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49. Shadows of 1904: Jenny Daley's Deadly Alliance

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Welcome back to The Lethal Library with Stephanie and Dani! In this episode, we travel back to October 1904 in Boise, Idaho, where a husband walks into a sinister plan set by his wife and their mysterious lodger. What follows is a tale of shocking confessions, a dramatic trial, and the ultimate punishment that riveted the entire state. Join us as we unravel this sensational story filled with old-timey intrigue, courtroom drama, and scandalous gossip. This is one episode you won't want to miss!

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Dani

In October, 1904, a Boise husband came home from work and walked into a plan already in motion. His young wife and the lodger living under his roof had been talking about how to get him out of the way. Before Dawn, Charles Dailey was dead. What followed were shifting confessions, a sensational trial and an execution that drew the entire state's attention.

Stephanie

This sounds juicy. Dun dun dun. All right, everyone. Welcome back to another episode of The Lethal Library. I'm Stephanie.

Dani

And I'm Dani.

Stephanie

And we're here to tell you yet another tale of true crime in Idaho. This one going. Way back to 1904. Yes. Exciting.

Dani

I needed a little old timey. I I needed it for, for, for me.

Stephanie

I like the other one that we did that was old timey. It was so interesting

Dani

and I'm gonna tell you, it is so fucking hard to read those articles, those

Stephanie

newspapers.

Dani

Yeah. Yes. Because they are, no, we don't talk like that. We don't write like that anymore. And I just found my, like I couldn't, yeah.

Stephanie

Lots of focus required to read that stuff.

Dani

I don't even know what that word means, like

Stephanie

got the dictionary up, the thesaurus up. Ah.

Dani

But yeah, I wanted to do a, an old timey, so

Stephanie

here we are.

Dani

And I like it. It's fun for me. Sometimes I have to get off the,

Stephanie

the regular ular.

Dani

Yeah. I need to have some fun. Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's fun digging through old papers.

Stephanie

No, and I'm down for it.'cause it's always, it's just like you said, it's a different time.

Dani

Yeah.

Stephanie

And so how like the sensationalism it

Dani

is so sensational. Yeah. Yeah. Oh my god. And you know, they were, and his eyes were sunken in a half inch more than just three days before. And it is, yeah. Oh, did we measure that? And he doesn't look, He doesn't have, what was some of them? Like his power, his eyes were, there was no luster in his eyes. And just so like that, so you just

Stephanie

know.

Dani

Yeah. You know,

Stephanie

the lack of luster in the eyes. Scientifically guilty. Guilty.

Dani

yeah. They just, there was the most atrocious crime ever to be committed in the state of Idaho and just all of this. Oh,

Stephanie

I bet.

Dani

Yeah. So, articles used today are strictly from the Idaho statesmen

Stephanie

because that bitch has been

Dani

Yeah.

Stephanie

Around.

Dani

Well, and she liked the juicy tidbits, especially back in the day. Mm-hmm. This is, it was a gossip brag. Mm-hmm. Are you fucking kidding me? Anyways,

Stephanie

the morsels.

Dani

Yeah. and I just loved, I catch a side eye, an article when I was researching it, I'm just like, what the hell is this? Anyway, so, you wanna get into it? I

Stephanie

do.

Dani

Charles Dailey returned to his home at four 14 North third Street in Boise, Idaho. Shortly before midnight on Wednesday, October 5th, 1904. He had been working late at the Boise Gas Company where he was employed and regarded as dependable and conscientious. The small frame house he entered was shared with his wife Jenny Daley and their 2-year-old daughter Charlotte and a lodger William Henry Hicks Bond,

Stephanie

quite the name. William Henry Hicks Bond.

Dani

and I love that it says lodger'cause that's,

Stephanie

yeah, that was a thing.

Dani

Yeah. It's kinda like a roommate, but yeah, they used lodger, so we're gonna use some of those words. When Daley arrived, he found his wife and bond together in the Parl.

Stephanie

Not the parlor.

Dani

In the parlor with the candlestick.

Stephanie

This is literally a game of clue. Yeah. Like where's Colonel Mustard when you need him?

Dani

He appeared in good spirits and made no immediate objection to Bond's presence. He removed his coat, vest and shirt. Picked up his daughter and walked the floor with her bond who went by Fred. So he had William Henry H's. Bond. But he went by Fred Bond.

Stephanie

That's suspicious.

Dani

Well,

Stephanie

it's

Dani

weird. Maybe there was just too many Wills or Williams or Bill or Billy. So you just pick out

Stephanie

Fred.

Dani

Fred. He's gonna lucky he's running with Fred. Fred remained in the parlor, just chilling. Just chilling. And Daley spoke to his wife, about taking her to the theater when the next show came to town. And Jenny replied she didn't wanna go and that she no longer took any pleasure in his company.

Stephanie

That's a burn

Dani

in front of Fred.

Stephanie

I take no pleasure in your company. I, I don't know why I keep putting in a British accent, but reason That's okay. Let's roll

Dani

with it.

Stephanie

It's old and so it just feels like we don't have the southern accent here, so it's not like I take no pleasure in your company. It's not that. No. For some reason we'll, we'll smidge a British sounds right. I like it.

Dani

I take no pleasure in your company, sir.

Stephanie

So that exchange got

Dani

heated.

Stephanie

I bet that's very like my feelings are hurt.

Dani

Jenny, do you love Fred Daily? Asked. I do. She replied. Oh. Freddy, do you hear that? Daley said Yes. Bond answered. Then it's all over between me and my wife.

Stephanie

What an awkward. This is like Jersey Shore. This is Housewives level of all of this unfolding like this. My goodness.

Dani

After that declaration, Dailey announced that he would leave the house. He sat down on the, on the sofa in the parlor and began putting on his shoes bending forward as he laced them. At some point during this exchange, Jenny Daly and Bond went into the kitchen. Jenny had a revolver.

Stephanie

Oh shit, I thought it was just gonna be a knife. She's like, no, we're getting the gun.

Dani

It was a 22 caliber weapon she had rented earlier that afternoon from the L hardware store for 50 cents, you could rent a gun. Wow. I did not even know.

Stephanie

You just need it for the day for a crime like

Dani

this. Well, when she went to Lori's hardware store, she said she was going into the mountains and wanted to practice shooting.

Stephanie

Of course. Yeah, of course. She was. Yeah. Like anyone,

Dani

50. Totally

Stephanie

normal.

Dani

Yeah. Let me again, for a couple of days, bond urged her to use the revolver, but she refused.

Stephanie

Oh.

Dani

Mm-hmm. She said, don't let, don't let us do that to my old man. So Bond took the revolver from her.

Stephanie

Uh oh.

Dani

He walked back into the parlor. Daley was bent over near the parlor stove, his head between the stove and the wall,'cause he was putting on his shoes.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

And Bond stepped to one side and fired two shots. One struck Daley in the left ear and the second struck just above the left temple.

Stephanie

Oh.

Dani

Daily fell with a groan, blood spurting from the wounds and pooling on the floor between the stove and the sofa.

Stephanie

Uh,

Dani

Hey,

Stephanie

I thought he was leaving. What was the point of this? We're just scared of a divorce or

Dani

this was back in the day.

Stephanie

Yeah. She wouldn't have got much,

Dani

believing Daley to be dead. Jenny Daley and Bond discussed what story they would tell because they had a plan

Stephanie

clearly,

Dani

and then the plan didn't go to plan. Mm-hmm. The plan wasn't planning.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

They agreed that Jenny would say that she had killed her husband in self-defense.'cause that was the original plan. That's why she fucking picked a fight with him. She picked a fight with him,

Stephanie

and

Dani

that was the

Stephanie

fight. And then he, he was like, oh, well, guess I'll leave instead of fighting her. And they were like, oh, shit.

Dani

So both sat down and began writing letters. Jenny wrote to relatives in St. Louis, Missouri, where she's from. and Bond wrote, to his brother. But Daley was not dead.

Stephanie

Oh, no.

Dani

Nearly three hours later, sometime around three o'clock in the morning, he showed signs of regaining consciousness.

Stephanie

Oh my God.

Dani

When he attempted to rise setting himself by grasping the stove bond remark, the job had not been done properly. He seized a hatchet and struck daily several times on the top of the head. Oh, no. And Jenny protested. He may live. After all, she said, bond replied, it'll be better for you when he is dead. And after striking daily with the hatchet bond, reloaded the revolver and fired twice more, oh my God, into God. Daley's body at close range, aiming towards the heart, the wounds would later show powder burns. So he was close

Video

right up there?

Dani

Yeah.

Stephanie

Yeah.

Dani

Daily collapse and did not move again.

Video

No shit.

Dani

Can you imagine getting shot twice in the fucking head and then waking up?

Stephanie

I'm getting up. I gotta get help, and then getting hatchet and shot again. No, that's awful.

Dani

after the killing. They rearranged the body. It was stretched out between the sofa and the stove, and a comforter was placed over it. The revolver hatchet, and the bullets remained in the house.

Stephanie

Hmm.

Dani

So they're not even

Stephanie

gotta dispose of that. At least I,

Dani

I mean,

Stephanie

maybe you can't, if you're trying to spin this story, I guess, like

Dani

there's gonna be some stupidness coming.

Stephanie

Okay.

Dani

Shortly after Daybreak on Thursday, October 6th, William Henry Hinks, Fred Bond, Jesus. How many names does a guy need? A lot? He went outside and encountered patrolman John H. Brow on the Street Bond. Approached the officer and said, without urgency or any like, he was just like, Hey. A woman killed her husband at four 14 North third Street.

Stephanie

What? And this also makes it even more suspicious, like they're just there patrolling the streets. On a random morning, some gal shot her husband or something. I don't know.

Dani

He didn't identify the woman or explain his connection to the house.

Stephanie

Interesting.

Dani

after making the statement bond started to walk away, the cops, cops are like, uh oh. Hang on. How do you know the woman killed her husband? Officer Brow asked, I was a witness to the crime bond. Replied, you better come along with me. Brow said, yeah. Bond appeared irritated at being detained. Officer Brow summoned, officer Marion and the two officers escort a bond back towards the daily residence. During the walk Bond acted as though the officers were in, inconveniencing him, so he, he really did. Like went up and said this and then started to walk away down the street and they're like,

Stephanie

you know, there's like a murder anyway. Bye.

Dani

And they're like, yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh, we need you to come back here please. Thank you. And he is like, for why

Stephanie

wild?

Dani

When they arrived at the house, GI Daley was found dressing. I love all this old timey stuff. Mm-hmm. She was dressing, she was calm and composed. And she said little. The officers entered the parlor and found Charles Dailey's body on the floor in a pool of blood. The revolver and the hatchet were located also inside the house. Jenny Dailey and Bond were both placed under arrest.

Stephanie

Yeah,

Dani

I betcha. Bond was pissed. He's like, I just told you this and now I'm getting arrested for this.

Stephanie

Yeah. I thought I could just give you guys a tip and go about my day. What the fuck?

Dani

Some crime stoppers. As officers prepared to take Jenny daily away in a carriage, I just love it. Bond. Put his hands in his pocket. this is when he started walking down the street and So Bond once again was like. Bye.

Stephanie

Anyway,

Dani

good to see you guys. Officer Marion called out. Hold on there. Where are you going Downtown? Bond answered

Stephanie

Downtown Boise Bitch.

Dani

he said, you better get into this hack and come with us. Marian said, you're under arrest. Me under arrest. What for? Bond demanded. Nevermind, Marion said. Just come along. So the cop's like, are you a fucking idiot? Yeah. Come on now. Hello. And then Bond said he wanted to talk to, to Jenny before leaving.

Stephanie

Mm.

Dani

Officer Marion followed closely as Bond approached her. Later, Jenny Daley said Bond whispered her to watch for mail address to either Miss Jenny Daley or Fred Bond. Hmm. For why I know during the Ride to police headquarters, bond trembled and perspired

Stephanie

oh

Dani

heavily, but soon regained his composure and Jenny Daley remained quiet. Both were formally booked on suspicion of murder. After the arrest on the morning of October 6th, Jenny Daley and Bond were taken to police headquarters and held separately. News of the killing spread rapidly through Boise, the gossip

Stephanie

mm-hmm.

Dani

By Midmorning. A crowd had gathered outside the daily home on North third Street, and officers were stationed at the residence to keep onlooker's back. Charles Dailey's body was removed from the house and taken to the undertaking rooms of coroner a off Schreiber. The condition of the body was immediately apparent. There were four gunshot wounds and multiple lacerations to the head. Blood was found pooled on the parlor floor, spattered on the stove, and soaked into the rug near the sofa. Powder burns were visible around the gunshot wounds, indicating that the shots had been fired at very close range. Dr. George Callister examined the body shortly after its arrival. He noticed that one bullet had entered Daley's ear. Another, his head and two more had struck his body. The skull was not fractured, but the head had several wounds consistent with blows from a blind instrument. Dr. Collister later stated that one of the gunshot wounds alone would've been sufficient to cause death in a half hour.

Stephanie

Damn.

Dani

So I, this is a thing that I'm gonna talk about that I have never come across before, so I don't, I think they do this anymore. So I'm gonna tell you they have a coroner's jury.

Stephanie

No, I have not heard of this.

Dani

Okay. So I'm gonna tell you about that.

Stephanie

Okay.

Dani

That afternoon, Jenny Dailey was brought before the coroner's jury. She appeared small and pale, neatly dressed, and outwardly composed. She gave her age as 19 oh shit. She said she had married Charles Dailey four years earlier at age 15, and that they had one child. In her first sworn statement, Jenny Daley said that she alone had killed her husband. She told the jurors that Charles Dailey had been cruel to her and had threatened her life. She said that during an argument on the night of October 5th, he had frightened her and that she shot him in self-defense. She admitted renting the revolver earlier that day and that she had fired it herself. She also said she had struck her husband with a hatchet. Bond was mentioned only briefly. She did not accuse him of participating in the killing. When asked why she had rented the revolver, she said it was for protection. When asked why bond was in the house, she said he was just merely a borderer, a lodger, a borderer, a roommate. The coroner's jury accepted her statement, but they had more questions. the officers had already noted inconsistencies between the physical evidence and her story. The powder burns suggested close range firing. The locations of the wound did not align with her description. The condition of the room suggested movement after the shooting and bond was also questioned. Baum presented himself as a witness rather than a suspect. He said he had been present in the house but claimed he had not fired the fatal shots. He admitted knowing that Daley had been killed and said that is why he had approached Officer Brow. He offered no explanation for why he attempted to walk away after reporting the crime.

Stephanie

Later

Dani

by,

Stephanie

there's a Murder by

Dani

Bond's demeanor during the questioning was observed closely. He appeared alternately. Calm and agitated at times. He fidgeted crossed and uncrossed his legs and avoided direct eye contact. But at other times he spoke confidently at length.

Stephanie

Hmm.

Dani

Sketchy much.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

As the examination continued, Jenny Daly was recalled.

Stephanie

What does that mean?

Dani

And they said, we have more questions for

Stephanie

you.

Dani

Oh. Come back. Recall. Okay. During further questioning, she began to retreat from portions of her earlier statement. She hesitated when asked about the sequence of events and contradicted herself on minor points. When pressed about bond's actions, she became visibly uncomfortable. At one point, she refused to answer a question on the ground that it might incriminate her. An attorney intervened on her behalf. And the coroner allowed her to decline to respond. This is like a full on interrogation here. Yeah, it's, this

Stephanie

is intense.

Dani

Uh, they have a jury. It's the weirdest damn thing. I probably should have done a little research on what that is, but that's what it sounds like to me, like

Stephanie

yeah.

Dani

Later that day, under continued examination, Jenny Dailey's account changed. She admitted that Bond had urged her to kill her husband and that she had not been able to do it. She said Bond took the revolver from her and fired the first shots. Oh, she said she was in the kitchen when the shooting began. She described hearing shots and blows. She admitted the bond later told her what story to tell the authorities.

Stephanie

Uh oh.

Dani

She said Bond instructed her to say that she had killed her husband because as he explained it, a woman might escape punishment, but a man would not. She also admitted that the revolver had been rented, a bond's suggestion, and that he had attempted to obtain one himself earlier. That day. So he went to Lori's hardware store.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

And tried to get one, but he did not have, I think it was the correct identification to get one or something.

Stephanie

And back then it's like,

Dani

and they had, they had her daughter with her too. They went there like

Stephanie

So she went ahead and did it?

Dani

Yeah. She was like, okay, I'll do it. the change in her testimony stunned those present.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

The coroner's jury recessed and later reconvened to hear additional witnesses. Officers Brow and Marian testified about bond's conduct, the morning of the arrest, including his attempt to leave after reporting the killing and his irritation of being detained. They described finding the body and the weapons in the house and arresting both suspects. As the proceedings continued, it became clear that the initial story of self-defense could not stand. Jenny Dailey acknowledged that she had sworn falsely in her first statements. She said that she had done so out of fear and confusion, and because Bond told her it was the safest course.

Stephanie

You done fucked up.

Dani

Bond confronted with her revised account. Denied parts of it but he could not explain key details. He admitted it being in the house before and after the killing. He admitted knowledge of the revolver and the hatchet. He did not deny urging Jenny Daley to rent the weapon by the close of the coroner's jury examination both Jenny Daley. And Fred Bond were formerly held to answer for the murder of Charles Dailey and the ca

Stephanie

Oh shit.

Dani

And the case was bound over to district Court.

Stephanie

Uh oh.

Dani

Look how confusing she comes in and says, I did it.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

I did it. My husband was cruel to me, that's not even a defense. Uh, my husband was cruel to me and I shot him. Well, no, in reality, Charles just wanted to take her to the theater. Yeah. And then Professor Love for fucking Fred,

Stephanie

fucking Fred.

Dani

And then he is like, all right, I guess I'm out putting on his fucking shoes to leave. And they're like, oh, this is not,

Stephanie

no, we gotta do it. Yeah.

Dani

This was not how this was supposed to go. You were supposed to get mad and

Stephanie

try to attack.

Dani

Uh, yeah. And that didn't happen. He is like, all right. Wow. So this isn't written down, but let me tell you. And I don't know how this isn't, maybe it isn't here later. I don't know. Charles Dailey was 54. Oh my God. With a teenager. Not uncommon for

Stephanie

the time. I know, but I just, fucking

Dani

weird.

Stephanie

Um, but that explains a lot of like. They're not good planning of this. Like it's very impulsive, but she is

Dani

19 at the time. Yeah.

Stephanie

It's impulsive. It's weird. Yeah.

Dani

And also how she could easily fall in love with a younger man.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

Right.

Stephanie

Yeah, that all makes sense.

Dani

Bond was brought to trial. In district court in Boise in February, 1905 on a charge of murder in the first degree killing of Charles Dailey. The courtroom assigned to Judge George H. Stewart was crowded from the start. Public interest in the case had grown steadily since the coroner's inquest and the presence of a young woman already convicted in public opinion and now a central witness for the state. Drew large numbers of spectators, many of them women who filled the benches and lined the railings throughout the proceedings. So they were, they said there was over 200 women there and they had their babies sitting on their laps. And, one article said there was even a boy hanging from the stove pipe, like just everybody. It was a lot of ogling and.

Stephanie

There was, this was their Real Housewives.

Dani

It was,

Stephanie

they were tuned in.

Dani

and jury selection was. Difficult because the Idaho statesman reported all of the juicy details. Oh, statesman, we love ya. Don't ever, don't ever stop being you. But of 31 prospective jurors, 21, were excused or challenged for bias. After admitting they had read newspaper accounts or heard extensive discussion of the case,

Stephanie

which that was the. Media of the time. Yeah. You know,

Dani

you say when the first day ended, only 11 jurors had been passed for cause, and the state exercised one challenge, the defense two, leaving the prosecution with four challenges remaining, and the defense with eight Sheriff Haard was directed to summon a special veneer.

Stephanie

Hmm. It is V-E-N-I-R-E. I think it's like, how would you say it besides veneer, venerate. I don't know. Someone will tell us

Dani

of an additional 30 men, so here comes another group.

Stephanie

Okay.

Dani

Okay. That's what we're getting is another group. The, the work of seating, a full jury resumed the following morning. Through vo vo dire. That's how you say that, right? The first witness was JA fennel an architect. Who presented a detailed floor plan of the daily residence. The drawing showed the placement of the sofa, the stove, parlor, doorway, kitchen, and bedrooms. The plan was mounted on an easel in few of the jury and referred to repeatedly throughout the trial. Patrolman John Brow testified next. He told the jury that on the morning of October 6th Bond had approached him on the street and said that a woman had killed her husband. Brow testified that after giving this information bond began to walk away, brow detained him, questioned him further, and ultimately accompanied him to the daily home. Along with Officer Marion Brow described finding Dailey's body on the parlor floor and placing both bond and Jenny Daley under arrest. Scandalous.

Stephanie

Very scandalous.

Dani

Officer Marion corroborated browse testimony. And identified physical evidence collected at the scene, including the revolver cartridges, which are bullets, the hatchet, and a pair of shoes belonging to bond. Marian also testified that articles of women's clothings were found on the floor of bonds bedroom,

Stephanie

very scandalous.

Dani

This is a hundred percent a housewives tale. Deputy County Recorder, Otto f Peterson identified the exhibits for the record. Each item was handled carefully and shown to the jury. I am just picturing this in my head, by the way. Like a little van of whining Yes, yes. Of the revolver.

Stephanie

Walking it around

Dani

the hatchet. Do you see the blood? Like I just,'cause this was all

Stephanie

and the, and the thing on an easel. Yeah.

Dani

Yeah. Very cutesy. Dr. George Callister then testified regarding his examination of Charles Dailey's body. He stated that Dailey had suffered four gunshot wounds and four lacerated wounds to the head and body. He told the jury that all of the gunshot wounds were powder burned, indicating a very close range. One wound to the abdomen alone, he said would've caused death within 30 minutes. The lacerations to the head he testified could have been caused by light blows with a hatchet. So back to like, it didn't he, it didn't crack his skull. They were

Stephanie

really,

Dani

yeah.

Stephanie

So they were not swinging that hard?

Dani

No. So who swung the hatchet?

Stephanie

Hmm. Ugh.

Dani

When Jenny Daley was called to the stand, there was a noticeable disturbance in the courtroom as spectators shifted to see her.

Stephanie

The fucking drama dude

Dani

order was restored only after repeated admonishments from the bench. I could just picture like,

Stephanie

like no outbursts. We've seen it even like where they're like, do not be screaming and yelling and, and clearly they were googly-eyed.

Dani

Yeah.

Stephanie

Trying to get a glimpse.

Dani

They were. they said that, you know, people were standing on the rails, like you could not, even when they had a lunch break, some women would refuse to leave with their toddlers for fear of losing their spot.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm. They're like, mm-hmm.

Dani

Jenny Daly testified at length. She was dressed in black and appeared pale, but composed. She spoke in a low voice, often requiring Judge Stewart to ask her to speak louder. She showed little emotion as she described the events of the night of October 5th and early morning of October 6th. She testified the bond had been boarding at the daily residence and he that he frequently took her places of amusement with her husband's consent. She said her husband became jealous and ordered bond to leave the house, but later allowed him to return at her request.

Stephanie

Oh,

Dani

she described an argument on the night of the murder in which her husband asked if she loved Bond and then asked Bond, the same question. She testified that both answered in the affirmative. She said her husband then announced his attention of leaving the house and sat down to put on his shoes. She told the jury that Bond urged her to shoot her husband at that moment, but that she could not do it. She said bond then took the revolver from her pocket and shot daily. While he was seated near the sofa, she testified that she was in the kitchen when the first shots were fired. That bond then retrieved the hatchet, and after further gunshots and blows Bond returned her and returned and told her what story she was going to tell the police.

Stephanie

Very shady.

Dani

I got a fun attorney name. Okay,

Stephanie

let's hear it.

Dani

Under cross-examination by Judge KI perky, counsel for bond, Jenny Daley was subjected to prolonged and detailed questioning. She admitted that she had sworn falsely at earlier proceedings. That first. S you know, confession that she made, including lying about her age to obtain a marriage license, and initially claiming sole responsibility for the killing. When asked why she had rested on her bed while her husband's body lay nearby, at first she declined to answer and then contradicted herself. Her story.

Stephanie

She's fucking up all over the place.

Dani

Judge Perky pressed her on her inconsistency and she conceded repeatedly that she had told untruth. At the same time, she maintained her account of bond's role in the killing and did not waver on the central events she had described. She was like, you're a fucking liar. And she's like, yeah, I am, but this is what not about this. Several witnesses testified that Bond and Jenny Daley had been seen together frequently in public. Oh my

Stephanie

gosh. Scandalous

Dani

very. Robert Frazier testified that he saw them at Riverside Park, the Columbia Theater, and at the Natatorium. Mm-hmm. Big word for me. And on one occasion, observed bond with his arm around Jenny Dailey's waist while they sat together on a swing after dark. Oh, for shame. This was for shame. In 1904, Alexander Ross, president of the Boise Gas Company testified that he had seen them walking together on fifth Street and on the capitol grounds. Other witnesses offered similar testimony. Bond did not testify in his own defense. Even Charles's boss

Stephanie

boss is like, oh, shit.

Dani

Yeah, I saw this. Closing arguments were delivered after the presentation of evidence. County Attorney Cole reviewed the testimony in detail and argued that even without Jenny daily statements, there was sufficient corroborating evidence to convict bond. Was there. Um, he asked the jury whether it was reasonable to believe that quote, a little frail woman could have committed the killing alone and why Bond had not immediately summoned authorities if he were innocent.

Stephanie

I Good point,

Dani

judge Perky speaking for the defense. Attached Jenny Dailey's credibility, calling her an unreliable witness who had sworn falsely. Whenever it suited her purpose, Giam Perky, he argued the bond might have been an innocent lodger and that the State's case rested too heavily on the testimony of an admitted accomplice.

Stephanie

I mean, he's got a point.

Dani

The jury retired to deliberate at 8:30 PM after. This is what's so badass too, by the way. These guys weren't like, okay, it's been a day. I need to go home and rest. No. They're like, all right, we got it at eight 30. Let's go. After more than three hours, they returned to the courtroom and the foreman announced the verdict.

Stephanie

Shit

Dani

like we're gonna go home. Quote, we the jury. In the above entitled case, find the defendant William Henry Hicks Bond guilty of murder in the first degree as charged in the information bond stood as the verdict was read. He fumbled his hat and looked towards the jury, but showed no outward sign of panic or collapse. He didn't faint. The penalty was death. Okay. I just have to say this.

Stephanie

Yeah.

Dani

The light taps on the head. Mmm.

Stephanie

No, that, that's doing something for me too, where I'm like,

Dani

Mmm.

Stephanie

And so she's 19. And how old is Bond Fred?

Dani

He's in his thirties, I wanna say his thirties.

Stephanie

Much closer to her age compared to a 54-year-old. Yeah, in 1904,

Dani

and so Jenny had a shitty life.

Stephanie

Okay.

Dani

Uh,

Stephanie

I mean, obvi marrying a 54-year-old, I don't think you're in the, especially if he's not like a barren of oil or gas, that's not great.

Dani

Uh. And basically back in, is it Missouri? She started working for, Charles in, in Missouri. And within three days they were married.

Stephanie

Oh.

Dani

But they did this a lot back in, they really did do this a lot.

It

Stephanie

happened all the time. Yeah.

Dani

It's for convenience. It's like, yeah, I need a wife. You need a husband.'cause you can't make it on your own.'cause women were not making

Stephanie

money. You can, and even if you didn't make money, you did not have the means to get a loan on anything. Like you could not get a loan. Women just got their own credit cards in the seventies.

Dani

Yeah.

Stephanie

Like what?

Dani

So it was a marriage of convenience. and it was not uncommon for young women, really, really young women to marry older men. It just wasn't.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

It was the times. Now we go, ew, puke. But back then it wasn't

Stephanie

well to the, for the most part. But I mean, still it happens when some guy's a fucking billionaire.

Dani

Yeah.

Stephanie

And it's like. Yeah, look at what's the one coach.

Dani

Oh, bill a check.

Stephanie

Yes, bill a check. Everyone's side eyeing that. Okay.

Dani

Yeah. Nowadays it's not acceptable, but back then they did. It was, it was marriage for convenience, I mean.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

A lot of people married for convenience. It wasn't about, it's like, okay, we're a partner. I got somebody that. Cook and clean and mm-hmm. Tend to babies. And, uh, I'm gonna go to work. I can go to

Stephanie

my job,

Dani

I can go do my work and come home. Yeah. And get laid.

Stephanie

Easy peasy.

Dani

Done. Jenny Daley was brought to trial in district court in Boise, in February, 1905, shortly after the conviction of bond for murder. Public interest in her case was noticeably less intense. Than during bond's trial. A fact widely attributed to her, having already spent three full days on the witness stand during the earlier proceedings. Like this is a fucking rerun, bro.

Stephanie

Yeah. What knew were what? What knew could you tell us?

Dani

I attendance in Judge Stewart's courtroom was lighter and the large crowds of women that had filled the room during bonds trial were largely absent.

Stephanie

I wonder if he was like, where's all the chicks?

Dani

And the checks were like,

Stephanie

you guys don't wanna come to my trial.

Dani

Uh,

Stephanie

like, no. Anyway, we're done.

Dani

We already heard this.

Stephanie

We already found out how to not kill our husbands.

Dani

Thank

Stephanie

you. We were taking notes and so we won't be doing it that way

Dani

no more.

Stephanie

We we're learning. You can't tell us shit.

Dani

Jenny Daley sat between her attorneys, John J. Blake and Robert Blewett. Court observers noticed. That she appeared more animated than at any time since her arrest. Frequently whispering to Blake and displaying little of the passivity she had shown previously. Jury selection moved quickly and once the panel was seated, county attorney Charles Kolsch made a brief opening statement. Colt told the jury that the state intended to prove that Jenny Daley had conspired with bond to kill her husband, and that whether she fired the shots herself or not, she was equally guilty as an accomplice. He stated that the evidence would closely mirror that presented during the bonds trial with only limited additional testimony. So I was like, yeah, this is gonna be a repeat.

Stephanie

Shit.

Dani

The state first recalled witnesses who had testified earlier, Ja Fennel, again, identified the floor plan of the daily home. They're like, Hey, will you save that for our next trial?

Stephanie

He's like, all right, I got your blueprints and my little file.

Dani

Otto Peterson identified the physical exhibits previously introduced Officers, Marian and Brow testified regarding the discovery of the body. On the arrest of both defendants on the morning of October 6th, 1904, and again, coroner, uh, Schreiber described the condition of Daley's body when it was brought to his establishment and identified photographs of the remains. Dr. George Callister repeated his testimony regarding the nature and number of gunshot and laceration wounds. Justice Dunbar identified the box of cartridges found on a table in the daily kitchen. They couldn't even hide. That's dumb. You're

Stephanie

dumb. It was just all hanging out.

Dani

In each instance. The testimony differed in no material respect from that given during the bond trial. It's the same trial.

Stephanie

Yeah.

Dani

They might have been put on trial together

Stephanie

today. That's what I was thinking.

Dani

Yeah. County Attorney Kolsch announced that bond would not be called as a witness. He stated that bond's testimony would likely be viewed with suspicion by the jury, given his conviction, and that the state did not believe his testimony would strengthen the case against Jenny Daley. I am not sure I,

Stephanie

I don't think I agree with that.

Dani

I'm not, why wouldn't you call her accomplice? She testified against him.

Stephanie

Yeah. I find that strange,

Dani

but Jenny took the stand in her own defense.

Stephanie

Juicy

Dani

During her testimony, she admitted that she had made statements implicating herself in the killing for the purpose of making it easier for Freddy.

Stephanie

Okay.

Dani

Former Sheriff Agnew Jr. And Ms. Agnew testified that Jenny Daley told them she had rented the revolver for more than one day because she and Bond intended to kill Charles Daley the following night. If they did not succeed on the night the murder occurred,

Stephanie

just thinking ahead had

Dani

many. It might take me

two

Dani

times

Stephanie

how gonna to lease a four day rental on this one? It might take me two times. I, I might not have the courage.

Dani

Additional testimony came from th Mitchell who stated that on October 4th, 1904, a man identifying himself as Fred Bond attempted to rent a gun from the store of JK Lowry. And son,

Stephanie

cute.

Dani

Mitchell testified that the man said he intended to shoot rabbits on the bench, but was refused because he could not provide identification. Jenny Daley testified that Bond had told her to go to the Lowry store to rent a revolver, and that bond himself had tried and failed. The prosecution argued that the accounts given by Mitchell and Daley reinforced one another.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

So she might be telling some part truths here.

Stephanie

Yeah. Yeah.

Dani

In presenting the defense, John Blake told the jury that he would prove Jenny Daley had lived a difficult and unstable life from childhood. Here we go. He stated that she never knew her father lived only briefly with her mother and had been sent out to beg on the streets as a child. She was later placed in a reform school by a humane society.

Stephanie

This is, I didn't know that they defensed this hard.

Dani

Yeah.

Stephanie

In the past

Dani

they're, they're defensing

Stephanie

of like,'cause you know how people say, oh, you can't just attribute everything to trauma now, which I agree. There's a, there's a line and people go, oh, I had a traumatic experience, so now I'm a piece of shit. And I can't, you know, function in society and it's like, uh, we've all had some trauma similar to that. Everybody have

Dani

a fucking story, bro.

Stephanie

But to, to know that this was happening in oh four, that they're bringing up childhood when it's like

Dani

1904.

Stephanie

Yeah, not 2004, 1904, but that they're bringing this up like, because that was a time of very much. Doesn't matter what happened to your child. Your parents are allowed to do whatever they need to do.

Dani

Yeah.

Stephanie

If they need to beat the shit outta you and almost kill you to get you to come to the supper table, that's your your fault as a child, why didn't you just come to the supper table? They

Dani

didn't have to go to school.

Stephanie

No. There was no rules. So that's just, it's crazy to hear this brought up in a courtroom.'cause I wonder how much everyone's like, who gives a fuck? Because that wasn't the vibe,

Dani

right?

Stephanie

You know, of like,

Dani

like everybody has it hard.

Stephanie

Oh yeah. Oh, your, your parents. You, you had to get adopted because your parents went off and gambled and left you in a house by yourself at three years old. Oh, big whoop. It feels like that was the vibe to me, but wow. Out.

Dani

Um, so after the reform school, she worked for the American Biscuit Company and later. Entered the employ of Charles Dailey. Blake told the jury that she began working for Daley on a Saturday and married him on the following Tuesday.

Stephanie

Wow.

Dani

When she was only 15 years old. Blake argued that Daley had provided her with a home and financial support, but that she lacked the maturity, education, and independence to resist bonds influence.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

Yeah. A woman can't make her own. She's just weak. Yeah. No, he contended that bond exercise control over her through a combination of affection and fear, and that she'd obeyed him rather than acted independently. So they're blaming us all on.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

Bond on.

Stephanie

Okay.

Dani

Stupid girl doesn't even know. Come on now. Defense and hard.

Stephanie

Yeah.

Dani

Jenny Daley testified regarding her early life as outlined by Blake. She stated that she married to secure a home and that she did not know the whereabouts of either her father or her mother at the time of the trial. She described bond as the dominant force in the events leading up to the murder, and she said that she followed his instructions. County Attorney Kch conducted a restrained cross-examination, restrained he requi. He required Jenny Daley to repeat statements she had made under oath at earlier proceedings that implicated her in the planning of the crime. These statements, the prosecution argued, demonstrated that she was not merely a passive witness but an active participant. Go get'em.

Stephanie

He's doing the thing.

Dani

This is So I was impressed with these courtroom tactics.

Stephanie

I know.'cause I thought back then, like no one knows shit about fuck. Like

Dani

you're guilty. Everybody

Stephanie

was well and you can't just. Roll tape. No, you can't. You can look up like paper courtroom, like it was harder work to see what precedents and what defenses worked and didn't work. Mm-hmm. You didn't have anything to analyze and be like, what strategy should I take? So,

Dani

but I could see this same kind of strategy being played out today.

Stephanie

Oh yeah. No, I agree.

Dani

So amaze the balls. I love it. Anyway, I have fun researching this, so thanks for being patient with me on this. Yeah, I needed a little fun time, little

Stephanie

fun one.

Dani

I mean, it's not fun'cause Charles daily is dead. It just makes it less. It was over a hundred years ago,

Stephanie

so everyone's dead.

Dani

Everyone's dead from a hundred years ago. Mm-hmm. Right?

Stephanie

Yeah.

Dani

Okay. The presentation of evidence concluded with little deviation from the bond. Trial record. Arguments were made the following day. And Cole summarized the evidence against Jenny Daley emphasizing that she knew the crime was to be committed. She did. And that she rented the revolver. She did. And that she made no attempt to warn her husband, she didn't.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

And that she initially swore falsely to protect bond. She did. John Blake argued that Jenny Daley's background youth. And lack of moral guidance left her vulnerable to manipulation. This would happen today.

Stephanie

Yeah,

Dani

absolutely

Stephanie

it could.

Dani

He told the jury that she had grown up without parental care, had lived in poverty, and had been trained from childhood to survive by obedience rather than judgment. He described her as a helpless young girl. Ready to listen to the poisonous prompting of a degenerate.

Stephanie

Oh.

Dani

During Blake's argument, Jenny Daley leaned forward and wept. At one point, her young daughter was brought into the courtroom, her 2-year-old

Stephanie

oh.

Dani

The child climbed onto her mother's knee and wiped tears from her face with a, with a handkerchief. This was noted as the only overtly emotional incident of the trial. This would never happen today.

Stephanie

No. They would not allow this.

Dani

Um, and they did say, uh, in the reports that it was just by accident. Like

Stephanie

the child just ran up or

Dani

something. So who was taking care of her child was her attorney's wife. So the attorney. So the wife was probably there with a baby. Inappropriate. You don't bring the, to your, their mother's. Trial. Uh, anyways, it was, they indicated that it was an innocent thing, that it wasn't staged. And Jenny really was concerned for her daughter. She was, she loved her daughter.

Stephanie

Yeah,

Dani

I didn't

Stephanie

agree with that.

Dani

The jury retired to deliberate at 2 45. PM and returned at one o'clock the following morning after 10 hours of deliberation. I'm saying these jurors were bad asses.

Stephanie

No. They're like, we're getting it done. No one's going back to a hotel room. No,

Dani

no. We're not gonna go sleep and think, think about it. We're

Stephanie

gonna figure it out.

Dani

We're gonna fucking do very

Stephanie

12 angry men

Dani

ish. Yeah. They're getting it fucking done. Uh, and there's no door DoorDash like,

Stephanie

no, and there's no catering. They're like, we can bring you A-P-B-M-J. Maybe like. No, maybe some stew.

Dani

I bet you there's some badass women out there that were like, okay, we're cooking, we're gonna make some stew. And you know, this trial's gonna be done today. They're gonna do closing today. We'll

Stephanie

do maybe a couple loves of homemade bread.

Dani

Yeah. And we're gonna bring it. And you know, they didn't even have like crockpots and shit.

Stephanie

No.

Dani

So they had to be on the ready, fresh

Stephanie

off the stove.

Dani

Yeah. They had to be on the ready, like, we're gonna feed these jurors so they can make a good decision. I bet you that fucking

Stephanie

happened because how else would you at 1:00 AM I mean, I know that I'm hangry and I'm not fucking doing anything, but I almost feel like, I mean, it's badass that you guys did that, but I also feel like

Dani

maybe, or maybe they were

Stephanie

hangry and they're like,

Dani

fuck it.

Stephanie

Anyway. Yeah, sure. Whatever everyone else says, I'm down. Get me a fucking McChicken. Immediate, get me a grilled stuffed burrito. Thank you. I'm getting outta here. I'm done. Sure. You guys are right. You. You're all right. I'm wrong. I'm not gonna,

Dani

okay. Okay. Okay. We're good. Yeah. Yeah.

Stephanie

Agreed.

Dani

The verdict was manslaughter

Stephanie

man's laughter. I love that it's spelled that way. I

Dani

know. Addressing the jury, judge Stewart stated that he could not understand by what reasoning they had concluded that the killing lacked. Premeditation or malice

Stephanie

exactly,

Dani

but acknowledge that the verdict was theirs and would stand It's'cause she was a woman.

Stephanie

Clearly a cute little frail, little, little.

Dani

So she got manslaughter

Stephanie

woman,

Dani

the other guy got the death penalty. She literally rented the gun like it was con like no. He's like, I don't know how you ended up here, but whatever the fuck. I'm tired and I want to go home. Mm-hmm. Thank you. At least he said that. Yeah. At least he was like, look, I don't know how you ended up here. This is weird, but this is how the judicial system works, right? Because judge seen you motherfucker's wrong. I listened to all the testimony too. Jenny Daley heard the verdict without visible reaction. She sat wrapped in her attorney's overcoat, showed no nervousness, and smiled as she shook hands with counsel when court adjourned. Fuck yeah, she did.

Stephanie

She's

Dani

doing great work everyone. She was sentenced on February 26th, 1905 to 10 years imprisonment, the maximum penalty for manslaughter. Judge Stewart pronounced the sentence without elaboration. Jenny Daley received it calmly, distributed personal belongings amongst friends before leaving the county jail and remarked, quote, making allowance for my good behavior. I will only be in prison for six years and three months, and I will still be a young woman when I get out.

Stephanie

Oh, she's, she's like, if they had Tinder, she's like, I'll be on Tinder. So mark your calendars. I'll be in the classifieds,

Dani

and I got rid of my old husband. Mm-hmm.

Stephanie

Interesting.

Dani

Following Jenny Daley's conviction for manslaughter and are sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. Attention returned almost immediately back to bond, who had already been found guilty of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. While Jenny was transferred to the women's quarters of the Idaho State Penitentiary. We've got to go out there.

Stephanie

We do

Dani

now that we've done some of these old time just

Stephanie

to do a little like tour.

Dani

Yeah, yeah.

Stephanie

Take

Dani

some. Take some photos.

Stephanie

Or if they have like a fun night, they have little, little fun.

Dani

They're doing like a Valentine's one, but it's probably already sold out, but we'll have to find one of those.

Stephanie

Yeah, find a little event. I'd love to.

Dani

Bonder made under sentence of execution. His case moving into the appellate phase. They did this, like, I'm impressed.

Stephanie

I know. It's like,

Dani

because, um, 1904 is almost like wild west to me.

Stephanie

Yeah. Like not bro checks and balances. Right. And appeals. They're like, no, we already did this. Why would we ever revisit it? Yeah. I don't care that the entire jury was the, you know, prosecution's family.

Dani

Right.

Stephanie

I don't care.

Dani

So,

Stephanie

yeah,

Dani

I mean, they were, they were doing damning, is that a word?

Stephanie

They're, they were ing folks

Dani

vs. Thank you v's. Attorney Perky and moody and Blaine began the process of appeal Shortly after bond sentencing in August of 1905, they completed the filing of an agreed statement of evidence and a special bill of exceptions. Together totaling more than 200 pages. Let me just tell you, 200 pages is a lot.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

Literally, somebody was typing this or handwriting this. They, they had typewriters. It was type typewritten. It had to be typewritten.

Stephanie

I sure hope so.

Dani

Can you imagine, and this is before the fucking whiteout. You make a mistake,

Stephanie

rip. And did you know that whiteout was invented by a woman? Liquid

Dani

paper. I just read that story. TikTok? Yes. I loved it. Fucking get'em, girl.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm. She is like, um, yeah. We can't be retyping entire pages because

Dani

I fucked up a word on the last sentence.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

Jesus. Can you imagine

Stephanie

it for her?

Dani

Yeah. If we couldn't. Edit

Stephanie

backspace, are you? No. And we had, I, in elementary school, we had typewriters to learn typing and I did not like that. And you try to go back and be like, Bing back. Bing back like in, like engrave the correct letter instead and it always looked like shit.

Dani

Yeah. Um, I will say that there's some great satisfaction in the clicky clack and the rip of it. Oh yes. I fucking love it. And

Stephanie

rip.

Dani

The motion for the new trial was based on alleged heirs during the proceedings and the claim that newly discovered evidence existed, which had not been available at the time of trial.

Stephanie

Oh, was that

Dani

dun, dun, dun. They don't have DNA, they don't have fingerprints. What is it? Among the asserted heirs was the admission of a letter bond had written to his half sister in Michigan, written in red ink. This was scandalous red ink in which he referred to a supposed marriage and domestic life that the prosecution argued pointed to his relationship with Jenny Daley. The defense argued that the letter had no direct bearing on the crime and unfairly influenced the jury. So this letter, I dunno if it's written, I don't know if I wrote that down. Uh, this letter was like, oh, me and my wife and our young daughter did this and this, and so he. They were basically like, he's writing this letter about him and Jenny

Stephanie

mm-hmm.

Dani

And Jenny's daughter. So, which that sounds like something someone would do to me, but, um, but the defense is like, you're making a lot of assumptions. Where's

Stephanie

the proof?

Dani

Mm-hmm. Another issue raised was bond's inability to fully cross examine Jenny Dailey during the preliminary examination before Justice Dunbar. Bonds counsel contended that her refusal to answer certain questions deprived him of a proper preliminary hearing as contemplated by statute because she had refused to answer some questions and she refused because it was self-incriminating. But they're saying that she should have to answer those questions

Stephanie

because it hurt him.

Dani

Mm-hmm.

Stephanie

Very interesting.

Dani

In February, 1906, judge George H. Stewart signed the bill of Exceptions Clearing the Way for the case to be reviewed by the Idaho Supreme Court. Damn. The appeal was argued before the court later that year. In June of 1906, the Supreme Court issued its opinion affirming bonds conviction, and the denial of a new trial. The court held that Jenny Daley had the right to refuse answers that might incriminate her, and that sufficient corroborating evidence existed beyond her testimony to support the verdict. Pretty cut and dry that one with the appeal. Exhausted the district court again, set a date for bonds execution. On July 1st, 1906, bond was brought before Judge Stewart and formally re-sentenced. The execution was scheduled for August 10th, 1906. Bond stood quietly during the proceeding. His eyes fixed on the judge throughout the reading of the sentence. He made no statement and displayed no visible emotion. I read a lot of no visible emotion while researching this. I bet. Uh, bond was returned to the penitentiary and placed under death watch. Guards reported that he followed instructions without protest and asked a few questions. He smoked cigars in his cell and sat with his legs crossed and often fixed his gaze on the wall. Warden Whitney later stated that bond was obedient and orderly, though increasingly nervous as the date approached. I can't even imagine.

Stephanie

No. And that's a quick D. It is not a five year, 10 year. It's a

Dani

two months. No, you get one appeal. Boom, we're done.

Stephanie

Yeah.

Dani

During this period, bonds attorneys made additional efforts to obtain clemency. They saw interviews with Jenny Daley who was serving her sentence in the same institution, but she repeatedly refused to see them and instructed prison officials. Not to admit any attorneys seeking to speak with her. She's like, I'm done. She

Stephanie

said, I'm not talking to any

Dani

of though. I'm done with this shit.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

I got my six years, three months. Motherfucker.

Stephanie

Don't talk to me. I'll be out. I'll be out very soon.

Dani

Yeah. The defense hoped to secure a statement from her recanting, her trial testimony, but they were never ready. She said, no, ain't happening. Nope. That even fucking talk to me. Meanwhile, another condemned prisoner, Rudolph wet. Which I want to do a story on. Mm-hmm. Uh, was also awaiting execution at the penitentiary. Wetter had been convicted of murdering John Wall and Chris Long at a sheep camp in Idaho County. His execution had originally been scheduled for August 6th, 1906, but was delayed pending consideration by the state pardon board as August 10th approached, preparations were made for a possible double execution.

Stephanie

And you know, the crowd is going wild. Double execute.

Dani

Are you gonna steal my thunder here?

Stephanie

I thought it was gonna be my day. Is that like proposing on someone's wedding day?

Dani

Kind of, yeah. Eek. It's my day, bro. Two gallows ropes were prepared and tested. Two graves were dug in the penitentiary cemetery. Two coffins were delivered. Two sets of burial clothes were made ready. Prison officials confirmed that all arrangements were complete. Should both sentences be carried out

Stephanie

for budgetary concerns, though

Dani

I'm

Stephanie

for sure I can say this is basically not trying to be insensitive, but it's a two for one deal.

Dani

Yeah. Yikes. Uh,'cause I believe back in the day, they built the scaffolding and then they would take it down.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

It wasn't up all the time.

Stephanie

So one scaffolding, two executions. I mean, the math is mouthing here

Dani

On August 4th, 1906, Bond's attorney Silas Moody visited him at the penitentiary and informed him that there were no remaining hope of reprieve, no options. After the visit, bond appeared despondent, but later regained his composure. Guards reported that he had become increasingly restless, though he made no religious profession at that time, which was a big deal back in that day. Mm-hmm. By August 6th, bond requested to see adjunct JB Hawk of the Salvation Army, who had recently arrived in Boise Hawk. Met with bond for an extended period, speaking with him privately in his cell. Prison officials noted that bond's nervousness increased as the execution date drew closer, but that he complied fully with all instructions. On August 8th, Bond's attorneys made a final request to Governor Frank Gooding for a reprieve stating that they hoped to present new information to the pardon board. The governor took the request under consideration. Later that day, warden Whitney stated publicly that he believed Bond would quote, break down as the hour of execution approached while wetter appeared more hopeful and controlled.

Stephanie

Okay,

Dani

so they're saying bond weak sauce is not gonna be a matter about it. Letter's ready for it. And Wes like, no, I, Wes like, there's still hope. So there's two, two different sides, right? Yeah. I feel like there's still hope and bond's like there's no hope. That same day Wetter was officially notified that the Pardon board had denied his commutation of a sentence. He accepted the news outward collapse, but was reported to have eaten no supper and have been restless throughout the night. Bond by contrast appeared quieter, but more internally strained. On the evening of August 9th, both men remained under constant observation bond. Spoke little to guards or other prisoners, and asked to only see his spiritual advisor what are requested to speak with a newspaper man, and made statements regarding his case and his belief that he had been provoked into silence at supper that night bond, and we were permitted to eat together. According to reports from the penitentiary, bond addressed wetter better eat a big supper. Bob Bond said This is the last supper we get. I don't know about that. Wetter replied, I'm still hoping.

Stephanie

Wow.

Dani

Well, I know I'll swing in the morning. Bond said, and I'm going to eat a hardy supper. You know what the Bible says? Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow. We die. Bond ate a full meal, wetter, ate sparingly. That night bond returned to a cell where he sorted through personal letters and belongings and wrote a long letter to his brother in Butte. He later laid down to rest as guards continued their watch. Um, I did not write this down, but, uh, what or did get reprieve?

Stephanie

Did he write?

Dani

Yeah. Wow. So that part where he said, I'm gonna speak to a newspaper man. He did. And there was an attorney that read his story and, uh, he was saying that it was in self-defense that he lived in fear of these men killing him every day for months. And he finally just had to do the deed. And I am going to research this story. It's on my list. And that he had to kill them before they killed him.

Stephanie

Yeah.

Dani

That, that, that's, that was his story. And so, and I'm not sure where we ended up long term,'cause I didn't go down that rabbit hole, thank God. it's difficult to read these articles from that time. They don't flow

Stephanie

into Yeah,

Dani

yeah. They don't flow. but, yeah, he, he did get reprieve and. You know, sometimes maybe attitude is all you need, right? It sounds like

Stephanie

he had the faith

Dani

during the final night of his life. Bond remained under constant death watch at the Idaho State Penitentiary Guard stationed outside his cell, reported that he was restless during the early part of the evening. bond, laid down on his narrow cot but did not sleep. He was observed turning from side to side, rising more than once to paste the length of his cell. I would not

Stephanie

be, it's just crazy that in the time before cameras and you know, a camera in a cell and stuff that, so to have this level of detail, someone is literally with a notebook. Watching sl, he's up. Oh, he's down. Oh, he's in his bed. But he's not sleeping to, to be watching closely enough to know that someone's not sleeping like they are taking, they, they're being journalists, these guards,

Dani

and then giving all the dirt to the Idaho

Stephanie

state. Yeah. They're like, here's the full report of every hour of what was happening. This was the reality TV before tv. Like, let me give you the dirt at 2:00 AM. He rolled over again but was not asleep.

Dani

And that's pretty much how this, it went like, it's insane. Yeah. Earlier in the evening, bond had been visited for an extended period by Dr. Roach of the first Methodist church who he whom he had chosen as his spiritual advisor.

Stephanie

And it's crazy though that they can even have a spiritual quote unquote, advisor at this time because I don't think spiritual was even like a recognized.

Dani

Like you're just

Stephanie

like, you can have your pastor. Sure. Mm-hmm. But if you're not Christian, then fuck off. I'm surprised that this was a thing.

Dani

Bond requested that Dr. Roach returned to see him again before the execution. The following morning prison officials believed the conference had a calming effect on him as his demeanor later appeared steadier, Bond was reported to us, slept intermittently after midnight at approximately 2:30 AM. Guards noted that he appeared to be sleeping soundly. He awoke again before Dawn and spoke briefly with members of the death watch, but did not engage in extended conversation On the morning of the execution, shortly before six o'clock, bond was awakened and permitted to bathe. He was shaved by the prison barber. The afternoon before at which time Bond cautioned him not to shave too closely, saying his neck was tender. He was dressed in new clothes, prepared for burial consisting of a dark suit. He ate a specially ordered breakfast of Hammond fried eggs, sliced tomatoes, toast, potatoes, pie, and coffee. Guards reported that he ate heartedly. And smoked calmly during the mill. Shortly before the execution bond, again spoke with Dr. Roach. During his final conversation, bond stated that he trusted fully in God and expressed resignation to his fate. He was also visited briefly by adjunct to JB Hawk of the Salvation Army, who had loaned him a Bible during his final days and had marked passages he believed would offer comfort. So, oh. Bond had spent much of the preceding night reading the Bible. I, I don't know how I'd handle that. Yeah. I was like, can you just fucking surprise me?

Stephanie

Yeah. Surprise dead.

Dani

Yeah. At six o'clock, warden Whitney, accompanied by guard's rich and Ackley prison physician, George Callister and adjunct talk proceeded to bond sell. The cell door was open and bond was asked to stand while death. While the death warrant was read aloud. Bond rose to his feet without assistance and stood quietly, his eyes fixed on the warden throughout the reading. So in the papers they're writing how he was weak, right? He wouldn't probably be able to walk himself, so he has somehow mentally like, all right, he has

Stephanie

gotten it together.

Dani

When the reading concluded, warden Whitney extended his hand and said, goodbye, Fred. Goodbye. Warden Bond replied, I wanna thank you for the way you have treated me here.

Stephanie

Aw.

Dani

Then he addressed the guards in the corridor saying Goodbye boys. All of you. Are you ready Fred? The warden asked, yes, I am ready. RA answered.

Stephanie

This is like the real life green

Dani

mile. It is,

Stephanie

yeah.

Dani

As Bond was escorted from a cell, another prisoner called out. Goodbye. Oh man. Bond replied quietly. Goodbye bond walked unaided towards the scaffold between guards, rich and ley. Witnesses later stated that he showed no signs of weakness or nervousness. His shoulders were held back, his chin raised, and his face was not pale. He glanced calmly ahead as he crossed the prison yard. 23 witnesses had been admitted to observe the execution. Including newspaper representatives, the coroner, some sheriffs, police, this, you know, you think about these hangings and they were often public events.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

and the other old episode that I did, it was the same thing. They kept it very quiet. They didn't. I mean, people were standing up on, you know

Stephanie

mm-hmm.

Dani

The mountainsides trying to see what was going on, but they, I feel like it was held very respectful. Not making,

Stephanie

they weren't, it's not like they were charging like monster jam. Right? Come see so and so get, hang right from the scaffolding. Bring the kids. We've got hot chocolates. Apple cider. Wanna bob for some apples? It's a hanging. We've got it. It wasn't that.

Dani

No. Very respectful. As Bond approached the scaffold, he glanced upward briefly, then ascended the steps without hesitation. Upon reaching the trap, he paused only long enough for the warden to instruct him where to stand. He complied immediately positioning himself at the, at the designated spot with the noose hanging above him.

Stephanie

And how hard would that be, whether you're guilty or innocent, to bring yourself willingly to your own death to in front of an audience? Walk up those steps when everything in you is probably telling you to resist, but you know that resisting is gonna do nothing and just make it. A more awful experience. So you're just, you have to find that like, I can't, can't, I'm not trying to give props where they're undo, but I mean, I feel like that would be hard for me even if I was guilty of something.

Dani

Yeah. I don't think I could do it. I mean, I would like to think in my brain that I could fucking man up and be like, all right, this is what I got. But your fight or flight mode is, yeah. Fucking weird. Your brain. And he was brain

Stephanie

survival. Yeah. Yeah.

Dani

Adjunct talk stood beside the warrant. Guard's positioned themselves behind bond for a moment, bond looked out over the assembled witnesses, do you wanna make any statement, Fred, the warden asked Bond indicated that he did turning to face the spectators. He spoke clearly and without wavering. You may think, I am not brave. I am. I will show you that I can go through that trap. Bravely, I'm guilty of a whole lot, but not of all I trust in God.

Stephanie

I think that's a fair statement.

Dani

Bond then turned toward the warden as if to indicate he had finished speaking at the warden. Signal guard stepped forward and strapped bond's arms to his side and secured his ankles. The noose was placed around his neck. Before the black hood was drawn, bond addressed the crowd once more. Well, God bless you all. May the Lord have mercy on my soul. The black hood was then placed over his head. Adjunct talk offered a brief prayer. As Warden Whitney placed his foot on the release mechanism, Bond's voice was heard from beneath the hood. Oh no. God. God have mercy on my soul. Oh God. Hear my prayer. God hear my dying words. At 6:11 AM Warden Whitney sprained the trap bond, fell through the opening and was suspended by the rope. Dr. Callister immediately stepped forward watch in hand, and took bond's. Pulse at six 17. Six minutes after the trap was released, Dr. Callister removed his fingers from bond's wrist and pronounced him dead. The body was cut down, the traps were removed, and bond's body was placed into the waiting coffin. The black hood was not removed. Bond was buried with, its still covering his head. I hate that.

Stephanie

Yeah, I don't love that. And this imagine taking someone's pulse for six minutes.

Dani

I thought hanging was supposed to be instant.

Stephanie

I think sometimes it can be, but other times maybe

Dani

it's,

I

Dani

thought it was supposed to break your neck

Stephanie

well and maybe your heart keeps trying and there's a faint, okay. I don't know. I don't know. But six minutes tracking someone's pulse in front of an audience. Oh, all of it's bad. And I don't like the black hood in the coffin either.

Dani

The coffin was transported directly to the penitentiary cemetery where bomb was entered into the grave that had been prepared in advance. The burial was complete without ceremony. The ascended the life of William Henry Hicks. Fred Bond executed for the murder of Charles Dailey. Inside the state Penitentiary News of Bond's execution was deliberately withheld from Jenny Daley until after it had taken place. Prison officials later stated that she was not informed beforehand that the execution would occur on the morning of August 11th, 1906 after bond had been hanged and buried in the penitentiary, cemetery guards informed Jenny Daley that the execution had been carried out. Those present remarked on her reaction or lack of one.

Stephanie

Ooh.

Dani

According to prison staff, she quote, appeared unsurprised and undisturbed. She asked no questions about the execution. She made no inquiry as to bond's, final statements, his demeanor or the manner of his death. She displayed no outward emotion,

Stephanie

none at all.

Dani

Hmm. I thought that was your man. One guard was quoted as saying that there was perhaps no convict in the penitentiary who exhibited as little interest or concern regarding the execution of bond as Jenny Daley.

Stephanie

Wow. So he's saying no one cared less. People that didn't know him, there was no one that cared less. Wow.

Dani

Another remark that she quote has absolutely nothing to say regarding bond's. Death. Prison staff described her as indifferent and emotionally detached, a demeanor that earned her a reputation among guards as a woman with a heart. Sounds like it. From that point forward, Jenny Daley served the remainder of her sentence quietly. She had been sentenced to 10 years for manslaughter, but under Idaho law and prison policy, good behavior could reduce that term. By all contemporary accounts, she became an exemplary, exemplary, exemplary. Thank you inmate for much of her incarceration. Jenny Daley was the only white woman confined in the penitentiary, not a white woman. That I was like, really? Oh, my bet. Guards reported that she spent her day sewing, mending, and reading. She came particularly skilled at needle work and was frequently assigned sewing tasks within the woman's quarters. There's probably four women in prison at this time, or something ridiculous, right? Prison officials later stated that she caused no trouble, obeyed rules, and did not associate closely with other inmates.

Stephanie

That's kind of the role of a woman. Anyway, though at this time, like,

Dani

yeah, seen, not

Stephanie

heard,

Dani

but she wasn't having a bestie jail buddy. She didn't.

Stephanie

No.

Dani

Over time visitors and prison workers remarked on a visible change in her demeanor. One article described her as having entered prison a lightheaded girl of 22, but leaving it as a changed person. She read extensively and was described as thoughtful and reserved during her final years of confinement on the morning of May 26th, 1911. After serving six years and three months, Jenny Daley was released from the Idaho State Penitentiary. Upon her discharge, the state provided her with$10 in cash to supply herself with the necessities of life until she should get work along with an order for$6 at a dry goods store to purchase clothing. She left the prison gate shortly after 10 o'clock that morning. She had delayed her departure slightly to pack her belongings and say goodbye to prison staff who had treated her kindly. She wasn't in a rush. She's like, look, I'm getting out. I'm gonna, I'm gonna do my tour. My goodbye tour. My farewell tour. She did.

Stephanie

She certainly did.

Dani

Guards confirmed that she left without incident in Boise. She was met by a woman friend and taken to residence on Thatcher Street. Within weeks arrangements were made for her to return to St. Louis, Missouri, where her grandmother resided. Members of the prison committee of the Women's Christian Temperance Union accompanied her to the train. The committee had taken interest in her welfare and assisted her in planning a return to civilian life. They had that.

Stephanie

I know, I'm so surprised at this,

Dani

newspaper account stated that those involved hopes she would. Be given a chance to lead a new life'cause she was still young. No evidence exists that she ever returned to Idaho and Jenny Dailey resumed life quietly in Missouri. She did not seek publicity and did not publicly revisit the events surrounding the murder of her husband or the execution of Fred Bond. She made no interviews, statements, or confessions in her later years. She lived out the remainder of her life away from public attention. Jenny Daley died in 1948.

Stephanie

Crazy.

Dani

and she, she did remarry, I believe I found her obituary. and it appeared that she had several children, daughters, she was Jenny O'Toole. Um, so.

Stephanie

What a wild story. And can I just tell you, I think she definitely was trying to murder the fuck outta that dude. I think that she was in on it and thought that if they had a fight that the other man would jump in and then that didn't happen. And fuck the gun rentals only for how long. It's like a blockbuster, like I gotta return this tomorrow. I'm getting fees. So I know he is not wanting to fight, but guess you're getting shot. Husband like, and the hatchet stuff and the moving of the body.

Dani

I think she participated more than she would like than what

Stephanie

mm-hmm.

Dani

She stated, um,

Stephanie

I feel like the guy was probably like in on it to an extent. I don't know that he knew. Yeah, I feel like maybe she got roped him in on my husband if he hits me. Someone's gotta do something, like to try to prop him up to kill him. But then when he didn't do it, he is like, well, he's just gonna leave, like he's leaving and how is this gonna look? Yeah. I mean, for him to be like, this gal also murdered her husband earlier. so I feel like he knew, but that he was not going to do it, or he was going to defend. Maybe he heard her stories of abuse and was like, yeah, if he hits you, I'm going to wail on him and I might shoot him. Who knows? Gimme that.'cause he did try to rent the gun.

Dani

Mm-hmm.

Stephanie

But yeah. So if he hurts you, yeah, I'll shoot him.

Dani

I just, for me, the biggest takeaway from this is. It was a conspiracy either way. Between the both. I do believe

Stephanie

that. Mm-hmm.

Dani

On one level, I don't know. But for him to get hanged and for her to get six years, three months,

Stephanie

not fair. No.

Dani

Not buying that shit. So anyway,

Stephanie

yeah, I think, I think she slammed the hell out of his head with that hatchet,

Dani

because look, if a man hit him in the head with a hatchet,

then

Stephanie

she was like five two.

Dani

Yeah, she was a tiny little thing. I think she hit a man.

Stephanie

A man would have had some oomph and I feel like a woman would have too, especially if the adrenaline was pumping. But

Dani

this was

Stephanie

three hours. But there's, yeah, there's no adrenaline

Dani

three hours

Stephanie

later. So now you're having to just bump someone.

Dani

You woke up, pop, pop, pop pup.

Stephanie

There's not that fight or flight and there's not that like rage or,

Dani

no, it's

Stephanie

anything a

Dani

shit.

Stephanie

Yeah.

Dani

He's

Stephanie

waking up. It's not there because I feel like a woman could hatch it. Would that not freak

Dani

you the fuck out?

Stephanie

I think it would freak me out enough to drive a hatchet through. I mean, I don't know. Maybe you have had some reservations and so then it feels yucky to do it. I don't know. I don't know.

Dani

Anyways, uh. I really feel like the big fuck. You should go to Jenny Daly.

Stephanie

Yeah. Fuck you, Jenny. I, I think you were for you to not even ride for your partner who helped you in this and tried to rent the gun and was your little lover boy. And you're like, yeah, I, I'm gonna get six years of less and I'm gonna get out. And

Dani

she smiled with that conviction. She smiled. Anyways.

Stephanie

Very wild girl. I mean, I support women's rights and wrongs, but I do have a firm side eye to that.

Dani

Yeah. Anyways, I found it. It was very, uh,

Stephanie

I

Dani

love salacious, scandalous. Everything was in the papers, uh, and you know,

Stephanie

to the detriment sometimes of the court case

Dani

and just all the little, I mean, they were, at one point it was like. Bon's eyes were sunken in a half inch. In his head he looked terrible, like, but all this descriptive wording.

Stephanie

Mm-hmm.

Dani

Yeah. It was yellow journalism.

Stephanie

This was

Dani

the time. Um, but thanks for sticking with me because, you know, sometimes I need a little vibe change and. Golly, to get into fucking reading the song. This Hurting My Brain, you

Stephanie

guys think, because I thoroughly enjoyed this. Let us know what you think.

Dani

I love the old timey words. We're talking a parlor, not a living room.

Stephanie

They were in the parlor with the candlestick and Colonel Mustard was there.

Dani

Yeah,

Stephanie

all of those things.

Dani

So,

Stephanie

hey guys, thanks for listening. Follow us on TikTok. Facebook, Instagram, email us at the lethal library@gmail.com because we love to hear from you.

Dani

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Stephanie

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Dani

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