SHOOTING OF JAMES FISK, JUN.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1110, 17 February 1872, Page 4

SHOOTING OF JAMES FISK, JUN.

The following are the circumstances attending the Fisk shooting case:— At ' 1.30 p.m. his carriage stopped at the entrance of the Grand Central Hotel, New York. It contained Fisk and a companion. The former alighted and entered the hotel for the purpose of proceeding to his rooms'. As he ascended the first step, Stokes came out of an adi joining ipassage- way, unperceived by Fisk, .* nnbottonedhifl coat, drew out'a revolver, and rapidly discharged three shots at Fiak. The first lodged in Fisk'a shoulder ; the second whistled close by his headjtthe . third, with a more fatal direction, took effect. in the abdomen, inflicting a mortal wound.. Fisk at once staggered and fell, while Stokes cast a look of hatred on the prostrate form of his victim, and said, in 1 savage tones, "I have done for the son of a b-y— this time." Fisk evidently recognisf d his assailant before falling, but ■ made no remark. Immediately after the shots were fired the hotel employe's rushed to the rescue. While some cared for the wounded ' man, others seized Stokes, who, seeing escape was impossible, made no resistance, and was promptly handed over to the police. Fisk was quickly conveyed t.i his room, where the surgeon of the hotel was soon in attendance npon him. It is probable that Stokes was in an excited state of mind caused by the proceedings at Yorkville, where he was a witness to-day in the Mansfield _ libel suit. For sometime he, is said to have been in a desperate Btate of mind, evidently, caused by the slowness of the progress of the cases against Fisk in which lie is concerned. In June last an award of Llo,ooo was made in favor of Stokes, in 'settlement of a long claim he had against Fisk. With this he was dissatisfied, and has applied to have the award set aside. The case was re-opened, and is now pending. January 7. -^-A few minutes before 11 o'clock this morning, Jaznea Fiak) Jan., expired. News of Fisk'a death spread rapidly, and everywhere produced a profound sensation of deep regret. At a q\varteT-pa»t savea Mris Fisk arrive:!/ She was admitted at first into the ante-room, and soon afterward into the bedroom. Mrs Fisk was terribly agitated at the bedside of her husband. The scene was the most heartrending that had yet taken place, and those present could not suppress their emotion. At half-past ten, Fisk lay scarcely aware that there were any ministering to him. He turned his face to the wall, noticed no one, and ceased breathing at a quarter to eleven. Some 50,000 people viewed the remains of Fisk before their removal from the Opera House. The body was dressed in the uniform of a colonel. His cap and sword lay on top of the casket. Large numbers of prominent citizens joined the immense assemblage which viewed the remains. Between one and two o'clock the procession formed. The catafalque with the body was brought out, and the procession started at two o'clock from the Grand Opera House, the streets and avenues being jammed with at least 150,000 people. The Ninth Regiment , was in full force. The scene was magni ficentand impressive. Denunciations of the murderer were heard in all places. The procession was over a mile long.