The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-24
AT THE ROPES END.
The Fiendish 1Aaqailafst9 al SEiS&
Bond EypIate Their 4SWfut
Crime.
The X>ayIorsyilIe Officers &srcrpoNv'~
cred by 1000 staleEare aIii-
fNNCIfED.

TAyLoRsSIl1F, ILL.,, August 1.-THE
three men, Clements, pcttjs &nd nont-
gomcrY, held 10 the grand jury here to-day
on the charge Of rayislling Miss Bond, We're
taken out Of the Jail tonight b. band OF
citizens and hanged.
ANOTHER REPORT.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, August 1i.-{n the
early part Of the e-evening ut 'faEIors>le,
it Wps believed that everything had quiet
ed down and bail was being arranged for
the accused in the bond case. Later, how
ever, a report has been received that a
body Of from 5000 to i 1000 men oye1poW-
cred the officers, took the prisoners and
carried them ont Of town to hang them
No further news has been received up to
l 10 a. m.
PREVIOUS REPORTS.
Sr. L.ouIs, August 1l.-Dispatches from
from TaylorsyilIe, Ills, tonight indicate
that Montgomery, Pettis and Clements,
held to answer to the charge of outraging
Miss Bond, will be lynched to-day. 4
great crowd came into town from the cOun-
try, and the cxciterflent ran high. The
sheriff and county authorities had Il strong
guard III and around the jail, and picked
men in all directions. Every precauti0n
has been taken to guard against surprise,
and the evident purpose Of the officers IS
to protect the prisoners to the utmost. The
bond Of pcttis and Montgomery was placed
at 81 900 and that Of Clements at $4,000.
That of Pettis was signed this morning
and that of Montgomery will be signed to-
morrow.
THE COURTS ACTION.
TAYLoRsv1LLE, August 1l.--The pretifn-
mary hearing in the case Of the three men
charged with the outrage Of Miss Bond,
the school teacher at Blue Mound, was
concluded to-day. The result is that Wm
J. Montgomery is released, and Emanuel
Clements, Lee Pcttis and John G. Mont
golnerv were held to await the action Of
the grand jury. On the announcement Of
the decision there was movement among
the spectators toward the prisoners, but it
was checked by the sheriff and his posse.
1t is believed that the prisoners will he
lyncled before morning.
THE CRIME.
The attack on Miss Bond is too fresh in
the mind OF the public TO require Il detailed
recital. She was q young school teacher,
Of good family, and the crime was perpe-
trated III the loft Of the school house after
school had been dismissed, the brutes
chloroforming their victim and hoiating
her into the loft. Whenever the drug ceas-
ed to operate and she partially recovered
ncr senses they terrified her by scratching
her throat with their knives, threatening
her life, and committing indignjties that
cannot be described. Since the outrage
she has been Oh the verge Of death. Re
garding her condition, DR.. D. K, Cornell,
in the examination, testified to her terrible
injuries when found after the outrage is
follows: There were six Or eight cuts on
the neck and face, three short ones Oil the
right wrist, six Or eight Oh the muscle Of
the arm and several on the right thigh,
and large swelling was formed on the
right side over the tenth, eleventh and
twelfth ribs. The tenth rib was evidently
fractured. The examination showed that
4 beastly outrage had been committed on
her, and the injuries, which were too hor-
rible for newspaper description, were de-
allied. The doctor stated that Miss Bonds
present condition was better, though she
might have another attack Of neuralgia OF
the heart, into which the disease has do
Veloped, and in that case might die. lie
did not think it possible for her to ever re-
cover from the injury to the spine.
AN INSANE FATHER's WORK.
LITTLE Rock, August l1.--In Clay
county, near Moline, yesterday, farmer
named Neal Harris took pistol and q shot
gun and calling his little son went to the /
woods, ostensibly for squirrel hunting.
Ills wife prevented u little girl from fol-
lowing, and fearing something wrong, /
started after them Harris saw them. and |
placing the muzzle of the gun against the
ooyss breast, fired, killing him. lie then I
fred at but missed his daughter, and i'm
pointed the muzzle Of the pistol