The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-29


the keys were brought and the sntchel
locked up; asked Lomax if he had a
safe or any place to keep those things in !;
he said no; asked him what time the
chief would be there; think he said he
expected the chief to come very soon !;
i-cmnx held the bag in his hand, and 1
lett him and went to the prisoner; I
asked him his name; he hesitated little: ::
finally, he told me Henry Daniels: /
nskel him if he had been in nv upper
pnlzzn; he denied being therc-said he
was only on the lower one: in talking to
him, he said it WAS not nil his own; there
WAS another party i'll with him-a white
man named John Henry Brown, who
came on from augusta with him the
Night before last, tmcaning Friday night, }
and Il black mall chunky size--nlet then,
ut the Pine House; after this, l went to
the captains Office, and getting a piece
OF paper, headed 'Otlicc OF Chief Of Po-
lice, | wrote this interview down, then
started out. but returned and wrote on
the same paper the names of s. Lee. H.
Johnson and }, Neal; MS 1 was going,
t"id them L would leave the paper;
Just before / left, Sergennts Will
llamS and Blizzard arrived: I think
they were there when turned back to
write the names on the paper; the last I
SAW of the satchel was in the hands of
l.ohlaX In the cnptnin's Office alone; the
two letters spoken of were found in n
memorandum book on Sunday, and on
Monday 1uorning, when shown to me.
they We're In the pockct-book, which had
contained the pin and cross, with the
paper | had written on; Sergeant Will
iinms had arrived a little while before
left; Sergeant Blizzard came into the
guard house as l wns loin. out: there
was no chain to the pin that remember
or II there was, it must have Lccn ycry
little of it.
Capt. NJ. L. Nixon sworn: On Sunday
morning, I'd OF May. | think about n
quarter past Z, the boy Albert came to
my house and stated that SIr. jackson
WAS ut the guard house and wanted to
Sc" me; that his house had been robbed :
| got up and dressed, and handed NV
shoes to bc blackcd and sturtcd to the
guard house; when got there it was ten
minutes of by the clock; l went into
my own office and saw Sergeant Williams
sitting ut the scrgcan;s desk; Sergeant
Blizzard WAS sitting to the left of Will
llalns, near the desk, and Policeman
Simon Williams WIS leaning Mt the door
leading into the yard: the boy Albert
was leaning against the window sill by
Sergeant Blizzard, and Policeman Abney
was standing in the entry near my Office
| door: when [ went up to the seryennt's
desk SAW great many articles-pocket-
books, watches, pistol, &c.; picked up
two gold watchc, and carried them over
to my desk, opened the drawer and took
ont qnirc Of legal cap paper; then
told Sergeant Williams to bring the
things over to me; then took down the
numbers of the two gold watches that
! had, and they brought the rest over;
there were four gold watches md six
silver; L think the next 1 took down
were the chains; think Sergeant Biz
zard brought over chased gold ring
and laid it on the desk. 1 put
it down on the list, also. n
gol'l collar button and sleeve
button; Sergeant Williams then handed
me pistol, and stated to me thnt
the number WAS 5,332; I took the
pistol and examined it to find the num-
Der for myself, and Sergcrnt Blizzard re-
marked that I would find it under the
rnm-rod; removed the ram-rod and
found the humber; there were other
things, but 1 do not remember in what
order put them down; Sergeant Will
liams brought over some greenbacks and
counted then over twice; he afterwards
brought overthree one-dollar gold pieces
which fonn( had been worn for studs;
ne then brought over twelve coppers and
asked lne whist he should do with them;
will not he sertain, there were two cap
boxes laying Oh the desk, whether l
told him to put them in the
cap box o, to lay them down;
Sergeant Blizzard then handed me
Il lnrge roclet-book, open; 1 took it
and the first hing saw there were some
papers in the lower pocket; took the
papers ont; tie first one 1 opened was
half sheet paper, with the guard house
heading on it l was surprised to find
that paper thre, until Sergeant Williams
told me that Ir. Ju:kson had left note
for me; whenI read it, found it wns IL
statement alout Henry Daniels and
where lie cane from; undcr that was n
statement tint John Neal was the first
man who hadHccn Daniels on the piazza:
another parc was n receipt for pair Of
shoes, 81. 10; the other was for clock;
then commenced to pile the things up.
and Sergeant Williams brought over Il
Satchcl and t'ld me that the sntchcl be-
!ongcd to tll lot; / pat them into the
Satchel and snrted to 90, and Sergeant
Williams bralght me Il bunch of KEYS
and told me hat the brass key belonged
to the sntchc; before leaving, 1 took one
of the wntchs md made the remark.
will wear thii to-day, anyhow; 1 put it
i'll my pocket Sergeant Blizzard asked
me to allow Inn to wcro one Of them Il told
him he could and to be careful and not