The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-08-06

Fremont Jail Mr.. Gregg has been
sleeping in the cell with the old man in
hopes of hearing something from him.
and he has not been disappointed. Tie |
aged prisoner wants to commit suicide |
and he asked Sheriff Gregg for razor /
with winch TO shave himself. Mr.. Gregg
would not grant his request, but said he /
would have barber come and shave |
him.
Il don't want any id barber TO |
shave me-" said the prisoner.
He says that he doesn't want to be |
taken TO Kansas, but Will go anywhere |
else 10 be tried, but swears he never will |
go to Kansas alive. Gregg believes the |
man is old Bender, and that the woman |
is not his wife, but his paramour, the |
theory being that she started off with /
the Bender outfit when they fled the |
county, and that she and the OLD man
KILLED OLD MRS. BENDER,
and thar this woman has been living |
with Bender ever since. She has been !
with him through all the Indian country, |
and gives good descriptions of the habits |
and life OF the various tribes. The Of |
ncer has examined the prisoners separ-
ately, and finds that while their stories
are somewhat alike, they do not agree
IN Il number of important particulars.
The old man claims that he was at Ben
der's for a while, and was laid up sick
for seven and half weeks. He says his
wife was not there, and he sent for her,
and that she was there with him during
the time the murders were committed,
and that he knew all about them. The
woman claims that she went to the Ben
ders with him, and that both were sick
in bed for seven weeks and a half
The original "old Bender" it will be
remembered, is German, and has big
scar in the center of his head The
prisoner at Fremont swears that he does
not know a word of German, but when
German was put in his cell and cursed
HIM in the most emphatic terms of the
German language according 10 instrnc-
tions), the prisoner forgot himself and
swore most terrifically in German at the
man, thus giving himself away. The
prisoner also has a scar on his head
answering to the scar on old Bender's
tOp-knot, and in several other points he
answers the description. He accounts
for the scar by saying that he was kick
ed by horse. He is seventy-two years
old. At times he IS
| PERFECTLY FRANTIC AND WELLS
so that he can be heard two or three
blocks away. The woman is about forty
years of age, wears a number eleven shoe
and has hands as big as the old mans.
She is large, masculine looking crea-
ture. She says there were ten persons
killed by old bender, two of the bodies
never having been found.
Mr.. Hooflan, who interviewed and
identified the prisoners, as stated in yes
terday's dispatches, is clerk in a store
at Fremont. The moment he saw the
old man he said, That's Bender" The
prisoner dropped his head as if he had
been shot. Hoofian claims that he was
| XVall nj OIL with him 10 la
prisoner has changed his style of shaw
ing but that his features are unchanged
and that the scar on his head is positive
proof that he is the man that must go to
Kansas to answer for the murder of DIR.
York and numerous other victims.
There is a reward of $4,000 offered for
, the capture of the whole Bender outfit
and 1t looks as if Sheriff Gregg is in a
/ fair way to get it, or a large part of it.
He is confident that he is on the track OF
| young Bender and his wife, who were
seen and heard of at Grand Island, where
7 their trail was temporarily lost; but it
: has been discovered at another place
t within day or two, and it has since
5 been learned, that they crossed the Miss
= ouris river at Omaha, going over into
t Iowa. They are being pursued and will
probably be captured, as they are very
2 likely as yet unaware of the arrest of The
: old folks.
= FREMONT, Neb., Aug. 3.-There were
s important developments in the Bender
= matter today. Mrs. Bender made full
, confession Of all the horrible murder:
D committed on John Bender's farm dur
/ ing 1872 and 1873. She was widow
}, when she married McGregor, alias Ben
i der, who was a widower with four child
), rem. They migrated from Missouri Il
= Labette county, Kansas, where, unde
5 the leadership ofkate, old Johns daugh
J. ter, the murders and robbcries began
V Mrs. Bender declares she had no person
e al hand in these crimes. The first mai
o killed by them was man named Brown
/ Very soon after the first murder tw
e strangers were killed. The woman wa
n asked whether she rememberel
r about whole family being killed
n and said" Yes, / do: there was
5, man and wife, and two little girls, VIII
d drove up to the house one afternoon, an
/ wanted to spend the night. That nigh
l. while the man and his wife were at SUI
1t per, they were dropped through I'll
Is hole; Kate and the old man were below
1t the man fought pretty hard, but the
o. fixed him. The next day the two chile
d rem were buried alive; old John too
ID one, and Kate the other; they halooe
n awful, but finally stopped, and Kat
lie came in and said the id brats were a
S. right now
IL Soon after this, according to til
v woman's story, they became frightened
j. and Joined the Cherokee or Choctaw n;
$. ton.
in Many further details were Obtaine
S, from this woman. and if these are NJ
N the original Benders, the fact can
TX easily established.
n Still Starving.
ut NEW YORK, July 31.-Dr. Tanner
CT somewhat weaker and less lively tha
~ yesterday. He passed restless nigh
y sleeping little. Twice before dayligl
" he was given small draughts of miner
Vi water, and at about he had an attaC
So of nausea, and vomited mucous. I'll
CT effort FRUSTRATED him for some time, b.
IL he afterwards expressed relief. He T
u ceived a miniature coffin this mornir
ne and remarked that he had no use fl
De such an article just yet. At noon he e
re- tered upon his thirty-fourth day of faS
u confident and hopeful.
IN NEW YORK, August 3.-Doctor Tia
% ner had another vomiting fit about 10 :;
~ last night, when mustard plasters we
5r' placed over his stomach, which relieve
lie him. About twenty minutes after mi
er- night he had another attack of vomitin
Oh AT this morning he was quietly slee
al ing. DIR. Tanner, when he began h
he fast, weighed 157 pounds; when place
De on the scales last night, he turned Il
ne beam at 1915 pounds. His pulse I
pe night is regular but rapid.
lat For the first time since he commence
I'm his fast DR.. Tanner admitted this NOR
81 ing that he felt very weak. He sa
=, that his stomach was in bad conditio
ny but expressed confidence in his abili
ne to accomplish the undertaking. II
an eyes were lustreless, tongue fired al
he face pinched Still his watchers asse
Nn ed that he had somewhat improy
* since Sunday. He has suffered naus
ro- three times since midnight. Smf
ate quantities of mineral water were admi
ed, istered during the night and early I'll
ne morning. Before going on his customa
,ed drive he swallowed two ounces of We
ts' hot water, and at noon he was quiet
a resting. He received the following cal
Id dispatch from Paris: Don't was
&c, strength driving out; shut off all spec
M tors; have only Jour doctors and attic
Der dants; your experiment Is watched he
In with the greatest interest by scientist
M hot weather is against you; have cot
Try age brave fellow and hold on; wish "
ny success.
OF [Signedl DIR. MARsoN SIMS.
de- Physicians are inclined to the opini
nd that the cable was sent by J. Mary
res Sims, NJ. D., but DR.. Tanner, who see
lie ed pleased with it, rather doubted that
IN had come from that physician.
,ld NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Dr. Tanner h
nj experienced no nausea since midnIgl
IS and his stomach is altogether in an il
by proved condition. His features are ST
al, pinohed and drawn, his eyes look heci
all and his temper is irritable and I
nd crowd of spectators annoy him. II
he usual drive failed to benefit him, and
nd will give up going out till the end
m his fast. During the morning he dra,
he at intervals less than half a. Mat
Its CrotOn and mineral water He is nc
on on his thirty-seventh day.
us General Garfield HonOred.