Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-08-20
DETAlLED HORRORS.
Old Bender Confesses and Tells the
story of his Erightfui Grimes.
TWO CHrLDREN BURIED ALIVE
Especial TO THE oREaosIANl

[spEcfAI 10 THE oREGoSIANl
OMAHA, Aug. 6.--Bender made the
statement: Ny name is
Alexander McGregor was born III
the state of New York lived there
till / married my first wife when
married / had one child called VIM.
Houck, hegotten in adultry; after be-
ing married two weeks John Sender
his son, was born; then I.moved to
Illinois, where Kate was born, Kate
and john were good children, but ran
away when | I years old, and went to
Kansas my first wife died in Illinois
with Consumption after two years |
married my second wife she had
three children; her name was Nancy
peasiy; the children all died; | had
no children by my second wife.
While living in Illinois / committed /
my first murders the killed was
short, dark haired man; | seat him
down ccller through q trap door. / |
got some mony from him ; buried him |
back Of the house two rods; the old
woman helped me bury him. Went
to Independence, Iowa worked Oh a
farmat my trade {blacksinthine) there.
/ After n while [ went to kansas--had
heard from Kate and John and they
wrote for me to come on. | went to
! Kansas to live With John and Kate :;
| Maggie, his cousin, was there at the
placed called Bender's hotel. After
being there 3 few days, | helped John
to make trap door the same as | had
in Illinois The first 'aan killed
wouldn't get ON the trap. door. lie
and Kate slept together, and she killed
him with abutchor knife. She showed
me the knife. / buried hin, near the
house. The only man | eeer killed
alone in Kansas, was a peddler. |
hit him'on the back of the head with
a stonc-hammer hit HIM only once ;
got a good deal of money from him !;
don't know how much. ] remember
others that were killed. One man
John killed and put him under. The
two little children, both girls, We're
buried alive. The children were sew
en- or eight years old the parents
| were killed the day before. used to
, stand behind the curtain aud push
the trap door; Kate and Maggie al
ways went down in the cellar TO cut
the victims throats. / often heard
, them whetting the knives. john and
I Kate used to sleep together. l.eande1
Smith was K.teg lover; Justice Grim
shaw used to be Maggie's man. After
leaving Kansas we vent with the In
t dian3. We thought this Spring that
e we must 60 to Illinois to die, start
J. ed with the old woman, Kate, John
Maesis ard four children. The ole
woman and | left them at Schuyler
\ They had the team, one hay and on'
5, gray horse, and an old wagon.
G Sheriff Daniel II. Bender, froH
s Kansas, has arrived at Fremont Will
. a requisition. He doesn't known tn
i Blenders, and has never seen them be
ie fore
r ONArA, Neb., Aug. 6. To-day Mr.
& Bender was visited i'll Jail at F-emon
- bY an Omaha reporter, to whom sh
said the iirst murder ever ccmmitte
u by her and her husband was i'll Illihoi
IL on their farm near Jacksonville. tn
e. victim asked for lodging and suPpe1
to and in paying for the same /
-, advance exhibited considerable money
While eating supper, Bender cut h
III head into from behind, and he wg
dumped into the cellar through ira
door arranged by Bender, who got Il
money The corpse was buried ne'
morning back of the house. 4 fe
weeks after this they wen, to Iow'
il, remaining eight months ;.then went
'ol Indian. living on the murdered man
IS mo.a hen 20 Kansas, where BE
liza d.rs children, by his FIRST wife Del
ap and katel were living, together vii
or- their cousin Maggie They kept a /
go sort for travellers, and called it Be
at der's hotel. They he'd committed !
-~ murder prior to the Old folks arriva
iot but, in course of time, old Bender 1
ut ragned the trap door, ard then mI
yer dering operations began. Kate,
in one time, had man in bed ~.ith h'
en and she cut his throat and slept t
a morning beside the corpse. His mo
er- eY was divided. She never .iniur
raj horse thieves or cut-throats who car
it to the house, but entertained the
ON we'll with her cousin Maggie.
rm murders were committed by the fam
Il, after they fed from Kansas, {