Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-01-13
STOKES CONDEMN ED.

sins bullet put an end to the wonderful
Jim Fisk, jr., and stirred the whole
country with excitement, and filled every
newspaper for long weeks afterwards,
with lively and interesting anecdotes
relative to the although corrupt,yet wide
awake and good-natured colonel. 'Jim
Fisk is assassinated' was upon every
tongue, for everybody knew who Jim
Fisk was almost as well as though he
had been President of the United States.
Assassinated! and by whom? By jeal-
Gus and Infatuated creature by the name
of Stokes-who now is as widely known
as was Fisk. And what was the cause
of this jealousy between these two mar
ried men ? A beautiful vile and pollut-
uuu1Uress by Une name or n1uusnefd,
who-as it since has appeared-cared
no more for either of them than for the
veriest boot black. 1t was their money
she loved. why" said she, should l
worry myself about these men," after
one was dead and the other in prison.
And Stokes, too, has all through the
year, manifested very much the same
disposition as Mansfield, worrying little
about his victim, the woman or himself. |
In his prison cell-or prison parlor-he
has sat, surrounded by softest bed, sofa,
stuffed chairs, mirrors, hair-oil fine
toothed combs, wine and cigars, fine
clothes, books, newspapers, good victuals,
polite jailor, ever ready with his,
Anything more l can do to make you
comfortable, sir" and having the fullest
confidence in the corruption of New
York law, he never dreamed that he
should fare worse than Sickles, McFar-
larland and others who had spilled
brothers blood he never gave express
sion to any other idea than that when
the trial was ended, he should be set at
liberty-free as the deer in the mountain
or the salmon in the river. A king in
his palace, miser counting his dollars,
or the pig in clover has not been happier
Judging from what they say of his
outward appearance-than Stokes in his
prison-pen, so sure was he that he should
get clear But time works wonderful
changes in everything: on mountain and
in the valley, in city and town and in
the minds of men, until, at last, in the
city of murders, twelve honest men have
been found who agree with large ma
jority of humanity in saying "Whosoever
sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his
blood be shea. OUUhO 7Uvvnd -tri,s u
ended on Saturday, the 4th inst, and
to the establishment Of himself and most
everybody else, the jury found the pris-
oner guilty of murder in the first de
gree" Astonished because heretofore,
as long as man wore white shirt and
had plenty of money, it was impossible
to rake or scrape up jury in New York
city that would say ''hang!" But the
great hoop that has for so long held to-
gether the ten thousand hogsheads of
corruption, has at last "few-off," the
hogshead has "burst" and away goes the
murders, thieves and pickpockets Gin a
laundering gust When Stokes heard
the words from the foreman of the Jury,
equity of murder in the first degree -
she lost the air of frmness which has
characterized his demeanor from the
commencement of the trial. and. becom-
ing CHASTITY pale, threw his arms in the
air with gesture expressive of utter
despair, while at the same time his sis
ter, who stood beside him dressed in deep
est mourning, uttered low wall of ag-
ony, which was distinctly heard through
the court, and gave way to the most vi.
olent expressions of grief, which only
ceased when the condemned man, turn.
ing around to her, and with beseech-
ing look, besought her to be calm. The
pronouncing of the sentence was post
poned until Monday. Stokes refused t.
shake hands with Col. Fellows, counse
for the prosecution, and said, ''Oh, I'll.
all right; but yov know that thousands
OF dollars were paid up for this matter
and that you were all bought"
On Monday at 10 o'clock. Stokes wa
taken from the prison to the court house
by the sheriff, passing through the GROVE
to the latter place smoking a cigar
The judge asked Stokes what he had t.
say why the sentence should not be pro
nounced upon him for the crime of whicl
he had been convicted, and in his repl,
he said, after short pause, and in Low
and somewhat complaining tone of voice
81 have only to say [ am innocent of tn
crime for which | now stand convicted
did not Intentionally violate any law
OF the land. =. L know that all the ties
timony given for the defense was We've
lightly by the jury. l feel convinced c
1t. l know public clamor has been rails
ed from the frequent murders in Ne,
York city. know that the evidence {
Thomas Hart on which l was convicte
is false and manufactured from first
last. and | believe the prosecution kne
it."
The Sentence.
Judge Boardman, fixing his eyes G
the prisoner then addressed hin, &c e.