Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1884 — OSTRACIZED. [ARTICLE]

OSTRACIZED.

The Jury in the Emma Bond Case Haying a Stormy^Ex- '’• ' pitllft < : ““ —;■< Hanged in Effigy, Charged with Brib try. and Their Personal Safety " Threatened. (Hillsboro (HI.) Telegram to Chicago Daily Nctys.] Although it has been nearly two months since the termination of the Emma Bond trial, public interest in tho case has not abated. Tbe wystory is still unsolved, and people’ wonder whether the guilty wll) ever tie brought to justice. As is well known, tiie Jury has been condemned in scathing terms for acquittihg Montgomery, Pettis, and dementi. The verdict was and is still considered a second outrage. The Juror* themselves have bad a hard time sinoe the trial. They have been banged in effigy, charged with bribery, and at time* their personal safety threatened. Only a few weeks ago oue of them was attending a big public sale in thiscounty, and as soon as his presence was known the crowd became so Infurtutod’ that trouble was only avoidod by the juror’s hasty departure. The fact that some of the jurors have apologized for their verdict only serves to intensify the bitter feeling toward him. <ine of them is reported as saying that he would give thousand* of dollars if ho had never had anything to do with the case. Ho talks about the trial constantly, and looks ten years older than he did since he sat in the jury bo*. Another one weeps a great deal of the time, can’t , sloep at night, and seems Sorely afflicted in body and mind because the verdict was not received with favor. The Juror, Peter I*. Davenport, looks much older since the trial, ans bad almost become a hermit, rarely leaving his house, and avoiding people as much as possible. But the greatest misfortune has befallen Boone Isaacs, He was engaged to a handsome and accomplished lady of this county, but she has discarded him since the verdict, and he refuses to be comforted. Mr. Bond has succeeded in getting the names ot the five Jurors who votedrat first for conviotton, faut were subsequently induced to vet* for acquittal, and is after them with a sharp stick. In fact, all of them have trodden a thorny pathjsJnee..the trial. ; ’* Judge Jesse J. Phillips, who tried the case, has not escaped the storm of publio indignation. He has been Panged in effigy at Pane, Tnylorville, and Vandalia, and has received numerous threatening letters from all part* of the country. It Is said that his connection with the case will probably- injure his political aspirations in tbe future. The late defendant*, Montgomery, Pettis, and dementi, have been practically ostracized since their return to their home In .Christian County. Resolutions declaring that their names be dropped from tho Toil of decent society have been passed, and merchants and business men have refused to havo any dealings with them. In retaliation Monte ornery and hie friends have threatened their persecutors with terrible punishment. It is claimed that the dastardly attempt a few nights ago ( to wreck a passenger train, on which wero several hundred people returning home to Tayloovtlle from Pana, where an entertainment had been given for tbe benefit of Miss Bond, was the work of the late defendants or their friends. The Wabash Railroad Company has offered a big reward for the apprehension of the would-be wreckers, and it i* hoped they will be captured.