Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-09

Preside in $50 TwCniythird street: after the
suit in the lOrkyille police court | received Il
note from Dir. Fisk asking an interview in my
house; in consequence OF that note he called at
my house about hall-p ten O'Clock at night:
the note is endorsed by me: Received December
18th"
The note was here offered in evidence and ex-
cluded.
Q.-What did he say?
Ale said that unless | turned to him he
would kill Mr. Stokes
Odd he not take ont pistol?
Ale took out his pistol at the time; it was
nee pistol, silver mounted, and, think, with
an ivory handle; he said ''You had better re-
lease me from this, think" | said. .'Yes if
you come out publicly and acknowledge that |
was right, and that the atfidayitS against me
were fraud. He said as far as he was personal
~ concerned ne would, but there were so many
persons involved nat he couldn't do so. Then |
said | won't withdraw. Then said he tol,ino
out the revolver will kin Stokes and there will
be btoodShed before you get thronub told
MIR. Stokes, and advised him to be careful ON
another occasion, MIR. Fisk showed her atidayitS
which he got up against the character of Mr.
Eaton, at the same time admitting that they
were false, and that Eaton was an honorable
man. Alter that he came in one day and was
very excited and told her that blood
was to be drawn. The first blood
he ever drew; he went out and came back ut
twelve CLOCK very nervous and pale and told
her Mr. Eaton had been attacked, but whether
he was killed or not he couldn't tell; then he
was very nervous and couldn't resi-. tbourh
usually he was very quiet man and ALWAYS
wanted TO go asleep Oaughter); Mrs. Williams,
my cousin, heard him threaten TO kill Stokes
Fisk had eight or ten pistols they were accu-
mulatlng in the house, us he got presents of
pistols; he used to carry one after Black Fri
day, and at other times. | knew him since No.
vember, ~, and knew Stokes since November,
69; resided in 23d street three wears; he was
usually fired when he in 20
sleep, but ordinarily he was an active man; MIR.
FISK did not call to my house on the day of the
shooting the first she heard OF the shooting was
at half past five or six O'Clock; a newspaper
reporter called around and spoke TO her cousin,
Dut witness dld not go down TO see him about il.
10 Mr.. Townsend.-Mr Fisk was a very
moderate drlnker; | was introduced to Mr.
Stokes by Harry Hardy of the Erie railway,
who Is interested in FlSk's oil business; Fisk
used to carry arms at the time of the Susque-
hanna, Pacific, and Jersey City difficulties. and
at other times, but these were state occasions;
never saw Stokes since the shooting until to.
day
Marietta A, Williams, cousin of the last wit
ness, testified that she communicated to the
prisoner the repeated threats by Fisk against
his life; she had frequently seen Il pistol with
Col. Fisk; she heard him, in the front parlor
say 10 Stokes that he would railroad him to
state prison; she was in the parlor at the time,
at the suggestion OF Mrs Mansfield; this was a
year before the shooting; she still lives with
Mrs. Mansfield, and Mrs Mansfed's mother.
the lady now in court
Robert +. Stobo testified that he is merchant
residing in New York; has known Stokes since
| 1896; on the sixth of January he was near the
| Grand Central, and saw Stokes coming down
| with friend; saw him bow and point towards
somebody IN the hotel, and then 20 inside; saw
FISK carriage come down Broadway immedi-
| ately alter tine carriage was not in sight when
| Stokes entered; did not hear anything about the
shooting until eleven o'clock next day
W. f. &. Shanks, city editor of the Tribune
| testlhed that he has known the prisoner between
| eight and ten months; in December last Stokes
| called at the Tribune office on business.
At this stage, Fisk's note to Mrs Mansfield,
| Can you arrange to see me either early or late
| TINS EVENING" If SO, state the hour and place
| Yours, y
Was put in evidence. Mrs Mansfield was also
asked whether Fisk had told her that he had
put persons on Stokes track, and whether she
mad told Stokes. She replied in the affirma.
| tive.
Mr.. Shanks then related how the prisoner
and hewere walking up Broadway; Stokes told
! him he was followed witness noticed that two
men went after them everywhere; wherever
they stopped the men passed and halted
| II they turned back down Broadway
the two men came after Them Mr. Stokes told
him he was afraid of those two men, and thai
| they were Erie detectives; he took carriage and
| drove away, as the best means OF getting rid of
them; has met the prisoner at Mrs. Mansfield.
when he called there on business
| Cross-eXamined-Our intercourse was of a
business character except on this occasion;
Stokes had not desk in our office where he could
write letters.
Court adjourned.