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1870 · réf. 75625 — 1870. Rare Images of Murderer Edward Stokes His Victim James Fisk And the Woman Who Drove Him to Murder Murder. Fisk James Jr. 1835-1872 Stokes Edward 1841-1901. Mansfield Helen Josephine "Josie" 1847-1931. 3-1/2" x 2-1/4" Cartes-de-Visite of Fisk Stokes and Mansfield Mounted on 4" x 2-1/2" Cards. New York c.1870. Light toning and soiling to edges of cards a few minor finger smudges outside of images light wear to corners. Overall very good. $750. These images relate to a sensational event that occurred in New York in 1872: the murder of the financier Fisk also known as "Diamond Jim" and "Jubilee Jim" by his former business associate Stokes. McDade's summary of the case: "Stokes and Fisk become engaged in a bitter legal battle which originated when Stokes stole Fisk's mistress Josie Mansfield. In retaliation Fisk had charged Stokes with embezzling oil company funds; Stokes replied with a charge of false imprisonment. Then Mansfield threatened to publish letters from Fisk revealing some of his transactions. On January 5 an injunction was issued restraining the publication of the letters; on the next day Josie Mansfield was exposed to a humiliating cross-examination in police court on her relations with Fisk. Stokes in a rage followed Fisk to the Broadway Central Hotel where he shot him on the stairs. After two trials the state could only convict Stokes of third-degree manslaughter." No copies of any of these cartes on OCLC; no sale records in RareBookHub since 1919. McDade The Annals of Murder annotation to entry 917. unknown books