Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-07-11
Fisk..Stokes.
THE TRIAL PROGRESSING = TIE STORY
TOLD BY 6ToKES-MRS. MANSFIELD
EVIDENCE.

EVIDENCE.
The appearance of the principal sur
viving actors in the Stokes-Fisk tragedy,
in Court on Monday, created intense ex-
element. We present the main part of
their evidence:
Josie Mansfield, accompanied by two
women, was elegantly dressed, and in
tently watched the prisoner. VIM. Bal
ley, recalled, testified that Stokes said to
him that he wanted to go to the hotel to
see a lady he had met at Saratoga.
STOKES TESTIMONY.
Stokes was the next witness. He said
he was 81 years old was born in Phila-
| delphia; lived there twenty years then
came to New York: engaged in various
| kinds of business until he became ac-
| ouainted with Fisk; in 1869 went into
the oil business with him, until June,
| 1870, when Fisk turned him out. He
was then going on to give the character
of the various business relations with
Fisk before the homicide, when the
prosecution objected. A debate ensued,
after heated controversy between the
| opposing counsel, Stokes gave in detail
his movements on the 9th Of January.
He said: ''When passing the Grand
| Central saw a lady to whom | bowed
and took off my hat.
HOW TIE SHOOTING OCCURRED.
told Mr. Bailey I had met her at
Saratoga. and asked him to come over
with me; he did not, and 1 went over
myself: | might have ran across the
street | went up by the ladies entrance.
and when I got up saw the lady come
out of the parlOr: she turned away her
| head and I saw ] was mistaken. and !
started to 90 down stairs, when | saw
Fisk coming up stairs; he made a rush,
and when he got to the platform he
pulled out his pistol could not by any
possibility be mistaken ! saw if as plain
! as anything | ever saw; it was a silver
mounted pistol | was on q line with
/ him then. as | jumped aside and said.
'dont fire" and pulled out my own pis-
tol and fired ! had it in my outside Goa:
pocket. or | would not have had time
/ enough to draw it: I leaned on the rail
and cooked it with one hand and fired ::
ho held his pistol in both hands. and as
fired he cried. "Oh.' he didn't staggeT
much at the first shot and fired again;
( ! knew he would shoot if didn't fire:
. was three or four steps down he drop
ped his pistol on the stairs after the
second shot: there was no one near at
/ the time; am certain that the boy Red
/ mOnd went out on the street after the
first shot: | walked away after the sec
ond shot and met Hill: l told him a
/ man bad been shot and to 90 and ggt a
7 doctor thrn walked down s'aIFs ana
Said sohclhlh9 10 man "noLI hiel
never dcnIed 10 any one !hat / slioi
INN; leit somewhat nt"hoered amer
+ Inc occurrence i hedrd iot OF pe'Pl.ea
say. hey want You. ana / oon
EEpo" "nt'AeF l was laheh oul ny Tie
/ -hrTCtT street OF bIo!""at eIi''aICt-
uIa not go near 'be iaIies la,IioI I'll
al nor IhF"" away my pI~Ioi; tle 10Y
IiAt' was h"' near Inc sho9hn- al
tx uIi h"l say %, on: on p"- h'i'
did not mean To Nill FISK; / brIi"FrG
ms pistol Wa loaded or he would hoJ
have drawn H.
= f"f "hal purpose ai@ N"t l'5F-
Cu3'' 'Hat IiNl'L .QL'9'l"!i 'E''t-',9''- .
" IjhFSS-oh L hai lhal pl''"l Il i"a-
time: l dId not expect 10 meet fisn III
the h"tei: ! GA NOT sec MS caffi'-.
coming; l had cane ia my hahd ami
h"t very c".9IiCll'""7, "l'''''' I'd"
HH'I' Oh itI'h I''iN,.' LOT ",'N"i- 80" ''..
road: also wore driving -Iof'1 "g'"E'
meeting hlm ON mat daF recrI'fd. DID,
nlrrouS warnings that he threatened I'D
have INV life, and the last threat hr"r'
OF was on the 27tho' December; i9'.iN
that was the Hr~t time had seen INA
Sii IT,. That threat.
lAe court here took recess.
..,,or r.rrav ua,y ,.spy ur ,-,..
Miss Mansfield sat with a fan In one
haad and a smelling bottle in the othnr.
listening to the evidence. When Stokes
entered the court in the morning he
bowed, and she returned his salutatinu.
aud then remarked TO Miss WI
E4:n-- Poor f.1fn1y how, tr-e,- bp f.. gee