The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-05-29

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More Facts concerninEfh the Horri
BILE Tragedy in Kansas. : ).
AArspsvser ofthe Kansas CITY 1yhte,
who returned from the scene ef tn
murders on Monday night, makes th
sOno<ine statement, which contain
many facts Of interest In addition 4
those already published:
The DEVILS kitchen, otherviss th
Bender house, Is . small, rude franz
shanty, without lAth-or plaster OK IN
ltervening substance between its moo
and the raftep Of the pointed roof. II
size 1t IL l6x24 feet. Small uprights
2x4 inches are set to mark the house
into compartments. but no wall had
!; beef, made other than white cotton
cloth hung In the rear apartment and
against the uprigbtA The ffont apart,
Iment had n Ma coanter, over which
the hutchere ance pretended 20 sci!
groceries. In the rear room was a
rude - stable, q stevs md three
chsirs. - ss-----iSeI
Tie tSbIesi which she goss,saf the
6snds 1ess s-ass4 was placed dilyslly
over the trap door, 70 that the GIT :
back was to md against The white enr-
tin. In this position II Mss an easy
thing for the NAL . illLafis ID the font
apartment TO strike the form clear y
lined and resting against De whi,e
cloth, and, whsn the hlows of the
sledge and hammer he'd kaocked the
victim, With . crushed and broken
skull, senseIeas and helpless to The
floor, for the fen1aie dends IN the hack
room to cut the throat. The execution
was as simple rs it was dreadful, but,
though 1t would seem resistance TO
such vell-planned murder ofthe trust
ing and unsuspecting was impossible.
the walls gave silent evidence that
some Of the murdered ones had not
been sent to their doom without an ef-
fort to defend themselves. No less
than dozen bullet holes in the sides
and roof Of the house attest at armed
men when struck down 50 relentless
ly, bad attempted to shoot their mur-
derers, but, unfortunately, the aims
had been wild, aud the murderers are
reserved for the hempen halter.
This building is located just on the
rising edge Of q beautiful narrow val
ley, circled on the SOUTH. east and !
west BY range Of mounds or hills,
fronting to the north ia the mouth of
valley. The hills are distant from the
house from half mile tn mile, the
closest being on the south, to the rear.
The house fronted to the road just in
be bend, sitting back about its own
ength from the roadway. From this
,oint Of the road can be had 8 full
rev of everything for half a mile In
very direction, but not another house
8 within sight. 1t is about seven ,
niles from Cherryvale, ten miles from
mayer, eight miles from LAHORE, and
wo miles from Morehead, and lust .
Il the northwest corner OF Labette ,
ounty
One OF the most marvellous stories /
YER heard, but which is vouched for g
reliable men, il the following:
ne evening about three months ago h
poor woman, footsore and weary, L
aysling 10 Independence, without )
oney, stopped at the Bender den and G
ked FOR some supper and for the 0
'ivilege OF resting awhile. She was e.
vited in, and being nearly exhaust- CT
she took Der shoes and scanty wrap IL
1gs off and lay down on the bed II. u,
back room. She soon fell into a "
pulled doze, from which she was V,
'akened by the touch Of the old hag "
the den, who, pointing to an array d
pistols and double-edged knives OF CT
rious sizes lying on the table, said
the spirit Of hellish mslienity:
here, your supper is ready" The
man was motionless and breath less
th terror, and az she sank back on ri
. bed, the devil dame picked UP the lei
ives one by one and drew her fin al
alone the sharpened blades, at the nc
ne time CHANGING fiendishly at her In
ended victim. How long this ter n,
lasted the woman could not tell, ia
at last she, tn the very desperation I'll
Tear, arose as though not alarmed, al
! made q private excuse for going pl
!. She was permitted to do SO, aud, 70
wing around to the shelter Of the T
bic, barefooted and scarce half clad, al
, darted off on the wings of fear, o,
l ran two miles to the house Of one r.
o protected her and gave her shell d
As she was running away, she v
ned frequently to see IL che was i,
rsued, but no one followed her, c
,ugh she saw the light from the I
aned doorway several times, as I
,ugh the devils inside were await a
{ her return. t
Even this story seems not to have I
oused more than the before existing (
spicion that the Blenders were not
actly the right kind Of people. {
Although for the past three years
is section has been infested with
and murderers, and this ,
known to everyone about the coun-
y, 1t is probable the same state Of
iairs might have continued for an
definite period had not the murder
DR.. York, man Of family, friends
nd reputation, led to the exposure.
len have been missed and bodies
,und Of murdered men for three years
asst, and vigilance committees"
ave hunted and driven some men
rom the country, but 1t would now
eem as though the leaders Of these
regulators" were themselves the viii
ians, and honest men had been foully
lriven from their homes. Known
,illians have for that time been sent
o the Penitentiary, only to be pardon.
ID out by Governors.