The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-04-16
THE BENDER MYSTERY
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS CON.
CERNIN0 THE ARREST OF
THE SUPPOSED HEAD
BUTCHER,

The Salt Lake Herald contains the fol.
loving additional matter regarding the
arrest of the supposed Kansas butcher:
| About two months ago news reae bed
ShN city that
OLD MAN BENDER
had been captured In Sewer county in the
southern part Of this Territory.
The officers Of this city forwarded de-
scriptions Of the family ~ the officers 10
Sewer eounty and received answers that
the old man was ubtedly the verita-
BILE kansas butcher. A photograph was
taken Of the maa and sent to his former
neig bbors, who pronounced 1t the picture
OF the elder Bender. since then nothing
further has been heard from Kansas, hut
yesterday the accused was brough. TO this
city by Deputy Sheriff. j. L. Fou,z and
A. l.. Fsrnsworth, OF Sewer county, and
lodged in the city jail. BY the time the
party reached the city hall the news that
old man
BBSDER HAD ARRIVED
was circulated through the city, and
crowds iiocked 10 see the man who had
created such . sens stion, and about whom
90 much had been written. To crafty
the multitude the jailer Removed the mai
from the cell In which he had been placed
TO the PRISON hall, and admitted dozen.
Of the crowd. The old man may be
Bender, he looks villainous enough TO DO
that murderer. lie 10 about five feet eight
inches 10 height, has muscu.
lar frame, broad shoulders aud
coarss angular build; he 10
shghtly stoop-shouldered and quite hol.
low-brsAstsd; his beard Is full, long, griz-
zled unkenpt, and hangs in twisted locke !;
his hair 10 grey, unshorn and lincoln Cd,
and hangs IN tangled locks about his face
and shoulders he has quick, gray eye,
set deep In the socket, which no rolls
around with . crazy, searching stare,
causing 81 unpleasant sensation 70 seize
one on whom they are turned. His com
pleXtion 10 fair, but his face and hands
are bronzsd with exposure. When Sit
ting his hands fall loosely between his
legs, bis head 10 bent forward, and the
HAYo-Doo LOOK
which he wears makes him a picture any
thing put pleasant to contemplate. He
10 German OF the lowe-t class, and gives
evidence OF being most deprsved. iss-
tsrdAy afternoon 81 the jail several Ger
mann and speakers Of various languages
closely questioned him, but his
answers generally were unin.
teliigible. Sometimes he would an.
swsr in good German, but at other times
be would talk for minutes in = language
Of gibbsrish unknown 10 all present. In
answer 70 questions in Germ. q, he said be
WAS . native Of Wurtemburg. bu. came
10 this country when he was fourteen years
Of age, and 10 now ffty.four years old
He said his name WAS johannes Koch,
which be wrote in . plain hand, IS also
several other words. He stated that be
came TO this country on the railroad from
New York; be said that he had never
been married and was . farmer. When
asked anything about his arrest, il he was
Bender, II be had ever been in ksnses.
be pretended not TO understand and would
maintain .
sULLEs. STUBBORN SILENCE.
During the Iwhole afternoon be was
much excited kAnd very nerv-
Gus his hands trent led, and
be would frequently start, bu,
Immediately regain his self-possession.
Some who saw him expressed the though,
that be was crazy, and all we're satisfied
that II be were Bender he was playing
his game with degree Of skill worthy o,
that great criminal.
Bender, IL he be that villain, was ar
rested about two months ago, seven mies
south Of Richfeld, Sewer county. lie
had come out of the mountains, and was
travelling westward. When found, hi:
clothes were ragged, and he wore
on his feet pair of old boo,
legs, fastened together with strings
He was charged with bang the KAnsa,
butcher, whom he held up his hands and
said in broken English tina. Bender's lit.
tie fingers were not oil. He had lost both
his angers.) Since that time he cannot bt
induced 70 refer TO Bender. Since his cap
turo he has been kept in Jail At Manti
San Pete county, and has mace four inef
fectual attempts TO escape. one time b,
succeeded in getting about so yards from
the jail when he was discovered. On'
night on the journey to this city he tried
10 elude the guard and make his escap,
through . win low. He has been broush
to this city for safe keeping, and will 70
main at the city jail until the officers hsv
inc him In charge can hear from kansas