Lot of four CDVs connected to scandal and murder in the nineteenth century, including: –Three CDVs featuring Edward S. Stokes (1840-1901), Miss Helen Josephine "Josie" Mansfield (1847-1931), and James "Jim" Fisk (1835-1872). A classic love triangle, the three-way relationship ended with Stokes murdering Fisk over the love of Mansfield. Jim Fisk was a partner of Jay Gould and a wealthy stock manipulator who met Josie Mansfield in 1867 on a trip to Annie Wood's Manhattan bordello. At the time, Mansfield was an unemployed actress and a smitten Fisk treated her with the finer things in life. Fisk and Stokes met in the Summer of 1869, becoming business partners and friends. Subsequently, Stokes and Mansfield met, and started up an affair of their own. The love triangle soon turned ugly, and with Stokes threatening to publish letters between Fisk and Mansfield, Fisk threatened to sue Stokes for blackmail. Stokes responded by going to the Grand Central Hotel to find Fisk, and there he shot him twice, killing Fisk. Stokes was found guilty of manslaughter after a hung jury and an appeal to overturn a guilty verdict of first degree murder. –One CDV of Charles de Young (1846-1880), by G. D. Morse, San Francisco. De Young was the founder and editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle, who was murdered by Isaac M. Kalloch. Kalloch's father was running for Mayor of San Francisco, and as such came under attack from de Young, who was supporting another candidate. A war of mud-slinging broke out between the two, seemingly reaching its climax when de Young shot Kalloch twice in the streets of San Francisco. Kalloch survived and ended up winning the race for mayor, serving from 1879-1881. His son, also named Isaac Kalloch, entered the Chronicle building on April 23, 1880, and fatally shot de Young.
Lot of four CDVs connected to scandal and murder in the nineteenth century, including: –Three CDVs featuring Edward S. Stokes (1840-1901), Miss Helen Josephine "Josie" Mansfield (1847-1931), and James "Jim" Fisk (1835-1872). A classic love triangle, the three-way relationship ended with Stokes murdering Fisk over the love of Mansfield. Jim Fisk was a partner of Jay Gould and a wealthy stock manipulator who met Josie Mansfield in 1867 on a trip to Annie Wood's Manhattan bordello. At the time, Mansfield was an unemployed actress and a smitten Fisk treated her with the finer things in life. Fisk and Stokes met in the Summer of 1869, becoming business partners and friends. Subsequently, Stokes and Mansfield met, and started up an affair of their own. The love triangle soon turned ugly, and with Stokes threatening to publish letters between Fisk and Mansfield, Fisk threatened to sue Stokes for blackmail. Stokes responded by going to the Grand Central Hotel to find Fisk, and there he shot him twice, killing Fisk. Stokes was found guilty of manslaughter after a hung jury and an appeal to overturn a guilty verdict of first degree murder. –One CDV of Charles de Young (1846-1880), by G. D. Morse, San Francisco. De Young was the founder and editor-in-chief of the San Francisco Chronicle, who was murdered by Isaac M. Kalloch. Kalloch's father was running for Mayor of San Francisco, and as such came under attack from de Young, who was supporting another candidate. A war of mud-slinging broke out between the two, seemingly reaching its climax when de Young shot Kalloch twice in the streets of San Francisco. Kalloch survived and ended up winning the race for mayor, serving from 1879-1881. His son, also named Isaac Kalloch, entered the Chronicle building on April 23, 1880, and fatally shot de Young.
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