Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-14
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
ANOTHER TRAGIC DAY IN THE
MISS BOND CASE.

Montgomery Again Identified and tn,
Stery of Her Terrible Experience Re
told-Erank James BaiIed but Imme-
diately Rearrested-The Dark Deed.
Which Disgraced the Day.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 13.-A dispatch from
Hillsboro says: ''At the openingof court
this morning all the witnesses who were
called and sworn were instructed by
Judge Phillips that they must remain in
room prepared for them, or on the street
as they would not be permitted in the
court room. The defense has many more
witnesses than the prosecution. The
court room was densely thronged. Miss
Bond was the first witness called, and
was examined by Judge Edwards
for the prosecution. She recited
the circumstances of the outrage
as given at the time, how on the after
noon OF June 80, 1882 after dismissing
school, and while she was sweeping the
school house, she was seized from behind
by man who dropped through a scuttle
hole from the attic of the building. He
chOked her until she was blind, tied her
shawl round her waist, and then pulled
her up to the loft above. AS she
one OF the men in the loft, e'and
there" pointing to John C. Montgomery,
us the very man. l will swear that is
the face | saw" She took off her glove
and exhibited to the jury a scar on che
wrist of one Of the cuts she received at
the hands Of the men who outraged
her. She had told them she preferred
death to outrage, and one man, say
ing that was easily arranged,
ont l-t,fFo I
several cuts on her neck, face and arms.
On cross examination by Judge Thornton
Miss Bond stated that she had seen John
Montgomery but once before the night of
the outrage and then she did not know
him. She had never seen him since the
outrage until yesterday in the court room,
and then Immediately recognized him as
the man whose face she saw above her
while being drawn up into the loft She
stated that it was true that she told diff
ferent parties after the defendants were
arrested that they were not the men who
had outraged her. Though it was true
that she had told Mrs. Pellis and her
father only two men had out
ragged her, she was now satisfied
that there were three men. Several
times during the examination Miss Bond
was taken very sick and often compelled
to rest. She was affected to tears
while recounting her wrongs,
and she had to be assisted
out of the court room. Her Identified
tiOn of John G. Montgomery is full and
complete. The other defendants she
could not swear to, but the prosecution
claim that they will be able to connect
them by circumstantial evidence with the
crime.
VIGILANTES HARD AT WORK,
XANErnNI n nno
was received here to-day from Niobrara
Valley that Yigilantes had made away
with five horse and cattle thieves within
the past ten days. Two of the robbers.
named Hoyt and Weatherware, were shot
dead, and the other three, named Ward.
Murphy and Weatherware's son, were
hanged. Four others, named Cul-
bertson, Stewart, Morris and
cline are In custody and under indict-
ment. If the court does not punish them
the Vigilantes will. Another of the gang
named Mcfarland was captured and in
dicted, but he afterwards made his escape.
The cause OF this summary work was the
long-continued depredatiOns of the Mo
brara band of cattle and horse
thieves. For year past they have
operated with iInpunity among the
herds on the rich pasture lands of the
Niobrara river and its tributaries. The
AOihiCA iCdOCl VI tilC gang was Jue famous
highwayman, "DOc" Middleton. and
when he was killed it was supposed that
the organization would break up and
scatter, but instead it gained in strength
and became more formidable than In the
days of its old chief
FRANK JAMES RELEASED AND REAR
RESTED.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 13.-Frank
James was released on So, 900 bail this af-
ternoon. He was Immediately rearrested
on a charge of killing Cashier Sheets at
Gallatin in 1868.
The case in which Frank James was
bailed is the Blue Cut train robbery. His
bOndsmen number eighteen and represent
100000 worth of property. James will
be taken to Gallatin tomorrow. 1t is con-
sidered doubtful whether he will be ad-
mitted to bail on this charge, which is one
of murder. Officers were present to-day
waiting to arrest him for stopping the
United States mail, for the robbery of a
United States paymaster at Muscle Shoals,
Ala, and for the Northfield, Minn., bank
robbery.
BRUTAL BUTCHERY IN MAINE.
RICHMOND, Me-, Dec. 13.-Lewis f..
Hopkins, known here as E'Slim jim" and
"Ren" Turner, while on spree last night
killed an old Indian called sold Joe" in
ravished his wife. Both of the Indians
were quiet, inOffensive people, about 60
years of age. The murderer Hopkins is a
dissOlute character about 40 years old.
Turner is aged about %. Both are in
custody.
VANDALISM IN A SYNAGOGUE.
CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-Unknown parties
entered the Jewish Synagogue on the cor
ner of Clinton and Judd streets last night
and destroyed the interior ornamentatiOn,
wrenched off the gas fixtures, tore the
gown and curtains, and utterly wrecked
the furniture. The cause of the vandal-
ism is unknown.
EMBEZZLED $4,000.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 13.-Percy JacO-
bus, Secretary of the Eureka Consolidated
Mining Company, was arrested to-day on
sixteen charges of embezzlement. The
total amount of his alleged stealings is
$4,000.
RESPITED FOR YEAR.
WILMINGTON, DEL, Dec. Ex-Governor
Stockley has respited Jeremiah Harrigan,
the murderer of Dennis Shea, for one