The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-12-19
THE BOND CASE.
Interest In the Event Hourly increas-
Ing.
Evidence for the State Nearly All INA
Bad Day for the Defendants.
A Corpse on Its 6haps-Blood for Blood
Another Cain - Bids FOG
Beet, Etc, eto.
the BOND CASE.

meni over the Bond trial, which seemed to
have decreased yesterday, appears at great.
er heat than ever to-day, as those interest
d dock back from the recess and are seen
again In full numbers.
The evidence for the state will not be a.
iengthy ss was expected. The rapid dis.
posal yesterday OF the witnesses who were
summoned to show the attempts Of the de.
Pendants at consultation after the assault,
aud their statements there TO persons whom
they met, indicates that the prosecution
can rest, as far az testimony is concerne4e
In short time. 1t is understood that the
court will adjourn Saturday until Wednes.
dsv following to allow lawyers, defend
ants, reporters and everybody except the
poor Jury TO eat q
CHRISTMAS DINNER
al their homes. The state Of public feel
ing is by no means altered. The local
preachers are inveighing against the &C.
cused. and Sunday Judge Phillips had to
request tue Methodist clergyman OF Hills
boro not 20 talk about the trial. as the jury
wanted to attend mis- church.
ness produced by the prosecution this
morning. He testified that Clement told
him the story OF the outrage the morning
after II had been committed. The witness
stated that Cement acted excitedly.
Ell Howiey, the next witness, testified
that The day after the outrage Lee Pettus,
Charles Montgomery, and he went down
TO creek To swim. Pettus would not 20
IN, although he proposed the idea.
'. BCRRITT. A CONVICT FROM CHESTER.
sstiaad that be was IN Jail in Taylorvile in
he spring OF 1882. and was now serving out
sentence for burglary. Got acquainted In
ne Jail with Montgomery, Pettus aud
',enenti. They were all together In one
II. They consulted out of my hearing
ust after they came in. Witness remem-
r d conversations with them concerning
rme:hing in the papers then about toe.
iii, and Ctementl sud be had
LIT HIS TOE NAIL GROW
,rg. He had lost 1t shucking corn in
Eune. Montgomery said, "You couldn't
sc 1t shucking corn in June" Some one
lad from paper that Miss Bonds under,
othes we're torn. Clement said, "lt's q
i.aned lie; they weren't torn" Mont.
merry said, 'Sbut up, what do you know
out IT.
Judge thornton arose and said to the at.
rneys Of the prosecutions: ''You may just
well
GO TO HE'LL FOR WITNESSES
axe them from the peuitentiary. The
,roduction Of witness convicted OF one Of
I b CHEST crimes to testify against men Of
I'd standing Is infamous. Such testi.
my Is wholly incompetent. I move to
lcIude the whole testimony
An hour and a half was spent in argument
The motion. The motion was lost. The
,onviot was cross.examined as 10 the time
t his term, and the crime he com united,
nd how ong he hal bean in Jail when be
irst saw the defendants. He was not posi-.
tive whether Clement said finger. nail or
ioe.nail. Clement read in a paper that
Miss Bonds underolothing were torn.
'ettus said, "It's lie, they were not
,orn," Cement said, "Shut up" Can t
TX time Of conversation.
THAT 10 enough. Sheriff, remand him
o jail, said the Judge, and the han dsome,
rsy-h haired man left for his cell. Bennett
Nds worry paic'
MYERS TAKES THE STAND.
Myers, a heavy. featured boy, took the
AMI at noon, and testified that be heard
the conversation among the defend ants
when brought to Jail; John Montgomery
said the boys must understand each
other and all tell the same story; after.
wards Montgomery said brennan had tried
tn H. a niece Of cow.horn on his toe /;
Clement said about the toe.nsil that be
| st it sbucking corn. The witness corro-
b rated Burnett about the clothing In part.
H. said Pettus stated that the newspaper
sory was id lie and that Clement
laid: How do you know, you id little
oolr' He further testified that Burt.
Ben Scott and John Dunn, fellow prison
RS, heard the conversation In which
montgomery said we must tell
THE SAME STORY.
Slowly ThortOn turned 10 the witness,
md with his long finger pointed at Vande.
v er, counsel for the prosecution, said:
You are sentenced for life. No, not for
life, but for ninety Eight years (laughter).
and Judge Vandeveer was your coun.
sci -
SENSATIONAL SCENE.
eyes, did you tell Joseph Creighton that
yandeveer came to you before you were
sentenced and told you to play spy on
Montgomery, Pettus and Clement, aud
that II you got anything 1t would tighten
your sentenceH'
A tremor OF excite ment ran thr ough the
court room. Lawyers raised from their
eats and
LEANED BREArHLEssLY
onward to catch the answer. The face OF
Vandcv eer was study:
'Yes, ~ said the witness. at was moi
exactly in those words but 1t meant the
Sme thing
In the excitement Judge Phillips adj.
iourued court until afternoon.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
When court reassembled the convict
Meyer was again cross-examined. He said
j idge Vandcvee had approached him only
once. He heard the defendants talk i'm.
mediately after they we're put in fail. Tho
talk about the toe nail was the next morn.
ing. Witness denied that during his trial
he had said that the prosecution was
pushing him hard and that he was sorry
that he and Burnett made up q story on the
defendants. He never said to Dunn that he
had put upa Job on the defendants. He
never said to Parks that both men tried to
draw the witness out about 1t.
Judge Vandevee, the with ess, told him
that II he could honorably tell what be had
heard the defendants say II would be Of
great use to the prosecution and 1t would
do him no harm. 1t would do him good.
Jerry Ferguson, the next witness, testi.
fed that he Was 4 memb0r of the grand