Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-01-18
MURDER OF COL. JAS. FISK, JR
Detailed Account of the Assassination
Origin of the Difficulty Between the MUIR
derer and his Victim Provisions of Fisk's
Will. ETC..

Detailed Account of the Assassination
Origin of the Difficulty Between the MUIR
derer and his Victim Provisions of Fisk's
Will, etc.
THE SHOOTING. 80
James Fisk, Jr., was shot twice, by
Edward Stokes, at the Grand Ger trail
Hotel, New York, at 20 minutes past
on Saturday afternoon, the 9th inst.
Fisk had just alighted from his carriage
at the hotel entrance, and was ascend
ing the stairs to his rooms, when Stokes
came out of an adjoining passage way,
unperceived by Fisk, unbuttoned his
coat, drew revolver and rapidly dis
charged three shots. The first lodged
in Fisk's shoulder, the second whistled
close py his head, the third, with more
fatal direction, took effect in the abdo-
men, inhicting mortal wound. Fisk
evidently recognized his assailant before
falling, but made no remark. Imme-
diately after the shots were fired the
hotel employees rushed to the scene.
While some cared for the wounded man,
others seized Stokes, who, seeing escape
was impossible, made no resistance. He
was promptly handed over to the police.
Fisk was quickly conveyed to his room,
where the surgeon of the hotel was soon
in attendance upon him, and all that
unremitting medical skill and attention
could do was done, but without avail.
He fingered until few minutes before
IL o'clock on Sunday morning, when he
breathed his last.
THE PUBLIC FEELING.
The news of Fisk's death spread rap
idly, and everywhere produced a pro
found sensation of deep regret. All the
aspersions that his enemies had heaped
upon his character were in moment
forgotten, and only his noble qualities
of head and heart were remembered
his frankness, his generosity and his
charity. The scene in and around the
room where the body lay was touching
in the extreme. A very large numbe,
of the friends of Fisk and guests of the
hotel viewed the body, and later in the
afternoon, prior to the removal of the
corpse to Flsk's residence, the general
public was admitted.
TUE FUNERAL
took place at Brattleboro, VT, on Tues
day, at o'clock p. m. The brigade to
which the Ninth Regiment is attached
escorted the remains, the Ninth acting
as a special funeral escort. The officers
of the brigade will wear the usual
badge of mourning thirty days.
PROVISIONS OF FIsK's WILL.
Mrs. Hooker, his sister. receive:
100000 in Narragansett Steamship
Company shares. His father and mother
receive $1,000 year each. To each O
the two Misses Morse, his slsters-in-law
he beqeathed $1,000 a year. To the
Ninth Regiment, 1000. To his wife
he bequeathed the balance of his prop
erty OF all kinds. To Jay Gould, TO
whom he entertained the warmest ant
most disinterested friendship, he lief
J his personal effects, and intrusted t,
him the labor of love, as it is called il
the will, of carrying out all his Nj
Fisk's) projects in regard to public i'm
provements. Mrs. Fisk inherits all he
deceased husbands shares in the Fri
railroad.
ORIGIN OF THE DIFFICULTY.
The origin of this difficulty date
. back nearly two years. Col. Fisk an
, Stokes were interested in an oil com
pany which furnished all the oil used b
the Erie Railroad Company. Fisk an
! Stokes became intimate friends. Stoke
seemed smart, energetic young mar
! and grew rapidly in Fisk's favor. Tn
! profits of the Oil business became yer
great. Stokes became frequent visito
, at Col Fisk's rooms in the Gran
Opera House. They were continual
! together. So intimate were they tia
> Stokes repeatedly dined with Col. Fis
at the house of
MRS. JOSEPHINE MANSFIELD,
{ who was Col. Fisk's mistress. The Co
! onel became acquainted with her acc
! dentally when she was in want, clothe
: her in silks and satins, sprinkled he
: with diamonds and other gems, CAV
!, her a rich mansion with brown ston
= front, furnished it sumptuously, an
placed carriages and servants at her di
! posal. So infatuated did he becon
+ that he repeatedly appeared in publ
with her, despite the earnest protest
y tons of his friends. He laughed
!. the newspaper exposures of his shsm
= and was finally debarred from fashion
= bic society. Col. Fisk's friends wei
!. deeply grieved, but they remained tr,
q to him, for whatever may have been b
q faults, he always stood to his friends
# the last.
STOKES
is about five feet nine inches in heigh
His body is well knit; his head is co
1t cred with glossy curls his complexic
N is clear; his features regular, and b
70 ewes dark-blue. His forehead is wild