The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-03
STOKES TRIAL.

Yesterdays neutrality-suspicious. Ties.
timony for the Defence.
At halfpast ten O'Clock yesterday morning tho
proceedings in the tTial Of Edward s. Stokes was
resumed.
SAMUEL q. sCHENCK
was the nrst witness called during the morning
for the defence.
Mr.. BENJAMIN X. Phelps, the new District At
tOrney, appeared In Court, but allowed Mr.. Eel
lows, as he had been In the case since the COM
mencement, to represent the District Attorneys
ONCE until the conclusion OF the trial.
The witness aforesaid, before testifying pro,
ceeded to mark the holes in the cloak worn by
Colonel FISK at the time OF the shooting by attach
ing small pieces OF white paper corresponding to
the number OF holes found in the cloak He found
eight holes all together front and back The witness
was requested to put on the cloak, and did So that
the jury might see more perfectly. Messrs Beach
Fullerton, Townsend and Tremain all tried their
hands at fitting light walking stick into the per.
forati0ns made by the bullets Of Stokes. The OBJ
iect In showing the clothing and the holes was for
the purpose of allowing the jury to judge, II they
could the position Fisk was In at the moment OF
the shooting. and whether, from the manner in
which the cloak was pierced, 1t would seem that
Fisk had been in the act OF firing.
The witness was also requested by Mr.. Tremain
to don the inside coat and vest OF the deceased,
which he did. 1t was observed that there were
two perforations In the coat and In the front OF
the vest Just above the abdomen.
JENNIE TURNER
was next sworn-I am nineteen years OF age my
parents reside in Massachusetts; on the 9Th OF
January, 1872, / was waiting maid to the Morse
family; I had been in the employ OF the Morse
family for one month prior to the shooting have
often seen Mr.. Fisk as visitor TO the family; he
used to come at one period nearly every day;
know the prisoner by sight; short time before
the shooting was standing In the han at one Of
the parlors, not far from the private staircase,
talking to Henry, the parlcrman; 1t was nearly
opposite the elevator had just come down stairs
, from the third door; as was standing near the
j sAw MR.. STOKES COME UP THE PRIVATE STAIR
CASE;
ne passed and looked in the first parlor, then In
second time looked in the frsf parIoT next he
walked as lar as the dining room hail. and turning
es,ar thai hear .ne private staircase amoment
near the elevator at the time when we heard the
shots he and i together went towards the
RT bly, sen Starcase when got there saw Mr..
he was taken into the reception room ON ~" a." snc,
Ond Moor; continued to stand at the he a ~ yHe
reached the top she met gentleman anTP ~ sne
out her hand she gave him pistol saying e.Tars
this; picked 1t up on the stairs" The other taov
into the reception room next went up stairs snd
reported what had seen to "N
MISS MINNIE MORSE
and her grandmother; subsequently l descended
again and saw large crowd OF people congregated
witness also testified to hearing Mr.. Crockett
say that stokes must be convicted under any cir.
cumstances; the Morse family removed Jew DAYS
after the shooting TO Thirty street, where
ehAy pagsed under another name.
Mr.. Fullerton cross-examined the witness In most