New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-13

u - ;;s,o ,n,t ritoI. II ii, evidence OF the
eoacnman is correct. F,sk returned 10 the dor,
that sSa p t1s% in his pocket or he I'D door
he might have put into the Pocket OF a SaPs a. we
any evidence OF satisfactory character 10 oIelto
9s ss Sa%S the e%dDg OF se Of the
that there persons IN the room Dr. Mhae
wood An immense crowd from the street came rushing
the hall 1t couldn't be otherwise Inc inIeenee
The pistol may have been picked by persons from the
street II may have been picked up ana osse 70
press by tranSpOsitiOn wnlch IL "a sd ~
explain Aud 1t matter which we are not pouhu 10
explain. - - -,
This is the testimony Of Moore, connected with the
mousse driver OF carriage belonging to the Orahu 0o
trail Hotel rushes that room at the time; heeoe
up to the deceased taking him by the arm ana ASKING
him II be is hurt; and what does Fisk say1 ne was
toe Quick for me this time" What does that meah'
fair Interpretation as It understood by The prs,
and by everybody who has heard Of II Is III hs h"u"
And here take occasion TO say. that while have
criticised somewhat freely the action OF tue press
aSknoweSemehts to the daily journals OF this city for
the fairness with which they have e bdS baaS ns
10 retrieve the wrong done far as they could me
c cy and Of Integrity: and with nconsiderabe
exception they have treated us Win alInesS'
naners fT we We're entirely convinced of integrity.
ieeng sure that II anything was said to pTeludCe y0
minds yen would reject it, and rely solely ana excu'
syey on the evidence
FIsK's THREATS.
In the second place YOU have right TO consider the
threats necessary for me 10 read the author
ties subject because his Honor admits that you
are bound to weigh them. You have the testimony OF
Josephine Mansfeld who had more humanity than the
man who has come to grief that the prisoner believed
he had enemies who plotting MS life The tcstl-
pony OF Miss Williams proves the same tact 1Oh nave
the testimony OF the prisoner establishing the same IaCi
You have the testimony Of the prisoner that he oeete1
the deceased was on his track that he had set
price upon his head, and that he was, Obliged Obliged
andI that he has employed to assist him, and
that he has called their attention 10 those tH
fed that Fisk had pistols every contingency,
He had pistol. which was seen on the night Oh me
18th of December, which cOrTesp0nded III genera
description with the pistol seen IN ms hands but ~ IS
enongh-he had pistols M5n.hgId VINO az; tI od said
tells YOU that on important occasions he Always "'"0U
himself with pistols r,sx ,s.M,v
The counsel referred 10 the attack on Dornan b.
Eaton and continued What nextl You are to consider
the character deceased that character was re-
vealed TO This prisoner when he met him ON the stair
case The prisoner that he knew his character TO
be that of a vindictve reyengefu unscrupuous man.
who would hesitate at nothing to accomplish his pur,
poses when he made that attack on his character G9d
dead The DstrictAttorney has said have no right
murder an because he Is pa9 s9 h Of am
Yet when that character interests the prisoner
IT, We challenge him to give evidence to sustain his
character He had right to put witnesses on the stand
man. but that his character was that OF
peaceable, humane, law-abidng citizen .t,, nave
Whore were the that in his life were accustomed to
chow the hinges Of the knee TO n nm mIeIe Wbers
is William NJ. Tweedl They rallied round his bedside III
the hour of his supreme peril. Where those men
that knew MIN in life, and had enjoyed his hospalities
his bounty Where are the men VINO ave tH U
splendid state dinners that he gavel Not one. was
there he found who would say word fOr ther
T6ese are the circumstances under which these men
If there ever in the history OF criminal Jnrs
prudence case where pistol aa JGSnaP Ps
Do you ask me il Justify murdert no; ont g gem
can do in scfdefense except to fire pistol at his
A soArHING INDICTMENT.
Who was James Fiskf What his character as it
stood revealed TO the prisoner ia the lights surrounding
him. when these parties met on the 9th OF January,
1927 Ihaye already taken occasion to say that under
the restricted enforced and properly enforced by
His Honor we we're not able to gather before all
the evidence desirable show precisely what he was
the prisoner understood hm bnt 'hnE IN an con
science that nsS S Ssen had
ground apprehend design to inhet great personal IN
Jury and to believe that the design would be ac
We have shown to you that the great chief of the Ring,
possessed a vindctive and dangerous character
famed in office under the operation Of the Classification
act. when be comes TO die, the two men VINO neld SUI
preme power ut that tme-tne head center OF IamnAy
the President OF the Erie Rlwaywere found eatn
Raiiway Offices bandits as those the and
mountains Of Greece and Italy M He engages
singing and dancing women, and carries in con-
nection with the Erie Railway opera house.
ana employs an interpreter FROM Belgium to carry ON
communications between himself and these women ne
desires military man, in furtherance OF his other
designs and causes himself TO elected 10 the head Of
regiment in this city, and j. called Col FISK He gives
dinners at which Judges Of the supreme Court
regards political leaders and political organizations
his purposes He nolds them like pieces Of
before he seeks obtain control OF the currency OF
rassments following the Black Friday" further
the strength and Of the associations with which
he was connected. He fees TO New-Jersey, rOOs the
Pacihc Railway, makes upon the Albany and sus-
quehama Railroad, organizes an attempt TO murder
where his wife lives, and another in New,YOrk. lie
lives In regal spendor. HIS coaehman exqtngly too
You ne had three men under him in his stable Two OF
his Vaets have Dee1 brought before you portion OF
hinted AZ knights OF the chamber surrounded him as
they surround prince; he had great number Of ser
the New testament he had his mnlOns around him, and
saying 10 THIS come and he cometh, and to another
The powsr Of this through the Erie corporation.
with its extending all over this country with ITS
capital and many branches welded by him and his
associates Rome in the days OF her decline with all the
examples proigacy and RIGHTEOUSNESS ON the part OF
her nobility. presented such instances as is shown
in the life and career of this man Born
brain which the physicians exultingly declared
to be equal 10 that of Websera these natural powers
and abilities that should have been made useful TO his
country, his fellowmen and his God, prOsuted in
that demOraized struggle for wealth in which there is
throughout the carrying of the doctrine that you
must get money honestly you can at any rate get
it," Women found where he pursues his haunts. He
desired Mansfield TO return. She declined. / am glad
that his wife has satisfied her of duty by appear
ing the fret day OF this and has left this court
RETRIBUTIvR JUSTICE.
This man. with all this power, with all this enginery,
turned his batteries against this poor and weak prisoner
a the bar Jealousy, perhaps entered into the hostility
and bitterness that he entertained toward this prisoner