The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-29
Adjourned Meeting Of City Council. !,
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Council met At 8 o'clo6ksP 4 Pre-
sent His Honor the Mayor, sgohiIs i Alex
ander; Aldermen Cooper, Davis Wells,
Pugh, Carroll, Carr, PurviBnnd SMygeTtss
Continued examination intoi ioEs Of pin
and cross. IHtil Us I: :ss.sl}t ID
Spencer Lee sworn: On Sunday morn
| ing, when we captured the man Daniels,
wo did not examine any of the nrtinles
afterwards found on him until we. got to-
| the guard house; We wentab5kSsMr. Jack
sons house, where we started the man
from, and asked Mr.. jackson what We
were to do with the lnnn, and he told mo
we should take him, with what things he
had, and turn him over to tho guard
house; after going to tho guurd house,
the things were examined; l then re-
queStcd A1r. jackson to take u list Of the
things down; everything WAS taken out
and examined thoroughly; then Lomax
took the pin and cross and put both to-
gether into the pocket-book; there was
nothing else in that pocket-book, but
that pin and c-oss; Lomnx then snid lie
was going to take charge of them until
some of the officers came in; I did not
leave the guard house until Sergeant
Williams came; when he came in, / was
standing at the door of the captains Of
tice-the inside door; Lomax WAS in the
room, mt the sergeant's desk, where we
had examined tho things; then turned
round to Sergeant Williams, md told
him We had captured n fellow with n
good deal of plunder; the sergeant
laughed and said it was good thing,
and he went on into the guard quarters {;
[ still staid there until the sergeant came
back to the door, and Policeman +.
Robinson with him; Lomax Ind not
turned the things over to Sergeant Will
liams yet; then said to Sergeant Will
liau,s, will 60 now-I thought would
stay until some of you officers came
Sergeant Williams asked Lomax where
was the captain; Lomax said, would
have sent for him, but there was no one
room, and was busy and did not have
time; Sergeant Williams said he ought to
have sent for the captain-when there
was so much property, the captain ought
to DO there to look over it; thei4 left.
by Alderman Swygcrt-Did you find
the pin md cross in the same pocket
book thnt,you put them back into? We
did.
Describe That pocket book. Thepocket-
book was about eight inches long and
about four inches wide; I do not remsm-
ber the color of it; it was dark one, and
the newest-looking one in the lot
Did Lomax have the vnlise open Mt
any time utter tho examination and be-
fore Sergeant Williams came? Not to my
knowledge.
What did Lomnx do with the valise
while you were there! He kept it on his
arm; did not sec him turn it over to
Sergeant Williams.
Policeman Avery sworn: On Sunday
morning, 3Iny 2, between z and 8 clock,
walked into the guard house for the
purpose of going on duty; WINS placed on
duty rs house-keeper; received the
keys Of the guard house from Lomax, and
then very shortly after that SAW Lomax
standing in the Office with the satchel
that the jewelry was in; he said to Ser
geant w. that he wanted to 60 away, and
wanted to turn the things over into Ser
gcant WIS possession; Sergeant w. said
to him that he had sent for the captain,
80 he remained standing in the office
with the satchel in his hand; Sergeant
W. took sent in tho office; after sitting
there awhile, it seemed thnt they come
to conclusion between them to COM
mence to overhaul the things, and take
n list of them; Lomnx drew up to the
desk with the satchel; opened it, took
out lot of watches and chains and laid
them on the desk; Sergeant w. said we
will commence taking the numbers of
tho watches; 80 he picked up watch,
examined it and took the number and
commenced setting it down; he had not
examined more than one or two when
Sergeant Blizzard stepped in; AZ Ser
gcant B. stepped in LomaX snid, here
both OF You sergennts here now; l do not
know if he said to both of them to take
charge of the things; think he did;
then Lomax and Sergennts w. and B. all
went on with the examination of watches
and knives and ring; about that time
stepped back to the quarters; in few
minutes afterwards, | turned round md
saw the captain come in; that is all I
know.
BY Alderman Carroll-Are YOU certain
that LomnX was there when the captain
came in? l am not certain
BY Alderman Dnvis-Did You see any
one handle any Of the pncket-bool,s? +
did not see any one have any of the
pocket-books, except I.omnx. Dill YOU
see him have any open? I did not.
by the Mayor-Who was in the cap
tain's Office when Sergeant w. sent for
the captain? Only Lomux. Was Spencer
Lee there: No, sir.
BY Alderman Cnrroll-Was Sergeant
W. mt the guard house when you got
there? He WAS Where was he? In the
quarters.
Robert f. Williams sworn-When I
was in Charleston. attending court, III
met up with w. S. Evans; ho asked me
if had seen Capt. Nixon or Lomax with
q diamond pin; told him thought