The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-01-12

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when first shot.
At eight o'clock there was little |
change at half-past eight the doc |
tors consulted, and at nine o'clock |
suppressed the excitement abont |
his bed which was almost too in
tense to bear.
at half-past nine, friends were
permitted to go to his bedside, and |
he thanked them for coming. At
ter this the rapfdity of the decline
showed more strongly than ever
before. 4LG
AT ten O'Clock thsre were eager
and hushed whisperings, as it was
told in every ear that the end was
surely drawing nigh.
At half-past ten O'Clock he lay
scarcely knowing that there was
any one ministering to him; he
turned his face to the wall, noticed
no one and ceased to breathe at
quarter of eleven.
THE BODY
will be conveyed from his late resi-
dence, No. BIB West Tventy-third
street, to the New Haven depot at
two o'clock on Monday morning.
THE FUNERAL-MILITARY HoNoRs.
The funeral will take place at
Brattleboro, Vt, on Tuesday at one
o'clock p. m. The brigade to which
the 9th regiment is attached has
been ordered out to escort the re-
mains to the depot tomorrow, the
9Th acting as q special funeral es-
cort. The officers of the brigade
will wear the usual badge Of mourn
ing thirty days.
THE MURDERER PLACED IN A CELL.
Stokes was taken to the tombs
this morning and placed in cell in
the second tier, where the worst
criminals, are confined.
HOW THE DEATH AFFECTED HIM.
When he heard of Fisk's death,
he expressed regret and said he
did the deed in state of frenzy.
PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
The Indignation of the public
finds vent in general wish that the
criminal may be tried, convicted and
hung without DELAY.
NEWSPAPER COMMENTS ON YIsK's
MURDER =
The Journals comment on Fisk's
murder, and say the cowardliness
of the act produced its first fruits
IN the public mind by awakening
for Fisk a widefelt sympathy.
There II, nothing in the case to dis
tinguish il from murder, for which
death on the gallows is the penalty,
if convicted. 10. %
The Times pronounce the MUIR
derous deed brutal and cowardIy,
and says it will attract toward Fisk
an amount of public sympathy to
which no part of his career has en-
titled him. 1-- s-s .r..-.-
The World says: In the act may
be seen, in its most accurate type,
the spirit of those martial murders
which disgrace our pretensions to
civilization, and whatever the mis-
cradle results of this business may
be, 1t will have one beneficial result,
that of enabling those who cannot
see that murder is murder, when
perpetrated under tho spacious plea
of upholding the ssnctity OF mar
rage, to appreciate the same crime
| when perpctrated with the view of
concealing concubinage.
PROVISIONS OF COL. FIsK's WILL.
The following are the provisions
Of Col. Fisk's will: Mrs. Hooker,
his sister, receives 500, 900, in the
Naragansett Steamship Co., shares
his father and mother receives $4,000
q year each; to each Of the two
Misses Morse he beQueathed $4,000
a year to Ninth regiment Su,000.
This gift was made q week ago, but
was legaiized last night to his wife
he bequeathed the balance of his
property of all kinds to Jay Gould,
for whom he entertained the warm
est and most disinterested friend
ship, he left his personal effects and
entrusted to him "the labor oflove'
as it ia called in the will, OF carry
ing out all his (Mr. Fisk's) projects
in regard to public improvements.
Mrs. Fisk inherits all her deceased
husbands shares In the Eric rail-
lroad. ..-
| THE FUNERAL.
NEW YORK, JANUARY S.-The
statement of the arrest of the sup
posed accomplice OF Stokes is IN
founded. The chief of police states
that there was no accomplish. .4..v
Some fifty thousand people view
ed the remains of Fisk before its re-
moval from the opera house. The
body was dressed in the uniform Of
expression of pain. but otherwise
natural. His cap and sword lay on
the top of the casket- A large num-
Dor Of prominent citizens Joined in
the immense assemblage, which
Il l., n@kw
and two O'Clock, the catafalque with
the body was brought out and the
procession started at two O'Clock
from the Grand Opera House. The
streets and avenues were jammed
with at least 10000 people, the 9th
regiment in full force. The scene
was magnificent and impressive.
Denunciations of the murderer were
heard in all places. A large body
OF police headed the procession,
which marched in the folio wing or
der from the Grand Opera House
A double platoon of police; the full
band of the ninth regiment playing
the dead march; pallbearers; about
one thousand Eric officers and en-
ployees then the ninth regiment
with full ranks and arms reversed ;
next came the hearse followed by
Colonel Fisk's favorite black char
ger. Following were the officers
OF each regiment of the national
guard and a long line of carriages,
among the foremost of which were
Jay Gould, president and other ON
GERS of the Erie road. The whole
| procession was over a mile long.
All windows, balconies, stoops Of
houses and all walks of the streets
and avenues were crowded with
spectators. The procession pro-
ceeded to the New Haven depot,
where the remains were placed on
a train, aAd accompanied by the
officers OF the ninth regiment and
various committees, left for Brat
tleboro, Vermont, where the funer-
al ceremonies will be held, none
having taken place here.