arrive in large num-
bers, the first moug whom was Boss Tweed,
Jay Gould, Peter b, Sweeney, Miss
Morse and her mother, whom he had
come to visit, and several Of Mr.. Fisk'S
family, were the only persons admitted
to the dying mans chamber.
Coroner Young having been sent for by
Supt. Keso in view Of FiSk's critical
the following anti morton
statement was made by the wounded
man -
James Fisk, Jr., being sworn, says
al feel ] am in very critical position,
| hope | will recover. This afternoon
- O'Clock, rode to the Graud Gen.
trail Hotel, entered by the private en-.
trance, and when | entered the first door
| met a boy of whom inquired if Mrs .
Morse was IN. He told me Mrs. Morse
and her youngest daughter ha gone out
but thought the other daughter was III
her grandmother's room. asked him to
go up and tell the daughter that | was
there.
| came through the other door and was
going up the staircase, aud had got up
about two steps, when, looking up, | saw
Edward S. Stokes ut the head Of the
stairs. As soon as | saw him | noticed
he had something in his hand, and in
second of time | heard report, saw q
flash, and felt ball enter my abdomen
on the right side. A second shot wa
fred immediately after which enterei
my left arm.
When [ received the first shot, stag
gered and ran towards the door, but
noticing crowd gathering in front,
ran back on the stairs again. | was then
brought up stairs in the hotel | saw
nothing more of Stokes, until he was
brought before me by the officer for iden
tifcation. fully identify Edward
Stokes as the person who shot me.
(Signed) JAMES FISK, JR
The jury found verdict in ac,ordanc'
with the above facts.
VIM. NJ. Tweed and the other prom
nent Tammary men who called, expreSsei
great solicitation at Fisk's condition Jay
Gould called Sunday morning, being el
ceedingly nervous and troubled 1t )
said that when Gould entered the room