The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-29
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Examination Of Witnesses Continued
Further History Of the Shooting.
FEKS C0ACHMAN ON THE STAND.
The Grand Central Hotel and the Morse Family
In Court What About That $l,5OO!
WAS COLONEL FISK ARMED Z
The Tell-Tale Revolver and Deadly
Bullet Put in Evidence.
Counsel for the Prisoner Develop
ing Their Line Of Defence.
RULING OF THE COURT THEREON
The Crowd, the Excitement and the
Scenes in Court.
The Tell-Tale Revolver and Deadly
Bullet Put i'm Evidence.
Counsel for the Prisoner Develop
ing Their Line of Defence.
RULING OF THE COURT THEREON
The Crowd, the Excitement and the
Scenes in Court.
NINTH DAY OF THE TRIAL


The crowds that yesterday clamored for admit
lance to the Court where the Stokes trial is being
held were tenfold greater than on the previous day.
and, If possible, ten times more fierce In their eff
forts to force their way past the officers who kept
guard at the doorways. In fact it was found abso-
lutely necessary during the forenoon to have twelve
to fifteen officers on duty in the corridor in the
vicinity of the entrance SO as to insure the Court
against an invasion by the hundreds who swarmed
IN the Railways and whose numbers were con-
stantly increased as the day wore The officers
OF the Court had their hands full to preserve order
ana prevent serious disturbances arising from
THE GENERAL CRUSH;
but their good humor throughout never gave way,
and the vast throng that managed to push itself
into The court room proper was made as comfort
able as circumstances would permit. When Judge
Ingraham arrived and the Court was formally
opened every seat, in fact, every available space OF
standing room, was occupied So packed was the
crowd that at one time locomoton from one side of
the room to the other became matter Of utter i'm
possibility The chief attraction with the hundreds
who succeeded In getting in, and with the by far
larger number who were unable to pass the
guard at the doors seemed to be, judging
from the tone OF the conversation on all
sides, Mrs. Fisk. Stokes, 1t would appear does not
''draw" on his own account as he did some time ago
when the tragedy was fresh In everybody's mind,
and Of course the appearance on the scene of any
new characters, or rather characters that had not
shown themselves in the since the trial was first
begun have become stronger In their attractiveness
TO the curiosity than the old ones. Thus
1t was that on Thursday Mrs. Fisk was the central
ngure, and that yesterday when the crowds poured
IN tlad in Inn
question was asked time and again
by the new comers "where is Mrs. FiskP
What kind Of q looking woman Is shes'
Mrs. Fisk however, did not put In an appearance;
and the morbidly curious who cared more about
1easting their eyes upon her. crticising her every
movement and commenting upon how she COM
pared In looks to q certain other party whose
name has been incidentally mentioned during the
proceedings in the Court than they did to listening
TO the evidence were, therefore, sorely disap-
pointed Indeed, many who had fought like tigers
In the Railways to get in hurried out as soon as
they learned that she was not presents and 1t may
be stated just here that the better portion OF the
audience were not slow in expressing their belief
that Mrs, Fisk would have done herself great deal
more credit had she never shown herself in Court
ut all.
THE AUDIENCE.
Murder trials as general thing are remarkable
for the attraction they prove to the rough and
Of the city. The corner oafer and his equally vaga
bond coyrere, who make it daily habit to squat In
grogshops from early morn till they are kicked out
into the street late at night the lowlived thief OF
the downtown purlieus and the better todO Toby
Crackit who ogles you and your watch chain from
''cub' house stoops uptown in the evening time as
rule make up the great bulk OF the court house
audiences when the details OF "spicyn murder are
being sifted and a fellow beings life is at stake
but somehow this trial OF Stokes is exception tt
the general rule as far as the spectators are con
cerned who have been In constant attendance
Indeed the quasi responsibility OF the audience sc
far has become subject of general remark, ant
yet how it happens that 1t is SO is rather Of mys
terry. One would think that, in the general rusi
that takes place every day in the Railways and In
the Juggling and hauling which man has to sub
NIT to at the entrance II he has perseverance
enough to even fight his way as far as the
threshold, the rougher portion of the crowds
would in the end gain the mastery, and that the
so-called respectable would-be spectators who dc
not care to join in scufile for any purpose with
the oafers would not at any time have many rep
resentatives in the Court Still, as has already
been mentioned, the facts show the usual everyday
Court lounger class to be in the minority. II may
be that the whole thing Is owing to the discrimina
tion of the officers OF the Court, not to say any
thing OF the police Off GERS stationed outside the
doors At any rate no one seems to grumble al
the turn affairs have taken in this respect and 1t Ia
hardly possible that anybody who has occasion to
attend the trial hereafter VIII find fault with the
condition OF things II IL lasts well to the end OF the
trial. There was larger number OF
LADIES PRESENT
yesterday than on Thursday but 10 must be said
that the majority were OF that lean and anky class
OF an uncertain age who, not having anything at
home to busy their minds, no babies to care for or
S e make Sn cUa1 they
scandal and horrors become Of necessity the
general theme of witness and counsel There
were, to be sure, among the number yester-
day few who would not be libelled by being called
old and who call art to their aid in various ways
the more loudly to proclaim the fact to every
iooker-on, but with one or two exceptions they
were the same individuals who were to be seen
doubt will be seen at every trial for years to come
which promises developments that make nervous
peoples hair stand on end or arord
THE SCANDAL M0NGERS
rood for tea-table gossip for months afterwards.
The more snowy ones OF this species OF the court
lounger--and they have not forgotten their old
tricks during the past few days--always get them
selves into as prominent position in the court
rooms as possible and as near the prisoner as the
ting noticed in the papers To effect their purpose
they always wear the same kind OF Dress Haunt the
same colored ribbons and occupy the same seats.
Besides, they always put on sentimental look, and
pass their time in wtstfuy gazing at the prisoner
N lie be q man. This Kind OF thing never passes
without general notice, and OF course, II the artu
dodgers get put into the trial accounts as ian In
teresting blonde" 20 bcwitching looking brunette
deeply interested In the prlsoneru and the like the
next day makes them all the more notorious, and
so the trial logs along, the prisoner and themselves
about evenly dividing the attention OF the audience
OF curiosity hunters.
THE WAR OF WORDS.
The witnesses who were examined during tho
day. with but one exception, did not AFFORD the au
dlence az much interest as those examined yester
day, who testified TO seeing the killing or FISK; but
they we're the indirect causes OF several graDdiro
quent splurges on the part OF the counsel for the
prisoner which, II they did not Interest At least