The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-14
MISS BOND ON THE STAND.
John c. Montgomery Positively Identified
as One of the Outragers.


One of the Outragers.
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HILLsBoRo, ILL.,, Dec. 13-The proceedings
in the Emma Bond case to-day were very in
teresting Miss Bond was the first witness.
She came upon the stand neatly and modest
ly dressed Her form was that of healthy
woman, but the pallor in her face, and in
clinaton to limp in her walk showed that
she has not fully recovered from the assault
in June, 1882, and the consequent
sufferings, Miss Bond was accompanied by
her mother and sister, who sat Just behind
her while she was telling the story of her
outrage. The story was well told While
there was no effort at dramatic effect, there
was that about her simple manner of telling
it, and the attacks of WEAKNESS to which she
was subjected, that made great
impression. She went over the
whole story of the crime, relating
the circumstances fully. The assault upon
her as she was leaving the school-house, by
man whose face she did not see, was de-
scribed. This assailant choked her until she
almost lost consciousness, and she was then
lifted into the loft. One man above caught
hold of her shoulders ard the other took
hold of the shawl which was tied
around her waist AS she was
lifted up she saw the face of one of the men
above; THAT is the man yonder," said Miss
Bond, pointing to John G. Montgomery;
John Montgomery is the man, first saw
his face since the assault yesterday, in the
courtroom. When I looked at him he
shrank back, for he knew he was the man."
This caused every eye to turn toward Mont
gomery, who at first paled perceptibly and
then got very red in the face
Miss Bond then told all about regaining
consciousness in the school-house that night,
near midnight, and showed the cuts made on
her wrists when she begged her assalants to
kill her Cuts were also made on her neck.
Miss Bond admitted, on cross-examination,
that she said, during her sickness, she did
not believe that accused were the men. She
had not then seen John Montgomery She
did not know Lee Pettus and Emanuel
Clement. She did not see any faces when
she was assaulted except Montgomery's. She
also admitted that she told her father and
Mrs. Pettus that her assailants were tramps,
because she then so believed.
Near the close of Miss Bonds testimony,
she tainted away and had to be carried from
the courtroom.
She was brought back this afternoon and
the cross-eXamination was concluded, but
nothing new was brought out The only
other witness examined to-day was NJ. V.
Swick. He deposed that the day after the
outrage Lee Pettus told him that Miss Bonds
dress was bloody on the inside although she
said in her testimony that no examination
was made that night when she dragged her
self to Miss Pettuss house. He was also in
the act of describing her under-cothng
when John c. Montgomery came up and
stopped him. Swick told OF a conversation
with John Montgomery, that day, in which
he 1.-THE witness] told him that Clement had
made a confession duplicating him and
Montgomery, and he wanted the witness to
go and see just how much Clement had con-
fessed, and also to ascertain if he told who
wrote the warnings written on the black
boards of Miss Bonds school room. Mont
gomery asked If he was in danger because
Lee Pettus was staying at his house, and
sent word to Lee Pettus mot to give any
thing away" The defense attempted to have
these statements excluded from the Jury,
on the ground that they were
confessions made while in fear OF a mob.
While the jury was sent from the court
room, Judge Phillips took evidence to de-
termine whether Montgomery was then
actually under duress. He decided that he
was not, and admitted the testimony. This
called out loud applause, which was severely
rebuked by the court, who said the next Of
fender would get week in Jail
The completeness of Miss Bonds identfi-
cation of Montgomery seems to have pro-
duced a general conviction of his guilt,
which it will take very strong evidence to
change Some rumors of violence are in cir
culation, but any demonstration in that di-