The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-12-28

! One Of the blackess 81 oil crimes ,
ksovn ~ the Bender tragedy OF Kan
sAs The Beadsr family wss resides
an Montgomery county. Kansa.. an,
consisted Of "Old Man" Bender. hi
wife. bis daughter Kate. and his sos.
young man who Is to some consider
able extern; acquitted in the publi
mind o: much that is charged ~ithou
distinction 10 his father. rnoti,er an,
sister. The crime vethe crowd consist.s
of murdering from mercenasy motives
and buryiSg oa thsir way-side premises
not 1ewer than nine persons, ail Of theu
travellers and some Of them citizens O
at least local prominence. Though q
. number of sudden disappearances
had occurred in Montgomery county
suspicion had no. settled on the Ben
ders until after DR.. York, brother of A
n. York. the sxposer Of ex-senator
Pomeroy. had suddenly come up miss
Ing, and when suspicion had finally
fallen upon the family. every mem Der
Of the same simultaneously disappeared.
Since their disappearance no trace OF
them has ever been found, notwith-
standing the most dilligent search and
the most intricate plans aud plottings
OF detective bureaus the country over.
All this, until within q few DAYS, has
been accepted as the essential sub
stance Of what could be discovered or
explained relative to the procedure.
Very lately. however. an unexpected
solution Of the matter has been offered
though as yet. it must not be accepted
as conclusive. The facts have come to
light which point very strongly to the
supposition that vigilance committee
went to the Blenders house, placed them
IN their own wagon, drawn BY their
own horses, and conveyed them to
secluded spot not far from q pond. and
there extOrted . full confession from
them Of oil their crimes down to the
smallest dstsils. After this the Ben
ders were never heard Of. ara it is more
than probable their bodies were care
fully concealed. 1t will he remem-
bsrsd that . few days after this wagon
wss discovered near this point to which
} pair Of horses were tied, which were
known to have been Bender's property.
This Was soon followed BY the an-
that the home of the Ben
1srs had been deserted. 1t is said, too,
hat Governor Osborn was secretly
lpprised Of all these facts. which will
'ccOunt for the fact that on tho part Of
he Kansas authorities no systematic
'ffort has ever been made 70 spprehend
he Bsnders. and stories Of their CAP
ure clsew here hes only excited an in /
redulous smile at the State capital.
RousiNa A COxxoDoRE.--When !
Bainhidge sat 70 Jarvis
or his portrait. the old weather-beaten
enman invariably fell asleep. This an
,oysd Jarvis, and for the first time in
,is life he found his wit and humor OF
10 avail to rouse his sitter to proper
whereupon. when jarvis
cached that point in the execution OF
,is painting when the expression was
o be caught. he commenced a tirade
gainst the navy. questioned the hero
SIN of its officers and men, and kept up
ais banter until Bainbridgs's eyes flash
ID as they were won't to do on the
quarter deck. Jarvis talked on and
rapidly painted. u=til the old comno-
dore started from his chair. and. sp-
preaching jarvis. shook his fist in bis
face. and thundered out that he woald
not "sllow - facemaker to speak
against his profession" In another in
stant a personal assault might have
been made. when Jarvis sprsng ASIDE.
burst into hearty laugh, and told the
that he had to wake him
up somehow, else the picture would
have no more expression than gun
nsr's swab. The head Of BainbridSels
one of the best pictures Jarvis evsr
painted.