Phoenix City Murderer in County Jail for Safekeeping—Other News Items.
Item
- Title
- Phoenix City Murderer in County Jail for Safekeeping—Other News Items.
- Source
- The Montgomery Advertiser (AL)
- Date
- 7/26/01
- page
- 2
- Identifier
- Image 2 of The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.), July 26, 1901 | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- lynch portection; transfer; gun
- Race of alleged offender
- Black alleged offender
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Race of alleged victim
- Black alleged victim
- Gender of alleged victim
- Male alleged victim
- Stage of the Legal System
- arraignment
- Location
- in state; Phoenix City, AL
- Length of story
- 156
- Description
- Phoenix City Murderer in County Jail for Safekeeping—Other News Items. H. Sparks. the noted negro murderer of Phoenix City, was hi ought ti Montgomery yesterday and lodged n the county Jail. Sparks shot and killed another negro at Phemx city name Ingersoll. The murder created a deal Of bad feeling at the time, and when Sparks was brought back it was fearer that he would be lynched and the military company was called out. in evidence at the preliminary trial showed that Ingersoll was at when he was shot through a window The shooting was said to have been done By C. H. Sparks and his wife i Is claimed, gave him the gun to commit the deed. At a preliminary trial Sparks "a bound over to the grand Jury without bail, he was placed in Jail at Opelika but on account of the Jail being insecure it was thought best to bum him to Montgomery.
- Site pages
- Geography of Murder
