The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-02-20

and CARRIED to st. Joseph's hospital.
where Or, Cannon dressed his wound
ana pronounced It serious but not neces-
sarny fatal
Mrs. Milton Sparks was walking beside
her husband at the time, and she ro-
ceived a flesh wound in the thigh. Her
husband was carrying their baby 10 his
arms, and the bullet that killed him
passed through the noshy part OF the
chllds thigh. inhlcdns painful wound
The wounded lady and her child were con
veyed to the Grand Central Hotel whore
DIR. J. Q. Simmons rendered the necessary
surgical assistance and they were doing
well at midnight.
Mrs. Mcdowell. an old lady Of Wharton,
was also wounded by stray bullet pass
ing through the neshy part of her leg.
She was taken to the Hutchlns House,
where Dr. McGregor attended to her
wound and pronounced it not necessarily
serious.
The complete story of this tragedy could
only be obtained from the dlsiointed
statements OF number OF persons. and
from these It seems that the trouble was
between Mitchell and Constable sutton.
young Mitchell married young lady at
Eagle Lake something over a year ago,
but for some reason they did not live to-
gether very long. Sutton is said to have
been caring for her for some time past.
and hence arose the bad blood which
brought about the killing.
Sutton, the Sparks brothers and Mrs.
Mcdowell ana her son were all attached
witnesses in The murder case OF Frank
Sparks, which was set for today in the
criminal district court This case came
from wharton county on change Of
venue. and singular feature about the
affair is that Captain j. c. Mitchell, the
father Of James r, Mitchell, is the leading
counsel to defend Frank Sparks, brother
Of the dead man OF the same name.
This. then explains the presence OF all
these people and how they happened 10
be together. having arrived on the same
train.
A few minutes before the shooting oc-
CURED Ticket Agent Simmons issued hn
accident insurance policy for 5000 to
young Mitchell and this has been CON
strued two ways-either that he was ex-
pectlng trouble or that he was going away
on the train and the meeting was acci-
dental.
Justice Mahoney attempted to hold
an inquest but he found It utterly impos-
sible to gather any Intelligent statement
from anybo1y, great many people
were near the parties when they were
shot, but as they were all strangers and
1t was done 80 quick, they were not able
TO say who fred FIRST In fact, It seems
that there was very little interval be-
tween the shots Justice Mahoney finally
gave the matter up last night as hope
less task, but win resume the inquest this
morning.
He had the bodies removed to the under
taking establishment OF Ross & Wright,
where the bodies OF Messrs. Sparks and
Sutton were prepared for shipment 70
Eagle Lake FOR burial and that Of Dan
Gleason for interment here today They
we're laid out side by side in the under
taking establishment and wete viewed
last Might by curious crowd Of men.
It is strange the Fascination that dead
body seems to possess for some people
Some of them stood ana gazed at the
CHASTITY faces as If riveted 10 the spot
The entire establishment was 50 crowded
that the undertaken found IT difficult to
DO his work.
IN the search for the details OF the az
fair a Mr. Robinson Of For, Bend county
was found. who saw the shooting. lie