The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-03-06
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THE EMMA BOND CASE.
The Defendants Stunned az
Outlaws and Moral
Lepers.
The Jury Pursued by the Indignant
Populace and Threatened on
Every Hand.
lHillsboro ml) Telegram to Chicago Daily

[Hillsboro nll) Telegram to Chicago Daily
News
Although It has been nearly two months
since the termination OF the Emma Bond
trial, public interest in the case has not
abatcd. The mystery is still unsolvcd, anS
people.wondcr whether the guilty will evek
be brought to justice. As is well known,
the jury has been condemned in scathing
terms for acauitting Montgomery, Pettis.
and Clement. The eriictOwas and IL
still considered 4 second outrage. The
jurors themselves have had hard time since
the trial. They have been hanged In effgy,
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 AZ soon as his pres
cnce was known the crowd became 50 infuri-
ated that trouble was only avoided by the
jurors hasty departure. The fact that some
of tho jurors have apOlogized for their YER
diet only serves to intensity the bitter reel
Ing toward him. One of them IL reported ~
saying that he would give thousands OF dol
lars IL he had never had anything TO do w'th
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 weeps great deal o. the time. can't
sleep Mt night, and seems sorely afflicted In
body and mind lccause the verdict was mot
received with favor. The juror, Peter Il
DuNeHllOrIs iOOks much OtcT siIlCc luC sS11ss
ans had almost be- omc n hermit rarely leav-
ing his house, and avoiding people as mucn
~ possible. But the creates, misfortune has
befallcn Boone lsnacs. He was engaged 10 .
handsome aud accomplished lady Of this
county, but she has discarded him since the
verdict, and he refuses 10 he comfOrtcd. MI.
Bond has succeeded In getting the names OF
the Ave jurors who vote 4 nj first for cOnvic-
tion, but we're subsequently induced to vote
for acquittal, and Is after them with sharp
stick. Tn fact. all OF them have trOdden .
thorny path since the trial.
Judge jesse J. Phillips. who tried the case,
has not escaped the storm of public indiRna-
ton. He has been hanged In eSfgy at Pana.
Taylorville, and vandal a. and has received
numerous III hreatening letters from all parts
Of the country. II l. nd that his connection
with the case will probably iajure his politi-
cal aspirations In the future
The late defendants. Montgomery. Pettfo,
and Clement, have been practically ostra-
cizcd 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 MOntt emery ard his
! friends have threatened their persecu-
tors with terrible punishment. 1t is claimed
that the dastardly attempt few nights ago
4 to wreck q passenger train, on which wero
4 several hundred people returning home to
Taylorville from Pana. whore 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 wreckcrs, and 1t 10
hoped they will be captured.