Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1901-10-18
EDWARD i. STOKES DYING.


AS was stated jn yesterdays Gszette,
Edward 8. Stokes is dying at the
home Of his sister. Mrs. Mary McNutt.
in New York. He has bad remark
able and strenuous life. 10 his sixty
years be has lived more than century.
His physician, DR.. John s. Billings, lr.,
save ne is really dying of old age. His
condition is similar to that of man
dying of old age" said the doctor.
n en- OF 80 die ss he is dying. His blood
vessels have hardened and the kidneys
and liver refuse to perform their func
tions.n Thus ia ending the career oil
the man who killed "Jlm" Fiske. and
whose sensational threats against Jay
Gould aud other Erie railroad managers
were a Worldwide topic nearly 30 years
ago. Stokes is best known to the present
generation as Ihe proprietor OF the Hof
mao House. He sold his interest In the
place several ears ago. Stokes hrst be-
came prominent 10 1870 when he attract
ed attention in Wall street, through the
friendship Of Jim Fiske and jay Gould,
who we're then manipulating Erie stocks.
He came In Wall street ss clerk in .
brokers Office fresh from graduation In
q Philadelphia high school. Fiske was
attracted by his remarkably handsome
personality, and US ID him in his STOCK
deals. The great Yankee speculator
had lust Installed the notorious Josie
Mansfield In q brown stone palace.
Proud of bis gilded sin, Fiske gave
splendid receptions at the Mansfield
house, Stokes always being q guest.
Finally Fiske became insanely jealous.
He cast of the Mansfield woman. He
oougbt up all of Stokes's many debs
snd pressed him for payment, suing
him and threatening him with arrest.
He manipulated the stocks In which
stokes was interested, cutting oil mill
lions from the Stodes fortune. Law
cults followed in which awful revela-
tions were made, aud the city ws5
shocked with the scandal. Stokes
left the court room on Juoe b,
1872, aud went home with Josie
Mansfield. What she said to him has
never been revealed. 1t sealed the fate
of Fiske, for an hour later Stokes shot
aud killed him on o stairway in the
Grspd Central Hotel. The feeling
against the murderer was intense for
Flake had been 30 idol OF the people.
On January 9th 1873 Stokes was sen.
fenced to be hanged. He secured new
trial and was again convicted. Another
resulted in q verdict OF maDslsughter
and Stokes was sentenced to serve four
years in Sing Sing. Stokes came out of
prison q white haired man but bis
haslth was good and his energy uDdi-
mini she'd. His personality was 50 win
ming that he hao little difficulty In liv-
ipg down the memory OF his crime. He
became associated with Cssstus Reed 10
the ownership Of the Hoffman House
and carried through many deals on his
own account. Wealth came to him, De-
cause he was O natural money maker.
REMARKABLE TwINs.-The Cole
man twins Sidney and Smith-from
Anderson county, spent the day here
Wednesday. They look rs much alike
as one rabbit does another, and are
world besters. They married sisters,
the wedding being double one, the
same minister performing the cere-
mony. Each has three children, the
6rst child of each being son, both be-
ing born the same hour OF the same
day and 10 the same house. The
second child of each is girl, both
making their appearance In the world
the same day. The third child OF each
Is also girl, they too being born on
the same day. Telepstby seems to ex'
ist between the brothers. Some tims
since Smith was at work at home IN
field and when he went to dinner h'
| told the women that Sid, who was ter
miles away with q thresher, must hsvi
hurt bis foot. for be had fslt shock 81
| 10 O'Clock. Sure enough, that alter
noon Sid came home with three mash
ed toes. The twins are twenty-eigh
years old and weigh identically TN
same (Harrodsburg Democrat.)