The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-30
TIE Roadside Murdercrs a EOub!e
Murder In lutiiuna Supposed TO have
been Committed by the Bender Fan,i-
Iy-FOs,ovinx a bloody Trail.


The details OF the terrible Bender murders
in Kansas come to rs with fearful emphasis.
IN view of our discovery OF the fact that the
inh,llnan nun ti'rcr> were probably for some
line in the ncigirbornood If this city, and
lr,! circumstances in connection With the
recent Developments in KANSAS strongly point
hem out ~ the authors Of Il mysterious dou-
Die murder whirh harrencd in our midst
some year md - hasfago.
Our leaders will remember tic circllm-
stances attending the murder OF German
,nd bis wife 10y the namc Ut Bandle, and the
burning of the house over their bodies.
The mystery has never been removed from
bat terrible tragedy. and up TO this time no
person has ever bt Ell accused or even sus-
rerted of the commission vi that CRIME. We
believe that the bloody trail leads u 10 the
Kansas tiendS. st th6 time Of the Bandle
raerdy there was resident near this city Il
luniy by the name OF Bender.
The tamil, consisted oi Two rncu ana two
women. The men were employed on the
Ne, ulloch i,rru. Oh silver creek, at the time
If the Bandc murder. aud il VIII be remenn-
bered that thi, Identical farm was the >cenr
ot that homicide. Soon after the occurrence
Of the shocking affair the Bender, lett ana
Ven; 10 Kansas. II seems that OH reaching
Kansas they entered on Il career of crime
which il without parallel in the history OF
our lines.
Taking ,p their residence near Chrrrvtalc,
ka,,>i<, in an unfinished house standing on
the roadside, and out Of view oi any othe'
| human habtaiion, they constructed WIN
| dcvilish ingenuity regular trap Tor any
| traveller whom they could n"clgle into their
! den. They pierced the table from which
! their meals were taken II m Il curtain OF clt-
! ton cloth. . that The victim would SIT Win
. hi, hack against the curtain.
! 4 candle placed on tile table would. ut
rol,is.. shadow The form OF the person ~
! ling a2ain,t II on the ciuth, and The blow
! with an axe Or hltTurr owen by man OF
, the opposite >idr OF the curtain would irli
! the SITTER To the floor. and then the cutting
! If his throat could he e'l,ily accomplished.
I The number of their victims IL ~ Yet ul'-
known. Eight bodies bayc already been
disiutcrred and recognized by their clothing,
Jr by marks upon their persons.
The ,irclimStantiaI evidence which con.
meet, them with the murder OF Baude aud
mi, wife may hr summed up THUS:
|. The identity of the naIncs..-
;. Thr description ul thc kansas muir
dt,rrs answered exactly 10 tho Lenders Wli"
lived here.
3. Their manner Of living IN kan'h'-the
Two men and the two women living us one
lalulIv--is exactly Il. they lived here.
/. The Blenders lett this ely for halisn',
ne place We find them NOW.
5. The time Of their departure from this
poinr corresponds with the time OF their ar
iival in Kansas.
&. The residence Of the Blenders on thu
farm Oh which D,ndl" anu hl' vile were
murdered. and The unincdLtc departure
from the scene.
The lenCer1 fed from Kansas when they
discovered the suspicion OF The people there;
but we predict that before they all swing
from the scanoId some Que OF them will con-
Tess their completely with the Bandle TRACE
dy ncur this city, Ne.r .Hbany LcdJcr-S'ar.
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