The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-05-23
THE VICTIMS OF THE RENDERS.
The Latest and Most Interesting Par.
tieulaPS.
The Personnel Of the Fiends.
Testimony of Suspected Parties.

we copy the IollowlnS interest
ing additional particulars from the
Thayer Headlight, which paper
has contained the earliest, most
reliable, as well as most graphic
accounts of the Cherryvale horror
Everything relating to this great
est crime of the century, before
which the cold blooded villainies
of Trauppman and Probst fade
into the merest apprentice work
of human butchery, is interesting.
These terrible developments are
the only realization in fact of the
horrible fantastic literary carica-
ture of De Quincy on Murder as
a fine art We, therefore give
space to further details compile
ting, we believe, all that is or will
be known of this monstrous crime
till the murderers and their ac-
completes, if they have any, are
firmly in the grasp of justice;
Last week We published a full
account of all that had been re-
vealed up to the hour of going to
press.
We publish in to-day's paper ALI
of last weeks account, and much
additional particulars. 1t has been
impossible to get more than an
outline of the terrible deeds, but
we can assure our readers that all
facts published in this paper are
reliable. No person can describe
the horribleness of the bloody
deeds.
BENJAMIN NJ. BROWN,
of Cedar Vale, Howard county,
Kansas. His head was mashed in
and his throat cut from ear to earl
With the exception of n red and
white handkerchief around his
neck, he was entirely naked. Like
all the rest he was buried face
downward. When found he still
wore n silver ring on the little fin
ger of the right hand. DR.. Kea-
bles was of the opinion that he
had been buried about six months.
When murdered he was on his
way home from Usage Mission,
where he had been to borrow mon
ey, with which to pay for entering
his claim. He did not get the
money on account of the INSULT
cheney of his securities.
W. c. Dickinson, an old neigh
Dor of Browns says he left his
home on the 30th day of Novem-
Der last, and had some money with
him, probably forty or fifty dollars.
W. F. M'CROTTY
was the next person we saw. He
was buried face downward, throat
cut, head mashed in, and otherwise
mutilated. He had on q white
under shirt and checkered over
shirt; black cloth vest and white
cotton socks. On his left arm
were plainly visible in India ink {:
W. F. McCrotty-Born 1s43.
AL AluCElCdL nag.
l23 Ills. nifty, Co. ID.
He was identified by n number of
persons who knew him here as
well as in Illinois. The next per-
son was not identified by any one
that we could hear of. He was a
small man, much below the medi-
UNI height. He was buried about
five feet deep in an old well, and
was horribly mutilated. The mus.
cles of his whole body rigid and
contracted as though he had been
burned. His body was much dis
figured about the head, and eyi
IDENTIFY had been one of the first
murdered.
II. F. MCKEGZIE
was the next victim. His body
displayed the same barbarous cru
city and demoniacal treatment. He
came to Kansas prospecting, with
the intention of buying land, but
had not buoght any. The Bend
ers no doubt supposed he had
money. He left the residence o.
j. III. Perry, six miles north of the
"humaH slaughter pen," on the 6tl
or 18th of November last to visit
his sister, living at Independence
Montgomery county, Kansas. HI
was last seen on the road going II
the direction of Independence, ii
the morning. He was twenty
nine years old, and came here from
near Noblesville, in Hamilton
county, Indiana. He served dur
ing the rebellion in the 18th Indi
ana infantry regiment, and wa
wounded in the battle of Chicka
manga. He was 3 strong and verI
athletic man, and from the mum
Der of wounds evidently showed
fight before he was murdered.
i CIV. LASGcHoRE
and a child, a little girl only eigh
teen months old, were among tn
offerings to the bloody god VOL
} shipped by these horrible fiends
He was on his way to Iowa, wher
he was taking the child to he
dead mothers family. They live
five miles west of independence
on Onion creek. For some singr
lar reason they did not cut tn
throat of the little girl.
Eight bodies are all that hay
been discovered up to the preseI
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