The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-01-30


1883. bought Of NJ. southviek, vhe s
now AsuAAA q 3n0snso lWw16n. -
still in activs bdsinsss IL srsas
Broadway establishmeaa. .Ths We'd
ding Of Stokes with Miss southvtck
seemed to lack nothing that wealth.
position anEf s3etal sorroundlnn osrld
bring % insuis AAppiAsss. Th1ynsds
their sumptuous homs il the Ho0.
man Houss, and moved smsng Tie
most brilliant life Of the mserspalias
The next scene Ii the drama brings
the Infamous woman Mans6eld ine0
the plot. Sosomoa described hoe uasy
centuries ago, and We Ssas 6oleuon
knew what he was writing about
But his painting has never been ear
passed, and II somebody could have
slipped into Stokes mind this little
pen-rortrait, made 1000 years ago, OF
Josephine Mansnsld and her Infamous
sistsn, 1t might have spared comman-
ity the fruits Of the new acQuaintancs.
Here are some Of the wise man's col.
ssings Of his subject:
she lieth In wait - 1oe prey, and In
creaseth she tranagressions among man.
asr Sset go down 70 death; her steps take
hold on Hell.
hef house inclineth into death, and her
pains into the dead. None that 60 unto her
return again.
He goetn after her st.a,shtv.y. as an OF
goeth TO the slaughter.
The hath cast down many wounded. Yea
many strong men have been slaia by her.
Her house 10 the way to he'll, eo,ns aovr
to the chambers Of death.
The dead are there. Her guests are An Tn.
depths Of hell.
And just precisely that happened
which the Son Of David predicted
from the house Of the harlot the path
turned downward. A quarrel between
Fisk and Stokes followed. II Was
carried into affAin Of business. Fisk
refused to allow the Hunters Point
concern to make dividend, and thus
cut of Stokes supplies. The disgracs-
ful relation with Mansfield became
moro shameless, and the fhthsr-in-law,
South wick, sent his daughter and her
child to Europe early in 1871, to re-
move her from the scsne Of the scan-
dial. Stokes, enraaed at Flax, used his
position - secretary 70 collect $50, 600
from Devos, 40 oil merchant, which
sum he held openly and dsfiantly -
his share Of the profits. Fisk caused
his arrest on criminal charge. Stokes
turned to bis wealthy relatives. No
one Of them would bail him, and hs
was forced to make terms and submit,
and refund the money. His relations
to Fisk were bitter, and out Of the In
tsnsity Of the evil passions and crimi-
nalities Of his position with Mansfield
grew murder. Turn to Solomon
again, and there 10 no mystery in the
chain of sequences. It IL said that the
same steamer that took out to Europe
the murder Of Fisk By Stokes carried
. divorce procured by her family for
his wife, who still remains abrord.
The story of family grief and re-
verses is not all told. The senior
Stokes, after thirty years Of retirement
and enjoyment Of . luxurious home, 10
bankrupt and homeless in his old age.
One Of the daughters died two weeks
after marriage. The second daughter.
the wife Of . Mr.. Sutton. attachsd her
self 70 strongly to the fortunes Of her
brother that her husband discarded
her, and she 10 In refuge with her agsd
and pennilsas parents. The second
con, young msn Of great promise.
died two montbs ago, Of grief and
shame at tho family reverses, and the
whole tale Of the innocsnt and sufIse-
ing victims By this complication Of
crime and shame 10 not to b fully
soid without iueauding ssne Of the
best known and esteemed Of New
York families.
Nyoung men In our communitise
could only ride on sxpssss trains 70
the devil, and take no one With them.
there would be less to b said, aimee.
aside from these considsrations, it y
every mans individual right 70 bsrtss
away his life snd fortune and sacrsd
honor at his own prics. Satan buys
great many Of these poor fellows
very cheap, and ct short option for
seller. But every car 10 part Of fam
lily train. The shock and crush Of
shame and disgrace must fall on limo.
cent - we'll ~ guilty. In bahalf Of
the fathers and mothers end siseen Of
community, let general warning bs
msde Of the case Of Edward Stokes.
Where has romance woven anything
10 sad? Where, In modern commun-
tiles. have been given more abrupt
and startling variations Of light and
shade, from the brightest points Of
promise and assured happiness to the
depths Of darkness and misery, than
those on which the curtain falls?
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