New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-11-03
SKETCH OF STOKES'S CAREER.

Edward Stiles Stokes was born on April 81. 1871.
at Philadelphia He the son OF Edward II
STOKES and his mother was member OF the well
known Stiles family Of Philadelphia He was edu-
Gated in private schools and academies. and when
a Young man was an athlete and sportsman In
1860 he came this city, where he went into busi-
ness as a member of the firm OF Budlong q
Stokes at No 25 Water-st. He a bold specu-
lator on the Produce Exchange. and the operations
OF his firm amounted to millions. In 1865 the part
nershfp was dissolved, and Stokes devoted his at
tention TO the business OF the Brooklyn OIL Re
hnery.
It was while Stokes operating on the Prod
uce and OIL exchanges that he first became &C
ouainted with James Fisk, jr., the shooting or
whom by Stokes is inseparably connected with the
history OF this city at the time.
In 1865 when the Brooklyn refinery was built
Stokes was at the height of his personal popularity
He was and remained to the day of his death a
handsome man of culture and refinement, and was
prominent up to the time of the shooting of FISK
in the best circles of the city.
Stokes completed the Brooklyn refinery In the
aame wear IT was begun. The building of it in
VOWED him in serious financial entangements
Through the bursting OF the oil bubble In Penn
syTania ana th tine turning e ei was adjudged bank
rupt and subsequently discharged in bankruptcy;
rd hTInen it t is said that Of Fisk stokes managed
recoup his losses and rebuilt the o6s large
sums in the business and in Wall Street lie EN-.
Could and others who were Intimately connected
with the management of the Erie Railroad. ana
the refinery This was rendered even more lu;
eratye by the low rates o for oil shipments granted
'y Was While associated with Fisk in this way
AHA whom he had previously in Philadelphia
She came originally from California and had Dee cen
taned a divorce from him, and was under the pro- Of
tset9 Of FTk wh and h" whose operations in W
Street his Grand Opera House and ms prmeeyy
entertaining and general success were the tax Oh
ese PE r5
attentions of the formsr to a hot one
and Fisk Used every effort in his power to ruin
Stokes financially and socially; SATURDAY.
ban Sosd not ,b be as e Ga oil
of b Charge s Wa 81 eventuay disproved
erai auarres and reconciliations foowed put
| "Josie" Mansfield deserted FISK Tor STOKES 'ie'
| were no more reconcilations . u,s,, and
After considerable litigation n fisS
sbof Fisk on the stairway of the Grand Central
g. ISIS 81 Fisk fhth
and Stokes gave himself up few minutes and had
Tst e in ia tss rs
the ssosss Was
the sEanng of red for 5s the third
time The Verdict was guilty of mansaushter In
degree, stokss Ta ose Mansed went
s ssnosd in the pen''en''4'., % ,.a sn, IN self
aesnee after FISK from This his
pocket There was vi s0me eontradcted
w. toSas Served four years from 1873 to 1876 ano
then returned to this city; He was res.oreu bey
| .itinansbin by Governor Cleveland on Decemoei
| l. 1884. .,-.., ~, hi, bopoa at the
| unenan House, MIR. Stokes became lntereSten ~
a number OF the enterprises of John w; MacA fie
was also interested in the MANAGEMENT OF en
! IJouse the business disputes pet"
Srotns and his cousin, W. E. D. Stokes, kept ols ,
law courts busy for many gears stokes SOLO S
opened the Holman Cafe In the basement 81 te
| SEpnsoI;dated Exchange Building, and the .iai
,ont On Riverside Drive Before his death ne liao
retired from the hotel business and other act,r
pursuits and lived quietly, sometimes IN this '''
| aand For time abroad