The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-03-06

The Jury In the Emma Bond Case
Having q Stormy Ex-
perience.
Hanged in Ehigy, Charged with Brib-
cry, and Their Personal Safety
Threatened.

Hillsboro ml) Telegram to Chicago Daily
News.l
Although IL has been nearly two months
since the termination of the Emma Bond
trial, public interest I'm the case has not
abatcd. The mystery is still unsolved, and
people wonder whether the guilty will ever
be brought to justice. As is well known,
the jury has been condemned In scathing
terms for acqutting Montgomery, Pettis,
and Clement. The verdict was and Is
still considered q second outrage. The
Jurors themselves have had hard time since
the trial. They have been hanged In efhgy,
charged with bribery, and at times their per-
sonal safety threatened. Only few weeks
ago one of them was attending big public
sale In this county, and as soon as his pres
ence was known the crowd became so infuri-
ated that trouble was only avoided by the
jurors hasty departure. The fact that some
of the jurors have apologized for their YER
dict only serves 10 intensity the bitter feel
ing toward him. One OF them Is reported rs
saying that he would give thousands OF dol
lars IL he had never had anything TO do with
the case. He talks about the trial con-
stantly, and looks ten years older than ne
did since he sat in the jury box. Another
one ~eeps a great deal OF the time, can't
sleep at night, and seems sorely afflicted In
body and mind because the verdict was not
received with favor. The juror, Peter Ia.
Davenport, looks much older since the trial,
ans had almost become IA hermit, rarely leav-
ing his house, and avoiding people as much
AS possible. But the greatest misfortune has
befallen Boone Isaacs. He was engaged TO
handsome and accomplished lady of this
county, but she has discarded him since the
verdict, and he refuses to be comfOrtcd. Mr..
Bond has succeeded In getting the names of
the five jurors who voted at first for convic-
ton, but were subsequently induced to vote
for acquittal, and Is after them with n sharp
stick. In fact, all Of them have trodden a
thorny path since the trial.
Judge Jesse j. Phillips, who tried the case,
has not escaped the storm of public indigna-
ton. He has been hanged in effgy at Pana.
Taylorville, and Vandala and has received
numerous threatening letters from all parts
of the country. II Is said that his connection
with the case will probably injure his politi
cal aspirations in the future.
The late defendants, Montgomery, Pettis,
and Clement, have been practically Ostra-
cized since their return TO their home in
Christian County. Resolutions declaring
that their names be dropped from the
roll of decent society have been passed,
and merchants and business men have re-
fused to have any dealings with them.
In retaliation Monte emery and his
friends have threatened their persecu-
tors with terrible punishment. 1T Is claimed
that the dastardly attempt few nights ago
TO wreck u passenger train, on which were
several hundred people returning home to
Taylorville from Pana, where an entertain
ment had been given for the benefit of Miss
Bond, was the work of the late defendants or
their friends. The Wabash Railroad Com
pany has offered a big reward for the appre-
henson of the would-be wreckers, and it is
hoped they will be captured.