The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-19

elected for'shvs suouings years Fsssiasat.
N. J.. Oalhan;. Vice President. John
Agnsw;' Secretary. J. Wsripg Levy;
Treasurer. OF. Jackson; Committee On
Finance, DR.. J.. Lynch, p. OantweIl,
Hugh Weir; Committee on Relief. VIM.
German, W. Collins, J. SpelIman; Com
mittee on Letters. B. B. MoCreery, ,.
Graham, r. Hapnan.
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SUPREME CouRT DECISION. March 18.
A. 8. Stewart, respondent, gs Q. kerri-
son, ct al, appellants. Appeal dismissed
and decree of Circuit Court affirmed
Opinion by Willard. A. J.
VERDICT OF THE EJURY.-Coroner Cole
man held an Inquest. Sunday, at the Co
operative stom Of the Charlotte, Colum-
bia and Augusta Railroad, over the body
OF Mr.. Simpson. (whose murder was re.
corded in Sundays PHaN11,) when tho
following testimony waa elected, four
witnesses bling examined: n
William Lucas. Haunch Bridges, and
Tim. Dennis, boy, came to the co-ope.
rative store together and knocked. They
then pushed open the door aud went id.
and asked for sardines and crackers.
While there. Simpnon. the deceased.
came in. passed them and went to the
back part Of the store. Bridges pur-
chased some sugar-ten cents worth
when Lucns remarked that it must be
poor sugar, or he would not have got 90
much OF it for the money. Lucas then
accosted Simpson about some powder
| and shot the latter had borrowed of him.
aud the latter replied that he had told
the clerk in Mr.. Hamberg's store, below,
to let hi u have the powder aud shot in
return. Lucas. with an oath and an
epithet, said, Cant you get it any.
where else but there?" They then got
boisterous, aud Reeves, one of the clerks
in the store, told Simpson to go and sit
down, and called Prim, an engineer ON
the road. to help him clear the store.
After getting them out and closing the
door, some one was heard to fall against
tho shutter, and upon opening the door
again, all three Of the parties-Lucas.
Bridges and Simpson-had hold Of each
other. While Lucas was in the stnre,
be was seen by the witnesses with
knife drawn, and the blade up his sleeve.
After opening the door. Lucas was seen
to raise his arm with the knife in his
hand. with which he cut Simpson in the
lower part of the abdomen. near ths
groin. The deceased said. Elm hurt"
and went into the store, when lie was
placed on the counter, after which he
lived but little over q minute. Prim,
Reeves and English pursued Lucas about
100 yards and arrested him. After being
arrested. he attempted to stab English
with the same knife. When brought
back to the store, Prim said to him,
"Bill, you have killed that poor man."
to which Lucas replied. II hope have;
I hope he is in hell" The knife was
taken from him, when he said. with an
other oath and expletive, he hoped to
God he had killed him. He was then
| delivered over to the sheriff. After
hearing the testimony, the jury returned
tho following verdict:
"That the aforesaid Bill or William
Lucas. in manner aud form Aforesaid,
John Simpson then and there felonions-
~ did kill. against the peace and dignity
OF the State aforesaid. and that Haunch
Bridges was aiding and abetting in said
killing"
Lucas aud Bridges have been fully
committed by the Coroner to await trial