The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-05-23

TINS wonderful mistress Of the devil t
lrsvea, where the body Of bis brother
,s> She positively and pers;stently
re,"-ed her Satanic aid At this time
.!v - - her reason therefor that she
C Eli not DO so in the daytime, anG
w; = there was so many men and SC
Ima-jr unise about.
An INVITATION.
his pretended sorceress and real
fie,:d then told Col. York privately
that If he would come the next night,
| FTsOay-when best she worked her
| SPt Ls-and bring only one man with
| him, she would take him to the grave
OF his murdered brother. Had the
CO!enel been so foolish as to believe
the mysterious power of the creature
there Is no doubt she would have
proved her promise good. The whole
band then lett the house. They visit
ed the houses of Roach, Smith snd
Harness, at Ladore, and made many
threats, but accomplished nothing
Their intent was good, but they lack.
ed an experienced detective for a
leader. So strong vas their convic-
ton, however, of the guilt OF the
Roachs and the Lenders that they
would have hung them then il 1t had
not been for the persuasion of Col.
York and a few others, who were
determined that none but the known
guilty should suffer. OF course this
visit alarmed the Benders, and they
fled How, has been published in the
Times.
MORE CARELEssNEsS.
Itseems strange that no watch was
put upon the suspected Benders. and
still more strange that they should
have been gone three weeks before
any one knew OF it. When they went
to ihayer they left their team and
wagon and dog on the public street
of the town. On the street the team
and wagon remained for two days
without a claimant, when they were
taken charge of by a livery firm there
Bears 81 Wheeler. No notice, other
than a notice In the Hesd hight, the
local journal, was given of the finding
of the team, and no description of the
horses published, though they were
peculiarly and similarly marked. Had
such description been given, it must
have led to the speedy pursuit of the
fleeing criminals 1t is not suspected
that there was any guilt in this neg
lect, but only carelessness.
LAST SUNDAY AT THE GRAVES.
On last Sunday there were about
one thousand men, women, and chill
dren at the Bender grounds, gazing
with mingled emotions ofhorror and
curiosity. The graves even yet sent
forth q sickening stencil, and women
held their noses as they peered down
into the now tenantless holes. Two
special trains were run, one from Inde-
pendence and one from Coffeyville,
to point on the railway line about two |
miles from tue house, and teams were |
busy running to and from the grounds,
while the greater portion of the crowd
were compelled to walk. The trains
brought three hundred persons. There
we're about six or seven hundred per
'ons there from all parts Of the sur
rounding country,in wagons, carriages
md on horseback.
The curiosity of many ceemed to
master their repulsion, and hundreds
brought away some memento of the
lreadful place. The blood-stained bed
'tead was smashed to pieces and divi-
led in the crowd, all the shrubbery
md the young trees were broken or
.ofn up and carried away, and pieces
If the house borne off by. the curious
Such another raid would not leave
much of the shan:y. 1t was supposed
hat the grounds would be plowed ard
icrsped again this day, to seach for
,ther bodies, but the intent was
and it is not probable that
my further search will be made until
Is done regularly by the county