Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-18
THE EMMA BOND TRIAL.

THE EMMA BOND TRIAL.
HILLsBoRo, Dec. 1.-THE court opened
late this morning. Samuel Mosler was the
first Witnessed who testified. He was
present when the piece of toe nail was
FITTED on John G. Montgomery's toe.
There was ridge on the toe nail and one
on the pairing which correspondent. Being
cross examined he gave the names of the
people present. He remarked at the time,
that one place it fits and the other place it
does not. Charlie Dickinson testified that
he was in the school house loft after the
outrage and found the toe nail pairing and
handed it to Ed Montgomery, who gave it
to Ellsworth. Being cross-examined he
said he found the pairing six feet from the
platform where the outrage was committed.
VIM. 81. Kaup testified he saw the pairing
tried on Montgomery's left toe nail. The
testimony was the same as Mosler's. Ad-
jourued till afternoon.
At the afternoon session, VIM. Arm
strong testified that he saw John G. Mont
gomery and Lee Pettis at the school house
the day after the outrage VIM. Mont
gomery, now dead, said that John, senior,
and John, junior, were at the school house
about 3 p. m. the day before. Both denied
this. William said, "I'll bet you $40 you
both we're therew John, junior, said she
was not there over fifteen or twenty min
utes." That's all that was said between
them. Chas. Jacoba testified that John
Montgomery said in hisl presence, he and
his father stood near the school house the
middle of the. afternoon the day of the
outrage. Benjamin Burge saw John c.
Montgomery near Grove City the morning
after the outrage, and said, John, that's g.
devil of scrape you got into last night"
He stopped his horses and replied, Hoy
did you find it out? VINO told your I
said, 'Eigel told me-" Montgomery SAID,
'Father and [ stood between the school
house and the coal house and talked till
O'Clock, talked about an hour" The coal
house is down the road from the school
house. On cross examination the witness
said, when he charged Montgomery with
the deed he spoke humo rously, and his re-
ply was IL q joculac strain. S. j. Snyder
testified that Jno. G. Montgomery was
left handed, the right hand being crippled.
BE Whitfield with his left,
Several illnesses we're examined at The
afternoon session, but ssioe from that of
two or three OF them who testified that
Pettis wore blue dotted shirts and low
shoes with striped stocking, as described
by Miss Bond n her testimony, nothing
OF importance YES eiici1ed. Reports that
a moo has been organized for tie
purpose OF iynching the defendants and
that Mr. Bond, the father OF the outraged
CIR, had sent r Threatening letter to Judge
Thornton, Of the defendants counsel, -
emphaticaiiy and authorl aively denied.
The town Is quiet to night and 40 evidence
r., ~.
Gath2rites ara very vigilant and the slig ht-
csl indication OF lawIessness viii be pu5
down promptly and with strong hands.
! COLORADO MURDER.
DENVER, Cot, Dec. IT The exoitem ent
in Durango over the killing of Bruce Hunt,
son of ex-Gov. Hunt,by the negro, Big Ike,
while burglarizing the bank of Duran
go last night is unab ltod. The corrected
account of the killing is as follows: Sus-
pectDg an attempt so rob the bank, par
ty composed of two bank officials, Hunt
and Tom Marshall, had for three nights
kept watch from law Office conve nient.
At midnight the watchers saw man ep-
proach the side door, pick the lock and
enter. After waiting some time for his
accomplices, if any, to appear, and
the burglar get well to work,
the party approached the front
door and pushed it open and ordered the
robber to throw up his hands, who instead
fired twice in rapid succession and jumped
through side door. One bail took effect
in Hunts breast, who fell instantly aud
expired. As the burglar left the building
he was recognized as negro 'Big Ike," the
most desnerate character in that region.
Though holly pursued he made his escape
and has not yet been taken, although
large number OF the citizens are searching
the country in every direction. Hunt was
one of the most exemplary young men in
Southern Colorado.
THE DEATH OF BRUCE HUNT.
ST.. LOUIS, No., Dec. The Southern
hotel, this city, has been requested by
parties at Durango, Col, to telegraph ex-
Gov. A. A. Hunt, that his son, Bruce Hunt.
was killed at that place last night, and
that the body will be sent to Denver to-
morrow. Gov. Hunt passed through st.
Louis ten days ago, and he has been teIe-
grsphed to ct Boston, where he is sup
posed to be. Hunt is ex-governor OF Ari-
iona, and formerly president of the Den
yer d Rio Grande railroad.
WILL BE HANGED.
EAsToN, Pa, Dec. 17.---John Dillman,
convicted CT the murder of his wife, will
be hanged on February IL. The death
warrant was read yesterday.
REMANDED AGAIN.
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 1.-THE supreme
court at Jefferson City remanded the case
of Geo. Grant, (colored), who has been
twice sentenced to death for the murder of
Pat Jones, a policeman of this city, last
year.
EMBBzZLYNENT.
New YORK, Dec. Thames Sheridan
was arrested on the charge of embezzling
$4,000 from his employer, VIM. John
SOD, wholesale tea merchant.
DEFAULTER.
MONTREAL, Dec. 17.--John Rennessv,
discount clerk of the Banque Du Peuple,
is defaslter for $4,000. His uncle made
good the deficiency.
ROBBERS AND MURDEBERs oAUsRT
CLIFTON, Ariz., Dec. 17.-Deputy Sheriff
Hoivy with posse, captured Sample, alias
Red, and Willis, alias Texas, two of the
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