The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-08-19

outside the door, and seein' this he
stopped. We took him in, and the Sec
ond night we got him up to eat supper,
and while seated at the table, John Ben
der let him into the cellar, where Kate
or John killed him, and the next day
they buried him in the garden"
"How long after this before any one
else was killed 2" ~ don't quite re-
member, but not long. Two were killed,
and one of them, whose name believe
was something like McGruthy or Nc
Grath, had good deal of money; at
least John told me So"
"Dou you remember about whole
family being killed 2" eyes, I do.
There was man and wife and two little
girls. They drove up in covered spring
wagon and wanted to stay all night.
Kate Bender said they could stay. 1t
was about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and
while at supper that night they were
dropped through the hole. Kate and the
old man were below, and the man fought
pretty hard, but they fixed him. I was
behind the curtain that night, but did
not pull the trap"
"Ivhat about the children ?" "They
cried terribly that night, and the next
day man came along and seen one of
'em, and they were killed that night"
GLOW were they Lilled?" "They were
buried alive. Old John took one aud
Kate took the other. They hollered
awful, but fnolly stopped, and Kate
came in and said the damned brats were
all right now.'" "Who was killed
next?" "It was DR.. York. remember
him so we'll. He was such pleasant
man, with sidewhiskers and moustache:
1t was rainy day when lie came, and
they got good deal of money when they
killed him. He fought hard, too, but
Kate killed him with the hatchet."
"You all left soon after this?" eyes;
they got 'skeered,' and we all went away.
After walking q few miles some men
took us in wagon, and we drove into
the Cherokee or Choctaw Nation"
The Murdcrers Taken TO Kansas.
OMAHA, NEB., Aug. 7, 1880.
The Times correspondent met the East
bound Union Pacific train at Valley this
afternoon, and rode into Omaha with old
Bender and his wife, who were in charge
of Sheriff Bender, the is not a relative
of the prisoners,) of Oswego, Labette
County, Kansas, and Dan Condor, of
Schuyler County, Nebraska, who was the
man who gave the information leading
to their arrest. Condor sat beside old
Bender, who was handcufed, and the
Sheriff sat beside the old woman, just
behind her husband. The prisoners
we're the observed of all observers, and
at every station they were stared at by
large crowds. They were continually
being quizzed by passengers. The old
man was rather cross and not in q very
talkative mood. Up to this morning he
had no idea that his wife was still in Jail,
as he had been led to believe she had
escaped. About 10 o'clock, when he
learned she was still there, he raved and
swore and became frantic with rage. To
pacify him, the old woman was brought
into bis presence, aud this cooled his
temper somewhat. She told him that
she had confessed everything, and he
then became more frantic than before,
and Sheriff Gregg had to take her away.
She wanted to 60 into her husbands cell,
but her request was refused. This morn
ing she reiterated her confessions. When
leaving Fremont the prisoners were given
to understand that they were being taken
to Jacksonville, ILL.,, as the old man be-
comes very much excited when Kansas
is mentioned.
The Tines correspondent took seat
beside him OH the train, and Bender,
while denying to-day that he is Bender,
again admitted that he was sick by
chance at Bender's for FIVE or elk weeks,
during which time several murders were
committed. He talked quite freely about
the bad Benders, their misdeeds and their
premises. He admitted the murder at
Jacksonville, and said he killed drunk
en- man in self. f.defense. He thinks he
will get off free. Although contradicting
himself several times, he virtually cor
roborated the confession of last evening,
which was published to-day. The i'm
preston is that he is not of sound mind,
owing to his wonderings and his contin-
ued contemplation of his crimes. He has
terrible fear of Kansas, and frequently
makes slip and catches himself, refer
ring to himself as Bender, ahd then cor.
recting himself. The idea of suicide
still prevails in his mind, and he fire.
quently asks for scissors with which to
cut his hair. He said if they took him
down below (meaning Kansas) he would
tell things that would ;'give several peo-
pie away" He would make somebody
pay for making him trouble. He claimed
to be q brother of the McGregor after
whom McGregor, Iowa, is named, and
mentioned the names of several persons
whom he knew in Jacksonville.
Your reporter next sat down beside the
old woman and got her in talkative
mood by giving her cigar, whereupon
she put away her pipe. She said she had
told nothing but the truth, and stuck to
all her previous statements, and thought
she would get off free on this account.
She believes also that the old man will
be released eventually. She again re.
lated the accounts of the murder at jack
sonyille, Ill.,, and the murders at Cherry
vale, Kan, aud reiterated her statements
concerning young John, Kate and Mag
gle, thus corroborating her previous
statements. She said her husband, Nc
gregor, changed his name to Bender be-
cause the children in Kansas had taken
that name. She remembered DR.. York
and referred to him as 4 brother of Col
onel York. She seems to have no sense
of right or wrong and both she and the
old man are very ignorant and totally
depraved.
Sheriff Bender says that if the prison
ers are the genuine Blenders there are
persons in Labette County who can pos
itively identify them and thus settle the
matter. The party left for Kansas City
over the Wabash route, and will arrive
there at 8 a. m. tomorrow. 1t is init.
mated that if they are the real Benders
they will be lynched by the people of
Labetto County, but the Sheriff says they
will be protected.
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