Arizona citizen., 1875-03-20
the old woman. heard from them last

1 1 1 Fall while in New Mexico.
 | c. MT. Bender, In the name of human | fly, what possessed you to carry on tue l butcher business in the style 1t was per l formed in Kansas? A. Well, the fact is, the boy and girl never joined the church, nor would they work or assist to till the soil, but lie in idleness, constantly study ing devilish works. It was them that first suggested the idea of taking life, and were the instigatOrs Of all the crimes.
 c. Were you present when Dr. York was murdered? A. Silence prevailed. Bender sat on mattress. his head sway ! ing to anu fro, overcome with grief, he murmured "You know it all," and fell backward, apparently in an exhausted, swooning condition. Considering that the rest was essentially necessary, Bender was left a few hours to mediate over what had
 been said. After lapse of three hours, we paid him another visit and were some what surprised to see his refreshed ap- pearance and his willingness to continue the conversation.
 Question by Bender. When Iarrive at Kansas, do you think the authorities will immediately hang me? A. No, sir, do not, think they will give you fair trial. Question by Bender. l expect MT. liar ris, my keeper, who has treated me kind ly, will start with me in day or two, and
 if you possibly can do me the favor, wish you would ask him to take me to Topeka.
 l do not want to go to Independence, Kan.
 A. will do so.
 Q. If it is fair question, MT. Bender, why do you not wish to go to Independ-
 ence? A Well, I have Certain reasons Perhaps the people there would not deal fairly with me, and would have poor show for my life. want trial. A Meth odist minister and lawyer will prove to the world that have never done anything
 wrong in my life.
 Seeing guilty tears trickling down the
 old Ean's checks, I Withdrew from the sub ject cOnsoling him by words of cheer and courage, also presented him with a few pounds of cable coll, oranges, etc. Thank
 ing him for his kind attention, bade Ben der adieu.
 His remarkable small hands; dialect;
 monotonOus, drawling speech; slovenly
 and sluggish appearances; his recent es-
 cape from the guard at San Pedro; the tracingS, location, surroundings and
 knowledge of the Kansas home, have a
 tendency all in all, to convince the com
 munity that he is Bender de facto.
 Joseph Collingwood writes on the 12th:
 "There is no doubt but young Bender
 passed through Florence few days ago,
 as the description of him answers well.
 The young man hired to MT. Grey by the
 month, and said Grey, during the night,
 commenced talking about John Bender,
 and in the morning young B. was not to
 be found." This Bender business is get
 ting much like the noted Charley Ross
 case-some hundreds of youngsters hav-
 ing been found for Ross, and the right one
 is still not found to the satisfaction of his parents. In connection with this Bender
 business, we give the following from The
 New Mexican, Santa Fe) of March l.
 The Governor on Tuesday issued an order, on the requiSitiOn of the Governor
 Of Kansas, for the delivery into the custo-
 dy ot the agent of that state, John Ben
 der, ST., now in the custody of the sheriff
 of Grant county. This is old Bender him. self, of unenviable fame. His identifica:
 lion is regarded as certain, and justice will
 probably soon play it's true part.