sentences:  Initially Anson Stokes was reluctant to become involved (he was 71 in 1909), and had told his sister this before she died.However, because of the charitable nature of the bequests he agreed to assist with setting up the trust fund.Anson Stokes' cousin, Edward Stiles Stokes, shot and mortally wounded James Fisk in the Grand Central Hotel on 6 January 1872.