Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-09
SPARKS HELD FOR MURDER OF
 ANDRE.
(From Thursdays Daily.)

ms preliminary examination, held to await the action of the grand jury, and committed to the county jail with. out bond for the murder of the French. man.
 M. J. Coylc, a stoncmason. employed at Whipple Barracks, the only cye.wit ness to the tragedy, was the star wit ness for the prosecution. Coyle, who was walking directly behind Andre when the latter received his fatal wound, told how he saw Sparks step out of the alcovc in front of the Palace aloon, and, without n word, fire point. blank at Andre, who was approaching from the direction of the Wellington, and how he was compelled to sidestep quickly out of the way of the falling man to prevent coming in contact with him as he fell, with his life.blood spurt. ing from bullet wound in his fore. head.
 In testifying, he said, in part: Some time between 10 and II o'clock I left the Anheuser saloon and walked along the "Row' in the direction of the Palace. When in front of the Vel. lington l noticed man walking in front of me about eight or ten yards. l kept this distance behind him until he reached point in front of the Vogc wholesale liquor store, when man stepped out from the railing in front of the Palace and deliberately shot him down, without word being exchanged between them. When the shot was fired l was so close behind the man shot that l was compelled to sidcstep quickly as he fell, to avoid coming in contact with him. l was frightened at the mans actions who did the shooting and the sight of that awful gun dumbfoundcd me so that l backed against the building as the shooter passed by me, going south on the street. l was afraid that he would kill me. My first thought was that he might be robber, and when he made no attempt to search the pockets of the dying man, it struck me that he was crazy. When he passed withou, making any attempt on my life, with the awful gun still smoking in his right hand, l ran into the Palace, and me, four or five men coming out of tn, door, evidently attracted by the nois, l of the shot, and told them that ther, was n man shot in cold blood on tn, sidewalk. l then left the vicinity, hor rificd by what I had witnessed. I di< not know either of the men, and can not identify the man who committed the deed.'
 | When asked if he could identif! Sparks as the man who fired the fata shot, he said that he could not, bu thought that hc was about "that man : size," pointing at Sparks, who wa seated directly in front of him.
 F. F. Hoffman submitted importan testimony at the coroner's inquest nm the preliminary examination. II said:
 "Abou. lO:I5 o'clock l was in th Palace saloon. and started to leave th place, and when reaching n point abou fifteen feet from tho door ] heard
 noise outside which sounded like th discharge of a firccrackcr. When
 reached the outside l saw Earl Spark standing with six shooter in his righ hand and man lying about ten fee
 from him on the sidewalk, beedin
 from n wound in the head. wake over to Sparks, and placing my hand O
 his arm, said What has happepc, KidP Sparks never uttered wor' only pointing to the prostrate man wit
 his hand, Immediately afterwards star
 ing south on the sidewalk. l then r'
 turned to the Palace, and informed th people in the place that man ha
 been shot outside. v
 William Fowler, manager of tl Wellington, testified that he had SCI arated Sparks and Andre during a qua
 rel short time before the shootin,
 He did not see the start of the hgl
 and knew nothing of the causes lea, ing up to it. His testimony corrobo
 ated the story of inc fight as tobl 1 Tuesdays Journal Miner Fowler sai that short time after Andre left th place Sparks returned and informed th witness that he had shot Andre. an
 asked Fowler to accompany him to th Sheriif Y office. stating that he wnnte to give himself up. Witness took th gun and told him to accompany Dcput
 Sheriff Frank Burns to the Sheriff office, nt the same time handing the gn , to the deputy