dearest loved one we have lain thee in the peaceful graves embrace, but thy memory will be cherished til we see they heavenly face.∼The newpaper article said:
Pratt County Times August 24, 1894

Shot by his brother
Last Friday night a fatal shooting took place just over in Barber County, about 3 miles south of Sawyer. It seems two brothers, Clay and Emmitt Sparks had been to a horse race the day before and the younger of the two, Clay had won Twenty dollars on the race. Friday night they engaged in a game of cards and it is rumored that the older brother was trying to beat the younger brother out of money he had won at the race. They got into a quarrel and the younger one shot his brother, killing him instantly. The dead man leaves a wife and one child.

The day we found Emmett Spark's grave was the day we were at peace. We may never know exactly what happened that tragic day in 1894, but the family story is proved and his burial location has been found. His family followed a feeling and came to his grave to honor his life, death and his memory 106 years later.
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On Emmet's Tombstone written by his Mother Mary A. Harmon Sparks is:
Dearest loved one, We have laid thee in the peaceful grave's embrace, but thy memory will be cherished till we we see thy heavenly face.
Also there is a family story that his mother rode on the train from Glensted, MO to Sawyer, KS with her son's tombstone which she had made in Tipton, Mo and stayed in the little hotel there next to the Railroad tracks and had his stone set. I visited there in July of 1999 and confirmed that story to be true. His stone with the inscription :Clark, Tipton, MO. The stone is beautiful, sets in the center of Ellenwood Cemetery and looks like new.
Still standing was a little Hotel like building next to the Railroad tracks just down the road from the country cemetery.