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· 316 · index abortion, Bond’s: Burnett claiming, 223, 238; rumors about, 173, 176 acquittal, 198, 203; jury’s explanations of, 204–5; Phillips’s belief as correct verdict, 199, 205; public opinion on, 207–8, 232 Adams, mr., 40, 110; Bond’s engagement to, 7, 20, 171, 264, 274–75, 294n12, 301n1; in motives for attack, 247–48; as possible assailant , 248–49 affidavit, Bond’s to Judge Vandeveer, 297n22 agriculture, in Christian County, 11–13 alcohol, adding to mob frenzy, 74 alibi, Clementi’s, 58, 267; immediately claiming , 30, 34, 251; setting up, 265–66; swick impeaching, 186–87; testimony on whereabouts , 131, 165, 168 alibi, Hobbs’s, 84, 254–56, 269–70 alibi, montgomery’s: contradictory testimony on, 178–82; impeachment of, 66, 187; not claiming, 34; at preliminary hearing, 60–61, 66; testimony on whereabouts, 177, 181–83 alibi, Pettus’s, 267; Bond called as rebuttal witness for, 185–86; mattie montgomery’s testimony on, 131, 168; not claiming, 33 alibis, 251; credibility of, 67, 71–72; defense statements on, 52, 122, 134; leading jury to acquittal, 204–5; relying on estimated times, 61–62, 65, 67; witnesses on, 39, 61, 63–66, 176–77 Allen, Amanda montgomery, 64 Allen, James, 64–65, 177 amnesia, Bond’s, 218–20 appearance, Bond’s, 115, 121, 224, 227 Armstrong, Becky Housley (Bond’s aunt), 28, 130, 283 Armstrong, Bill (Bond’s uncle), 28, 130, 148, 181, 283 Armstrong, James, 28–29, 130, 150, 187–88 Armstrong, John A., 90–91 arrests: of Clementi, 30, 32; of Hobbs, 81, 84, 253; of montgomery, 30–31, 33, 144; of Pettus , 30–31, 33; speed of, 28; of Vermillion, 53; of William montgomery, 43 assailants. See also defendants: Adams as possible , 248–49; Bond identifying montgomery as, 137, 139–40, 145, 187; Bond supposedly naming “boyfriend” as, 241–42, 248, 251, 275, 281–82; Bond’s ability to identify, 122, 134, 139–40, 186, 253; Clementi supposedly knew, 154; Clementi supposedly searching for, 25, 28–29, 59, 149–50, 165, 250; details of attack by, 26; entry into schoolhouse loft, 186, 265; escape routes for, 256–57; evidence against Clementi as, 250–51; hair attributed to Bond vs., 55; Hobbs brothers as possible, 251–55, 264–67, 282; number of, 81, 140; ringleader of, 38, 89, 251; rumors of sammy Heinlein as, 175; search for, 27, 29; sonny Bond as possible, 244–48; Vermillion as possible, 108, 249–50 assailants, descriptions of, 165, 167; Bond giving to father, 8, 138–39; in Bond’s testimony , 137; of clothing, 8, 38, 150; montgomery matching, 37–38; strangers seen in Blue mound matching, 161; Vermillion matching, 108 attack, on Bond. See rape, Bond’s index · 317 bail: for Clementi, 36, 43, 73, 85; for Hobbs, 84; lowering of, 72–73, 108–9; for montgomery , 36–37; montgomery father providing for all, 73, 85; for Pettus, 43, 85; for Vermillion , 53, 84, 89, 108–9, 118; for William montgomery, 44 Barnes, Albert G., 246–47 Barringer, edward, 133, 193 Baughman, Josephine “Josie” Bond (sister), 220, 230, 279; birth of, 16, 294n4; Bond family living near, 240, 277 Baughman, obadiah, 230, 240, 279 Beck, George, 133 Blackwood, William, 132–33 blood: Bond’s, 167, 243; on defendants’ clothing , 38, 160, 249; in montgomery schoolhouse , 143 Blue mound: Clementi accusing “tramps” from, 150, 158; Clementi hanging around depot, 28–29; defendants’ return home to, 85; montgomery and Pettus’s supporters in, 207; possible scenario of Clementi escorting Hobbses to, 268; railroad connections out of, 30; search for assailants in, 29, 269–70; strangers seen in, 29, 38–40, 58–59, 83, 160–61, 256, 268 bodies, prisoners’ not checked for scratches, 38 Bond, Abner Dobbins, Jr. (“A. D.”) (emma’s father ), 42; background of, 13–15 16–18; care of daughter, 214–15, 223–24; children of, 16, 19–20, 110, 127, 294n4; Clementi’s telegram about Blue mound strangers to, 58–59, 158, 269; condition of, 86–87, 107, 214, 223; on daughter’s condition, 80, 107, 146; daughter ’s testimony and, 97–98, 136; death of, 278–79; defendants and, 53, 79; defendants’ fear of being blamed by, 138, 165; dislike of daughter’s boyfriend, 253, 264; education of daughters, 3–4, 16; emma’s identification of montgomery and, 139–40; on emma ’s marriage, 226–27; faith in justice system , 36, 73, 79, 88; farm of, 14–15, 277–78; finances of, 220, 277–78, 293n3; financial distress of, 114–15, 117–18, 209...

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