The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-05-28
NICIiAitD JONES, CITY CIcrE.
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OOUNCIL OhAMDEN,
COLUMDIA. S. c. NAV 10 1S7E

Honor the Mayor, John Alexander; AL
dermen Cooper, Davis, Wells, Thomas,
Pugh, Carr, Carroll, Purvis, Brown and
Swygert
Examination of Sergeant Williams con-
| tinued:
BY Alderman Davis Did YOU see any,
one in the large pocket-book? I saw it
held up by Sergeant Blizzard, but not
open. Was this before the captain came?
It was.
BY the Mnyor-Did Sergeant Blizzard
soy anything to you about the contents?
He took n paper in his hand and said let
us sec what is on this paper; some print
ing was on the paper; some Bros. & Co.,
, Augusta When the captain arrived did
not some one say to the captain, look
! into this book, there are some papers we
want you to look at? do not remember.
| Policeman +. Robinson sworn-On
Sunday morning, about o'clock, heard
crowd coming into the guard house;
dld not get up, it was such common
thing to hear fuss when bringing in a
prisoner; about half an hour after that,
l got up to go on duty at z o'clock; Mt
that time, Sergeant Williams came in
| and pulled off his coat and made out his
roll, and said believed would 90 to
| the captains Office and see what all That
crowd was; Sergeant Williams went with
me; l went into the office; Policeman
!IomnX was standing at the captains s
desk ut the far end of it, and the satchel
| was on the desk; it was open and lie had
q paper in his hand; said what is nil
this! Lomax said we made n great haul
this morning; said my gracious! look
Mt the watches! and aimed to put nv
hand towards the sntchcl and look at
the watches, and Sergeant Williams
stopped me; saw lnrge pockct-book
in the satchel; 1 sni,l, sergeant, how
many watches do YOU think is in there?
be said he reckoned there were
| seven or eight; he and I stood there
few minutes and looked Mt the watches
in the satchel and the pocket-book; it
| then wanted about ten minutes to 7 A.
NJ; Sergeant Williams said, YOU had
better get ready, it is time for us to be
getting out on duty; then Sergeant Will
liams and left Lomax alone in the cap-
tains office, and the satchel was then
open; then we walked back to the quar-
ters, and the sergeant said, foil in, bows.
and called the roll and we went on DUTY:
the next time saw the satchel it was in
the possession of Albert, the captains
boy, along with the captain; lie was
going into the gate at the ocaptain's
house; this was about o'clock, Sunday
morning.
By Alderman Davis-Did you see Fl.
johnson there? No; did not see any
one else there; left Sergeant Williams
IN the quarters; Sergeant Williams did
not so into the captains Office before he
came into quarters first time.
Sergeant Williams was recalled.
BY the Alayor-Did Sergeant Blizzard
tell you to say nothing about his having
the pocket-book in his hand? No, sir
Sergeant Blizzard, sworn, stQes: On
Sunday morning, I'd May, 1875, near
o'clock, went to the station house; I
found in the captains office Policeman
LoInax and Sergeant Williams; I also
found there certain property, which 1
had previously heard of; I saw sutchel
on the sergeant's desk; Sergeant Williams
was sitting on chair by the desk and
Policeman Lomax standing near by him;
being informed, on my way to the guard
house by Policeman Golden, that Po-
licemnn Sam. Williams had arrested n
man TINT morning with q lot of watches;
asked Williams and at the guard house
II there was anything else besides the
watches; think Sergeant Williams an
swcred, yes, there was lot of things;
he said lot of knives, pocket-book
pistol, pin-I cannot say positive whc-
ther he said brenstpin or not-and some
money; then Policeman Lonn1 snid he
would like these things to be counted
| over again; |, thinking it nothing more
thnn right, agreed to do SO; Sergeant
Williams then said that he hnd sent for
the captain and expected him in II few
minutes; he said the things were all
| right; l then said that I would like to
have the numbers Of the watches, and
| rather insisted that the things should DO
examined; at that time, Sergeant Will
lans, Policeman LOnux and myself
werc present; Policeman Avery, think,
was MT the door of the captains office;
Policeman LolnaX then unlocked the
| satchel, rs we'll aS can remember; ono
| of the two did; tho things were lnid ont
on the desk; / cannot bc positive who
| laid them out: was sitting at tho end
ofthe desk, between the captains and ser
gcants desks, with my back to captains
| desk; at. time the sntchel was opened,
Policeman Simon Williams was standing
at the yard door of the captains office; /
remember seeing the pocket-books lying
on the desk near the satohel, and the
| watches and some knives; one was O
dirk knife; / then reached in among the
things and began to take up the watches
from the balance of the articles; as we'll
as can remember, when we commenced
to examine the watches, Policeman
Lomax walked out of the Office; Police
men Avery and Simon Williams were, at
that time, in the Office, with Sergeant
| Williams and myself; we were OF no
| time In the captains Office alone-that