The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-21


somewhat dmmed, and he was not satisfied; he
examined the shirt again next day, but found
no stains on the shirt or under clothes He
also examined Pettuss clothing; neither of his
undergarments had the appearance of being
worn well across the hips; there were no stains
on any OF the garments; all the clothes had evil
GENTLY been worn several days. There was no
communication between the prisoners that day.
When cross-examined, the witness said the
but were not put in the cell till noon. In the af-
tern0on Clement and Pettus were in the cell,
While Montgomery was out looking for people
TO go on his bond. The witness was at the
Jail all the time, but knew the prisoners could
not have been put together. He examined their
clothing for his own satisfaction.
This testimony affects that of the convict
Meyer. who said the defendants had con sulta-
ton the morning they were put in Jail
Chris. Hammel, sheriff of Christian county. tes-
TINED that he knew Chas Meyers, the convict; he
was in cell in the east side of the hall when in
the Taylorvllle Jail, and could not see the de-
PENDANTS, who we're at the west door and slept
under the west window. The night they were
brought there the defendants talked awhile after
Iney went to bed, and he stayed with them TIL
he thought they were asleep; he then went into
q bar room.
John Dunn, who was confined in the Taylor
Vile Jail at the time the defendants were there.
testified that Meyers told him some prisoners
wished TO put up job on the defendants, but he
refused to join them.
Joseph Creighton an attorney, knew Movers; he
was HIS lawyer at the time referred to; Meyers
told him what he (Meyers) said about the defend
ants in relation to the Bond case was not true;
that he and Burritt made it up to secure favor
with the prosecution.
Thomas Hart testified that he tried to put
Mr. Dickerson up through the scuttle-hole at the
sehool-house on the morning after the outrage.
The witness is six feet and two inches high and
weighs 175 pounds. Dickerson weighed 135
POUNDS. Mr.. Hapime was In the loft; he tied
shawl around Dickerson and lifted him above my
mead; stood on chair and held him up as high
as he could, but Dickerson didn't come within
TWO feet of the ceiling. Hammel pulled him up
ard helped all could by boosting.
Charlie Masters, who is nine years old, and who
Wi INN md
left Just before she assaulted, testified: 81
was the only scholar that afternoon. Miss Bond
erys, where she boarded; ate
my dinner i'll the sohoohouse yard: then went
to the coal-house and played there till Miss Bond
came back. was not in the school-house dur
Ing the noon recess; l said my lessons after din
ner and then had recess, during which Miss
Bond went to PettuB's house. / staid round the
coal-house, and did not go away from there; saw
old John and young John Montgomery, during
recess, going along the road past the school
house; young John asked me why wasn't play
Ing with the school children; said there wasn't
any he said, We'll, wait and I'll come back and
Wrestle with yen. When MISS Bond came back
we went in the schooheuse. L told her there
Was noise in e1oft, and said thought it
made by tramps she said, NO, it's rats The
scuttle-hole was open all day; l saw mud that
morning on the wall under the scuttle, and said
TO the teacher, Look at that; she said nothing"
When cross-examined the witness said he laid on
the roof of the cOalhouse, kicking up his heels;
he could not see the school-hOuse door. This
witness was on the stand an hour and a half,
those. made in the preliminary trial.
CLEMENTS TESTIMONY.
The principal witness during the afternoon
session was Emanuel Clement, one of the de-
PENDANTS, who gave detailed account of his
whereabouts during the afternoon Miss Bond
was outraged. He said he was a farm
hand, and was working for the widow Pettus;
he was at the Pettus house on the afternoon of
June %, no work being done on account of
heavy rain the night before; he had dinner
between 10 and l o'clock, and the Pettus
family. together with John C. Montgomery
and his wife and child, were present After
dinner he and Lee Pettus fed the horses, took
care Of the CATTLE and then returned to the
house and spent the remainder of the afternoon
IN wagon, reading newspapers and
about half past 6 O'Clock, he saw
John @. Montgomery and his child, about twenty
feet away. He had supper about z O'Clock, the
same persons being present as at dinner. Mont
gOmery and wife went home about shutdown,
After again feeding the stock he lounged
about the yard and went TO bed at $3.50.
He then gave full description of how he was
called up az night by the arrival of Miss Bond,
and how he, Lee Pettus and Mrs. Pettus, took
her home; he also recounted how he took de-
scription of the men given by
Miss Bond, at the request of Mr..
Bond, to Sam. Heinlin, and how he
accompanied by Mr.. Pettus and Lee Pettus
after leaving Bonds house, drove to Sam and
them of the outrage. The witness
then went to Grove City afoot, aroused
several persons there and informed
them of the event. he borrowed George Hous-
ley's horse. and he and John Hatkins went to
the schOol-house, where they found j. W. Mont
gomery, his uncle John Montgomery, Lawrence
Heinlln and Lee Pettus. He then related what
be did in the matter of spreading the news in
different places, and how he was arrested, about
noon, at Bluemond, by Mr.. Crowl, on a telegram
received from Mr.. Bond. He was with CrOwl
and others all the afternoon; he
heard Lee Pettus was implicated in the
affair, and there was some Joking
talk that rope was ready If the right man was
found; he didn't remember saying who the
guilty parties were; never had any
grounds TO base such a remark upon.
At the time of his arrest he had
on the same underclcthing he put the Satur
day previous to the alleged rape. He
didn't have any consultation with Pettus
and Montgomery. The first time they
met in jail Montgomery didn't say
they must all stick together and tell the same
story to get out of the scrape. He did not re-
member any such conversation as detailed
by Meyers and BurretJ. He never had
any talk with Meyers or Burnett
about this case. He was not nearer the school
house on the Goth OF June than Mrs. Pettus's
house He had nothing whatever to do with
raVishing Miss Bond
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