, 1873-01-06
THE BITTER END.
Stokes Convicted Of the Muir
der Of Jim Fisk.
A Further Stage Reached in the Great
New York Drama OF Crime,
Brief Resume Of u Remarkable
History and It's Moral.

Rrfrf 1fcal1np Of a. 1farnor1ro11n
,I,.4. So,
4s@o1S ""se A'9 'Aoii'''
Eu"a1a aeokos LBS poo" oonF1c.ou W "o"
YORK Jury, OF the murder OF J'm eihk' tho acc
gnu tf1a@ OF LILO ca0o' ihe llaS"flgh's only tol-
no" INC natnral contao Oh human events "hoh
Hno't mimic dramas o!oso Win nnal disposition
o1 chafactofa anu tne curtain 1e.la upon vice
Ranishea anu '1rtno fowaraou: bus mover was
aromatls1 30 Vohtufosomo anu oaf'ng IN nls
amaginings as to group auch sharp short, ana
eapid catastrophea ~ haVo o'ortaaen the actors
IN 1ho !ato gfoat NC" 10TH drama OF aHsuo'a'oo
acounarolla"a ana cflme' out 10" mon'hs aeo
sHhoy a'i ooro themselves pla'1.s puto.o ~ .uo
1ootneata anu "oh' through 'notf patss ~ ~ .no
1aeo OF M auo1oheo, o'e1 wnoln h"opt ~ 1no
~ ."'o''oA7 ,Ae's4 .s' ,uA -
kEomor nna grave a'arm' "o n"'o noYer "on-
noreu 1has the nste'ap' u ING n'''ios thoa'ios
20 or1ne ou' eoun1oiious p,osons
neut VI LIB ""'oe' "Ao
f1sk upou tno,r poaras, was ~
etset 1alu'o' ~ noeooo ~ iv7e 'u"" WV 'o'u"1 ~
Eneatfo oi eso"e c''S a,io III sni't n"uo " 40
ooJuncts u ne.ula' 6te"sness ~ supply tno Ausa'
P1opcrtieb' anu paeAstou.iu ioi tao sol'to'il"'on
i1So"Fo tilnt a'o tusta.5 A'ea1'u ""e.. 1no
nHlnoe " osoAes a.'o risN NO ie'.,.u t".'u
as inc hea'y sn.a'i; nau' eonnony, 4na tlo
fes1, n's too's r'hA Us uasn4n6 "to.bn'o4
e!'noi "ue, a'so..''o>4 "''n 4A'oo' "oa"b o"s
Fno pufposo u 'no f4os n'olo 1n'A ~ aaua1
"tnso neay " ts'A'uoo ''o'. "n> ''"'''s'1,s w.
mon, to till up tho "ings anu aef'o as chorus.
AT ono time, not many mouths ago, it seemed as
u all tho old true prccepta Of "De rirtuous and
~ We. i,as,,.;,a ,.a1,o. ha1 ora;,,, y
cy, IA poot po6innA's 4u""o' 'ao oNa't'e'
had boon nbrogated, nnd that unblushin8 vice
and open rascality woro quito as safo, aftor all,
40 that tho unblushing and open features wore
1aaa,,, o,,aarvod ,voo;1 ard hia fo1lowora rf,a,
,oae'y opao,sou a.a 4''1 ~. rs",'
Enc monoy'chest o1 Nc" 1ofk' JIM e4aH aha hls
accomplicos wcro plucking stolen railroad.
Each apparently hold tho courts In their loashos
nnd the best legal talent Of Now York at their
command. ---,,
It was High Carnival of unmaskcd crime,
and seemed uuasBailab1e throughout Home Of
sbo EARLIER acts, And then that yeueeance tho
anc'ents pictured as Ne,acs,s began u a. appear IN
tho plot. The fall OF tho Iammany hing ID ono
of tho memorable events of the local history Of
Now York, Tho complete discontinue and
c;.,,. ~ ~, boraod eceomn1icoa +l,o rench;ng
~ -, ,,,s.;oo NJ t,,fa a;do ind that that rono
should escape, tho degradation from his high
office OF the infamous Judge Barnard, the death
nf NrcCunn, are all historical, And early aud
a,r;f. ,,;t,, t;o 7not;,o mi ~ ratrihut;on cano
~ Ia,. frars n,,rto~ ~ uno-noc.od
tho fate OF flht, from quarter 30 unexpected,
III an end 60 strange and startling that tho most
skeptical observer nstinctyely recognizes, il be
does not openly confoss, Higher than human
hand Guiding tho bolt of vengeance.
on Saturiay afternoon, tie 9Th Of January,
;r 4l., 80
Grind Central Hotel. on broadway, when pia-
tol shot was heard so located as to ronder 1t
uncertain wlothor it waa within or without the
house, Almost instantly man Of gentael fig
nre rnn down stairs. dropped a hurried romark
10 hall-boy, IA man ii shot up stairs, better
eco to him" and then rushed toward the roar OF
Ihe house, The Same instant shout came from
Tho tor OF tho stair-case, 'Stop that man."
(which was easy for there WAS no exit through tho
rear OF tho Grand Central, and in less tmo than
brought aa back Kin In custody ] I'm md p placed in tho
bands Of tho officers All this occupied but
. minute or two, and tho intelligence that
Jim Fisk WAS tho victim. and Edward Stokes
The asBassn, was flying In q compact form Of
news nll over New York and by telegraph to tho
ends Of the laud, almost before those first
arrived on the spot had removed Fisk from tho
landing on the latles' Btarcaso to little room
ut tho north end Of tho main corridor where his
life was to end. In fow minutes Broadway
by strong corps Of police from entrance to the
hotel, an extra guard within holding the access
to tho Btaircases and corridor given up to this
Last closing scene. One after another the
Boss Tweed was among tho first to arrive. jag
Gould camo next, and both passed into tho room
to the bedside Of Flax. Two shots had been
fired, QUO intlicting the mortalwound in tho abdo-
men. Tho most noted surgeons Of New York
kYere speedily in attendance. Tho press represent
n4fv 1,t,rriHff1v Tha 1npH;ucy nuit.