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ZSTA3LISEZD 1856. i
Oldest PaTer 1 tie State. J
BEOW!STyiLLE, NEBRASKA,
ISDAY, AUGUST 12, 1880.
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to alte yor stock.
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PGVi5IOKS.
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STfOTC 21CE15E SET IIBS a SrECIlLTT,
trtHaar th- Hcet aarkt price nr c.r?
Irea a r?a. Mm rt . West BrTFv
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?:Sj-?! ResrnabVe Hates.
"i- -S-Rpi rtne Beatly aa
S -S tMTKanf lr done.
Shoe No. C Main Street,
3ro:mrHe, Nebraska.
UPHOLSTEBIHB JMQ WHIG
Neatly aad promptly doa-e by
TTK- rLTLiJS5S,
CABINET MAKER, aad
CARPENTER and JOINER
Sbop 3 doors east of Pest 0?e.
BROWSV1LLE,
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lo? Sale.
OJTE .-I.F ISTEI-SST IX THE
SHERIDAN MILLS.
For paracnlars call ozt or address.
GEO. HOMEWOOD, Sheridan, Xeb.
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LEYI JOHHSQK, PROPRIETOR,
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Centrally Vxed- Good fere, wad ao trs.
bie spared to msUce seta caafert-ble-Good
bara lor horses and
Charsres
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casonablc.
TTnioii jBtotel
-BY-
J. a. RUSSELL.
I have take this old staad. renov-ted. it ;
trass, top ta bottaca aad. prataise so atkeQ '
eobr-e -who stop -with zae. ta give thera I
The Best in tlie -Ustrttet
to eai, and ta make my bCJa reasonable, i
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It is a poftiTc ; ftrSperitorre, Seminal
vU aes Impci'-encr ml i- c teases restUU g
Jr geir-amu- Bir"s
tet-l an-'ety i-" ;
ana n I iuj j.j
Pubs is B c er
sW. ami disea-e3
tb tie 1 to con-
saapwoD. ai-
' vy and an early
i rrave. T p
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, betac ased with
, wHderrI access. Pamphlets sent free tn all
"" r them and set fni. nan culsrs. Price. I
Spic. JUM pr pcae orsix aacfcuteu for SS 6il I
A4dresa ailonie (to J B SIMP-ON MEDICINE,
IT kau u .mW io; r. Mnr i -r nr '
rsei fax Bra nvflie Br A. VC. S-Ael-Syt-al
Geo. ArLivi'lglit,
Practical Watchmaker,
la UN'KJX HOTEL, HCr CoxHw3
; HAS NOW A COMPLETE NEW STOCK
OF
I WALTHAM,
ELGIN,
SPRINGFIELD,
Moirnicn5.
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SflT-er Gases.
Huatisg Ofgn Facs Boss Pat.
Gold Watcit Caes.
Seek. Thomas
& A3crica
Walauc - Cased
Spectacies &Eye-Grles.
A Full Line of Je-welry
Cans tin? of everythlB that gees te moke
sb a first class assortment.
Repairia Fine Watches a Specialty
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Wort done promptly and every care
taien to zlve w.-ttlotac too.
80, Sain St. Brnwayille, Xeb.
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Does a eeBeral Ha! Estate Bssteess. Sells
Lands on OKBaai-wKw:, ex aios TUI-;,
aJces Deeds. Sort?e. and all hftr
'asts p-nAinlo to Ue traasfer of Seal Ea
tate. H a
CGBfe4-"bstract of "Titlss
te all Real E.'-tal lu Nenwum Cosetr.
&
T. A. Hath. Joseph Body. "
bath$body
proprietors
f!T SrIT- HnrT
blii itUH laiMilnLl,
are now prepared to accommodate
the public wt i
Good, Sweet, Fresh
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Hiiztiesc flrtet price paW for (
IBeef Eides
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First door east of P O. Brow nviUe.
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OF
BROW-TIIiLE.
P aid-v p Capital, $oO,OQO
Authorized
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500.000
E PRPAKTO TRANSACT A
Saneral Banking Business
SUY AND 5X
00I5" & ODEEMOT DEAIT-
en all the rrh Heal cities of the
U-tited States and -Sxirope
-vIOXETT LOAXED
0 appraveii leearlty anrr Thae Drafts discacnt
e. ad WQii ccfKacaaio4 zr-Med deposH
rs. Se-lersta SOVSCENT BONBS.
STATE, COUSTY & CITY SECURITIES
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3ecer rd?aTMeende4.an- INTST-i-levedoa
-3eeersaei of deposit.
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Eaaey. Fraak E. Johns.. Mer Se!ey
W rais-er.
40HZS L. CAESOX,
A- .AVISOJS-. Csfcier.
I.CSAIjGETON33 Cashier.
Preaideai.
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Palmer c Johnson.
Firrt Door West
of the Old
B-Hdinr.
5-tiosI Boat;
This Srm, hvagitted.p these rooms Trfl
run. a first class rest-cr-st. -where zood
--rsi meaU caa be had at all hears. The-
Rive their ensteroers the best viaads in the
Dorset. lnctcdtQft fresh oysters -erved ia
any manner called, for.
Try the New Restaurant
All Orders for an Express Left with
Them will be Preiaptly attended to i
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EY THE C.
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laiionaitiariK
The Br,s I)ar.
"She la. beanty lie the night
Of ckole3 cll-ies and starry sties."
ab-. kjreJv though she Is to sizbt.
She la not leveller than, her pies.
The roses of Damascus blow
Theirjjcents te r Arabian sands,
Bcs sweeter is the kneaded doagh
That stea-i the odor of her hand-.
Nor sated Turk, nor goaty lord,
Nor pampered prince did e'er partake
Of dalaty dish that coukl afford,
bach raptnre as her simple cake.
I crave nt lime, nor wealth, nor power.
I OBiy wish that cotdbe,
A peuad er two of -oine prime Coar,
Am1 she were gently kneading me.
7p7dteQtto."
I Hve tor those that love tne.
Fee those that know me tme.1
For tee heaven that smiles above me,
Aad traits my corning too;
Ferltite cause that needs assistance.
Fur the wrengs that need resistance.
For toe fatare In the distance,
For the geod that I can do."
HCBEOE OF SOEEOES.
TLs S GKrer i
etc.
Aboat the 25fch of July, a fanner
named Daniel Cocgdon, who resides
near Sckeyler, and Bicbland Station,
X-braska. "called on Shenfc Gregg at
Freat aad informed him that he be
ttered he had discovered old man Ben
der and his wife. Congdon said an ehl
man and woman traveling afoot stop
ped at his house for food and lodging.
and as he was about to let them sleep
in the stable, the oM woman objected
to entering the place, as she was afraid
of soaae trap door or hole, and thereup
on he turned them over to his neigh
bor, Mr. Herndoo.
After swpper at Hemdon's, the old
ffian said. By the way, is there any
talk of this "Bender murder now?"
Hera said -No, not efa." The
aki rata said. '"I used to know them
Benders ; stepped at their house many i
a time.
Thev killed oee man and wire i
aad buried their two ehUdren alive." j
T i!vr tW old man. bT a slin
of the toecue. said ice. Then he went
. -j'-S T ' W XT I
on to describe the euavass wall, from
behind which the fatal blow was
struck, and how nkte Kate used to do J
the work. Then ae talked auout. the
California- who fame there in the eve
ning and asked what smelted so. Kate
said it was roast meat. "If he had
stayed there that night he would have
been iloe far. But he gave them a
warning by threatening to have the
hoeee s-arched. If he Ladn't threat
ened they would all have been captur
ed in the boose."
The SberiJf went with Coegdan and
thev without much trouble overhauled 1
the sespiei 5 oM tramps. When stop
ped by the officer they appeared exeit
ed and told roofiietifis stories as to who
rkc -m s1 tirQrp ttwv TCPr1 f mm
said thev had lived for five or six vears J
...,. t'u tw?;..,t k tur fc-j Kr
in.. th Tmns that tKfv had lwn '
n in ti- Xirthrara. countr and that !
they were not the Benders, etc
Thev were taken to Fremont and
lodsred in jaiL
While they were together in jaS, a
conversation was overheard between
them, on the 27 th of July, which was
taken down by parties who were con
cealed near by.
The conversation was about as fol
lows: Old Man "I knew if we came to
Kansas they would hang us before we
were there" two hours we wouldn't
stand a ghost of ashow. If I have todie I
want to die with you and be buried
with you. What did you tell the man
that was in here to-day?"
She "What ?m do you me&?
He "That lawyer that was in here.
She "I didn't tell hii anvthing.
He "What did be say to that?"
She "He said he wouldn't listen to
me any longer,, if I wouldn't tell him
all about k."
He "I'm soiae rrv I know I
have to die I want that razor in here
before I start foe as."
She "They wouldn't let yoa have it
tkey are afnad of losing their re
ward." He "Don't vou think thev would let
us go if they got that letter?" A let
ter the sheriff had agreed to send for
to Dliaois, to show that he was Mc
Gregor. She "I don't think they will."
He "Ob, dear, I'll have to go to
Kaasss then. I know youTl give me
away, bet you ean't save yourself. 0,
my first wife! she was a good woman;
you don't care for me: you mustn't
think you caa escape by giving me
away. Don't you cry."
They were then separated, and each
told a story, in whieh thev professed to
know much about the Benders and the
Kansas crimes, but denied being them
selves of that family.
rDENTTTY OF THE FEISONEES.
A Mr. Hoodan. who for the post six
years has been a resident of Fremont.
was for two years, prior to July
y loth,
"faaifly
is 3, a neighbor of the Bender
in Kansas, and herded cattle within
three-quarters of a mile of their house
on Agerese creek, sixteen miles north-
east of iEdependeace. aad about the
same distance from Osage mission, on
the saaie thoroughfare from ladepen -
denee to the latter place.
He saw the Benders quite oftea du-
rhg his residence there, and became!
quite well actiuainted with them. Hear-
; i . U J
in 5 w. fcue attest, m lbc wu ukiii ami
woman, he went to the jail at Fremont
to see them. As he entered the eell ia
I which the old man is confined, the at -
I - tl I t-i , -r-T- .,
i kci iuue. at, nun. very aoseiy. iioooan.
i shoved his hat to "the back of bis
' head, and the foowit co.versation
then took place:
Hoodan Did yoa ever see this face
before?"
j Bender "Yes, I know you, bet I
i can t place you.
TTnvu . TXT.
Hoodan "Dsd vou kno"w the man.
who used to herd cattle nearvouro-ice
in Kansas?
Hawdl FWShir
SIS?,riT,io
tve BoheW to Ttou " '
-Sfa--cvJdkl'airr one anv '
eaaer x sever ciu any one any,
narminmynxe. Aounow uatmnci
TrnT,Tf m t, !,. - - -
-v--w -wn J . y W AAA V AL U LA.t V -
lymg terribly about yoa.
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Becder " WeU, my name is not Bert -
der.'
Hooflaa Xour name may not be
Bender, bat yoa toJd me repeatedly,
that was veor name inisas, anditrs
no use for vou. to denv it here.'
Bender "I was there, and remem
ber you distinctly. I had nothing to
do with any of those murders."
Hoodan "Bid you ever see anybody
murdered there?"
Bender "I saw eleven persons mur
dered thersr.
Hoofess -"VGas there more than one
child faurietf "i-sure?"
BeEo-"XIere were two "
Hoouarr -How do you know there
were two?"
Bender 1 saw them take them out
of the room, asleep and put them in the
graves. I was in the out bedroom."
Hooflan "There is no use saying
that. There was no bedroom in. the
house."
Bender "I was in the back room."
Hoofian "You couldn't see into the
peach orchard from the biek room."
Bender "I saw them in the grave
next day."
Hooflan "Hot did you see them?
Were thev covered up? Did you take
the dirt off of them?"
Bender "They were oaly buried st
inches under the ground."
Mr. Shed, who was present at the in
terview, said to the old man, -That's a
lie. You can't see six inches under
the ground."
Bender thereupon confessed that he
helped to put them under the ground,
and he burst out crying, and exclaim
ed, "I doa't care a G d d n. Let
'em hane me and be d d."
On being tokl that he would have to
go to Kansas, he swore most emphati- j
ealty that he would not go there, but ,
he was willing to go anywhere else, i
and that he would kill himself before
he would be taken to Kansas.
Hoodan showed him a plan of the
old house and surrouadin-s, which he
acknowledged was correct.
Hooflan then left him and called up
on the woman, who eommeueed laugh
ing when she saw him. and when asked
if she knew him she replied :
"Yes, I know you. How do you do,
ILr. Huff an? (as she called Mieu)
1 1
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never expected so see you any more.
don't want to talk with vou here. We
are all captured at last, "and they will j
hang us.
1 ou snow that that is John
r$encer.
There
is no use of denying
that any ionger. 1 am going to tell tne
truth. If that won't save me from be-
ing hung, m have to be hung too. I
ought to -have told the truth from the
start. I told them we woaki be caught
if we eame buk this way on the main
road. We were going back -east. We
had a hard time among the Indians.
We hardly ever saw a white person."
She was asked where the other child
was buried, as only one of the two
children buried was found. She asked
Hooflan if he remembered where they
dus- up Dr. York's body, and
. ,
which way iron
found. He tofci
him the chad waslnM briitesTlhe ofelr woman be-r ever
her he did remember i
it, and then she said the other child
was buried in the southeast eorner of
the garden.
She went on to state that they bad
intended to cross the Missouri river
and go to Iowa. Young John Beader
d ids wife Kate were with the team
takinfr another road. Thev were to
taKimr anotner roaa. iney were to
meet at some point in Iowa, and then
some oae ot the party was to go to
Kansas and dig up seven hundred dol
lars which they had buried there on
the old Bender place.
The woman says that she is not old
Bender's wife, anil that the latter was
left behind when they went south
through the Choctaw nation in 1ST3,
because she could not go any further
when thev abandoned their wagon and
team. She says she thinks the old wo
man died in 176.
Hooflan's description of the old Ben
der place agrees perfectly with that of
other persons who have been there.
SMKHIKV gkegg's story.
Sheriff Gregg caught the couple Hear
Schuvler, after he had been on their
track for three or four days. He pass-
cu. uicm kftuin lice nitres, iai ne -
ally turned around and met them with
a drawn revolver. He said to the wo
man, "Hello, Kate," and she was con
siderably startled and reoiied, "I am
I not Kate Bender." The old man didn't
oSer any resistance, and the odker had
no difaeulty in landing him and his
wife in the Fremont jafl. Mr. Gregg
has been sleepi; m the cell with the
old man in hopes of hearing aoething
from him. and he has not been disap-
pointed. The aged prisoner wants to
commit suieide, and he asked Sheriff
Gregg for a razor with which to shave
himself. Mr. Gregg would not grant
his request, but said he would have a
barber come and shave him "I don't
want any d d barber to shave me,"
said the prisoner. He says that he
doesn't want to be taken to Kansas,
but will go anywhere else to be tried,
even to Deadwood, but he swears he
never will go to Kansas alive.
The original old bender, it will be re
membered, is a German, and has a big
scar in the center of his head.
The prisoner swears that he does not
know a word of German, but when a
German was put in his eell and cursed
him in the most emphatic terms of the
German ruase, anrdrag to in-
structions, the prisoner forgot himself
j and swore terxoealiy in German at the
man, thus giving himself away. The
' posoaer also has a scar on his head
answering to the scar oa old Bender's
' top knot, and in several other points
j he answers the description of the boss
' butcher. He accounts for the scar bv
saying he was kicked by a horse. He
is seventy-two years old. At times he
is perfectly fraatic, aad yells so that
he can be heard two or three blocks
away.
The woman is about forty years of
age, wears a number 11 shoe," and has
, hands as big as the ohl man's.
I T ,- , -
She is
a larce masculine tookrn- creature.
She says there were ten persons killed
oy ota uaaer. two ot tne oodjes never
having been found.
Mr. Hoofian, who interviewed the
prisoners, as related above, is a clerk
in Mr. Shed's store at Fremont, and
Mr. Shed induced the sherx to allow
him to visit the captives. The ao-J
i meat ne saw tae okl man he said.
1 "Tb-ltJ'5 Prnrr Tlia mca-s- m
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S Hoodan clanasthat he was weU ac -
iaiH5fa & mZ- f5 Ps-
ST Si? 5tyie s
BUt that hs leatures are imcisaiered.
and that the roa his head is pbsi-
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-rr incic rn yn i n. ,. .M
der of Dr. Yors: and his numerous ot-
: er victims.
i
There is a rswarrl of S3,C0O oiiecea,
i
for the capture of the whole Bender
outfit; and it looks as if Sheriff Gregg
is in a farr way to get it, or a large
part or it. ne is connaent tnat ne is
on the track of young Bender and his
wife, who were last seen and heard of
at Grand Island, where their trail was
temporarily lost, but it has been dis
covered at another place within a day
or two.
A party of traveling -vagabonds be
lieved to be the balance of the Bender's,
is thus described: An old three sorins:
wagon, notsre whether covered or
not. An old gray horse and a bay, the
bay supposed to be on the offside. Two
dirty clad women, one of them, Kate,
about 44, not red headed but with san
dy hair. The other can't be described.
She is of medium size, age about 22.
Ybz John Bender is supposed to
have a'moastache and light side whisk
ers. When last seen he had a cow
bovs hat on. In the wason were a lot
of dirty children, number not known.
Thev are rravelimr under the name of
John McGregor, Maagie MeGregor and j
Mary McGregor. They say they arej
going to "various places, the last theyi
said they were bound for being Central
, Iowa.
Among the places they have i
i said they are going- to are Jacksonville,
ii r reeport, ii BtgKi, t, -McGregor's
Landing, Prairie du Chien.1
Wis and sometimes thev say York'
state. They elaim they ball from the
s iobrara country or Utah, and last of
all they are Kansas sufferers from
Northwestern Kansas.
CONFESSION OF THE OLD WOMAN.
The Omaha Republican of the 4th,
gives the following further particulars:
The seareh for young John Bender and
his outfit has thus far proved unsuc
cessful, though everybody is on. the
lookout for them.
The following letter was received
here last evening:
Cfr.AKKSTIIXE. VEB AgS5 5.
To the Edltorof The Bsp-Wican:
The old couple arrested at Fremont,
supposed to be the Bender batchers,
passed here on the 12th of July ou foot,
aoingeast. I did not see any others
with them. The same couple passed
un west throurrh here in May, 1S79.
They stepoed at my house over night.
They said they were going up to the
north west of jsebraska to tae up a
land claim. They said their name was
McGregor. The" old man ealkd her
Nancy. Yours, &. J. S. Dunham.
The name of McGregor is explained
by the fact that the old man took the
name of John Bender while he lived in
Kansas. The old man continually
curses the old woman for confessing
and giving him away. She reiterates
her confession, and says that more peo
ple were killed than have yet been
inentioaed, but that she cannot re
member them all at this late date. The
Sends had their pictures taken on
Moodar. Thev are horrible lookiag
sir feet hfch. wehrhimr over2o0 pounds
and havimr immense hands. It is not j
yet known when they will be taken to
Mr. W. C. Bacon, city editor of the
Kansas City Times, who has been en
joying the" society of the Benders at
their quarters at Fremont for two or
three days past, arrived in the city yes
terday afternoon and made a statement
of his" investigations. As the arrest of
the Benders creates an intense interest
in Kansas, in which state his paper has
a very large circulation, he was sent to
Fremont on this special business. He
says that, in his opiruoa. as well as in
the epinion of all who have conversed
with the couple, they are the right
parties. He believes that the woman
is either old woman Bender or Miss
Kate Bender. On Monday he had a
long talk with her, and she gave her
self completelv away, under the im
pression that by making a clean breast
of everything she is turninc: state's ev
idenceand wQl thus be released aad
escape being taken back to Kansas.
Mr. Bacon telegraphed the following
dispatch to the Kansas City
Tiwtes
Monday evening:
Fkexont, Neb Aucnst S. A very
startling aad sensational fact was de
veloped here to-day, as Mrs. McGregor
alias Mrs. John Bender, made a full
and complete confession of the hand
she played in the Labette county
butcheries, even scoin: so far as to de
scribe the size, appearance and actions
of several of the murdered men and
; women. This confession was made to
i your correspondent during a prolonged
j interview, in which she talked freely I
j and coolly, but at times her fet?Iin3 i
: overcame her, and she broke down en-,
' tireiy, shedding tears freely. Since j
' Tuesday of last week she has been sep-;
i arated from her husband, and passes !
j most of the time in the kitehen of the
I house attached to the jail, occupied by
Deputy Sheriff Koppakom. Here she
j was found. In form she is quite like
Mrs. Dr. Samueis, mother of the James
boys of Clay county, who is so well !
known in the eity. She is six feet in
height, weighs over 2o0 pounds and
has the same heavy, square face with
wide jaw bones, but in point of shrewd
ness and intelligence lacks the cuteness
aad evading powers of that noted wo- j
! man. Mrs. McGregor, or Mrs. Bender !
as she shall be called, is almost agiaat-
ess. whose face and haads are as dark
, as an Indian's from exposure during
her residence axaooc the tribes or These are the main facts obtained
northern Sioux. Her face can lurht from the woman. It is almost a eer
up ple-safitiy, which cannot be said of t tainry that she is the old woman mea-
the nend who occupies an adjotamg
eell. and whose devilish face peers
from behind the grated cage at each
visitor. In point of knowledge she is
of very common order, can neither read
nor write, and the whole burden of her
conversation is to shift the blame of
the Kansas crime oa Kate Bender's
shoulders, whom, she denounces as a
-she devxL"
But when the eatiie storv is told it
isnMretMnprobabteri - itsheisprov -
en the mother of the child's aetkm. al-
thoughshe was born to old John Ben- i
,jer - a former wife, she berne Xaacy ,
Ellison, a widow, when, she married1
I John Bender, a widower, as Alexander
i MeGregor, with four cdldreu two of
! whom were ate aad John, in 1SW.
In last iiits dispatch it was stated
Vmt xHp. rvrimcrr tr- mAr qrs-mmi
I t-2 fr- -T!. -r , j-, !,,-
e to be John McGregor. He now
; savs his ame is Alexander McGregor,
and that he can prove it by witnesses
' in DKnois, wnkh is probably true, but
t,at mr,. ffriw r t
old John Bender, of Kansas notoriety.
s juts enaer taiss to one sae
.... ... .
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j now and then allows her tremendous
paws to rest
on vrrr shouHer in a
loving-:
as she Trhs and savs:
'-Oh, I teE yo. Kate as an oM
who "would entiee people to her bed aad
then hare them killed.
As an actor,
however, she is on the same plain
with her xtueffiseace, and little knows
what she has said to-dayis sumcient to
place her saste alongside the noted
Lydia Sherman, of Connecticut, or the
ancient Borgia.
AN AEPATXTTvS Z3TOT.
Being gsked if she should be caHed
Mrs. McGregor or Mrs. Bender, she re
plied: "The hitter will do if youe satis
fied, as vou be here to see Mrs. Ben
der." "You. have no objections to giviag
the history of your life?"
"Oh, no; for the sheriff has toM me
that I am to be free, and not to go to
f Kansas with the 'ole man.' I sever
did kill ho one, anyway."
"Were you married to Bender in
Kansas?"
"I was a widow, and he married Hie
at SonnsneM. HL. at the close of the
war. I can't remember what year, but
Squire Sedan tied the knot, ftis nae
was then Alexander McGregor. He
Wa? FiTr- tii3i-f3Ti -Ttt nt? tT.ir K
iag of the aBHlberT m two of the bovs
ran off. He was a poor eoss, but we
lived about several years and then
were sent by the eouncvto Franklin
i county, in Southwest Missouri, where
my sisters rived."
"All this time yo west by the name
of McGregor?"
" We did stick to the name tfll the old
man went to Kansas and took p a
homestead in Labette coaa&y, I be
lieve, when he changed it to John
Bender, and after about a year John
and Kate eame alone:, aad then the
devil began to be played."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well, there was horse stealin.
thievin aad kilrtn', and all that,"
"Who was the first person kilted by
the family?"
"He was a siek man named Brown.
He eame along one afternoon (the
house was a good-sized one, and on the
sign was 'groceries outside the door),
and seein' this wanted to stay. We
took him in and the second nizht we
got him up to eat supper, and while
seated at the table old John Bender let
him into the cellar, where Kate or
John kflfed him. and the next day they
buried him in the garden."
SXHX XORK VTCTTHS.
"How loag after this before any oae
else was killed?"
"I don't quite disremeHsber, bet not
long. Two men were killed, and one
of them, whose name I believe was
something like McGruiy or MeGrath,
had a good deal of money, at least
John tokl me so."
"Do you remember about a whole
family being killed?"
"Yes, I do. They drove up in a cov
ered spring wacon and wanted to stav
all night. Kate Bender said they eoeJd
stay. It was about two o'clock in the
afternoon, and while at sapper that
night they were dropped into the lune. 1
fKate and the old man were below and
the man fought pretty hard, but they
fixed him. I was -behind the eurtain
that night, bat did not poll the trap."
"What about the children?
"They cried terribly that nurht aad
the next day a man cum aloac aad see
oae of 'em, and thev were killed that
night."
"How were they kilted?"
"They were buried alive; oM John
took one and Kate took the other.
They hollowed awful, but finally -topped,
and Kate came in and said the
damned brats were are all right now."
"Do yoo remember their names?
"It was something like Graekore
or Bfcickmore (The name was Loueh
ere, and but one of the children was
found).
"Who was killed next T
"It was Dr. York; I remember him
so weiL He was such a pleasant man.
with side whiskers aad moustache. It
was a rainy day when he came, aad
tne5' e a good deal of money when
they Killed nun. ne loegnt bard too.
but Kate killed him with the hatchet'
"You all left soon after this V
"Yes; they got skeered, aad we a
went away. After walkba a few
mile-, some men took as in a wagon
and we drove into the Cherokee or
Chocktaw nation."
"Who were these men?"
"They were part of a gang of horse
thieves, who made the houee their
headquarters, aad they run off the
horses left by the dead men.
"Were any of these aea there during
th murder?"
"I think so. once, bat ean't quire re
member. Sonie of the horse, were
drowned ia the pond back of the
hoase."
"What did yoa mean abomAe kill
ing a man in bed with her?
"He was one of the first killed, aad
she got him to go to bed with her. and
in the sight killed him with an ax aad
put the body in the hole, but only got
four dollars."
FKOTESTED HER rNNOCENCE.
"You said you did not help
kill any one; how could you help it?
"It was always thought there were
only John Bender aad wife aad John
aad Kate m the bouse. There was
t another old woman who was husband's
! mother; she helped them do it."
tiooed by John Bender as the person j
who helped Kate do the kiTKng, and
' that the old woman ntionedby Mrs.
Bender is a myth. If these are not t
the original Benders the fact can easi- j
j ly be proven. Gov.St, John, of Kansas, !
: was nodaed by the sheriff here nearly j
j a week ago of the capture, bat so far '
j not a word has been heard ia reply, j
. Some persons even now assert that j
these are not the Benders, bat with j
ithe facts before them it is bard to
prove them anyone else. John Bender t
has not admitted to anvone that he
was John Bender, as has been tele
graphed over the eoaatrv. bat crines
to the assertion that he is Alexander 1
Mf-Greggor. Thereportthat John Ben
der. Jr and Kate crossed the river ax i
P-wtetooepoiBtinIow,sswHy; face wrinleda--lia-ner point-
T .-pI'-' avniiit j-- n n i- t i n n - X , ? . ., , -T J
w"7 creomea oy cec-- e-.
TT.n -U. , i ;.-. j;-, .- .- -g- .-.-
' City Times contains some roieresting
infonaatioa:
Fxerr, Teu
Bender excitement i
Kar -tut j
August 3. The!
oa the increase!
fall aad eom-
SidrtBZZrt
was teiecxapaeu you last -ugnt. JLt a
late hour last nitt your eorrespoadeat
visited the jail and hod a second tak
with Mrs. Bender regardrnf: her ee-s-
i.neses-:
"You. need not take back a single' He was very large and square in the
word. It is all true, and much more if ! shoulders, full-breasted, aad heavy bod
IcoaMouiy remember about it." j ied; was inclined to run his boots over
"Do you mean. wsay that more peo
ple were kiTfed than those vou men
tioned?"
"Yes, there were saore killed, aad I
ain't going to lie about it."
"Where" were they buried?"
"Some of 'em were pet in the corner
f of the lot in whieh the house was sis-
uated,aadl thiok oae of she little girls
was buried near the saeae place."
The interview was eoted this
morning and Mrs. Bender was asked
if she expected to go back to Kansas;
"The sheriff says I will have to go,
and I dost eare what becomes of the
old roan.
"Why are you so opposed to him?"
Here the woman ben to cry aad be
tween her sobs she said, "Whea Imsr
ried him I was. a seed woman, bet af
ter we went to Kansas aad betook the'
name of Bender, he raised hell and
made me do bad things."
"But rs. Bender, people wfll insist
that vou had a hand, in the kiWing."
"I can't help that I never did kill
anyone."
She began crying can and the re
porter left and shortly was conducted
to the cell of the old man. He was
f ooad seated in the corner of the ease
and iatai-diately asked if his wife or '
the old woman was not eoan- bac
given, when the old man suddenly be-!
gan to curse Kate in the most violent
tm r n uv,i t r - r m i
n. .; - r
manner, lie called her a she jmbob
aad said if the G d -b had her de
serts she was in hell now; sheoaghtto
have a dozen bullets in her body and
then be buried alive.
"Mr. McGregor, did Kate always go
about dressed as a girl?
Unwittingly he made a damning ad
mission in reply, stating that she was.
"not so large as my old woman bet she
sometimes wore my ekothes. "When
she was little she used to dress ut as a
boy."
It must be remembered that he is
not supposed to have known Kate un
til after his arrival at the Bender house,
where he was taken sick. This is
from his own statement. TTis anti
pathy to Kate is sincere, aad at every
opportunity he applies to her the vilest
aad most horrible epi tbetg, crediting
her as a murderess, cut-throat andshe
deviL Jast at this time a deputy entered
the cell and made overtures to the old
man to go out and have his photograph
taken. He swore that he woahi do
aothia-of the sort; but after much
coftxiag and ggetg consented, aad
was taken to a gallery near at band, j
and a sood likeness obtained. His f
wife had soae through the same ordeal
at an early hour. As he hobbled
through the street from the jail he was
observed of all observers, but atam-
tabaed his brazes, appearance through-
oat. aad teaghed aad jokd with the
photographer.
From the evidence atreadv obtained
there can be bo reasonable "doubt but
tnat the orcrineil Benders are maw
cased as this point. Whether the fe
male is the old woman or Kate is not
certain. SLte is either one or the oth
er, aad many persons incline here to the
belief that she is the notorious Kate.
If so, she is Ear brighter than people
gave her eredit for. aad has played her
cards weC, although the deception ean
only be kept ap for a short time, as ex
posure is saxe to come within the next
few days.
WANTS A KNIFE.
The old man beeoaies very excitable
whenever -vaneasaad the name of Ben
der is Bttentiooed. and he continues to
beg for a knife, aad .swears that be
never will go back to Kansas alive.
He is. therefore, watched very closely
so that he cannot ski anything with
which to commit suicide.
The old woman reiterates her coa
fesioo. and lays everything on the old
tiffins sDouiders. ane -eneves tnat
she will thus save her own neck. She
says that the party consisted of her
self, old Bender, young John Bender
and his wife, Kate, and four children,
and that voting John and his family
I separated from the old folks saortlv
before tae arrest wa amde. Young
John and his outfit have not yet been
arrested, but She-"- Gregg is in hopes
of healing of their arrest at alsMSC
any hoar. They are somewhere in
westera Iowa, and we understand that
they are being- tracked H expert men,
among whom are some Praketton's de
tective foree.
The Benders admitted to Daniel Coag-
l rton. woo is tat- man wno save tae in
formation leMims: to their arrest, that
a nan named Hotbrook, an uncle of
Win. Smith, lumber dealer at Plum
Creek, had been murdered at the Ben
der place. When described by Congdoa
a a low sec dark, small man. they told
all aboat . aad said he had aboat
S2JHW on his person when murdered.
tVC YKABS A60.
The foUowinc is an accurate ees-
cripcioa of how the Beadecs looked
seven years ago.
THZ 01 XAN.
Joan Bender, or "oM aaaa Bender.
as he was called, is afty-five to stxtv
vgars old. aboat fivefet seven inches
in
hht, rather retrod sboalder-
ed, with very dark comptexios. and
very heavy, beard cot rather short;
hair long and dark, mixed with gray,
and very heavy eye-iacoes, nose sharp
aad rather long; hands spare, with
eords upon the backs prominent: gait
slow and sluggish seemed rather to
stalk around than to walk; weight 14o
to 150 pounds. He had a sleepy, down
cast took, and was grim sad. surly in
his deportment, Hjs ebeeksare sunken
and rather tons. He speaks English
in a very broken manner, his native
tongue betas: the Ij&w Dotcfa. His
voice seems to eosae rather froe his
chest than h mouth. He is juBj
haM, aad is careless and slovenly in
has dress.
THE 0X WOKAN-
Mrs. Bender hi aged aboat fifty years,
aad is very nearly a tall as the old
Bia-i;bro-d3hoadereda-l rather -
and lowaisted:skin dart: and
od.with firm moo-h; neck sba and
eordy: hair, dark brown. She has a
quick, nervous walk, aad set- her
whole weat down, when she steps.
She speaks sharp, quick and hrokea.
JOHNIND
Theyosag man who west by the
name of John Bender, was a large.
strongly baUt mas. with fn, roead
jsujei-rgemioa-h, large eyes, large aos
trOs, swry, teatherfike eoplexin,
Bgfes
brawn hair, and rather heavy
Hight, five f eec seven fef'n4
lw.
on the outside. He has a wifcL scarv
j expressiOE. but looks square in the face
when talsing. aad s generally saag;
when in conversation. He shows ids
teeth, which are large, when baghing;
and has a habit drawing down the
eomers of his mouth. There is a scar
across two of his ftwgrs of one hand,
aad one Soger is stigeaetL His eyes
j are dark gray. His ass s ahoat twen
ty-eight years.
EAXXE SENDEE.
Katie, the "she deviT of that gan
of fiends, was aged twenty-one or
tweaty-two years. Her complexion, is
yellow. She has very ghcaeefboee.
very sharp ehia. and the contour of
her eeuate- nee is said to resemble
that of a wolf. The girls used to say
she had a "wottsl face." Her hair
was a fight brown, with a tinge of red.
She is somewhat round or stoop shoel-
aerea, and rataer aouow-oreasteo.
She is rather slender b-ttc, and has a
I fcmg sliHt wast. Her ears have been.
pierced for ear-drops, but she wore
aoae. Her eyes are dark gray. Her
nose is somewhat flat, with large nos
trils. She is quick aad ready ia her
speech.
Her weight 5 110 pounds-
xtTT .. ,..- j -lo-
T-i.-L -, .oi. . I-r l3.r rff --f
.SStSTEl--ZZTJr
imj.XHOKiuunriwT.B atcu -
that these were in reality the
names of the young people, t their
relationship as brother aad sister was
purely an invsatJoa, and that they
were "fiving together in adultery. Al
together the family seenas to hftvebeert
about as disagreeable an. one as could
well be imagiaedL
OhiMrs. Bender has eoefessed that
young John aad Kate are brother and
sister, aad they are fivtog together as
man. aad wife, thus adding incest to
other crimes. John is the father &
Kate's four children, the oldest of
whom is seven or eight years, an ee
them having been born while the?
have been wandering aboat the west
era coentry from place to place.
Ge& ie.
Ns- York BveAs bs,
The siBv season is upon us, and
te-
hold the result:
"The weight of taxes is heavr."
"Shall it be ligker
"Yes,4t ought to be."
"How can it be done?"
"Elect Hancock aad ry the experi
ment, aad let as see what the resute
jj
Thks is intended for apate2 asga-
meat.
It is from tne$tK.
While in fact the 3t shines for aS,
it aims to shiaeonly for tho dome cratae
party.
What it says about the taxes wss
properly written in 1S74 aad loft aver.
'-aen the weight of the taxes ws
heavy.
They are just as heavy to-day.
In 1S74 the Democrats got possess
ion of the hoase of representatives.
In ii?7S they got possession of the
senate.
For two years they have been m the
m&jorisv in congress.
Congress regulates the taxes.
The majority regulates congress.
How HMeh tax reducing have the
denwerats done?
They have reduced the tax on tobac
co a tittle.
They permitted qmd to be pat oa
the free list the bill for this paxpose
having been btoogfa before congress
in an irregular way and despise the ia
noence of thecomnristeoto wmeh sad
matters are entrusted.
ThisisalL
The fact is that the repbticans are
the only ones who have rednci aty
war taxes sce the war ended.
The democrats also xednced the peb
Ctc expenditures for a time.
That is, until as -propratie toeefc
the deficiency was needed.
Taes.it was promptly voted.
Thus they have sough to gain
the reputation of being economi-ai
while saendhsr as ssaeh. money as the
i epa oilcans.
Their economy is a matter of a date.
At one time in ta fiscal year they
have saved so rase, money; at another
tunc they have spent all -has they pce
tended to save.
Ail these things being so, how caa
the taxes be tightened?
"Elect Hancock, ronli-S the nm.
If Hancock is otocted, he w be
president.
Bat according to the oKniinu.
the president has nothing so do wish
the taxes.
L fei Gres "ns"3-
CMcazs Inter Oee-
The New York correspoadeas of the
Philadelphia irew report- an irview
with Congressman Springer, ofTi-boois,
in which that geatlea a spoke ia the
Ikiadest terms of Gen. GarneJd. He
said that his position as a Democrat
was well known, and he should ever
res-am one. bat he knew Gen. GerneM
F weU. had served with him in Consress
many years, and resurded hi as the
great beoeoa-liekt of the party. He,
for one, woaki not countenance the
personal abase that was heaped npoc.
the Bepabtic n candidate. He did
not think honest Democrats should.
peak-as: of Hancock, Mr. Snrinser
i said he had every hope of the generaTs
election, though he mast say he was
disappointed when the national De-B-oeracy
chose a xary san fortherr
standacd bearer. His" choice was a
civilian, not a soldier. It was time
that ria chief of this eoaBtry should
be a statu ww n, Mr. Snringer thiaks
the Bepabneaa will, as -- carry
Htzaois.
The P-i-k-e-phia Tim&i is haaest
enoasrh in res independence to say:
The paxpose of tne Wallace tamnirr
teeis having a tussle with Commis
sioner Davenport at this juncture is
not apparent. It has been proved over
aad ever again that thoinds of nat-nra-ization
papers were fraudulently
is-oed in vew York throosh the ras
cality of Tweed's judges, and the judgea
'have paid dearly for these and other
iDes-lac-s, In brxaging the fraud- to
Kent aad eri: the use of the fiaad
ulent papers Mr. Daveaforx, who is a
sharp feOowas well asa better pertwaa.
f rendered varaable servkes. to theeoea-
try aad to has party.
rxra eopies ef tae ABErE
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