The Arizona daily orb., 1900-01-22
The Shooting On Saturday.

The inquest up9A sne body of Kid Fox, the colored' man who was Killed on Saturday by Dennis Sanders, alias "Snow," was concluded late saturday afternoon. quite number oi witnesses having been examined. However, none of them except Sanders himself were near enough to the men when the shoot'
 ing occurred to be able to give accurate
 details concerning it, although at almost
 any time throughout the day. orainar''
 ly, persona are continually passing up or
 down the railroad track at the point al which the ehooting took place. Ane
 coroner's jnry was composed of John
 Reiden. T. P. Kelly, L. A. broWn' b.
 Carretto, George M. Hewitt, and J. o.
 Manley. The witnesses examined were
 George Howard, alias ''Brown" colored'
 John Breeding, well.known empioye
 of Marks & Wittig; H. Brown, ma
 chinest, 0. c. Wagner, Ed. A. Wittig, C..
 F. Henning. and Sanders himself. Brown testified to having heard the de, cea,ed make threats against the life ot
 Sanders. Breeding merely knew that Fox had come to the shop of Marks & Whiting just prior to the time Of the
 shooting and that Sanders went of
 with him. He heard no quarreling or
 angry words between the men. Mir
 Breedin. also testified to the good char.
 acter of Sanders. H. Brown saw the
 shooting, but at some distance. He saw
 the two men and heard four shots, the
 man who was shot was running from the other and fell at the fourth shot.
 Brown could not identify Sanders as the man who did the shooting. Wagone. was also at some distance. He could however, see the man plainly. and saw both running; saw deceased fall on the track and crawl up on his hands and knees behind the coal shed. Ed. Wittig testified that "Snow" came into the barber shop and borrowed his pistol ur, six-shooter of 4l caliber, with five chambers loaded and one chamber contai, ing an empty shell. At the time "Snow" borrowed the pistol he told Mr. Wittig that he had had no trouble, but merely wanted to take q walk down down the track, was not at all excited. Henning is a new bartender at the Turf saloon. He stated facts as to Fox and Snow having quarreled on Saturday morning and that Fox had threatened to kill Sanders. Sanders himself testified that he and Fox had quarreled; that Fox had threatened his life; that on Saturday the deceased had called on him to go down the track; that fearing trouble, and believing Fox to be armed, he had borrowed pistol and accompa- nied him; that on arriving at a point near the coal shed Fox had remarked, "l believe I'll just leave you here," at the same time attempting to draw a pie tol from his hip DO ,ket, but the pistol seemed to have caught and Fox was un- able to draw it out. However "Snow," believing his life in danger, drew the pistol he had and commenced shooting. The finding of the jury wac that the death of Fox was "From the effects of pistol shot wounds inflicted by one Q. s. Sanders, who acted in selt defense, and we hereby exonerate the said Sam ders from all blame or prosecution"
 The shot that killed Fox entered his left side and passed entirely through the body, lodging in his right arm. and in It's passage it went through the heart. Sanders is small man, smaller than Fox and older. He has been employed in and about Bisbee much of the time for four or five years. He is we'll edu- cated for colored man, and has here borne good character as one who in his position "knew his place.p He states that he has a family in Coulterville, Cal. ifornia. He seems to feel himself fully justified in having, under the circum- killed Fox. At the conclusion of the inquest Coroner s. K. Williams ordered the discharge of Sanders, but at once SIX. Williams, as Justice of the Peace, ordered the recommitment of pending a further investigation of the case, and as we write "Snow" is still under arrest. X,