The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 11, 1885, Page 2

40 a ae: se eee | } THE BLOODY BENDERS. -22e- A Tal- of Crime Almost Without a Paraliel. » -ewee Ed Wright, the Stenographer,has urned from a trip to Kansas, where he has been visiting trien During neighborhood made famous by s absence he visited horrible crime of the Bender family, the d over the who tacts and reminisce id the location. -re the house once stood noth- ing now remains to mark the pt the half-filled vacuity tha t} on © answe red the purpose ot a cel lar. Curious relic-seekers have carried away the last remnant of the | building and all its appurtenances, even to the last stone that helped to} compose the ceilar wall. One circumstance that serves to] maintain an interest in this eyent, so long past, is the fact that few.:t any, | r the Bender tamily know wh escaped and are living to day in some distant country, or whether they tured by a small mob who were cap quietly put them to death and for ever atter held their peace. Re- garding this point, some are of one opinion and some of another, The story has many variations, but runs substant:aily as follows: In early days, while that region Was sparsely settied, this family, consisting of an old man and tins wife and a son and a daughter, took up their abode at the place referred to, which is about ten miles west of a little village called Galesburg, in Neosho county. There they kept a sort of wayside inn, making a_ busi ness ot keeping travelers over night, and, we might add, to see that they never proceeded any further in the direction of their desired destina tion. When a man whom they had marked as a victim entered the door of that room his doom was sealed. He would be offered a chair sitting so that its back would be toward the curtain, and so near it that, when he sat down, the back ot hishead would be against it. Behind this curtain, in the little apartment above mentioned, was concealed the female fiend, Miss Kate Bender, having near at hand two hammers, one large and the other small, and asharp knite. When the unfortunate victim would become deeply interested in some exciting or amusing conversation with the other members of the family, who pre- tended to be exceedingly jolly and vivacious, the murderess behind the curtain would deal him a blow in the back of the head with the large hammer that would Grop him sense- less upon the floor; then, rushing from her hiding-place, she would deal him another blow in the temple with the small hammer; whereupon the male members would drag him tg the trap-door, over which they would hold him while the insatiate monster in woman’s form drew the knife across his throat, atter which they allowed the bleeding corpse to fall through the aperture into the cellar. When a traveler was beheld ap- proaching, some member of the family would station himself at the roadside in front of the house, and as the unsuspecting individual drew pleas- gh would would accost h antly, in a friendly manner where he wa s going, ana it it was] anywhere near evening would as sure hi n that it would be impossible to reach his destination before night- tall, and propose that he should re- main over ght with them, while | the traveler generally acquiesced to! the hosp li t seemed that the inside of the building had been arranged with le proposition. i view to the accomplishment of their | ghastly desi he front room} apartment back of it} rated by a thin curtain ind vere sep raw oss somewhatin the man-/ er of t used on folding %ors, while in center of the room \s a trap door. Sometimes there would be two or thee travelers stop one time at bi abode, upon which oc May members of the family would spot | | and allow them to escape. Butt ! is only vague conjecture. There { j are those who believe that beyond a | s t { i | found in Germany to-day 3 offered the fatal it inconver Dt from ti 1 a sure 2 of concealment. Under such circumstances the fernfis would ways be very mirthtul, and finally game in ¥ propose a become incumbent upon the strang g acertain part, to fall upon his knees and clasp his hands in the attitude of pray The place select- ed for him to do this would be on the trap door. When 1m the required Kate would © steal sottly from behind the curtain and strike him dead as he kne!t. They always aimed to make death certain, provided they thought the stranger position Miss {| had valuables worth the trouble. Ther discovery came about as follows: A man teft his wife some- where in eastern Kansas to go and make arrangements for settling fur- ther west, saying that matters were adjusted, which would be within a certa:n stated time, he would return and take her west with him. He went, and the time set for his return came, but he dian’t come with it. Becoming alarmed at his prolonged ansence, his wite set out to overtake or meet him. She, too, stopped to remain over night with the benders. It didn’t seem to be j their intention to murder her; at least notin their usual manner of act. While sitting in the room alone she picked pertorming the hell up a locket that was lying ona stand. Opening it she was surprised to pere ceive her own picture in it, and that of her little girl opposite. She knew then that the locket had belonged to her husband, having been worn by him as a charm on his watch chain. Her suspicions were aroused, but some One coming in prevented her from escaping, and finally she was taken up stairs to retire. but not to sleep. She was planning an escape from the building. After atime she arose and looked out ot the window. and was astonished to see the hght ofa lantern swinging in a distant part of the orchard on the premises. She succeeded in stealing softly out of the house without discovery, and drew near the light, which she watched till the parties went away, and then went to the place and found anewly-made graye. She hid on the prairie all night,and when morn- ing came, went to a neighbor’s house and told her story The alarm soon spread abroad and people flocked to the house from far and near in great crowds, But the famiiy had disappeared. Their horses were tound standing hitched to a wagon not far off, and that was the only trace that could be found. A crowd gathered and tormed the:m- selves into a mob tor the purpose ot wreaking vengeance upon the mur- derers. They set oft in a certain direction, and when they came back hot a single member of it could be prevs iled upon to say whether the nad accomplished their purpose not. Hence the uncertainty. S< clamm that they « to tell lest trouble’ Others cl had they would haye been too glad | to tell, as a] offered tor to even the mystery. Some hin might have overtaken tl + who, giying up some of their ill-gotten wealth. prevailed upon them to keep silent doubt that identical family can be uried ch it would. as soon as| years; my doct tor t to have the bone Tussi bottle, and per Dox by **notis pasted up in any ma an’s or wo grt rae eo will be cut off lielt in trom cesst tron in the hz ae of their rsty owners. -e and blooc harmless ugly we ba are - 3 Z amily, and perhaps otten tolled the f burial ot some poor 1 their merciless clutches, are in pos~ session of a gentleman named Bailey, who holds a distinguished office in ity of Parsons, Kan.— the « nati Enquirer. Eucklen’s Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world tor Cnts Bruises, Cuts, Ulcers Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Cancers, Piles, Chilblains, Corns, Teter, Chapped Hands, and all! skin erup- tions,and postively cures piles, or no pa: required. It is guaranteed to give pertect satistaction, or money refnnded. Prive per box. aleby John .G Walker. 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