Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-15
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THE KANbAS BUTCI1ERY.

THE KANSAS guTCnERY. +
A sorceress who Advertises to Cure an
sorts Of Diseases The Victims buried
and the Ground Plowed over TO Con.
zeal the semhlance Of Graves.
Special to the Kansas City Times
CoFFEYvILLE May 9.
One of the darkest crimes In the |
somewhat eventful history of Kansas,
has just been unveiled in the north.
western part of Labette county. Those |
VINO have road the papers lately are
familiar with the report of the myste-
rious disappearance of DIR. York, Of
independence, as we'll as q number Of
other parties. The whole county, as
well as all parts of the State have been
In fever of excitement over this
mysterious affair for some time. The
other day the untiring energy of those
who mad never ceased work in hopes
OF ferreting out the matter, was re-
Warded with Developments which
need only to be known to cause ones
blood to cnrdle in their veins. have
learned the following particulars OF
the matter from Mr.. John Keefers.
who lives three miles west of Coffay.
vile, and who. in company with Mr..
John Crowell, special agent of the
Post-ofiice Department, was at the
scene of the horror.
1t seems that party of German peo-
pie named Bender, who pretend to be
Spirirualists, were the perpetrators of
series Of the most damnablc crimes
on record. Mr., Keefer's saws the scene
of the horrible tragedy is one mile east
and two miles south of Morehead Sta
ton, and six miles northeast Of Cher
ryvalc. The house is situated in a
beautiful valley, enclosed on the south
east and north by low range of hills.
and i'm fair view of the l.. r. e q. rail.
road and many farm houses. though
not nearer than half n mile to anv one
The house is about sixteen nv twenty.
single root, and neither ceiled nor
mastered.
THE BENDER FAMILY
consisted of four nersous--fa,,,er
mother. son and daughtar THO orc =,
the father was s;xtrethrce nosrs tha y,
mother sixtv SON twnntv-sovam an5
daughter twentv.fonr Tho aom i AZ
scrihcd as a strnno mnscnlor ,oan ~,
family are nrofcssnd sn;r;tuoi;sts .nS
the daughter claims snmarnot q, rsI Nc -
ers. in that she can heal the s;ct o ~
store sight to the blind and also tho
she could rive defin;tn ;nfornat;on =
| robberies. murders. &c ''0' '
The FOLLOWING is q conv or M;ss 10,
der's adyertisement. ''0 ',o'
Prof. Miss Katie Rendor CON bool .,
sorts Of diseases. can cnre hi;nSnass g.
| fits, deafness. and nj, snch diseases
also deaf and Guinness Ras;dano
fourteen miles east If IndenemSamn.
on the road from Indanendanco !.
Usage Mission. one and onc-haif m;,a
east of Morehcad Station '
K.r,r Rrvn..
June II. 1879
This "Katie. p was a rcd facad vour
woman Of eycend;noIv had ronnts
ton. f1.'
The follow;po ;s a nort;ol ,;st oe ~,
victims nf'th;s 9vstar;nns son;i,, III ~,
last of ther, ,vas H. Wn,i. - "a
.as. ~ .nOnl WINS ". iork, VI lnot
+ peuuehce,a highiv respected cltlzel
! WHOSE mysterious disappearance crt
a1eu SO much feeling that large partie
r wenI III search OF MN. lie was trat
Gu 10 benaers mouse, where they sal
NC .ooh uinhef ana then ielt lof lndt
; pehdence but no suspicion rested o
.hcm. But the weight OF guilt WE
heaVy, ana the large NUMBER IN scare
alarmed the lamlly, ana they lett til
mouse Without removing anything
uLove tnelf team TO mayer ana left
! Where ~ was taken few days after b
, we snefl1 OF mat county. Ii wa
ABOUT the 'tn OF April when they Ill
appeared. lhey LOOK the northwar
! oouho tralh AT mayer. Ihere Deln
. no suspicion resting on these quiet vi
: optrusiVe Germans, and they not ha'
, ing peen very soclaoie ana having u
/ lew visi,oTs, IL was not known TN
l they han abandoned their homes I,
nearly iouf weeks, ana When the I'll
I coVefv was made, 1t was found tn
8 their caves ana hogs had starved
! aeaIh IN inc lois. Ihese discoveries
Vac ,gas a c",nnnoo susplcioh, ana scare
one hundred AMI nnv n. s.ila,, utcra,
l house. The snrface had haen coras :,
( ly nlowcl and barrowed ovar hv :,
!, Renders before thav loft m. H. ~ ::
of Mr.. York had been hnr;ed 0 ~ ~ !.
Gently that tLe heavy rains and H.,
had settled The oronnd aro"na "" =,
}. grave SO that its outlines wero d;st;na :,
" visible. and a fcw honrs, wnrL n ~,
earthed these horrible crimes :"
nm. yopx,s pony
being found fnrIher search was mo,
bv thrustinp q sharn nn;ntad iron ~
! into the earfb which soon develon.
{ the fact that there were many NJ 3,
: graves on this hair acre Of "ronnd a,
by night fall eight bodies in ali We
. cxhumcd. of which the following is
' partial list. so far as they could he i;
tinctly identified. -
9 WE. McGrouty, of the I23d m
! nois infantry, COMPANY DE. BROW,
Henry Mckenzie. of Hamilton count
Indiana, and q Mr. Lonchore and !,
little rirl. The latter had regent
: : buried his wife. and was ahout Sta,
! inc to Iowa. The scene Thursday W
TOO horrible to Give even a faint \
soription Of, =
seven bodies in yarious stapes of 4
comnosition were Wing on thc yronr
;. bv the side of their open graves. the