The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-05-22


friends and reputation, led to the exposure Men
have been missed and bodies found Of murdered
men for three years Past, and "vig1lanee COM
mitteesn have hunted aud driven sOuDe meu frOu
the csuntry; but 1t would nov secm ~ though
the leaders If these "re.ulatOrs" were them
selves the villsins, and honest Ifsn bad been
falsely and foully euaPeeted and driven from
their homes. Known villains have for that time
been sent to the peniteptiary, only ~ bt PARTON
esl out by governors.
honest men who scsured the country in search Of
Dr. York, wheu il Was learned he xss missing,
seem to have had very little Judgment or dis
creti0n.
On the 2eth Of March last, Col. York and Mr..
Johuson visited the Bender hossa to which place
tAey had tracked Dr. York, aud endeavorod to
coax some information from them, but they
would tell nothing. On the ID Of April this
armed band visited the house with the sole object
Of finding the murderers of DIR. York, yet they
did not notice the bullet holes in the house, and
allow ed themselves TO be fooled by an assumed
stupidity which was the disguise Of most hellish
cunning. The old bag sst mum and gloomy,
pretending she could not understand or speak
Eaviish old Bender said nothing; Kate, she Of
the evil eye, denied ell Knowledge Of the lost,
and the younger male villain fooled them with =
we'll made up story. He said that at about the
time they say DIR. York WAS missed, be, Bender,
HAD BEEN SHOT AT
in a lonesome place near Drum creek, one even
ing, aud it must have been by those who killed
the Doctor. He described the place infinitely,
and then tOok them to it, and 1t was found a. he
said and they half believed his story, aud RETURN
with him. Col. York repeated the story given
sbove Of the supper Of pistols and knives offered
to the lone woman, whee the old bag soon found
her sense Of the EnkhsA iangnage improveft' She
understood all that hsl eeef said, and flew into
violent passion. Shas, denied the story Of the
supper, and said that that Was bad and wicked
woman, whom she would kill ever she came
near them aga'u tnS. ne ~"s'a. wa M'
anu ,Ird ,.~ ,b. rhais hand away While yoing and
"ea f tnu t,'a c,s.I I.h. toll Co1 Yorf that
~. ";st.r a.. con,d n, ,nvthiny that sbe conl,l
nnn,rsI ,h. levi; and tl,at the devil did her bid
.1;na Wh.n ,I,v rss.rned 10 the hons,. Col.
Vnrf ,r;sd to ind.ce tbb. wonderful Mistress of
,ha a.r;i to reveal wherr the bsiy of his brother
~. .r.. sh. yos;,ivs,v ref,s.d her satanic aid at
.,;s iv;,r ~ her rra.on therrfor that she
s,. 'n,J ,'m. 40 /, ,h. d.v tim. aud .h;l. th.r,
,..r. a., many men and 81 much noiu., abuut,
"''' 'o A''
An INVITATION
The pretended sorceress and real hcnd then
told Col. York privately that II he would come
the next night, Friday-when best she worked
her spells-and bring only one man with him,
she would take eiin 70 Ins grave oi nus Munuered
pr1.ue n.a ~. no,rar ,,f. t,,s cr.a,nr..
I'LL. "a M d:nbt shr wonld have nmyed her
'ueio 70 o rhs ,,hols L.u, than IT ,b
prui'Sc Sooa ;.;.ol ~. .o". ,s p,..t .'S
Souss. "Iy 9...s. a, Is.,nra .nS nd r,"mv
S.n.. % "u i,, .a,.,nn,;sb.J n"th;n~ Their ;nta';t
T". Ia. ,I.., ia,L.L a,, .x,s:r;.ncsd d..,.
was was s' 49, 8" xtro,,r ,v ,s their c.n y;t;o,,
hor.r.r az tho ynilt of the Roact,es and of the
Benders, that they would have hung them then
had it not been for the persuasion Of Col York
and few Others who were determined that none
but the known guilty should suffer. Of course
this alarmed the Beudsss, and they fled. How,
has been published in the Times.
MORE cXpr, rssyyss
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seems sso sn ia s.;II u,.r P., ap"n
wv susteo'yu "uy y
,na' 'nes 'n"u ,''a.. 20 !, Wh.SM .,,.. 1.,t ~,
,rs Deiore al! nne" ns. ..;- III .'c,, "na i. ",
inayer .neH ie.' .neI. .s s. ""So. ~ s"u uos
on the Puole ssreet Oh tts .o"n Oa sne s'!ee' !et
the team anu WAGON rss., .s... ."t "fs VIII
out cIaIn', "ncn '"uy 5. maJ vs. vi
ny nyeIS hr,n .neiemp ~ ussJ I;,I, ~ H..
nee, an leu. a;m ~ s1I ,1 s';. .hs'
lecai Jou,nai, was sMen ~ ."e "nu u, 'n
team, anu no "eset y, 'ne nsJS
tnougn tney weIe Peca.! an'' 'ni. ':.' "
ed. Haa SUCH "osc''P,'on oee. ss"u ""s'
nave Ied 70 'ne speeN! pu,sa. pI -, ,ne IL. necn.s
criminals. IL IS NO. s"sPec'ei 'naI ,neIe was
any sn'i' In TINS "es'ec'' o"' "''iy caie'e''"eSs
THERE MUST BE GANG.
No doubt Is entertained that tile Denders have
not been alone in their Iamnabl- villainy. They
must have had coufc&erates to riis,msr uf the
stock and clothes Of the murdered men, and sns-
pjciop has already pointed t0 n number 0f men,
living throughout that section. in different d.
recti.ns, and to none with more evidence of jus
tice than one
NIT CHERRY.
This fellow lives Abnut three miles south of
Par Oas, and when Col. York was making 3 arch
for his brother, he tried to induce the Colonel to
employ him as detective. Luckily the Colonel
would have nothing tO do with him. This man,
it is said by two men who are generally credited,
at different places aud times aud ssparat-ly, told
them that he was q member Of band Of Regu-
latOrs in the County, and that when they found
a criminal they never troubled him with the law,
or put the County to any expense about him
that the band always knew their own work
when they saw it. for evrfy man they put out Of
the way they laid with HIS throat cut, his left
arm across his breast, and his right by his side
In such condition and position were found near
" all the BeHder victims. As further evidence
against this fellow, it is known that soon after
McCrotty's disappearance was known, and when
there was about to be some action taken to look
for him, he pretended to have letter from Nc.
Crotty, telling of his safe arrival in Illinois, at
his Intended destination.
The other suspected parties who have been ar
rested are men Of bad rePute in general, and be-
li.ved for some time to be horse thieves if moth
ing worse. On Sunday, Sheriff Stone brought
into Independence, under arrest Addison Roach
of Ladore, and WIN. Buxton, son-iri-1aw of the
elder Roach, both found near Cetiarvaie. This
n;s man. - ',e es. Im..n ..,wS Th. .a y" o'p =,
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