The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-19

pldCcS were lucSIeu as Il Keen Mount scent :
trail that is cold and still no traces Of
the los; man We're discovered Not a shad-
ow of evidence rested anywhere TO say that
Dr. York had been murdered-not sign
anywhere told how he came TO his death
if, indeed, death had overtaken him una
wares. lie was traced to Cherryvalc, ir
Labette County, but no further. There all
track and trace of him ceased The excite
ment was a. high pitch. One day an cx
ploIing party stopped at the house of the
house Of the Benders. Had they seen any
thing OF Dr. York? No, the answer came
they had not They knew nothing what
ever concerning him. But this visit had
strange effect. The next day the Bender
family disappeared, and almost as myste
rously as had DR.. York This suspicious
circumstance aroused curic sity. A man
riding in Cherryvae from the country one
day was impressed by the deserted appear
ancc of the Bender place. He entered the
yard. In the stable he found dead cali f.
There was every indication from the appear
ance of the miserable creature that it had
starved to death. The man walked up to
the house, opened the door and looked in
Not an article Of household furniture had
been removed but the dust lay heavy on
everything. The man went to Cherryvae
and told his story. Senator A. NJ York,
the brother Of the missing man was there
To his suspicious mind the sudden ano
strange flight of the Bender family was
revelation. He had found the first clue to
his lost brother. He divuiged his suspicion
and band Of men accompanied him to the
Bender farm The front room Of the house
was carefully searched, every crack and
crevice being minutely looked into and sub
jected to the application Of rods and lev
ha nit
or loose. Nothing came Of it. No blood
spots appeared The floor was solid The
walls were solid. The slider were solid.
Next the pack ROOM The beds were re
moved In their flight the Benders had
left everything untouched.
HORRIBLE DISCOVERY.
The explorers were about to retire when
they noticed depression in the floor. A
trap door was revealed. 1t was lifted up,
and in the gloom pit outlined itself, for
bidding, carvernous, unknown. Lights
were procured and some of the descended.
They found themselves in abyss like a
we'll, SIX ieet deep and five feet in diameter.
Here and there little damp places could be
seen. as though water had come up from
the bottom or been poured from down above
They CROPPED around ever these splotches
anG held a handful to the light. The ooze
smeared itself over their palms and drlb
bIed Every suspicion was realized. The
murderers had fled, leaving behind dam
ming evidences of their hideous guilt. But
where were the bodies of the victims? The
party traverscd the lonely garden in the real
of that human slaughter pen, prodding the
earth with long iron rod. All at once the
iron seemed to strike tieshy matter and IN a
moment s time dozen eager spades had
1esurected from its shallow grave the sod
den body Of human being. 1t had been bur
led face down. They turned it and cry
OF horror went up as it was seen to be II
York's corpse! A terrible blow hadcrushed
his skull Further search revealed ten vic
tins. Two were children that had been
buried alive.
Latr.-The prisoners were carried tc
Kansas, but could not be identified, and
were released. And now man swears the
real Benders were caught aid shot soon sf
ter their crimes were discovered.
The State Convention of Druggist met in
Raleigh Wednesday. There was full at
tendance. T. c. Smith. Esq, Of this city
was elected permanent Secretary. Meet in
Newbern next year.
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