New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-08
ANTE-MoRTEM STATEMENT OF FISK.


Coroner Nelson w. Young was the first Of
Acer 10 arrive and from those present in the room and in
the corridor adjoining the following gentlemen we're SCI
eced the jury
Isaac W England q 10 ~ East ThirtE,aini9st
william o. Chaplin OF No. 173 ElghthaVe
John l. Hall No. l7s Iayst.. BT09hyn.
Or. Z. T. T. Marsh Of No. Al West Ninth-st
The Jury having sworn the Coroner proceeded to
uterrogate the wounded man, the usual formula being
observed:
O. What ia your namei A. James Fisk r.
O Where do you liycl A.N0 5l3 West Twenty thirdst.
q DO you believe that YOU about to die from the
q. Have you any hopes Of recovery a hope so
O. Are you willing TO make true statement OF the
n,anuer in which you received the in1uresf A. am.
The usual oath wasI then administered 10 him, after
which he made the following deposition
This afternoon, at about O'Clock, rode up 70 the
trance and when entered the first door met the boy
OF whom inquired IL Mrs. Morse was in. He told me
out but be thought the other daughter in her
grandmother's room asked him to go up and tel the
daughter that was there. i came erOugh the other
door, and was gong upstairs, and had gone up about
Two steps and on y, &c. looking up ! saw Eiyard $
noticed that he had something IN his hand and second
ste m sbdome on te T sp ac aoiu S aster
heard another shot, and the bullet entered my left
When received the first shot staRgere and toward
the door but noticing crowd gathering in front,
back the stairs again was then brought upstairs
brought before by an officer for Identification. fully
Identified Edward Stokes as the person who shot
After he had appended his signature to the deposition
Fisk became faint and stimulants given him by
the attendant surgeons.
The iury rendered the following verdict:
ave find that James Fisk, jr came to his injuries IVY
rtosn OF wounds the hands Of Edward & Stokes at
tho Grand Central Hotel, Jan. &, 1872"
At the conclusion Of the proceedings IN the chamber OF
Fisk Coroner Young proceeded to the Mercert Police
tSor b4
TO the Captains room. The Informed him that
he had taken the antemortem statement Of Fisk, and
as required by law, would question him az TO his
quit. Stokes replied quietly, have been advised by
my counsel not to any questions or make any
statement in regard 10 this affair and mus. therefore
refuse 20 answer" The Coroner made out commit
and placed IL in the hands Of Capt Byrnes and the
prisoner was again escorted 10 his cell.
YIsK's ROOM GUARDED THE RING.
While the described TRANSPORTING In the room
OF the wounded there gathered around his bed
side and in the adjoining room a number Of men prom
nent In political and financial life Among them
william NJ Tweed and Jay GOuld fellow Directors Of
Fisk and David Dudley Field, counsel Of the Erie Ring
r NJ simons, Managing Director Of the Narragansett
Steamship Company, Mr.. White Treasurer OF the Erie
Railway Company, W. II. Morgan. Homer II. Lane, Mr.
Barr and Mr.. Sseon and others, prominent for their
connection. IN one capacity or another with the Erie
Ring There gloom resting on the faces Of ALL and
"a evident anxiety as 20 the result OF the shooting
From the first momeEt Of the arrival OF Jay Could who
was brought from the Opera House by Fsks driver
after l was sn0 strict orders given that but
those attached the Erie Railway In some capacity
slOuld he admitted Policemen were stationed at the
various atrcases and person was allowed 10 ascend
without paas frome clerk or proprietor Of the hotel,
and at the door Of the wounded mans another
tae relnsed admission those whom jay Gould did not
care TO See Tweed himself, once anPOwerful had 20
AXE his way TO the bedside by the permison OF tho
maepate Of Erie. The room was guarded by the Exc
Ring aa strictly az that OF the dying and deirous James
Watson was by the TAilmany hing leaders year ago.
and probably from the fear that the dying man
night in moments OF de,irium, betray some Of the Erie
saGTets which he shared.
TIE WOUNDED MAN SLOWLY SINKING.
Thus strictly guarded the wounded man was "atched