The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-11
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haa 70 Etiad His Days.
.IAsrCHAPIER IN DISTRESSING TRAGEDY
sMis Condition RoViycs the Story OF
sssSRsMo Killsd Jim Fisk--The Part
shssS JoSepnIitp .saaIansAe.d Played
= lsan Trngedy u = Quarter OF a
sSCSatary Ago. A

S1gE aasEN w sHEFT.gTa GIa MA ~ 9E&t
SSg(NeFfsYor k Cor. Chicago Times-IIerald.)
sSsssNsSsSf Ward S. Stokes, g~host-haunted and
SIS EopI-StricEen by memory Of the muir
ssSsdeg ofSSssJ I'm Fisk forNthe. love Of q wo-
~ s1R1iss Is going ito Carlsbad. It is hardly
II lkclyt that NE Will ever come back. He
g1stverY sick There Is less prospect in
ssShis last battle for life than In the his.
SstoftS and heroic ones he made in court
himself from the gallows. 1t Is
this exile Will prove to him
~sdIlsastrous as did the exile Of his wife
ss88And daughter to them-death. It may
prove hn the last chapterlin q distressing
g sra which is 50 OLD that it is new,
Maad 50 Intense that the story of it has
quarter { century. The pass
ss8aaltssg 0fassStokes TO Europe for his last
sGHtrugglei5 takes from this country the
y s9le survivor among the distinguished
sEiTInFen actiyely{engaged in his three trials
The counsel on both side. the experts,
s4Che witnesses, Almost.the entire drama
mag passed off the stage-all but the
y sigures-Josephine Mansfield
&andsE1dwards s. Stokes.
sES at the beginning OF the tale
noWn as the handsomest man in
Jew York. He was q successor of
5|S aines Fisk In the favor of Josephine
sfMansneld Fisk was the partner or jaw
Gould and at the time was one of the
81 lrmelnsS,Hho controlled the money Interests
R2oTSthea country. Stokes. and risk we're
partner In the Brooklyn Oil Refining
They We're rivals in TIKI nc
ofafhe smiles Of Miss Mansfielaitcfes s;l
y ne could win the TEht olAa :t:e
e woman by running StokS fn~anc;>Ily,
&ssdEte%stnrted ont to do this. He had his
arrested for alleged colbezzle-
Smenessof:the company's funds. The war
antssWas served intthe HOFFMAN House.
81 hsSWom then determined to help
u stokes. since Fisk had sighted her
When e found that Stokes had been
&fooling him for more than a wear. She
S Shfssreupon made the fight OF Stokes
ssneTSaoWn' case, gave STOKES all the let
@81ers5eWhtoh she had frcEs Fisk. It then
sahecameEa battle whcxo some one must
THE BATTLE IN TIE COURTS.
sS8SFeisk lostithe first suit. and then Stokes
icy him for 5000, 900 damages. Stokes
agthreatened to print all or Fisk's letters
paid. s5tEs
add to: the war material between
&Ine n hree5 Miss Manfields went into
Scourt$5With papers which set forth that
taskitawed her $50. 900. Fisk got back
{{5sttrnle. letters which Miss Mansfield consid-
Ssfed SO INVALUABLE to him, but he paid a
@Ssnititsh price Tor them. h then had him
SSStAtErested for the cash Indebtedness. and
aIter& an exciting day in this suit Miss
ansfie and Stokes went to the home
& EMslsk had given Miss Mansfield In Tween
Sfyr-third street.
&aSit1lahNey We're at luncheon when a mes
Sssnger rushed in with the announcement
that Fisk had caused the issue or . henc,,
Warrant for Stokes on an Indictment ~
me grand jury. Then Stokes resolved
##.sss stokes found Fisk at the Grand Cen
" !Llxa45f1otel an hour later. and deliberate
sly y coolly pulled a revolver and shot
AIM, The legal controversy over the
U m a. : mage chapters in New York.
IS practice. Stokes hired The
pest counsel In the land. His old father
S put5h1s entire fortune at the disposal of
Tue son. 1ttook every cent OF it to get
81 a8Yerdict, Stokes stood for years face
VI to race with the scafrold, but on the
Third trial he was convicted Of man
In the third degree. He was
released from prison in 1887, having
Il served four years. President Cleveland
@t restored him to full citizenship seven
n years later. but no one was able to res
8$ tcre his former vigor and financial
1 He has been going down
Il nais ever since. He Is now at Virginia
hot Springs physical wreck.
O STOKES, FISK AND THE WOMAN
Fisk and Miss Mansfield were
s. three people from three different typcs.
S5H1sk Was Vermont Yankee, who start
81 go MS merchant life as a peddler, and
q poth drove wagons over the hills. barter
ling. tinWare and cooking utensils for
II ga or rags, which were turned into
cash Fisk's peddling grew to be a
aIsWnolesale venture. All his wagons had
& pictures of himself and wife on the out
IS side. He was shrewd. The money which
81 AeS gave him enough capital at the
8saNbeginning OF the war to make a sue
g Scessful6 bid for supplying underwear to
Sk1ha+frOrn0 ~ 1thfa O arna3 bfr, n S,,1e -,
lion Of dollars in a few months gave
sSS4Rilm opportunity to make a corner in
wool In the Boston market. The next
] natural step was to Wall street. Gould
and Drew took him up and Fisk was
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