Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-21
THE EMMA BOND TRIAL.

H1LIsBoRo, ILL.,, Dec. 20.-sherif Haines
of Taylorsyille, was the first witness this
morning. He testified that he and attor-
ney brennan had fitted the toe nail par
ing to Montgomery's toe at the Jail.
Montgomery was perfectly willing to have
it done. The parlng was thicker than
Montgomery's toe nail. 1t fitted at one
corner, but the other side did not fit at all.
Witness put Clement and Pettis in Jail.
He examined Montgomery's clothing
carefully. They appeared to have been
worn three or four days. He saw no
blood Or other stains on them. He exam
med Clements clothing the night of his
arrest. Ills shirt was red and blue stripes.
The red stripes had run some, from what
cause he was not satisfied, and he exam
ined it again the next day. He found no
stains on the shirt or u~nderclothes. He
also examined Pettis' clothing. Neither
undergarment had the appearance of
being wet, ana there were no stains on any
OF his garments. All the clothes had evil
IDENTIFY been worn several days. There
was no conversation between the prison
ers that day. Cross examined, the wit
ness SAID the prisoners were taken. to jail
about sunrise, but were not put in cells
tilla noon. In the afternoon Clement
and Pettis were in the cell, while Mont
gomery was out looking for bond. The
witness was not at the Jail all the time,
but knew the prisoners could not have
been put together. He examined the
clothes for his own satisfaction. This
testimony Offsets that of the convict
Mapes, who said that the defendants had
q consultation the morning they were in
Jail.
Thomas Hart testified that he tried to
put Mr.. Dickerson up through the scuttle
hole in the school house the morning after
the outrage. Witness is six feet, two
inches high and weighs IT'S pounds. Dick
erson weighed 135 pounds Mr.. Hammel
was In the loft. L tied a shawl around
Dickerson and lifted him ADORE my
head and stood on a chair, held him IN as
high as I could, but Dickerson did not
come within two feet of the ceiling.
Hammell pulled him up and I helped all
I could by boosting.
Charley Mavers, nine years old, who was
in school with Emma Bond, and left Just
before the assault, testified: I was the
only cholar that afternoon. Miss Bond
took dinner at Ed. Moutgomery's where
she boarded. I ate my dinner in
the school house yard, and then went to
the coal house n played there until
Miss Bond came back. I was not in the
school house during the moor recess. Said
lessons after dinner, then had a recess dur
ing which Miss Bone went to Pettis' house
stayed round the coal holse and did not
GO way from there. Saw old John and
young John Montgomery during
the recess going along the road
past the school house. Young |
John asked me why I wasn't playing with
the school children. I said there wasn't
any. He said: "Well, wait and I IL come
back and wrestIe with you" When Miss
Bond came back we went in the school
house. I told her there was a noise in
the loft and said I thought there were
tramps. She said no its rats. The scut-
tie hole was open all day. I saw mud that
morning on the wall under the scuttle and
said to teacher, "Look at that" She said
nothing. Observation-Disclosures said |
ne laid on the roof of the coal house kick |
ing up his heels; couldn't see the school
house door. This witness was on the stand |
an hour and a half. Many statements
differed from those made at the prelimi- |
nary trial.
Chris. Hammil, sheriff of Christian coun- |
ty, testified that he knew Chas. Meyers, the |
convict. He was in a cell on the east side
of the hailiWhen in TaylorviIle jail, and
could not zee the defendants who were at
the west door and slept uuder the west
window the night they were brought there.
The defendants talked awhile after they
went to bed, and he stayed with them till
he thoaght they were asleep
and then went into the guard
room. John Dunn, who was confined
in the TayIorville Jail the time the de-
PENDANTS were there, testified that Meyer
told him that some Of the prisoners
wished to put up a job on the defendants,
but he refused to Join them. Joseph
Creighton, attorney, knew Meyers. He
was his lawyer at the time referred to.
Meyers told him that what he said about
the defendants in relation to the Bond
case was not true. That he and Burritt
it up to secure favor with the pros