Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-12
THE BENDBRS.

THE BENDBRS.
Freasas. Mob, Makes . Ce.rssssss-A
Hsrr1bls asA oaekeainS Story.
A Fremont (Neb.) special to the CHI
cago Tribune Of the Sd says:
Further startling developments were made
in the Bender matter to-uzy. Mrs.. benaels
| or Mrs. McGregor, made full and complies
confession Of the whole matter, even 70 me
perpetrated on the John Bender farm during
! iS73 and 1873 She denies having had any
personal hand In the matter. but says ha.e,
old Johns daughter, was the leader oil Al tne
deviltry. She went over her entire history
from the time she became Mrs. Alexander
| McGregor. she was a widow Al the time sne
married McGregor, alias Bender, who was
widower with four children, two OF wnom NJ ~
Kate and John, Jr. They migrated from Aie-
souri, to Labette County, Kan, and became
John Bender and family. she Is under the I'M
preston that Kate has been captured. ana,
to shield herself, tells everything, out pu~
that the old man will have 70 go
back to Kansas, and converses In the
most matter-oi-fact way regarding inc
hor, ible murders which eliminated with the
death Of Dr. York. In form she strongly re-
scmbles the noted Mrs samuel, Of Clay Coun-
ty, Mo-, mother OF the outlaw James boys
having the same heavy square lace Win
MASSIVE wide jaw-bones, but In point OF cute.
ness and intelligence Is lar inferior TO that
noted woman. Mrs. McGregor, or Mrs Ben
der, as she shall be called, is six feet ~
height, and weighs over two hundred POUNDS
and her face and hands are as dark Ms an IN
dams, the result of her residence during inc
past year or so among the Northern tribes
of sioux. Her eyes blue, aud while con-
versing this woman's face can become pieaS
ant, which can't be said OF her husband In
an adjoining cell, whose devilsh lace peers
from behind the grated cage at each visitor.
Being asked II she would be called Mrs. NC
Gregor or Mrs. Bender, she replied:
The latter will do il you be satisfied. -
you be here to see Mrs. Bender" -
You have no objection to giving q h'tis
history OF your lief -
aIn to be free, and not to go 10 Kansas Win
the ole man, and never did Kill no one any
way r,,
II was q widow, aud he married me at
Springfield, Ill, at the close OF the war. 4
can't remember what year, but squire Sedar
tied the knot. His name then was Alexander
McGregor, and he had four children, John
and Kate being of the number; but two OF
the BOYS had run off. He was q poor cuss,
but we lived about several years, ana then
were sent by the county TO Dunkirk County,
In Southwest Missouri, where sister lived. All
You went by the name of McGregorf"
ave did to the name till the ole man went
to Kansas and took up homestead I'm Lebit
County, believe, when he changed u To John
Bender, and, arter about year, John and
Kate came along, and then the devil began to
"Wiat do you mean by thatf'
''Well, there was stealin', thievin' and kill
sWho was the first person killed by the
familyp .
"He was a sick man named Brown. He
came along one afternoon. The house was
good-sized one, and on a sign was Groceries
outside the door, and SEEM this he stopped.
We took him In, and the second night we got
him up TO eat supper, and while seated at the
table John Bender let him into the cellar,
where Kate or John killed him, and the next
day they buried him in the garden.
was killedm
al don't quite remember, but not long.
Two were killed, and one OF them. whose
name ee Mc,. was :ome,h raa ss Me- q
money; at least John told me So"
"Do you remember about whole family
being kiledp
Eyes, do. There was man and wife
soS .pln s gs ~
night. Kate Bender said they could stay.
1t was about two O'Clock in the afternoon,
and while at supper that night thcy, were
man were below, and tho man foug 1t pretty
hard, but they fixed him. I was behind the
curtain that night but did not pull the
"whxt about the childrenp'
"They cried terribly that night and the
next day q man came along and see one Of
90 uo,v 80. ,hev Liii.d S,,
"They were buried alive. Ole John took
one and Kate took the other. They hollered
awful, but finally stopped, and Kate came In
and said the cursed brats were all right
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yu ~" enssn,IS ~ n.an,
p,d,., was >, ILL., = 80 s s. s, o
pa nil 20 Oh. .hIIs,ra, ,..s s,rnI o'o' s"a
20 - Uho 80 S,iad n.x,s,,
.It vas nr Yort' iremember him m we'll IT.
nae snch a ni.asant man NTH -. vhi.La-s
and mnstacbe n was a rainy Az vhan ~.
came and thew cot a good deal Of mon.y
-, az, LiiIod h,,, lie fo,,,,h, h.-.i 10y
b., go iiIiad h,,n nth Tho as,aha, WV
WYan al, Ias, snnr as,ar ,h,sS,,
ave.. ,hav yot .staeras ana w. al r.,,
.w.x d. xsaItinr = tcw nile. 800 ,
tool ma In a wagon and VIC droys int ,hs
therotee or Cbpctaw Na,ion o se
"They were a part OF q gang of horse
thieves who made the house their headquar-
teIs, ana run on horses iett oy the dead