The New York Herald Newspaper, January 8, 1872, Page 3

Tragic Termination to the ~ Fisk-Stokes Folly. DEATH OF-“COLOMEL JAMES FISK. "The Night Watch in the Chamber of the Dying Man. WAITING FOR THE END. Av :Faithfal Wife Hurrying to Hor Husband’s Death Bed. HER PRAYER FOR THE VICTIM. “Qh, God! if You Must Take Him é Vake His Sou! !” THE LAST MOMENTS ON EARTH. *%, ains of Colonel Fisk Removed from . the Hotel to His Owo House, THE SOLITARY MOURNER. ‘William: M. Tweed Bowed Down with Grief—His Last Trib- ute to the Dead. A FAITHFUL SERVITOR. Intense Excitement at All the Public Rezorts. THE OBSEQUIES TO-DAY. Preparations for the Funeral Pageant. j STOK"sS IN TH TOMBS. What Jay Gould Knows of the Fisk- Stokes Difficulty. FISK'S PECULIAR CHARACTER. ‘What the Post-Mortem Examina- tion Disclosed. ERIE STOCK GOING UP. ‘The last act in the horrible drama that so stirred the depths of the city on Saturday culminated yes- terday morning in the roum to which the sufferer haa been carried after the fatal shooting. Ata quarter to eleven o'clock Mr. Fisk breathed his last, 4m the presence of his wife ana a number of friends, For some forty minutes before he expired nis RESPIRATION WAS DIFFICULT, and tho only as-istance the medical attendants coula give him was to ease toa slight extent the pain he ‘was then enduring. In the course of the afternoon she body was laid in the room adjoining that where he died, and the general public were admitted to the presence of the dead. Later on the body was removed to the late residence of the deceased, from where the funeral is to take place this after- noon. The Ninth regiment has been ordered out to fastend the remains and act as funeral escort, Mrs, Fisk arrived at the novel at half-past six clock yesterday morning, and was present at the Geathbed of her husband; she was deeply moved, a8 well as were all those present. The Colonel, who had been in a comatose state from half-past four in the morning, did not recognize his wife, which seemed to make @ strong impression upon the lady. THR RENDEZVOUS FOR THE MILITARY, brigade stad, and all those invited to attend the Tuneral will be at St. Mark’s place at tweive o'clock. Stokes was taken from the station house of tho Falteenth precinct by Captain Byrnes at seven o'clock in tne morning. He was cool anc collected, and seemed to look upon his position from a thor- Oughly philosophic standpoint, During the day a rumor of en attempt to lynch Mr. Stokes got abroad, and Superintendent Kelso last night marched down to the Clty Prison with two hundred and fifty po- Meemen to defend the place against any attack. ‘The entire particulars of everything of interest that transpired yesterday and all the preparations for the ceremonies to-day will be found graphically de- tailed in the accounts that follow, AT THE GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL. the scene was at once imposing and distressing. Shortly after ten o'clock the crowas that filed the lower halis began to disperse, and the main thor. ughfares of the hotel were almost empty during We night ana up to daybreak, In the vicinity of the sick chamber, however, the Surroundings bore a aifferent aspect. Anxious and forrowing friends watoned around the room for hours, many of them staying up all night, Men and ‘Women Who usually cannot repose without every atisibute of 4 LUXURIOUS LIFE ‘Were huddled together in corners, forgetfal of all ‘but the misery so close at hand. A hushed and ominous silence reigned throughout the hotel and Geath seemed to have already cist ite shadow upon the building. All the care and attention that could possibly be given in such a case were carefully bo- stowed by willing hands, On every occasion that Dr. Fisher left the room to Gnd some necessary medicine he would be stopped by @ gentieman or lacy and made to answer their questions before he could get away. “Doctor, how is he? Oh, do tell me |? “J @aeure you there 1s no change for the worse. ‘That is all Ioan say for the present, ‘ve must hope for everything.” “How does he stand it, Doctor?” “Tne plackiest man, wir, Lever saw. Never ouce Bas he seemed frightened.” “Does he know how things are going—that is, Goes he know he Is likely to die?’ “1 trast he is not going to die. For my part I have till great hope. He is now sleeping comfortably, ‘and when he wakes { shail be better able to judge.” Once, about ten o'clock, tne Doctor made his Appearance in the corridor and, from his appa- rent comfortable, easy manner, people began (to n ~” ALL DANGER HAD PASSED. ‘The medical man, however, had no news td’ com- Municate, and the expectant group were obliged to NEW YUKK HEKALD, MUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1872.—TKIPLE SHEET, without gathering any positive informe- | Mr. Fisk present—many well known in the Erie | have seen tne grief that nis 13s gecasioned those and twelve o'clock Mr. Fisk nym ee cen ene Sy Fisk,” answered Dr. Fisher, “what do want!” “an! are there.” Hr, Lam bere. What cau Ido fer you?” «1 want you te tell ne if I have au even chance of “ "up a stout moral resolution ana ryan hope, Colonel; many rough rivers. He then dropped off to sleep again, and seemed to enjoy the repose he was getting. He woke at half-past twelve and asked the doctors for water. They gave lum 4 litte, and he again went to sleep, 4 LiTTLE AFTER ONF, vaneasily in the bed, he started from siee; mouthfut or two of wuter, and thea turn aleep once more. AT TWO O'CLOCK Dr. Fisher noticed a little change im the pulse that seemed ae ee more alarming symptoms. THREE O’OLOCK sounded Mr. Fisk partially woke and went back ae ‘nto the same heavy sleep as bel je then continued to sleep ou wheu he started up in great pain, and the doctors none that the pulse had run irom 100 to 120 an Almost at the same moment a low, sobping sound, asof a. in deep distress, Was heard. It seemed to come from ® chamber near; but every oue at that moment was too mucli engaged im the subject of the hour to pay any atvention to it. From this time to the tragic close the doctors noticed Mr, Fisk began to mk rapidly and there si back to ‘was no longer any hope of Ley ay Oe A short time after woking ho Feil @ comatose condition, from which he did not arouse, SIX O'CLOCK ar Mr. Fisk grew restiess and his breathing was hard ana irreduler. sigiianorton AT HALP-PAST 81x he said something in a broken voice, eyes As Mf in great pain; but the doctor thougnt he Te se aboh annle oe ipdenioe a Tnorpiine that he could not SUFFER VERY SEVERELY, At twenty minutes past six Mrs. Fisk arrived at the hotel from Boston, sue was received by Mrs. Morse, and at once taken to the bedgide of the dying | Colonel, But it was too late; consciousness ae fone, and the aiilicted wife stood in the presence of her hus- band un ized and unknown. The ramur had | somehow got into the streets that Mr. Fisk was in a critical condition, and crowds flocked to the hotel to learn the latest intelligence. The lower balls, even at that early hour, began to All, and it Was easy to see how great a favorite with the public the dying man had become. Among the concourse of men wuo crowded together in the place thore was but tits one suniect. Mr. Charles Speucer was the centre of an eager group, that Mstened to bis opinions with as much attention as if he wero discoursing tn the forum. ant en” asked one, ‘‘would you call this a murder “1 would, gir, call it just exactly what it is—a cow- ardly, das murder.” “There are no extenuating ciroumstances?"? jot one tliat I can see; and the punisbment of the crime Will be urged with all decent despaich.’” “There will be no chance of escape, I hope.’’ “Weil, I don’t see any myself, and { think if there waa I should be very likely to see 18,”” “Blow about the insane dodge?” “Well, I don’t think 1 will do this time, It would be a very difficult thing to sustain.) foflowed poor Fisk about ail the afternoon.” es, sir. When we came dowd from Yorkville Judge Barnard told us about Y, THE CUARGE Of BLACRMATLING made inthe Court. I told Mr. McKeon about tt, and he said he was under the impression Stokes ought to kuow Of the matter too, He then wid stokes, I suppose, and this ae nim so that he followed Fisk until he fonnd him in this hotel and shot the an iy tat cowardly manner you have all read Aa ne be gt te wa f) a6 famous letvers ‘ought out in the ty ie ee fipt : i “Well, [don’t 866 w! ey can have to ao with it; howevel tiay may be Wokekt out? “Tave you scen any of themt{”? “Well, nos L baye not pzacly. seen them, but I know from the Judge who read them that they con- tain nothing of oy Importance whatever, ‘The Judge said to me, when he remarked on the subject, ‘The cry about these letters, sir, 1s the most abso- lute tempest 1 @ teapot | have ever seen,’ ” At A QUARTER TO BIGHT the hotel was very crowded; a number of gentle. men who hag watched all through the night went into the ante-room and sent word tu tne doctors they wouid like to get into the sick chamber as soon 4s the doctors would permit them, ABOUT HALF-PAST EIGHT @ consultation of physicians was held, ana then it was decided that nothing could be done for the dy- fog Colonel. This miormation was carried down Stairs and created a deep impression among tho deuse multivude be.ow. Ar TEN O'CLOCK the breathing began to be very hard, and respira- tion could only be made with dificulty, Every eflort was then made to give some relief to the suf- ferer, but it seemed impossible to prolong his ex- tstence, ‘The chest began to heave convulsively ‘at intervais, and tis Was continued unui ne drew his last breath, at FIFTREN MINUTES TO ELEVEN. He died quietly, without a struggle, backs end recovered irom the ¢ol lying on his matose state in fell after waking at half-past four. ‘the news ‘tao weuth Loy rapidly in all paris of the city, and the immediate friends of the dead Colonel who were not at the hotel flocked there imme- duntely on they often ‘ridge us Over a | fore, tal half-past four, | and closed lite Ratlway and Grand Opera House—who cried like children, It was noticeable how often the remark, “Il HAVE LOST MY BEST FRIBAD,” was made, Jt was repeated scores of times by people with moistened eyes, and could the dying man have seen these feeling tributes to his goodness they would have greatly sweetened the last mo- ments of nis eventful life. By eleven o'clock the hails of the hotel became almost impassable. Policemen were then stationed at short distances | apart to prevent the passageway tu the chamber of Mr. Fisk from being biocked up. Thus none were | permitted to approach nis room ont those who had Dositive business within it, or those whose intimacy with the suilerer entitied them to the privilege. Notwitnstanding the fact that so many people Were present im the halls and parlors but Jittle noise was heard. Every one spoke in whispers and walked on tiptoe, as if fearful of awaking him who was even tien almost sleeping, the sleep of death. Men leaned agaist the walls with their hatsin their hangs and a few ladies stood in the | further parlors viewing the sad scenes that were | transpiring around them. They conversed in groups and quietly slid away to their rooms upon the ele- gant but noiseless elevator, and sat on the soft- cushioned chair or sefa reading the particulars of the sad event trom the morning journals. A!to- gether 1. was a mournful scene, and one which could net have fatiea to impress the most rrivolous beholder with a due sense of its solemnity, IN THE LOBBY the scene was less solemn and more exciting. ‘Thousands of people came to hear what further in- telligence could be obtained of the condition of the sofferer. Tne Ninth regiment was largely repre- sented, Indeed, it seemed as if the whole regi- ment had assembled. Officers and:privates mingled together with sad countenances, eagerly discussing | the detatis of the mourntul event. Many anecdotes were related of ‘the acta and humorous incl- dents of Mr, Fisk’s mill career. ‘lt was only on the 12th of July last,” said Ad- Jatant Allien, to the regiment at the armory, ‘Well, boys, if there 1s not a large turnout to-day, I'am pretty sur3 there will be at my funeral.’ This remark was almost al- ways repeated whenever there was a slim attend- ance at parade. At @ meeting of the officers of the regiment last Tuesday eveaing Mr. Fisk guve $11,000 to the different companies. ‘The boys will need new uniforms soon,’ said be; ‘and as there is owing to me some $1,000, I will give it to them and add to it $10,000 more,’ This 1s but one of the many Uberal acts towards the regiment,” conciuded the adjutant, “which have givea it the enviable posl- tion it now occuptes in the National Guard,” OUTSIDE THE HOTEL there was also a clamorous crowd. Some tried to got in at the private door, but as orders had been issued to allow none to enter but the guests of the hotel, these efforts were, as @ general thing, unsuc- gesstul. The curtosity of these people, however, yas partially satisfied by being allowed to peer rough the door at the stairs upon which the vic- im stood when shot, Even on the opposite side of Broadway stood crowds of men, women and children, staring at the stately ediiice as if expect ing that the walls would become animate aud tell ail they knew abouy phe bloody deed, As the hour of noon ‘approached the crowd, both insite and out, tacreased to such an extent that it became aluost impossivie to enter the hotel at all, The remarks made by this crowd of curiosity seekers were many and varied; but scarcely one was heard in extenuation of the cow: ardly act, As the nour of eleven approached the pulse of the patiedt rapidly rose and it was evi- dent that ! { MR. FISK'S DEATH was near. Mrs. Fisk had arrived carly in the morn- ing in a state of terrible excitement. She had tra- velled nearly all night and was almost exhausted from fatigue aad anxiety. She was accompanied by a travelling companion, Miss Harrot, and arrived at the hotel im company with Mr. Comar, Mr, Fisk’s private secretary, who had been in constant and faithful attendance upon him from a short time after he was wounded. Mrs, Fisk was met at the nead of the stairs by Mrs. Morse, between whom along and cordial friendship nad existed. Upon repairing to the room of ner hus- band Mrs, Fisk gave vent to the most frantic excla- mations of grief and endearment, which drew tears from the eyes of every one present. By this ume the wounded man had become entirely unconscioy and the wails and grief of his wife were never hes by him. At this time the room was ocoupied by a number of the relatives and frtends of the sufferer, “that Colonel Fisk -remarked- BEOBIPT OF THE INTELLIGENCE. number of employés and ges of Mr. ~_Alarge among whom were Mrs. James tisk, Jr.; Miss Harrot, Fisk weut to the hotel, and it was astonishing to see n Messrs, Moore and Sanderson, brothers-in-law of he amount of ieeling they displayed at the news of | Mr. Fisk, and Messrs, Belden, Pollard, Aspeli, George his death, One old man, ‘ho has held. some oMmee 4 z of trust under him for some years, burst into tea! Barden and Drs. Fisher wnd Tripler. Mrs. Fisk was relating, Fate ee my be ar of him mis atthe head of the bed, with ber arms around the not Know bus ose Who were about | neck of he dying man, uttering lamentations and him there never lived a kinder or better man.” gentleman standing in the lobby outside the cnam- | °TY!agas if her beart would break, “CAN NOTHING BE DONE TO SAVE HIM?” ber aa ae reg of =: yale lay heard this remark, and, ing I a ind cried tne grief-stricken lady, of Dr. Fisher. ‘Alas ! “ Wi ‘that good Joved by tis merrante, and. I: have ‘never seen so | Ifear not,” replied tne physician. Gradually the Pes at Kel ppaepentg at the Lscpanhah aman | puise increased, ‘The patient’s breath grew shorter efore, although I have seen # good many die, under | gna the breathing more labored. It was too evi. ane aT utc Hatta Het saldanother. “It te not | dent that death was near. Around the bed were, only the personat iriends, but the general public | grouped the persons named above, who, with sobs and cries, gave evidence of the griel that was fill- ne an interest, such as I never before wit. essed, a oer something to do | mg their nearts over the approaching 1oss of a near VEL at Perna. récahretnknts wae and dear friend, At twenty minutes before eleven Soha ak wae ete rake ve © | the patient's breath grew quite short, and at times with tt. ‘fhe act was a terrible one, aud the way It : was carried out was so cowardly and unitke ways nearly stopped. Occasionally it became louder, and oe Efe era] American would ao that the peopie | the pale and tear-stained faces near the patient for '- The hope, however, Alitue belore twelve o'clock Mr. Florence, the | ® Moment grew brighter. Ti Mrgbttan, actor, arrived atthe hotel, Upon going into the | Proved an illusory one; for at @ quarter before ere ae tae tae pibrinet tre rain eleven the soul of Jamhs Fisk, Jr., sped trom its 3 ulty Te. strain his emotion. For @ moment or two he looked | ¢@fthly tenement and he lay sti and lifeless, The iuten*ly at the caim white face, and turned away | scene in the chamber was sad in the extreine. The bad = too full of anguish to bear the presence | widow of the great Erie magnate moaned and ‘As he was leaving the hotel some friends said to sobbed and called upon the attending physician to him, “Mr. Florence, won’t you stay & while; some- | help him who was of eartlt no more; but the cry ping ti ak pe presently, and we should like to | wasia vain. All pitied her and mingled thetr tears "Woo" he answered, “I cannot stay. I cannot | With hers. Thus was sympatny the only consolation look upon him again. {t 1s too horribie to think of, | she was able to obtain from those who—many of end.” them—would gladly have laid down their lives to Poor fellow! 1¢ was a frightful save that which had jfist been returned to Him who By twelve o'clock the news Was generally known in the city, and the greatest sorrow for the dead gave it. Her prayer at his death was, ‘Ob, God, if You must take him, take bis soul!” Was manifested on all sides, COLONEL FISK’S LAST MOMENTS. THE REMAINS - lay upon the bed in which Mr. Fisk was placed The excitement at the Grand Central yesterday | when tirst wounded. The sobbing mourners were Morning continued unabated. The morning papers | finally induved to leave the room and the bouy was, had made the news of the atvempted assassination | for a time, watched over by the grief-strickon of Mr. Fisk more widespread, and tae consequence | colored valet, who had for years attended Mr. was that thousands of people sought tne hotel from | Fisk. The room at this time was in a state of great & morbid curiosity to see every nook and corner of | confusion. Tumblers and vials and bandages were a@piace made memorable by tne noted event. By | scattered about upon chairs, table, bureau and floor. three o'clock in the morning most of the friends | On the back of the bed lay a palm-leaf fan, which of the injured man had taken their leave and | had been used to cool the brow of the late sufferer, naught remained of the excitement of the night | The head of the latter was bandaged with a napkin before but the anxioustaces of the physicians and | and the features wore their usual calm oxpression. friends, who hovered at the beaside of the wounded | The shirt was stained with the biood that had sleeper, The gas in the room was turned | escaped from the wound, and the muscular arms down, 80 that a glimmering tight made | were lying across the immense chest, At the scene more desolate than before, Servants and | the head of tne bed stood the colored valet, hall boys slid around upon their erranas on tip-toe | leaning bis head upon his right hand, while with and the silence was unbroken save by the heavy | the other he caressed the form of his late master, breathing of the sleeper in the sick room, Even Mr. | occasionally piacing it uvon the bare arms, as If e: Tweed had become weary of watcning and took | pecting that the flesh would yet become warm leave of his stricken fmend at one o'ciock. Thus, | again, and the soul of his late kind master once one by one, the visitors departed and the room was | more return tothe cold, clay form. Presently the left deserted save by the physicians in charge, | undertaker arrived with # plain rosewood coffin, in Almost at daylight, however, the throng of friends | whioh the body was temporarily placed for removal and curiosity seekers again began to assembie in | to the late residence of Mr. Fisk, in West 1wenty- the corridors and lobby of the elegant hostelry and | third street. A heavy velvet pall was thrown over thé guests, descending from their rooms to break- | the coffin, which was placed upon chairs in the fast, encountered many of those who had helped to | front room, adjoining the ante-room in which the @T0Wd the hotel the evening verore. TOR SYMPATHY FOR THE SUFFERER ‘was deep and outapoken, Not # man was to be found to say aught against the sufferer, but those who spoke of him at all did go in terms of highest praise, It seemed as if Mr, Fisk’s enemies had suddenly become bis friends, while those whose faces were familiar were numerous, and the num- ber increased as the morning wore away. The Erie Railway employés and officials were present by the hundreds, Jay Gould arrived early in the day. His face wore an anxious expression and his red eye- ids plainly showed that he had been weeping for bis dying friend. His praises of Mr. Fisk were of the most extravagant kind,. and the murdered maa died. The features looked extremely natural. The lneaments were well preserved. The face was, of course, pale, but comparatively undis- colored, and the dead man looked as if enjoying a reposing sleep instead of one from which he would never awake upon eartn. The doors of the rooms, were then opened and permission given to those Present to VIEW TRE BODY. Tastantly the assembly of triends formed in sin- gle file and comme: @ short pligrimage to the casket that con! al) that remained of their late friend or associate, The ecene was mournful in the extreme. Old men burst into tears as their gaze restea upon the dead man, and young men— fear that their long and tried intimacy was about to | strong, hale and hearty—utterly broke down under be severed filled his mind with sadness and his eyes | the grief with which the painful sight inspired with tears. The feeling Of kindness shown by the | them, Even the clerks and messengers sobbed as Ene President at least did credit to nis manliness | if their hearts would break, and not a few were 60 and goodness of hearts Nor were the tears shed | carried away with grief that they were ied out and for the wounded man those of Mr, Gould alone, | taken to seata until they could rity = enough Not by any menng, THEE wore old associates of | toleayethe building. Surely, if Mr, Fisk cou Tae rtes te who knew him best, 11 would have more than repaid bin for what he had suffered. THE REMOVAL OF THE BODY. As the vast crowds of mourners who thronged into the death chamber began to lessen Mr. Water- house, the Superintendent of the hotel, gave orders wo luck the door of the bedroom in which Mr. Fisk had breathed his last. When it was believed that every one who had procured admission to the sec- ond floor had viewed the body an order was issued to allow no more peopie iaty the room in which the coffin was piaced, Notwithstanding this order a number of ladies who were boarding in the house expressed & wish to look at the deceased, and they were admitted, One or two personal friends of Mr. Fisk’s, who Wished to TAKE ANOTHER LAST LOOK at his remains, were also admitted and remained for gome time gazing un the piacid features of the deceased. ‘When those who would fain linger a little longer were mildly persuaded to leave the room the policemen on duty cieared the corridor of all but \hose whose duty called them near to the remains. 48 Soon as this was done a messenger was despatched down staira for half a dozen of hotel porters, Just then the lid of the coffin was closed, and the famillar features were SHUT OUT FROM THEIR VIEW. Lieutenant Colonel Braine and some few officers of she Ninth regiment were the last to leave the room, The porters who were to bear the coffin trom the bedroom to the bier were soon in attendance, aud only awaitea a signal to alscharge their mourn- ful duty, It was evideat that somebody who was expectea had not yet come, and THE AWE-STRUCK SERVANTS gathered in groups near the door of the death chamber and chatted in subdued whispers. Mr. Waterhouse walked up and down the corridor im- Patiently, and at last despatched a messenger to announce to the person who was being waited for that all was in readiness for the removal of the body from the hotel. In @short time the message returned, and Mr. Waterhouse looked satisfied. A few minutes more anda gentleman, hatin hand, hurried along the corridor from aroom in the hotel. His face was flushed and a tear giistened in his eye, thougn he tried to look around him unconcernediy, There were not @ dozen people in the corridor at the ume and yet he seemed to shun their observation. As he Teached the end of the corridor and turned towards the room in which the dead body lay ne hurriedly DREW Hid BANDS AQROSS HIS BYES and walked poidly in, The clerks made way for him deferentially, tuough he seemed to take but lit- Ue notice of their obseyuiousness. As he entered theroom, ond jound the lid of the coftin closed, he mot‘oned with pis Hand and Jooked siguidcantiy at tile bystanders, TWEED'S GRIEF. One of the clerks again raised tue lid of the comin, and the newcomer looked long and earnestly at the Dailid features and the sightiess eyes that starea up athim. Unforbiduen tears welled up and slowly trickled down nis cheeks, and with BOWED HEAD AND CLASPED HANDS Wilnam M. 1 weed looked down on all that remained of his friend, Jt was a scene mourntul beyond measure, Whatever jis other failings, Tweed has a great, good heart. ‘Ine Ban's slong nature was evidently shocked as the tountaing ol his pity were opeded for him who had been snatched so suddenly ‘oii thé Inidst of the pleasures ri nite, ‘The cofin was closed again, Mr, ‘'weed covered his face with bis handkereniel, and his breast heaved with tho sobs which he tried to control. After a few moments he walked around to the head Of the coin and beckoned to tae porters that they migit remove tie body trom the room, As they Taused 1 from the stools Mr. ‘Tweed remalned stand. ing at the head of the coitin, ana when they were ready to leave the chamber lie led the way, hat in nand. When the beurers reached the corridor Mr. Waterhouse walked beside air. Tweed, The latter again APPEARED TO SHUN OBSERVATION from the few bystanders, and when the melancholy Cortége reached tne main corridor he turned to Air, Waterhouse, and the latter pointed towards a back passage which led to vhe servants’ stairs, opening on Mercer street. Mr. Tweed headed the procession into this pas- sage and waited until the porters had deposited their burden at the head of tne statre, The tears were still slowly trickling down the only mourner’s cheeks as he assisted tiem to lower the cofin to the ground. A suort time before it was removed David Dudley Field and Jay Gould, who were at ‘he hotel during the morning, had leit, and Mr. ‘Tweed seemed. to have ENTIRE CHARGE OF THE REMOVAL. While ali all this passing up stairs an unpreten- tous hearse drove down from Eighth avenue to Mercer street, aud Grew up at the servants’ door of Grand Central Hotel, One or two stavlemen hated with the driver, and in @ short tume two of the hotel servants appeared at the door with a coupie of stools. Sand was thrbwa on the slippery sidewalk, und the ariver of the hearse made ready to receive his burden. In afew minutes more Colonel Fisk's colored coachman appeared, He carried HIS LATE MASTER'S HAT in his hand and the military cloak which the former wore wien he was siot throwa over his arm. Tears glistened in his eyes, aud the poor feliow looked teariully at the hearse and its sombre plumes. Soon the undertaker hurried down stairs, followed by Mr. Tweed, stil hat in hand. He Walked out on t idewalk and siood by the hearse, rhe two or three loungers who happened to be standing Ou the street stared at him with undis- Guised amazement. His eyes WERE RED WITH WEEPING, though he tried hard to look as if his only troubie ‘was (ue proper disposal oy the body tn tne hearse, AS soon as it was perceived that the nearse was m waiting on Mercer street the boarders in the hotel crowded to the back windows, Ou the lower floor the loungers thronged to the back entrance, ‘The doors were locked, liowever, and the curious were fatn to content themselves with staring through the windows at the little group outside. ‘The servants, too, looked om curiously at what was going for- ‘ward. Slowly the coffin was lowered down the narrow staircase, and, as the bearers touched the sidewalk, they rested it on te stools for a few minutes, ‘The cotiin was only @ temporary one of rosewood, of tne plainest description. It was covered with A BLAOK VELVET PALL, which still shrouded it after it was placed tn the hearse. Wuile the bearers rested Mr, ‘weed re- mained standing by the coffin with hts head still uncovered, though a keeu northeast blast swept down the street, He stood with bis back wards the hotel and looked iixedly at the cofin. ‘the porters soon placed it in the hearse, and as the driver turned his horses’ heads from the door Mr. ‘weed looked sadly after it for @ while, looked hurriedly at ube staring groups in the windows aud quickly entered the hotel by the back passage, through which the comin tad been brought out. He hurried through the hotel to Broadway and thence to the Metropolitan Hotel, In the meantime the hearse was driven slowly through Mercer street, No mourner save THE FAITHFUL COACHMAN followed it, As it turned down Fourth street a few children, astonished at the extraordinary spectacle of & poor, teariul negro following a hearse alone, looked alter him tor awhile, shouted, and, unable to resist the temptation, tollowed it, too, for a couple of blocks. ‘The driver turned nis horses’ heads up town when at the corner or Greene street, and walked by (he most unirequented rae tovoionel Fisk's lave residence, at No. 313 West Twenty-third street. No one who saw the solitary hearse pass along the streets, with IT3 SOLITARY MOURNER following It, suspected that it contaied the remains ol the once mugnisicent Fisk. When the hearse reached the house the coffin was removed by servants to & bedroom, where prepara- ae were made to make the post-mortem examina- 10n. AT THE FISK MANSION, When Colonel Fisk's rematns reached the door of the mansion in Twenty-third atreet which had peen his home before the untimely period of his tragic fare had been put to his itfe the bier was carried silently and solemnly up the steps and followed by the friends who had attended its departure from the Grand Oentral Hotel, Senator Tweed was among them. THE OUT-DOOR SCENE. Aemall crowd had gathered on the sidewalk and was augmented by the one whioh followed the car- rages that came from the hotel. Before the house slong line of coaches stretched along the curb- aa MRS, FISK'S MOVEMENTS. In the middie of the afternoon Mrs. Fisk, accom- panied by Miss Herrod and a gentleman, went to the residence of her sister, Mrs, Hooker. She re- mained there during the rest of the day. Mr. Hooker, her brother-in-law, had become wild from grief, and was a raving maniac. This doubticss ‘was the cause of her going to hw home, THE CROWD, When evening arrived it found the crowd In the street not much decreased; but it was now com poned almost entirely of persons who had other mo- tives than those of curiosity to prompt theni to linger near the threshold, behind which was the dread presence of deatp, Many known business friends of the jate Colonel James Fisk came at inter- vals and rang the bell of the mansion; but indeed very few of those who sought admittance gained their object, {the post-mortem examination, which was ex. to his men to patrol up and down the block on that side the street in couples. He asked of one “Keep marching up aud down there, you know, and keep on the lookout for anything thet might happen. Don’t you stay woo muct in front of the house, but hover a little bevond,” “What does this mean, Captain?” said one of the crowd, “What does what mean?” asked the testy white- haired Captain. “Why, for Whatare you placing men to guard Mrs, Manstieid’s residence 7” “Oh!” sald he, hurrying away, ‘80 that she won’s ve bothered’? “30 that no one will hurt her?" “Yes? THB STRONG BXCITEMENT felt by all those who were partisans of Fisk might, perhaps, have caused @ necessity for this precau- tionary protection. At all events there was ‘some- thing in it.” The house of Mrs, Mansfield, atew | doors from thut of Colonel was dark aud gloomy—pbardly a light shone in the windows, WITH THB DBAD. Areporter of the HERALD was admitted through the draped door of the mansion of Colonel Fisk. ‘The hall was quive crowded. He was ushered 1010 the drawing room, which is next to the street, It is a very cosev apariment, furnished pleasantly and moaestly. Tne furniture le upholstered with ‘@ warm, gentlemen In che room said but little, Mr. Tweet ‘talked a ‘ood deal, and the conversation was supported by octors Pollard and Carnochan, My. Tweed remarked on THE CONDUCT OF STOKES after his arrest, ‘si went down to his ood tus morning. Hi jown ced this morning. He was chafing there like a caged lion and muttering ve- ween us shethe= Wut LW’ ity does that Morgan ? [never had anythin, Must Stokes; but that is the way he recelved mes TWHED DENOUNCES HIM, “Oh! he’s @ villain,” suid Mr. Tweed; “a damned villain, Damu it, to shoot hun in that’ way—with a@xlance at the folding-doors, behind which jay the corpse—‘‘there Was never any worse crime in tie history of assussinations, What cause had he to moe ae voMbas itaanoouen We . Pollard broke forth:—Why, this morning, in Butlalo, I baa fiity Pau sturdy fellows ole to me and ask to come with me; und I believe they Would have done quick work with that iellow or “I don’t care what 1s said against him or what. Will be said against him, He was # splendid man, GENEROUS AS THE DAY, Always helping somebody; always giving some poor ieliows Work to support them when things were dull; giving sowe here and some there. Uls money was always going. Look at the poor artists he sent to Kurope to keep them irom starv- ing here; the hundreds of busigess men whom he ag paved and propped up, and the young men whom he has helped to good positions and @ pros- pérods Sarevr,” “Yes,” said Mr. Tweed; and he then went on to ell how Colonel Misk had generously saved the | inion Savings Bank frum ruin wheo every other source had failed, “Yes, he gave that ald with no hesitation—not & Moment. He sentus down then to 100k at tne books and to satisly Ourselves tuat there was no fraud; and when we got vack he had ratsed over forty thousand dollars, without any waruing at all.’? SAVING Mk. TWEED'S BANK, Wee said Mr. Tweed, tenderly, ‘I remember then w get him to save our vank. 1 had just leit | Quinian, the receiver.” Mr. Tweed sighed; but he did not ook surcharged. There seemed to have been some relie! taken irom his mind; his face wore a contented not to say ro- 3 a pected to take place at five o'clock, was proorastin- | cort, Th Memmble at their armory on Monday, Jami ated, aud Coroner Young at that hour was not | “Yi The toliowing named oftcers are visible, Uther medical genuemen arrived, among | to nets. pelt beaters: (al aoe Cat whom was Dr. Fisher. geet Wilda Buen, Wy + Colonel by MES. MANSFIELD PROTECTED, secotd regiment; "Licuiehant Colonel ke Fr Wave hess At about seven o’clock a squad of policemen, Ten: brigade otamt wit , ee under command of Captain Williamson, halted 0 | yince at it wats eautnpet \ Seeaas §) Me © 0 Marty front of the house. The Captain then gave orders | | V.— hea iniuts of rape ri for tlcty vere emce will VJ.—The ofticers of the division are respectfull atiend in full unicorm, entigiheshoal gd “Where ia Mrs. Mansfeld’s nouse f!” By order of, Brigadier General J. M. VARIAN, When informed. he said to four selected officers, on esta SEWARD, Armstant Adjutant General and Chief aRN L ORDER-—NO, 1. He. ARTERS NINTH REGIMENT, ? TaRy Bui@ave, Fiast DiviB10%, N. G., 8, N. ¥.,! New Yor iia, In compliance with orders from brigade headquarters this commanct will assemble at the armory in full dress uniform (white cross and body belts, white gloves), with crape on left arm, on Monday, January & to pay the inst tribute of re- spect to our lamented Colonel Aivid'and stat Cdismonnted) will report to the Lrentenant Colenel commanding. Non-commissioued, staif, band aud Sell Hingis tg hone jutant at the game tine and piace, ¥ oveTieut, Col. CHARLES R, BRAINE, commanding, Epoar $ ALLIEN, Aajutant, THE OBSEQUIES AT THE BRIE BUILDING. ~ When the body is conveyed from the residence to the Erie Building, or Grand Opera House, it will be Jatd out in state in the vestibule of the magnificent Oflices of the Erte atiway, Company. Here it will remain from eleven to Pe one 0 clock. ‘To take charge of the y while it is lying here the following officers huve been given: or Hors —eureree Looe: r, Wood, Mont- fomery, Bacon, Hussey. f In inner room—the President's office—the has been when c textures. The is coverod. with bright- | ne from hued carpet. Between the windows is a lofty mir- | it after completing for the day. One Tor, and over the mantel hangs @ crayon portrait of | or two articles remain strewn ‘about—a silver orna- @ manly young face , mented pincushion, several Hiowens @ bronse Re THE CONVERSATION, atatuette of a cow and the Annu Ropes of 6 drawing room was cheerfully lignted: and | the Erie Railway Directors. the desk a looked homelike. In the widest arm clair, near | massive incstand, middle part of which forms & se SEMEciatact i tatad Mpsianssras | coer ae Gama, eal te ee a jn a ej E to 6 mantel was Dr. Bollard, ‘The otner Need Pecige Serese ine with care: 3 ag pipe, with a scroll lessely uurolled, on ‘Snton is inscribed. “Honiere. Another miniature tmopiece -is_ su; bracket against the wall immed: nen , desk, and on this bracket Colonel when turned from the last of the Teetne PAE Tocen test summer, hung his “Jockey Club’?; badae oy @ red “He pubon tha; sort of bravado, grumbiing and | yippon. It still hangs there to le iat rowling, acti out the tragic part which he had Over | the vacant feat is tae porta a Jay Gould) gun on Sati alternoon. He showed what he | but afew feet distant pehind the at wi Sattar feet, tar heatwenkoned se, | Gubldcu enti cot egestas Soe is however. Ikuew he would. He's a ~ Hiagiee: Sone he he All these things and hundreds of others not s0 easily distinguished by strange eyes will to-day make up the complement of the solemn scene in which will, jie whe, fold ‘and lifeless remains of him who but & ago was the very life of the place, gaining will obedience from all who were tn bis employ, and mew, as they attest by sincere grief, generous nature, Alter all have gazed upon him, lying tn his Lely the services wilt begin. Bits Flagg, the Chaplain the Ninth regiment, wil! officiate, avery sage ritual, When this is over (he comin will Pea are the pallbearers will take their places, and th ‘will leave the building for the'street, THE ar aig) 1 f Meanwhile, in front of the Grand Opera House, the provession of military yo be formed, and will Hela her’ (uodding Loward the house of Mrs, Mans- | gtart at about two o'clock. to the New + Haven depot will be accompanied -byy solema, FISK’S CHARACTER. strains of funcreal music, given by its widely cele- ‘Fisk, air, 18 an immense loss to New York,” | brated Ninth Regiment Band, From the A sail Mr. Tweed. “No other man can take | remaims and their sorrowful following wilt be:s; his place, He was, undoubtedly, the smartest of | on through the wintry conutry.to the town of Brat. the business men of the present generation for en- | tleboro, Mass. whore they will ‘be sadly given tq terprise and for pluck.” their Mother Earth at one o’ciock to-morrow, . THE CORONER'S JURY. Coroner Young yesterday morning served sum- monses upon the following named gentlemen to appear at the hoyse of Mr. Fisk this morning, at eleven o'clock, and view the remains, preparatory to being swora tu as jurors in the case of Mr, Fisk:— Francts &. Holman (of the firm of A. T. Stewart & Co.), New York Hotel. negro’ Wrisley, proprietor of Fifth Avenng ‘otel. ait R. aamaray, Tee estate agent, No. 210 Vest ‘Iwventy-third street, William Butler Duncan, banker, No. 249 Fitth avenue, Henry Clews, banker, Madison avenue, corner of - Tweuly-sixth street. William H. Locke, morchant, No. 267 West Thirty- eighth street. that. 1 was just coming lown the stairs wien you Ne got back. Liad been to the Colonel myseif just uavid Bows, prods merchant, No. 55 Weat Chrales L, Acker, of Acker, Merrall & Co., 42 West Forty-fi(th strovt, Lowell Lincoln, of E. R. Mudge, Sawyer & Co., 55 West Thirty-seveuth street, John J. Gorman, President Metalic Keg Company, signed expression, and his eyes were full of a kindly, good-humorea gravity. His attire was very neal aud betokened deep mourning. He wore a snow- white cravat, and his usual diamond was fixed in his bosom, His manner was unconstrained, ARRIVAL OF THE CORONER. Mr. Jonn Chamberlain came in and spoke to him aside, and afterwards Dr. Wood entered the room. ‘The conversation continued again for along ume, until Coroner Young arrived, with his assistant. 1t was then nine o'clock. Mr. Tweed rose from 66 Ninth avenue. A. V. Stout, President Shoo and Leather Bank, 260 Madison avenuc. Jesse Hoyt, 34 West Fifty-frst street. Marshall 0. Roberts, bunker, 107 Fifth avenue. pares S. Chapin, vroker, 47 West Foriy-cighth street. cyrus Curtiss, President Washington Life Insur- ance Company, 29 West Thirtieti street, Wilham 1, Bliss, President Tenth National Bank, Alexander McKeuzic, retired merchant, Grand bre irr seal ences ae ahee gue was Central Hotel. one ie glasses whic: on e man Ot “4 pouring the liquor from a dark bottie that inigs George Opdyke, banker, 679 Fifth ayenue. have coutained Scotch or old rye, His exampie Was imitated. He then drew on nis great coat and weut home, ‘The doctors and the Coroners then repaired to the room in which the boay was lying to begin the ox- amination. FISK°S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, About half-past seven o’clock on Saturday night the unfortunate Colonel Fisk performed the last chirograpaic as well as utile act of his remarsable fe, by affixing his signature to his last will and testament, As will be seen by a perusal of the docu- ment, which 18 subjoined, it Is brief, even terse, in its verbiage, carefully and very accurately framed, and every legal requisite scrutinously complied with, even to the verbal “declaration” of the in- strument being his “last will and testament.” The following 1s a literal copy of the paper:— I, JaMEs FIsK, JUNIOR, Of the city of New York, being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare tnis my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made. 1. I give, devise and bequeath all my estate and property, real and personal, except the special legacy hereinafter mentioned, to my beloved wife, Lucy D. Fisk, subject, however, to a trust to pay to my dear father and mother, jomtly, or tothe sur- vivor of them, $3,000 a year for their support dur- ing the life of them or either of them; and turther, to pay to Minaole F, Morse and Rosie C. Morse cach, $2,000 a year during theirlives, respectively, until marriage, when the annuity of the one marrying shall cease. The property and estate aforesaid to vest abso‘utely in the said Lucy and her heire forever, subject only as aforesaid; and the said trust shall not affect her right freely to dispose of and transfer any such property. IL. I give and bequeath to my sister, Mrs. Mary G. Hooker, stock in tne Narragansett Steamship Com- pany, of the par value of $100,000, tor her sole and separate use forever. III, I appoint my said wife and my friend Eben D. Jordan, of Boston, executors of this my last will and testament, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 6th day of January, 1872, JAMES FISK, Jr. TRE POST-MORTiM EXAMINATION, At nine o’clock the several eminent medical gen- tlemen avked (o be present’ during tne post-mortem examination had gathered in the front parior of the residence of Mr. Fisk, and upon favitation of Coro- ner Young proceeded through the hail to the back parlor. ‘heroom ts modestly furnished. Two bureaus ornamented with medium size mirrors, and over the mantel 4 third mirror is hung, which, with a single pastoral sketch depending froma blue cord between the windows, and the additional furnivre, gives tho apartment a pleasant buat not by any mcans luxurious appearance. In a large box placed beneath tne mantel lay the body of the deceased, covered to the chin with an appropriate mantle, At fifteen minutes past nine o’vlock Drs. E.T.'T. Marsh, we Coroner's deputy, and BE. @, Janeway, of Bellevue liospital, signified their read- mess to proceed in the work, and the body was careiuily lifted toa table placed in the centre of the room to receive it. Around it there gathered the distinguished gentlemen, among whom were Dre. Sayre, Carnochan, Phelps, Finnell, Fisher, White, Chauncey, Milford, Marsh, and Professors Sims and Wood, With that cauiton the case demanded.the examt- nation proceeded. First tne measurement neces. sury regarding the wounds from portions of the boay were made, and then the probing began. ‘That in the left arm through which the ball passed received attention, aud then the body was opened to find the bullet whieh caused death. During these operat‘ons many of the medical gentlemen present spoke in term@ of admiration of the deceased’s ap- pearance and the life-like nature of tne face, his fine, well-balanced heat, which had the organ of ideality remarkably developed. His magnificent physique was also freely commented upon. Littie by little the course of the deadly bullet was faced, and when reached it was found to ave taken an oblique direction from nt having travelled =the distance of fully twenty luches through his intesuines. After- Ward it was demonstrated that the kidneys, livor, heart aud lnugs of the deceased were in a normal condition, and had no acciicnt happened him Mr, Fisk would have lived to a green ol age. His hi weighed sixteen ouices and his bi bee Ree ad of a together the assembled arr: Signed, sealed, published and declared by the testa- Be Praca trouoanced him aremarneble physical tor, to be his last will and testament, in the | spocimen of humanity. presence of us, who have hereto subscribed our The post-mortem examination, a& sworn to vy pames as witnesses, at his request, and in mis | Dts Mart presence and in the presence of cach other. Marsh and Janew: . T, Marsh, NM. Ly sWorn, say on January 7, 161, at 313 Weak Twouty-third street, tn ted by Di at diveen minutes past nine P, M., assist iT. THOMAS G. SHEARMAN, S1¢ West Twenty second | © G. Janeway, made poxttporion! examination of street, New You the “body of James Jr. The body was well JAY GOULD, 578 Fifth avenue, New York. nourish ies, pe ell, marked. - eral pears in . Poste LW Trae eee discoloration about neck, body and on posterior o} tin sees 1tPac anfanel Ee faerie at he side of abdome' inc! lor Fe 4 one and half inches to right of median line, sx hi mohes above the umMilicus and eleven inches rd the The arrangements for the funeral are all com- | from the upper ler of eee pleted. It will be performed by the chaplain of the | #, quemavér, ‘was found. Plt ei ty-third street, at half-past one o'clock. A short service. will be performed, alter which tne body will ‘be taken to Brattleboro, Vt., for burial. The Ninth regiment will parade on the occasion, as will be seen by the orders published below. A meeting of regiment at the Erle Ratiroad offices, in West Twen- | oval in shape, it cosa, On jucing: the officers of the regiment was held at the Grand | te abaominal woud a nantity of gas Gon Central Hotel yesterday aiternoon, at which time the orders were promulgated. General Varian was in attendance, He at first,thought of ordering out | to the his entire brigade, as the colonels of several of the Sige waa ound ‘on the anterior Sur with was fou a face 0! (t arm, one inch above the bend of the Soow, an ere an wound Ma eqeerseiped a pro! Upwi backwards Is through the tlasties Of the arm, aud ‘out of the posterior surface of the arm, five inc! the olecronan introd: q lor_ escaped. ‘abdominal sect made, the woud was found to extend thro’ to the let ibang uae te, le ‘or the ab- men Was egin thickness. Several alo of ood were found 02 the suriace of the regiments composing it had offered their regiments | omentum. ‘The folds 8 escort upon the mournful occasion. It was, how ever, finally decided to order out the Ninth regi- ment only, and to invite the oMcers of the brigade | ments of the,transverse ‘of the gmail intestines were found agglutinated by recent Tnflamatorr exuda- were found in the omentum, ro) les chien ame. the 4 the tojoin the funeral cortége, 1be following are the | Of the apper portion of the Totty ing targe orders reiadda to” ' ’ Fars Ni ana fhe gg THR FONBRAL RECORT:— a “opening, Wat, Spigmoid fexare GENERAL ORDEB—NO A opening was wef tamaersemn a ee acs: | Slo Fuses anton eng too a oe eieaencg soleud aian teil fas.) OONTINUED ON TENTH PAGR