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About Edward Stiles Stokes
Edward Stiles Stokes was the owner of a New York oil refinery. In 1872, he shot and killed his business partner and love rival James Fisk. Stokes was tried three times and found guilty of manslaughter in the third degree, serving four years in prison. He later became part owner of the fashionable Hoffman House Hotel.
Everything about Edward Stiles Stokes →- Born
- 1840
- Died
- November 2, 1901