The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-03

in California in 1853, when she was mar
rled 10 Frank LAWYER, the actor. she
was 10, extraordinarily beautiful, but ig-
norant she was a born Mana.
From 1850 to 1851 she lived in Boston
in good society, she always claimed. In
1901 she secured a divorce from LAWYER
and went upon the stage. She could not
act, but men could look upon her and
her tigress beauty. She appeared in New
York, but did not succeed She solicited
an audience with jim Fisk She was
penniless then and only possessed the
clothes on her back, but heT animal beau
~ remained with her.
Her skin was fair. lUstrOUs as an Eas-
ter lily. over broad white brOws masses
of silky black hair grouped, like grapes,
in such close clusters as to remind one
almost OF the purple gardens or the still
strong god, Bacchus. The smallness,
tiuiness of her ears, like pink shells Of
ocean. was emphasized by a depending
pair of large gold hoops, such as spanish
gypsies often wear. She had small
plump hands, with nails that needed no
manicure, and a finger whose curves ana
absolute absence of BOstonian angles
would have commended il LOT admirlng
perpetuation to the eye o. a sculptor
They conquered Fisk.
He built her a palace at 329 West Twen-
ty-third street, and there he and his
friends reveled night after night, and
stokes was of good birth and breeding,
Wall street clerk Of handsome person
atty and features whom Fisk took Il
fancy to one day and made his Drotege.
jay Gould also fancied Stokes and aided
him. The young man was frequently al
the Fisk mansion, where Josie Mans
field presided.
He and Fisk became interested IN an
oil company, which furnished all the oil
used by the Erie company Stokes man
II III l.
self Up to his Inflammation for the Mans
field woman. She was the rage in New
York, despite her character. Mansfield
bonnets, Mansfield dresses, Mansfield
jewels were copied everywhere.
Stokes came under the influence Of the
woman when he first met her She was
the mistress of his friend, but he loved
her, and Fisk became jealous. He
learned that Mansfield had only taken
him on for his wealth. She boosted to
him OF her love for Stokes, and Stokes
met her often under the roof of the house
paid for by his partner and cOmrade
Once Fisk became convinced that
Stokes had supDlanted him in the wo-
mans affections, he started to ruin him.
Stokes was arrested on Saturday night
for embeZzling oil company funds. He
lay in jail until Monday morning. He
retaliated by having Fisk arrested tor
conspiracy and false imprisonment. Fisk
forced down the stock Of the oil COM
pany and nearly ruined Stokes financial
iy. Miss Mansfield at once Joined cause
with Stokes and gave him letters she had
received from Fisk, which exposed the
secrets of Tammany and the Erie ring.
Stokes held these over Fisk's head. Fisk
paid $4,000 to get them back
Fisk sued Stokes and Mansfield for
blackmail. He also sought the indict-
ment of both for the same Offense.
Stokes, lounging at the home of Josie
Mansfield, heard of this and Immediately
swOre that Fisk must die. All New York
was politically and financially agltated
over the conflict between the two men,
but that it would end in murder no one
ever dreamed-save, perhaps Josie
Mansfield. 1t has been alleged that she
melted Stokes to seek out Fisk and kill
him.
However this may have been, Stokes
left her house the afternoon of Jan. 6
1872. He went to the Grand Central
hotel, whore he stationed himself in the
corridor Of the parlOr floor, CaTeleSsly
walking up and down. and not appearing
TO be interested in anything in DaTticu-
lar. The main staircase was in front OF
him. He could see anyone entering from
Broadway.
Thus stationed he saw Fisk enter and
start up the stairs. The latter was sever
steps I'd when he saw Stokes, his righ
arm resting on the standard at the head
of the stairs, a pistol in his hand. With
J out speaking, Stokes fired twice. The
/ first bullet took effect in the abdomen
/ the second in the left arm Fisk fell t
/ the floor Stokes walked away, but was
/ captured before he could leave the hotel
/ Fisk was carried upstairs and Jay
/ Gould and Boss" Tweed came to hi!
/ bedside. He died the next day, bu
Josie" Mansfield was not with him IN
/ stead came his0fwife and his brothers
| and they remained with him to the end
! Colonel Jim Fisk was buried Will
l hOnOTs such as New York has bestOwe,
upon few men. Tweed blubbered ant
! even Gould cried. Stokes remained ii
I prison. he hired the best counsel in tn.
land and was tried three times, the las
/ time being convicted OF manslaughter il
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