Bisbee daily review., 1911-09-10
CASE OF JIM SHARP
 GOES 10 GRAND JURY
Preliminary Trial for Shoot ing of Sandy Sutton on
 Last Monday
TOO TALKATNE FRIEND

ITo0 TALKATNE FRIEND
 Jim Sharp was before Judge Owen E. Murphy of Lowell yesterday after noon for preliminary examination on
 the charge of assault with intent to commit murder on the person of Andy Sutton, and at the end of the prelimi- ] nary hearing, Sharp was held to the
 county grand jury in the sum of S400o. Sharp was unable to give the bond ! and spent last night in jail. g= The case was called at 2 o'clock yes terday afternoon, Ed J. Flanigan, as sistant district attorney, appearing for the prosecution, and Alexander Murry representing the defendant. The little court room was almost fill ed with spectators and it was neces- sary to keep an electric fan going continuously to replenish the yitiated air Of the court room. Even then it was more like a bakers oven than a court room, but the spectators bore the discomfort and strained theD every sense to catch the words of tpe witnesses.
 Sharp sat immediately behind his attorney. He wore overalls aId blue shirt and his face was covered with a weeks growth of beard. His hair was unkempt and his eyes were red. Sandy Sutton sat among the spectators and showed no III effects from his wound, appearing in the best of health and humor.
 Over on the left side of the court n-lv Q was Mrs. Sharp, the woman who 1t appears was the indirect and innocent cause of the shooting. She wore dress of solid black and black hat, trimmed with red roses. She IS a young woman and rather good looking and through nervousness and tiniidity she kept her chin covered with her hand.
 Mrs. Sharp was called to the stand by the prosecution, but the detehse objected to her testifying and the court sdstained the objection. She was told that she need not remain, and she appeared glad of an opportu- nity tc escape the eyes of the curious audience of men
 A tense moment was relieved Dyi the appearance of a little tot that threaded its way through the legs of a hundred men, like the Babes in the Wood and complaeently got up in the lap of it's father, Officer Henry Hall of Lowell, who occupied the witness stand. Having heard her father tes- tify, the little tot got down and threaded it's way out of the court room.
 The first witness for the prosecu- ton was Sandy Sutton himself lie said that Sunday afternoon about 2:4O o'clock he was lying on his bed when he heard someone coming Gp the walk, then up the steps and onto the porch, walking rather hurriedly. Sutton" someone called, and Slut ton answered Hello" thinking that 1t was a friend calling on him. Sharp reached the door and asked, Is my wife here?" and Sutton replied, My God, man, what is the matter with you; are you crazy?' By that time sutton mad placed his feet on the floor and in a position to spring for ward. Sharp was armed with 22- caliber rife and as Sutton got within a foot of him Sharp fired, the bullet piercing Sutton's right leg. A strug- gle ensued over the rife, in which sutton came out victorious.
 T placed my hands at his throat and told him he might as well give up," said Sutton, and he said An right and gave up. l afterwards gave his rife back to him and he begged me to place 1t against his head and shoot him with it, but I told him he appeared to be in trouble enough now and that if I had wanted to kill him I would have done it long ago." Officer Hall testified that Sharp told him, after he had placed him under arrest, that he intended to shoot Sutton in the guts." The prosecution introduced witnesses who testified that Sharp had tried to obtain a rife from them, saying that he was going out to the Sulphur Springs valley" Sharp went on the stand and made 8 statement, without taking oath. He said that William Bowers of Lowell | had met him Sunday morning and | told him that he did not believe his wife had gone to Douglas and said that she might be at Sutton's house. | Over a drink at a nearby saloon, ac- | cording to Sharp's statement, Bowers filled his eager, listening ears with stories of Mrs. Sharp's conduct, in.
 sinuating improper relations between | Mrs. Sharp and Sutton.
 Il After hearing this. Sharp left for
 Sutton's house on the run, determined
 to kill Sutton if he should find his
 wife there. His statement as to what
 occurred at Sutton's house was about
 the same as Sutton's story up to the
 time of the shooting. Sharp said thai
 he shot Sutton, fearing that Sutton