New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-09

not: he was so nervous excited that he could not
rest az all; usually he was very quiet; he was always
tired and wanted to go 70 Sleep and that night no oouu
Q. When you saw pistol in Flsks possession about
the 10Th OF December had you seen one PRIOR 10 tha
| time in his possessloni A. Yes, sir
| Q. On how many occasional A. Several ,,,
q Was any person present at any time when Fisk
showed these besides yourselfi A. Yes, Sir
| q. whoi A. My cousin, Mrs. Williams; am referring
| TO about the 18th November
| MISS MANSFIELD CONSTRAINED.
| Crossexamined by the Dlstrict-Attorney
Q. You say you him have pistol on several DIFF
ferent occasions was it always the same pistol A.
| think
O. How long do you speak of A. Ever since we came
| from Jersey City In 1863
| O. How many pistols did you him havei A.
should suppose eight or TEN he had seven presented to
him, and they accumulated at the house during the
o. DO You know OF his carrying pistols or did he al
ways leave them at homei A. He carried them, but not
always he carredthem on several occasions; on &
and when he went up to Albany on the susquohahha
O. DO you know whether he carried pistol on other
occasiOnsl A Yes, Sir; when were IN jersey Uity'
and when went away travelling to Niagara Fails
| o. what month was that A. September 1870.
| Q. Was Col Fisk a man of quiet habits A. "hS' 10
@ You remarked that he was ordinarily quleti a:
the s eT 6y eG was he Was very quiet
very he was usually very tired at night time:
| @. How long did you say you had been acquainted
| with stokesi A. Since February. 1869.
Q. And with Fiskl A. Since February 1867.
O. How long had resided in that housef a. Inree
O. was that the house where you say you had the
| vefsatiOn with Col. Flskl A. Yes, Sir. 49,,
O. Do you recoect the day you were up before Judge
| Bixbyi how long time the last day. A. Yes, Sir;
was examined that day Mr. Beach conducted the cross
examination think it was about o'clock p. m; that
we left there think Col Fisk there once or twice
but not the last tme the first time appeared In court
q on this day ofthe examination did youlea anybody
at your house except the servants A. No, Sir the
house was closed that day, and when came home had
terrible headache no one called that afternoon except
| beggars visitors that afternoon at all
| THE SHOOTING COMMUNICATED TO HER.
O. When did you first hear OF the shooting a. About
G O'Clock not until between and o'clock
| O. How did youhear of it, A. newspaper reporter
came TO the for intelligence and cousin went
to the door she aud told me of It, and did not
Q. Have You ever the prisoner since that day 7
| A. Never until toby.
O. Did you FIX after the shooting and before his
ue O. Did you see hin after his deathi A. No. Sir.
O. You never hay, seen the prisoner until this day
| A. Never.
know whether tp 9th Of January last Mr. Stokes had
any papers OF his inyour possessoni A. Yes Sir; be-
| lieve he had in the safe that was IN the house.
O. will ask younow. connected with another por-
ton Of this case whether Mr. Fisk was temperate man
otherwise faI drinking Is concerned lObected
Mr. Townsend-ye have in evidence that ten ounces Of
brandy were given 10 him want to know what sort OF
man he regards the OF spirituous liquors JOB
lection overruledl. A. do not consider that ne was
| moderately.
yGq Mr. na stGsss and
Hotel Philadelphia, by Harry Harley; he was intr9-
duced being I'm the oil business with Mr. FISK; ala
| not know what his position was.
O. You have given the occasions Black Friday, also
OF the Susquehanna difficulty are there are any other
times OF special difficulty when you knew Col Fisk car
RED pistol A. When he had the difficulty with the
O. Any other times A. No, Sir; these the State
| occasions lLaughter.l 80
BY the Distric! AttorneyQ Are you acquainted with
|
| that his handwntingi A. That looks like it,
TESTIMONY OF MRS. NJ A. WILLIAMS.
| Mrs. NJ. A. Williams for the defense-Q. Has
your residence with Mrs. Mansfield for time
| past7 A. Yes Sir; residing with her in January
last have been residing with her for three years past
O. You are a cousin fhers. you mott A. Yes, Sir
O. Have you It any time heard Col Fisk make threats
against the prisoner that you have communicated to
hint A. Yes, ST., have.
O. On how many different occasionsl A. On several
occasions.
O. What was the character Of those threatl a. Those
threats were with regard to his life.
O. | will ask you, Miss Williams. whether you
saw that paper beforel A. docking at paper shown
to Miss Mansfield while on the standl. Yes, Sir
O. When did you that and where, aud under what
ercnmstancesf A. think Doy carried !. TO MISS
what this meansl" took verbal answer down 10 the
boy have no doubt In my mind that tha Is the paper
had conversation with Mrs. Mansfield in reference to
that visit of Mr. Fisk that evening after she received It,
O. DO you know whether or not what she stated to you
ton she had had with Col FIski A. 1t was communi-
Gated to him.
Q. Had you ever seen any pistol in the hands Of Col
Fisk A. Yes, Slr
O. Please state how recently. as you can, he
fore his death 4 think one afternoon when no was
O. We're YOU present at any time when ANYTHING was
said with reference to having Stokes raroaded to State
Prsoni A. Yes SIR, was; in the front parlor Of Miss
Mansfelds house; that was year before the killing.
TESTIMONY OF ROBERT F. sTABOR.
Robert f. stabO., merchant, residing in New.York,
testified: Have known the prisoner since 1866;
him on the day Of the alleged homicide about 1920 before
the shooting in Broadway; standing by the
trance OF the Southern Hotel next door to the Grand
Central Stokes the east side OF Broadway going
down. he crossed to the Grand Central Hotel and
entered Fsks carriage after he had entered about
four minutes should say; did not him get out Of
the carriage but saw him after he got out; when Stokes
entered the hotel Fisks carriage not in sight;
him turn 60 into the hotel, and took stage;
did not hear OF the shooting until about o'clock the
next day.
TESTIMONY OF w. F. G.. sHANKs.
W.T. G. shanks sworn for the defense, testified: am
connected with THE TRIBUNE in the capacity Of City
Editor and have the management Of the City Depart
ment; know the prisoner have known him between
eight and ten months; saw him in October, November,
and December last; he once came to THE TRIBUNE
Office to get an affidavit published, which declined to
do; left the Office with him.
@ Was anything said to you at the time OF leaving
TRIBUNE ote by Stokes in reference 70 being fol-
lowedi [0biected to-
Mr. Townsend-I propose to show that Mr.. Stokes
came there matter or business and upon leaving
there with Mr. Shanks stated TO him that ne then
followed by emssares Of Fisk that this gentleman did
not believe him at first but after walking with him
distance became convinced OF that fact,
The Court-Such evidence has been excluded two or
three times III you can show that these persons
employed by Fisk TO follow and watch the movements OF
Stokes, you do
MIR Townsend-I can by recalling Miss Mansfield.
That lady requested TO stand in her seat and
questioned:
Q. Did you inform Mr. Stokes Of any statement
made TO you by Col Fisk that he had placed persons
upon the track OF Stokesf A. Yes, Sir.
O. Did you communicate that to Stokesl A. Yes, Sir.
q When. a. q can remember1 A. During