The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-10
A CELEBRATED CASE.
The Boaa Trial sim q subject OF
Interest.
A Interview with Judge Phillips
Who Presided At The Trial,
The Verdict Ju.t Ia His opinion.

HmLsBOEo, lit, Jan, 5,-AlihouEh Mont
tOmeTy. Ptltus aud Clement, tue dsfsna
ants ia the famous Emma Bond trial just
closed here, have departed from our midst,
they are still receiving a powerful rZeoTla'
liOn az the hands, or rather tongues, oi the
people here, The feeling Is still very
strong agaiusi them. As well as against tue
iurnFs, hut there art more people now who
ais inclined 10 excuse the action of the lat
ter than there were On THURSDAY, Tee
first report Of The verdict carried Win u il,
tsnsa disappointment and surprise sEd al
sorts nl TumOfs we're ahlaf regli'sE the
U.S. I'd m0nry by the dr'enee lll UNIQUE
iuhlrnur oxtTted upon tbs Jurors by tgIag
myster-uus means. Very Ter Wsr moline
10 tle belief that the ysrtict w. lHf aud
honest. bnt IL Is a very cay BauHT now %
RHI paapls who readily defend tlt aeillu
OF tie Jury upon the ground that IL
acted sOEscientlguily upon tue evidence
before and with = feeling Ihei such Ttg'
die, would meet the approval OF we IN
pFelUdIctd public. That they tFfil Hp
pears 10 be generally coneet9di but that
they acted according 10 their honestly coz
Ceiyed Idea OF justice i adritied now ~ =
very ig.r portion OF the residents OF Mont
IrnSE PHILLIPS VIVA,
Judge Paillips. before whom the case
vas Jfied, saldto the kepuohcsa eoiFg''
puuGHnt.
There (, one thlrg about this Jury that
have noticed as q singular fac. Alter Il
lad cen sworn la everybody said 'Insro
h one o.! the hCG' lurles ever selected lu
Montgomery county, IL represents honsssFt
inteligpgc aud ieaTlessusss, and you may
depend on o. that they viii give Y Jar ana
lust verdict Everybody Sid this DONE
remember that | ever heard a Jury m0se
warmly clmpllmcnted than was The one mp
10 the lime they brought IN their ys.d.g..'
Then everybody began 10 damn them, 70
Was the worst jury ever sgltcleoi 'hry we're
o lNt Of fools, and all that sort Of talk"
Eat, Judge, what i your opinion as 10
,hs Justice OF the verdict
- cannot SEE aOw they could have re-
turned any other verdict under the evil
denCe. They were compelled TO decide
upon the evidence admitted TO them anu
vera not informed as TO matters that were
simply outside gossip and werN not admit
ted US eVideace; II was good, ialr, intel
liEynt Jury, aud, in my opinion, returned
the only verdict that could have been found
from the admitted evidence"
"Nhnt Ia your own opinion rs 10 me nc,
tual Guilt or innocence OF the defendants ~
There are q great many psculicr lea
lures Ia the case, and were TO Judge solely
from the sworn evidence OF the witnesses
could do no,lips but admit that these
men were not guilty; but, rs said before,
there are pecplitr features in the case
which create, apparently, inBurnountable
doubts. /. have probably given more
thought to this case than any other that
has come under my observation TOR years;
| have taken the prominent points ana
built up theories around them, and must
confess that they have left the whole case
as Coull citing n ]. was p6rpllTing. would
prefer not 20 express any opinion rs 70 inc
guilt or innocence a these men, but ] will
sav that am satisfied with tho verdict OF
the jury under the sworn evidence. They
did their duty Ike men, aud endured their
long, tediOug confinement without nun
murisg. They should not he csnsured tor
their verdict, but rather cOmplimeuted for
so fully performing what they cOnscen'
tiously believed 20 ba their duty"
WORK WE'LL DONE.
Judge Phillips has been highly compii.
mented for his prompt and intelligent de-
cision and for the manifest fairness with
which he discharged his duties. The news
paper correspondents here during the trial
are also proilse in their compliments to
Circuit Clerk John J. Mclean and Sheriff
William A. Pyle for their efficient lsbors
and generous, gentlemanly conduct during
the trial. Beyond the fact that he is the
inventor of a double -back.action legal doc
ument cabinet, Mr.. Mclean has record in
Montgomery county Of which he may just
ly feel proud, and that he is entitled TO his
general popularity was fully shown at the
r?Cent trial,
While the community is rapidly settling
back into its normal condition % qui2tude,
il will be long time before the Bond trial
will cease to prevail as n topic OF converse
tior in the storss and on the streets OF the
town, and While ,hero are few who CE-
press regret that Hi!isbor0 failed to Gomon-
airals emphGle5.ly her Indignation regard.
ing the result the nsi-ritV leel grateful
Tor the fact lbst no cissclcclul act Vi VIII
enc ocouctd.