The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-28


take me to Charleston with him, and that
he wanted me to stick up to him; that he
would throw right smart of money in nv
way; then Blizzard came out, and we
three started down to the guard house;
Sergeant Blizzard had on one Of the gold
watches; Captain Nixon said ho must
take it off, rs there would be the deyil to
pay about that diamond pin and cross ;
wo three then went into the guard house
Captain Nixon said that no one but Ser
geant Williams had the pin md cross;
previous to this Captain Nixon had told
me Mt his house that / need not say any
thing about the cross; on Monday even
ing, Captain Nixon told Sergeant Will
linms. on the platform of tho South
Carolina Railroad, to let that diamond
pin die away; that is all know about it,
BY the Mayor-You stated that you
turned over the yalise to the two Ser
geants? Yes.
Did you open it? 1 opened it as I
turned it over to them, and was about to
count them out, when Sergeant Williams
said, "never mind, it is NIL right; YOU
con Co."
BY Alderman Pugh--Did you soy you
turned the sntchel over to the Sergeant
or the Sergennts? said, here, you two
Sergeants TAKE charge of this, and take
record of it.
State what you said the satchel con-
talned when you turned it over to tho
Sergeants? I said, it has got q great
many valuable things in it; I think I
called some watches.
BY Alderman Davis-Did you learn ut
Newberry who had the lost pin? No, sir;
1 did not
BY Alderman Davis-Did you not 60
up to Newberry to learn something about
the lost pin? did. You saw the man?
Yes.
By Alderman Brown-Do you know,
OF your own knowledge, if this pin went
into the possession of any one else be-
sides the two sergeants? do not.
Sergeant Williams, sworn. states: On
Sunday morning, I'd May, got to the
guard house at A. NJ. the first persons
l recognized at the guard house door
were ID. johnson and Spencer Lee; C. F.
Jackson was standing at the cell door,
talking with the prisoner, Daniels; Po-
liceman Loma1 was in the captains y
Office as passed by the captains Office,
on my way to the guard room; I came
back to the captains office, and Police
man Loma1 began telling me what had
transplred that morning before ! got
there; stepped back to the guard room,
and told the men to get ready; Lomax
came back there with the satchel on his
arm, still stating what had transpired;
said, Why did you not send for the cap
tain? he said he had no one to send; I
told Albert, the captains boy, to go i'm
mediately for the captain-to tell the
captain there was very important mat
ter down there, and to come down lust
as quick as he could; Lomax said to me,
when his time was out, he wanted to turn
those things over; told him very we'll,
l had sent for the captain, guessed he
would be here pretty soon; he repeated
1t over again two or three times, that he
wanted to turn the things over; in this
time, he stepped back into the captains
Office again; was then busy making up
my roll list; as 1 got through, stepped
back to the captains Office again, myself
and Policeman F. Robinson; Lomar was
then by the captains desk, with tho
aatcnel open; myself and Policeman
Robinson peeped into tho satchel while
1t was open; made the remark, there
are seven or eight watches in there; Po-
liceman Robinson started to pull the
satchel open, and I told him to keep his
hands off it; and Policeman Robinson
went back again to the guard room; we
left Policeman Lomax in the captains s
office, with the satchel; the men were
ready for duty, and called the roll;
detailed Policeman G. Avery for house
keeper, and sent the rest Of the men out :;
by this time, II. johnson, Spencer Lee
and G. f. jackson had left; G. F. Jnck-
son gave me paper to give to the cap.
tain; just before he (Jackson) left he
asked me for the paper again, and said
he wanted to put John Neales name on
it; he then gave me the paper back; pnt
1t in my side coat-pocket, and kept it
until the chief came; the other relief
came in; then Sergeant Blizzard came in
to relieve his men of duty; Lomax said,
Here, you two sergeants are both present
II want to turn these things ovey to you
oil; he went to the sergcants' desk, and
he then opened the satchel and COM
menced setting out the watches the first
thing, and pistol; Sergeant Blizzard
said, Let US take the numbers of the
watches the first thing; the first put on
my book wns Remington pistol, and
took the numbers of the four a. gold
watches; by this time, the captain came
IN; he (the captain) said to us, Put all
those things on my desk; then we
stopped taking any more numbers at
that time; the captain then gathered up
some of the things and put them on his
desk, and put some on his desk; at this
time. I took the paper given to me by
MIR. Jackson and handed it to the cap.
tain; then I started to help the captain to
examine the things in the satchel; 1
picked up o small purse from the cap
taih's desk; It had some money in it.:
the captain took 1t out Of my hand, and