The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-04
THE FISK MURDER.
The Trial Of Stokes.

NEW YoRK, July 3.-The court room
was greatly crowded to witness Stokes
trial. The first witness, DR.. Marsh, testi
fed that lie attended the post nl0rtem OF
Firk's body. In describing the coursC
taken by the bullet in tho abdomen, hI
judged the death Of Fisk was caused BY
the shock. a. = t.r.
Patrick McGowan, testified to helping
arrest Stokes. The prisoner told Mr
Powers, there was q man shot up stairs
to send for q doctor, and at the same mo
ment, Thomas Hart ran down stairs
and said there is the man that sho
him. The witness and two others, followed
Stokes to the barber shop, when they said
we want you, and / returned with them
without making any remark.
Mr.. Powers asked Stokes what he shot
Fisk for, but obtained no answer. l
DR.. Fisher gave the details Of the med.
ical proceedings In behalf Of Fisk up tc
the time Of his death. His testimony
shows that o considerable quantity ol
magenta solution was given Fisk until
4:15 p. NJ, when Fisk asked for
water; he took the glass, drank 1t and soor
alter fell asleep; he remained unconscious
until he died. Witness attempted TO
rouse him by rubbing him with ammonia
but was unsuccessful; believed the death
OF Fisk was caused by the shock from q
wound in the intestines; considered tue
wound mortal as soon as he saw the Colo.
mel. Witness gave his testimony from q
memoranda, which, upon cross.examina.
tion, proved to be copies of the original
made at the time Of the murder.
The Court ordered the papers to be laid
aside. Sf
In the Stokes case this afternoon Mrs,
Hooker, halEslster to Fisk, testified to the
relationship. This closed the case for the
prosecution.
McKeon made the opening speech for
the defence. He traced the movements oil
Stokes after the examination in Bixby's
court, first to Rufus I. Andrews Office to
enquire If 1t was true that Fisk had got
an indictment for discriminating against
him, mentioning as his reason for asking
that he wanted to be in Providence, R. l.,
on the 9th TO attend an arbitration on d
trotting case. Andrews told him he
heard nothing. Mr.. Bixby, Of the grand
jury, whom he next visited, told him there
was no truth in the rumor. Then he
drove in a cab to his residence at the
Hoffman House and told q gentleman,
would be produced, that he had
come for the papers in the trotting
case, he got them and drove down Broad.
way to Mrs Manfelds residence for other
papers, but seeing the blinds closed and
knowing she was i'll he did not 60 in but
ordered the man to drive to the Grand
Central, he had not tracked Fisk the
whole time and gave the driver no direc.
tions as to theroute and the cab went
by different route from what Fisk took,
afterwards in getting out oil the cab an
acquaintance walked across the street
with him and Stokes said he thought
there was lady saluted him from the
ladies parlor up stairs, that knew him
and would go and see her, he went by the
ladies entrance and went to the parlor;
looking at the lady saw that he was mis-.
taken; he was returning TO his friend, and
on the head Of the stairs he saw Fisk
coming; his first impulse was to go down,
and he went step or two down, then
paused, and at the same moment saw Fisk
taking out his pistol, and, as il in the act
of cooking it, knowing the desperate
character Of the man he had to deal with
and knowing that Fisk had threatened
his life, he pulled out his pistol, (which he
carried in selfdefense the whole winter,
and rapidly fired two shots, then walked
back and descended the main stair case;
not soul under heaven but the two saw
what happened; on his way down he
told one Of the servants to go and look
alter man who was shot,
! In conclusion tho counsel dwelt on the
admissions Of the witnesses for the prese.
cution. As TO the rumors OF Fisk having
been armed, he regretted that the District
Attorney did not bring forward the par.
ties who took charge of Fisk's clothing,
and assured the jury in addition, that
some Of Stokes relatives had insanity,
and that, Stokes mind was upset since
his incarceration by Fisk, on a charge oil
embezzlement, so that his love for his
father was turned TO hate. The prisoner
OF this point trembled and shaded his
eyes.
The Court adjourned till Friday morn.
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