The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-12-19
MISS BOND ON THE STAND.
The Victim of tlie Terrible Outrage mt Tay-
lOrsvi.le ReeOunts Her HronGS-ComPIete
Identification of Mont gomery.

The Victim of tI.e Terrible Outrage mt Tay-
Iorsvi.Ie RecOunts Her ySrongs-ComPIete
Identification of montgomery.
HILsBoRo, Dec. l3.-At the opening of the
Court this morning all witnesses called were
sworn, and instructed by Judge Phillips that
they must remain in the room prepared for
them or on the street; that they not be per
mitted in the Court room. The defense have
many more witnesses than the prosecution
The Court room is densely thronged Miss
Bond. the first witness called, MAS examined
by Judge Edwards Tor the prosecution. She
recited the circumstance Of the outrage a.
given at the tsme-hOw on the afternoon OF
June %, 1882, after dismissing school and
sweeping the school house, she was seized
from behind by man who dropped through
the scuttle hole from the attic OF the build
ing and clicked her till she was
blind. Her shawl was tied around her
waste, and she was then pulled up
90 the loft above. As she went up
the face OF one man in the loft, and
ore, pointing to John c. Montgomery, is
til. cry man. | will swear that is the face
l saw. She also noticed that the other man
in the loft had Iow-cut shoes and red
stockings. She was taken UP and laid on a
platform in the loft prepared for ,her. She
told the men she would rather lose her life
than virtue, and begged them to Kill her
One man remarked that was easy enough to
do, and taking out his knife made cuts on
her throat and face. nine in all. Upon. this
she lost consciousness, and on recovering
about an hour afterward she had been raw
ished. One man was just getting up, and
she was ravished repeatly after that, being
chloroformed. When she recovered con-
sciousness. about o'clock in the morning,
she found herself lying in a heap on the
schoolhouse floor underneath the scuttle-
hole. She dragged herself over to the house
of Widow Pettis. where the defendants. Lee
Peters and Clements lived. She told Mrs
Pettis that she had been rayisbed by two
large men, wearing light shirts and dark
pants, whom she did not know. Clements
and Peters hesitated to take her home fear
ing that her father might suspect them. but,
upon Mrs. PettiS agreeing to 90 along they
hitched up a team and took her home She
told her father that TWO men. wearing white
sDlltS ana uaTk pants, Ddu Outraged n6T.
She stated that her back was very much
bruised, and her knees. arms and shoulders
bore marks OF where her assailants had
grasped her; also that her wrist had n cut
which still renamed, and taking off her
glove she showed the scar 10 the Jury.
On ss-examination, by Judge Thornton.
NJ iss Bond stated she had never seen John
Montgomery but once before the night OF the
outrage then she didn't know him. Had
never seen hmm since the outrage till yester-
day in the Court Room. Then She Immediately
recognized him aS tie Ran whoSe face she
saw above her while being drawn up into the
loft. She stated IL was time that she told
different parties, after the defendants were
afresie,. ..iht they were pot the men who
outraged her. She thought il was true she
had told Mrs. Pettis and her father that
only two men had outraged her. She now
was satisfied that there were three. Several
times during the examination Miss Bond
was taken very sick and Ompciled TO rest.
Many times she was affected 10 tears while
reeountiDg her wrongs. She bad TO be as
sisted ont of the Court room. Her ident:f-
cation OF John Z. Montgomery was full aud
complete. The other defendants she could
not see, bnt the prosecution claim thev will
connect them BY circumstaatiai evidence
with the crime.
At the afternoon session Miss Bond, having
sufficiently recovered from the mornings
excitement. was recalled. The cr0ss-exam-
ination was continued. but nothing specially
important was brought oct.