The Portland daily press., 1872-07-09
NEW YORK.
A Horrible Affair.

NEW lVIOAs
Horrible Affair.
New YORK, July S-John Fallen and Cor
neius Leary, two butchers of HOboken, had
fight yesterday at the slaughter house, which
being unsatisfactory they adjourned to the mead
ow where they fought in the presence of several
other butchers with slaughtering knives. Fal,
len had his bowels ripped open and died, and
Leary fled, but was overtaken by the police and
captured Leary's wounds are SO dangerous
that he is not expected to live
Congress of the Internal oaaIs.
A Congress of Internationals commenced
their sessions here yesterday. Twenty sections
were represented. A communication was re-
ceived from the section in San Francisco, de
failing the bad effects upon labor in California
by Chinese emigration, stating that there were
one hundred thousand Chinese there, and pre-
dicted that they will in short time monopolize
all the labor in the manufactures etc., and that
they are under the control of six emigration
companies who imported also thousands of
Chinese women who were prostitutes. They
appeal to the working men of the east, and say
if this emigratng is not stopped blood will flow
in the streets of San Francisco. The Congress
resolved to ignore politics and other disturbing
questions and with this view are perfccting
new plank of organization
Gre ley Bitter Dose for the World.
The World betrays indications of boiling
Greeley's nomination. 1t says: "Barnum new
er offered anything quite so odd and monstrous
as the entertainment which has been arranged
at Baltimore" 1t compares it to hungry an
aconda about to swallow a stag-hoofs, horns
and all-when it costs the anaconda its life to
do so.
The Stokes Casc-StOkes the Stand.
This was the most interesting day in the
Stokes trial. The presence of Josie Mansfield
attracted many to the Court. The Judge adj
mitted the testimony of Bailey as to the words
used by Stokes just before he entered the Grand
Central Hotel. Stokes said he saw lady whom
he met at Saratoga and wanted to see her.
The prisoner, Stokes, was placed on the stand.
He testified that he was 81 years of age, lived
| in Philadelphia twenty years, then came to
New York. First became acquainted with Fisk
July, 1869.
| The defence then undertook to ell icit from
| witness what business transaction he had with
| Fisk claiming in response to the District At
| torney's objections thereto that this evidence
was admissible under the plea of insanity. The
| evidence was excluded by the Court.
Mr.. McKeon held that the prisoners mind
was affected by his losses with Fisk, and which
he could not regain owing to a corrupt judici-
| airy.
Mr.. Beach, for the prosecution, said there
had been no foundation laid for plea of in
sanity. He defended his position as private
counsel, and referred to the good points of the
| deceased.
| After a heated debate between the counsel,
the Judge excluded the testimony bearing on
! the hallucination theory
| Stokes was then put on the stand and made
| the following statement: He testified he was
witness at Judge Bixby's Court ON 9th of JAN
uary in the case of Josephine Mansfield. He
| left Court with her and her cousin Miss Will
| liams, and went to Delmonico's where they had
some oysters and ale. After launch he went to
| Rufus S. Andrews office to ask him about the
| Indictment t.
Ques.-What did you say?
District AttoIney-I object.
Mr.. Mckeon-Are you going to exclude this
| conversation?
Judge Ingraham-I told you before that YOU
had no right to ask the District Attorney aues-
| tions of that kind.
Mr. McKeon-If this man had been tried six
months ago he would have been hanged in ten
| hours.
Mr. Tremaine-The witness can hardly saw a
word but what he is met with 81 object OBJ
| ject."
| Mr. Andrews told me there was no possibiltv
of an indictment against me to go to Provi-
| dence. l afterwards went to Mr.. Bixby and he
| told me the same. then took a coupe at the
City Hall at o'clock and told the driver to
| bring me to the Hoffman House. On arriving
| there went to get some papers relating to my
| case at the Board of Appeals in Providence and
found a telegram which 1 had sent l talked
with the clerk of the hotel ard Mr. Cottrell
and with MIR. Motley in relation to some wit
nesses that wanted, and he told me where
they were to be found, at the corner of Amity
| street and Broadway l remembered also that
had left some papers Miss Mansfeld's and
told the driver to go to No. 359 West 23d street,
| her house, but on arriving there saw that her
house was shut up, and knowing her to be ill
| went away again, not liking to disturb her
looked up at the Grand Opera House. always
did when passing it. Then drove down, in
tending to see MIR. Smith and Mr.. Ferris. When
came to 4th street l tod the driver to go on
7th avenue, it being smooth pavement, and
on coming up to Broadway 1 got out and
walked up to Chamberlain & Dodge's. Saw
Mr. Smith and talked with him for while and
also with Mr. lngraham. Then went towards
Amity street to see Mr. Ferris l met Mr..
Bailey and told him was going to get some
tickets to the Black Crook. When passing the
Grand Central Hotel saw a lady in the win
1 dow to whom bowed and took off my hat. l
told Mr. Bailey had met her at Saratoga and
asked him TO come over with me. He did not
and 1 Went over myself l might have ran
across the street. L went up by the ladies' en-
trance, and when got up I saw the lady come
out of the parlor She turned away her head
and saw that was mistaken, and L started to
go down stairs when saw Mr.. Fisk coming up
stairs. He made rush and when he got to the
platform he pulled out his pistol. l could not
by any possibility be mistaken. saw it a,
plain as anything ever saw. 1t was silver
mounted pistol. I was in a line with him Their
so 1 jumped aside and said "don't fire." and
pulled out my pistol and fired 1 had it in my
outside coat pocket or l would not have had
time to draw it. 1 leaned on the rail and
cooked with one hand and fired. He held the
pistol in both hands, and as / fired he CRIED
''Oh!' He did not stagger much at the frs
shot and l fired again. knew he would shoe
me if did not fire. I was three or four step
down. He drop his pistol on the stairs afte
the second shot. There was no one near at thu
time. am certain that the boy Redmond wen
out in the street after the first shot l walked
away after the second shot, Met Mr.. Hill; told
him man had been shot and to go and get
doctor. then walked down stairs and said TIN
same thing to man whom met 1 never de
MED to any one that shot him. L felt some
what bewldered after the occurrence. hear,
a loo of people say "They want you," and
don't know whether / was taken out by tn
Mercer street or Broadway entrance. When
was confronted with Fisk he said "That i
Stokes" did not understand him to charg
me with the shooting
Q-If you did were you prepared to ask hin
whether he hadn't drawn pistol?
Al was, sir.
Question and answer excluded)
did not go near the ladies' parlor at all O
, throw my pistol on the sofa
Q-For what purpose did you purchase tina
pistol? Question excluded.)
Witness-Oh, l had that pistol a long time
did not expect to meet Fisk at the hotel
did not see his carriage coming. Before meet
ing him that day received numerous warning
that he had threatened to have my life, and til
last threat that heard of was on the Goth @
OecemDer, ana MINK lnaJ was the nrSt tim
l had seen him since that threat.
t The Court here took recess.
Miss mansfield sat with fan in one han
and a smelling bottle in the other listening t
= the evidence When Stokes entered the couI
in the morning he bowed and she returned tn
salutation, then turning to Mrs. Williams II
marked, "Poor fellow, how grey he is" Sll
wore large gold cross on her breast and heav
e gold bracelets on her arms. After the reces
g Josie stood up, and followed by her companion
sailed out of the room with the air of gran
duchess. Her appearance excited a most ez
traordinary sensation, and a crowd rushed afte
her to see her down stairs. After the reces
$ another tremendous sensation was created b