Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-01-18

whereupon Mrs. Mansfield instituted the
libel proceedings of the Yorkville Police
Court. which are still pending.
Mr.. Fisk's statement to the Coroner is
to the effect that he had come to the hotel,
and made inquiries as to whether Miss
Morse was in. and being answered in the
affirmative, proceeded up the stairs. lie
had no suspicion that any one intended
TO harm him. When about on the flrst
landing he saw flash and felt something
strike him upon the abdomen. Before
falling he recognized Stokes rs his assall-
ant He did not again see Stokes until
he was brought before him to identity
him. The evidence of the boys IN the
hallway corroborated the statement OF the
wounded man, and the jury rendered the
verdict that Fisk had come by his injuries
at the hands of Edward S. Stokes.
NEW York. January :.
A few minutes before II o'clock
this morning James FISK, Jr..,
expired. All that unremitting medi-
cal skill and attention could do had
been done. but of no avail. Jay Gould
was in attendance from an early hour this
morning. His face wore, while there yet
its usual calm expression. No sooner had
Fisk expired, however, than Gould's for
ttude gave way, and his grief found vent
in tears.
The news of Fisk's death spread rapid.
w. and everywhere produced profound
sensation of deep regret.
The scene in and around the room
where the body lay was touching In the
extreme 1t became necessary to admit
up stairs only those who came at flrst on
business. Notwithstanding this, very
large number of friends of Fisk and guests
of the hotel viewed the body Many ladies
were among them. Later in the afternoon
prior to the removal of the body to Fisk's
late residence, the general public were adj
mitted to view the body At 6 o'clock
this morning the first ominous change APP
peared in the patient, although not per-
haps the first indication of his final end.
He grew little restless; his face had a
greater pallor, his breathing was less easy
and regular On feeling his pulse DR..
Fisher found it was more rapid,-very
nearly 100 At half-past 6 O. clock Colonel
| Fisk said something in broken tone, and
then closed his eyes. The change in his
| face had become more apparent. The
| pallor was more deathlike, and moisture
appeared on his forehead. Thepulse was
over 100, and the doctors stood by the bed
| side watching the patient attentively. AT
| 7 o'clock it was first announced that he
was fast sinking. and that the danger OF
| sudden ending of his intense
agony was very great. His pulse
was at this time 100. Dr. Fisher went
down stairs in a hurried manner, and
| asked something of the night clerk, and
then went back again. He looked very
| anxious. At "a quarter past seven Mrs.
| Fisk arrived. She was admitted first into
| the anterior and afterward into the bed
room. Mrs. Fisk was terribly agitated at
! the bedside of her husband. This scene
was the most heart-rending of any that
had yet taken place, and those present
could not suppress their emotion. The
| doctors were appealed to by the wife to
give some little hope, but they gently in
| Dictated that they dare not say there was
any chance of life. Fisk was not much
moved at the moments when he was cog
infant of bis surroundings, but seemed
never deserted by the GOODNESS and forti-
tude he displayed when first shot AT
eight O'Clock there was little change. At
half past eight the doctors consulted, and
at nine o'clock the suppressed excitement
about his bed was almost too intense to
hear. AT half past nine friends were per-
mitted to go to his bedside, and he
thanked them for coming. After this
the rapidity of decline showed itself
more strongly than ever before. AT ten
o'clock there was an eager, suspended
whispering, as it was told in every ear
that the end was surely drawing nigh. At
half-past ten he lay scarcely knowing that
there were any ministering to him. He
turned his face to the wall, noticed no
one and ceased breathing at a quarter
of eleven.