The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-11
THE LATEST KANSAS HORROR =

y IA MlLl OF BUICll EkN.
Especial dispatch to the St Louis Democrat
TurEkA, Kansas, March S.--A email
edition of the Bender tragedy was repeat
ed ia this city on Thursday nigh. last. 4
man named Daniel Fcrris, who kept u
family grocery and provision store On
| Sixth avenue, near the east eide of the
| city, had been missed from his storo by
the neighbors sinco Thursday evening and
the storo was opened up Saturday morn
| ing by young man named Fred Olls
Hs is n somewhat di'sipated boy, Of it,
Ito past seventeen, and tho people
wondered that rorris, who was
known as moral and very prudent
man, would leave his e:ore in charge Of
such u man. lle went 10 the theatre on
the other night to see Little Nell, and
afterwards was very flush and free TO
spend money with his young companions.
On Saturday tho father, Frank Olds, was
about the store most Of the day with his
son, who waited on his customers So
though it was his. He explained tho all
sence of Forrls by saying that he had gone
East TO get married and purchase goods.
4 Mr.. Cstrcil, who knew that Ferris did
not like the ODDS family because be had
caught Fred stealing from the store, DO.
came satisfied that tEore had been foul play,
and go told D. r. Hightshoe relative
of Ferris, who lived in this part Of tho
city, Mr. liightshoe took Sheriff Wsde
and Deputy Days, with Officers Hamlon
| and SIreeter with him, and found the
| father and son complacently looking over
the books OF the store. On being closely
questioned they made contradictory state
ments Gs TO the whereabouts Of Ferris,
| ,yla vra t,.r, T..
custody aud lodged, with Mrs. Odds, tho
wife and mother in tho Shawnee county
jail. Tho premises were searched and the
body Of Iorl.s found buried in the cellar
with About foot Of dirt over IL and pile
Of potatoes on top Of H. The body was
brought TO The court house and an
inquest held by Coroner shedin. com
mencing to-day at ninc o'clock. Thos
Ryan, County Attorney, conducted the
inquest. The court-houso was crowded
all day as full as i. could be packed, and
hundreds were unable TO gain admission
Ferris WAS shot through the head, and his
throat cut Ia horrible manner. The
knife had severed the iugular vein
and wind-pipe and penetrated TO tho yer
Zebra Of the ne-k. \ carbino was found
IN thes,ora that Fred. Olis Acknowledged
belonged TO him, with which he no doub,
perpetrs'ed tho hellish deed. The ball
passed through the head and struck in the
wall, falling back under the counter. Tho
pair OF bloody boots belonging TO Fred
were ALEC found at home under tho bed
He explained the gun being in the store
by saying he had taken it there on the
Monday previous 20 trader with some.
body, and had left it there where he usu.
ally ioafed. He could not account for The
blood on his boots, and denied being al
any place where they could have got blood
on them, He had large spot Of blood
on bis shir! sleeve, which he had evident
ly tried TO wash out, and claimed tina. Il
was stained with tobacco juice
de Is only seventeen years old has red
hair, light complexion and grey cyes. lie
was KEEP. on the witness stand nearly three
hours, and bore himself with a nonchal-