The sun., 1873-05-13
THE ROADSIDE MURDERS.
a STORY TTfT WILL FURNISH MA
TERTAL TO NOTEL WRITER'S.
The southern Kansas Murders -Di-rovcriuE
the Bodir- of u score OF victims -Thr RE-
maius of Dr. Work. Rccopnizcd-I u -Iyucbing
T,sror-S Mn

TN the 9th of March pr William n. York
loft Fort Scott ON horseback for his home in In
His friends watched and waitod for hun. aud his
family prayed t9r him in y1in The rosi
once commenced. His ne ighburs turned out
nmasse. Ills brother, Col \; ~. York; rested
neither by day nor by night IN his abors. but fol-
lowed what seemed To him n trail With the
tenacity of am Indian and devotion of saint
rested anywhere to say that DR.. York had been
murdered not a sign anywhere told how he
him unawares. lie was traced 10 Chcrryvale
| but no further. There the trail was lost
THE SCI NE or THE MUHprRs.
Cherryvnle IL small town on the Leayenworth,
bette county, about atty miles from the south
line of the state. To the south of Chcrryvale,
/ having in front large room where meals were
served. and IN rear sleeping room furnished
with two beds and some scnnt additional furni-
ture besides. william and Thongs bender lived
in this house with their wives. To the right OF
TIE dwelling house y an Hnth9,nse, ana III the
| One day early In April some men from Cherry
vale rode over to the Bender House "a tavern,
too. II WAS, where entertainment was furnished
/ to travelers-to inquire concerning DR.. York,
and to learn. Il possible, some tidines Of his
fate. They learned nothing, however
SPIRITUAL oGREss.
william Bender the eldest of the brothers,
/ has wife who is a spfitualist. She Is ~. with
iron gray hair. ragged at the end aud thin over
the temples. Her eyes steel gray and hard.
/ The iight that comes from them Is sinister and
forbiddng: She has not single prepossessing
I feature. Her form, angular and tall, seems To
! lit itself up when the spiritual influences take
possession of it, and To- become gigantic ~
height. At tunes she dealt in incantation-. and
the boiling Of herbs and roots. Her Will Is in
domitahlc All the household fear her, obey
her. and, a. the sequel pruN,-. do the devils
. work Tor her.
Ifwolld seem as Il the visit Of ihs Cherry
der can be remembered as hayinI acted very
7 strangely. Twice he has come into Cherryvalc
% lpltpr the l-.
inglv having no business but eagerly intent ell
the time IN listening tu everything that was said.
THE DISCOVERY.
Time went slowly until man riding IN one
day from the prairie saw no smoke arising from
Renders chimney. The windows were down,
the doors were closed, there was no sign of nfe
anywhere. This man IN riding by apen to the
left OF the house saw dead cali In the lot.
hnt the ise died Si ssryaon ' fSen f hs
truth came all Of sudden and overwhelming.
Such death suggested flight. hight meant guilt,
and the nature NJ the guilt was surely murder.
The man gauped into Cnerryyae and related
what lie had seen. The town aroused Itself A
party was organized instantly and set out for the
Render mansion. Then II waa remembered that
about two weeks before this say somewhere
Ia some persons either In or near Cherryyal" a
watch, some clothingo Of fine character, two
mules, and perhaps a shot gun ur two and some
pistols How didhe come by these the question
might be readily answered.
ruE SEARCH,
The PARTY from Cherryvalc arrived vt the
house. In the rear we have said, Is a garden.
This Al frat was not examined. The front room
of lhe house was carefully searched, every cra X
and yrcyice being minutcly locked into. Mo-
thing came Of II all. Then came the back room.
The beds were removed. In his hight the elder
Bender had left everything untouched. After
the beds had been removed one of the party mo-
tced slight depression In the door, which.
: upon closer examination. revealed tran door
upon hinges. rbis was Immediately lited up.
and in the gloom a pit outlined itself Light
They found thcmscvc. in all abyss shaped like
n we'll. some -iX feet deep and about nNe IN
%unh,'ne % n m,se ey rhe ,nr,e rere TAnp mp ~"
splptches, and held up q handf. 20 the light
The oole smeaFed l,scn over th,ir palms and
drihhed through their insers IL Mas blood
The party had provided themselves with a iong
sharp god oi mon which they drove int. TIE
ground IN every direction - the bottom ~ the
pit but nothing further rewarded the search,
aud they came away to examine the garden in
the rear Oi the house.
TtNuIS0 THE nodes.
After boring or ptodding, a. II were, for nearly
an hour the rod Wa driven down into spot
aud when IL was Withdrawn something that
looked Ike hcsh adhered 20 the point Mef
were set ~ once 20 work, aud ia a few moments
corpse was uncovered. II had been buried
upuu IL face. The he-h had dropped away frou
tie legs There was uu coffin. no winding sheet
= no preparation FOR the crave, nothing upon The
body but In old shirt torn in places. and thtr }
= / with damp and decay. The corpse was :cudsrl'
/ dInterrcd ana la.i upOn its b.rk Ia the ful
| CHASTITY face fostering aud swollen, and doyei
YORK. And wa. lie had been buried IN
shallow hole, With ,carcely two feet of dirt oyo
him. THEY examined the BODY closely. Upor
the back of his head aud To- the left and ohlique
I ~ nom his nght ear, a terrible blow had htci
! given with a hammer. The skull had hocl
driven into the brain strong men turned ava
Z iron, the siCkentng sight with shuddeI.
rHE FLAHFJL TIDISGs.
In an hour ail the town was n the scene - M
discovery. \ conn was procured Tor Dr.. Norh
q body, aud his brother, u terly overwhelmed. q
y by the elastlj remains ~ one w whom Tn
hand of death had ncen laid,
= lnp iron rod again put Ia rCuui-itIuu. un
I Ill six more graves, hye Of which contained ea'
A acprpse, ana the sixth, two, an od man, and
u little girl. some were In the last stages OF de
4 composition, and Others, not a. far gone, mia u
0 have been Identified II any among the CROW,
= bec0nd des, rlption. The daylight He'd from tn
vigor. A fa-cinatIon Impossible to define, he'll
~ the spectators to the spot. The spirit Of nun
4 night and the horror ~ the surrnundiugs TN
crowd increased instead Of diminishing. Co0lu
- were provided for all, and again the scare
e renewed It. was past midnight when our infoi
j. udut ltft. Three more graves had bcfu disc,
u cred. each supposed to contain corpse, al
e though they had not been opened.
+ The whole country Is aroused. Couucrs an
g tcegrtms have been sent in every direction wit
a descriptions Of the BenderS, and It is he
y thought possible that they can escape.
SrARLY VICTIM.
% with the crowd at the grave was a man name
~ IrocLm.n, VINO was supposed to know som,
,r thing apout the murder. Furious inou Land hul
II upun him al once AMI strung him up t. a he ~
e ~ the house. ll,s cont"rt,uns were fearful, II
y eyes started from thrir sockets, and HNid I'M
.
- within rcarn OF htm wncu he was cut dow
T. "Contess 70 "tUufr,s" 4" they yelled, but hc sdi
NJ nothing.
'r Again he was lcrked from his feet. and agal
lr was the strong BODY couvul.ed with the drtt
thrues. Again rC~I-, ltattd, ur once more n
Ia fused to opon his mouth. H. did not AZ, ear
understand What was wanted Of him. The yrl
w. iug crowd, the mutIlatcd and butcnered dea,
he the tilckering aud swIrlIng torches spluttcri
NJ la the ngut wind the stern, set faces OF hi eN
e' cutoncrs, all, all passed before him As a drea'
ful phantasmagorll winch ddzed him and strut
, BIN speechless.
d. For the third time thcv swung him MP, an
!. then his heart could not be- fet tu beat. AZ
~ there WIS ne pulse At HE wrist. " tie il dead
r they said. Hut ne was not dead, The night "A
CT revived him at last, and he was nermIttcd
stagger away in the darkness.
70 HORRIBLE NUTGLATGONs,
Six butchcred human beings were btoup
,h fOrth fiuln ther bloody graves, and three Othc
y are yet W lie uncovered. 1t IL Thought that mo
~ graves will yet bc discovered, The pit under q
. trap door was made 10 receive The body wh'
h lTst struck down by the murderer hamnlt
All the SKULLS were crushed IN, and all at near
TO the salue place. one oi the coTpses Was 50 ho
rihIy mutt lated as 10 make the seA even a mail
zen Of doubt The Nttlc glrl WAS probably cig
years OF age, and haa lonI, sammy hair, and son
ny traces Ot beauty On a CountenanC" that was u
lss yet cntiIely uisusurcd by dc, ay, Onc arm "
~ broken. Tho Dre 81 bone had been driven
mt the right kuce Add been Wr"urhcd from
II socket, and the leg doubled up under the bod
ac. Nothing ,iNe tnis s.cAeilng series OF crimes h