The evening world., 1913-07-14
Ten NatiOn-FamOus
New York Murders
BY Alfred Henry Lewis
I.-Hou StoGes Killed Fisk and Whr.
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Remember me 10 y,sk when ysu 80 him
ana tell ham that the Gould affair 10
coming out all right CONFER"
The day that FISK Wa Ohot Stokes
had been al morning before Magistrate
Bixby N the YorkviMs Court. F1sk pub.
lishsd that the Mansfield and Stokes
had conspirsd to blAckmah him, and
put forward . negro OF the royal nAms
OF King to perturs the charge through.
Stokes. at the time. was living Il the
Holman. Upon leaving the Yorkvilis
Court he. with his lawyers. Fellows and
Mckson. went to Deln,nn1cos. at Broad
way and Chambers street. Lunch over,
he drove TO the Manshsld's In quest Of
certain papers. He changed his mind,
however. and didn't see the Mansfield.
n he had gone In ne might not have
visited the Grand Central. and Fisk N
~ chance would have escaped that
days bullets at least. But the shades
were down ct the Mans6sad's. Stokes
was duly shot on the Grand Central
stains.
Turning from the 1fanadslGs With
out ringing the bell. Stokes drove down
Seventh avenue. through Fourth street.
to Broadway. He Visited Nibio's and
bought tickets for the evening. Bailey.
. merchant friend. loungsd BY. and
Stokes joining him. the pair walked
A. the two were opposite the Grand
Central the fatal lady in 3o7 bowed
ana beemsd across the way. The lady
In ao7 didn't know It. but that nod and
smile spelled death for Fisk.
STOKES. At the nod and smile. came
!" iuii stop-like . setter pointing
q partridge. In the warm breath of
his young nature every day was iady's
day with him. He babe adisu to Bailey
and crosssd to the Grand Central. NJ
had never set foot In the hotel before.
Climbing the private stairway.
Stokes glanced in at the open door OF
Parlor 207 The lady was there: hut
her instant expression showed that shs
didn't know Stokes, and didn't want Ia
know him. There had been q mistake.
stokes never went further than the
door. He didn't address the lady OF the
smile and nod. Understanding that hs
had erred. hs started On his return to
"Y0u'Ue Shot Mel"
Fisk had frisnds-cirs. Morse and he,
daushter-stopping at the Grand Cen.
trail. Before he died he provided 70,
them In his WILL While too IN to At.
tend the Yorkvills Court. Fiak StaiI fsi,
himself we'll enough to call on thu
Morses. A. Stokes began DESCENDING
the Grand Central stalrs thsre va
Fisk coming up.
FISK had ON velvet coat. over which
was swung . Jaunty military cloak
Stokes was wearing Q light top-ooat
Both reached for their pistols. Blu,
since Fisk was bothered By the miiitar,
cloak and velvet coat. while Stokes car
rted his pistol in the outside pocket o.
his driving ooak, the latter cot the drop
As Fisk raised his gun-.which ne dit
clumsily with both hands-6tokes jumps,
to the left and hred.
"Oh. Ed!" cried TiSk.
The Stokes pistol roarsd again.
Don't, Ed: you've shot mel" q
claimed Fisk.
There was . bullet in TlsHss stomach
the other had pierced his arm.
Stokes tossed his pistol. hot smok
Ing. on the floor. and walked siowl,
down the hall He met his friend. d.
Corley.
There's . man shot," saad stokss
get . DOCTOR"
Stokes found Proprietor Powers. an,
told him to send for the police.
Fisk was carried ineo that fatal S07
Lawyers and doctors came nockins
; The latter could do nothing. the forme
drew Fisk's will. Fisk gave HE mil
lions to his wife and died the morn
ing after.
Judge Davis sentenced Stokes I,
four years in Sing Sing.
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