, 1880-08-02
Additional Details of the Arrest
OF the Notorious
Benders.
The Old Man Denies that He
Is the Hardened
Wretch,
But 9ayS He Witnessed n Dozen
Murders Mt Bentler's
House.
Young Bender and Wife Reported ID
Be Now in Missouri.
The Particulars Of the Recent Ki. Klux
Outrage in Georgia.
The Full Circumstances of the Outrage Too
Horrible to Relate.
Negroes Shot and scourged TO Death
by Bloodthirsty Whites.

TIE 1tEEDEIlS.
sptetat iN,pdtea to The CAteago Tribune.
FREMONT, Neb., Aug. t.-Tl,e knowledge
of tic arrest Of old man Bender ai,d wifo
Inns been tclCErnpllt'tl all over the country,
md tllis morning When THE TIunuyE corre-
srondert reached Fremont llo set about oh
taintng Mi interview wit, tho fatunus t,.,lr-
terers. At lust the desired end was reached,
nrd Il long talk l':tl with tic prisoner, who
declares thathis nnulc .I0in AInGrcgnr. lie
atmfts having been Il member Of the famous
John Bender fni,ly during five months Just
previous to March, 1873. but says h. was
compelled to remain there by sickness,
nlid that his wife, wfo is sttf-
posed to he Mrs. Bender, w.ls
her ntlrsc; while oil the other ltand tho old
woman, not l,nlf iii hour ago, swUru tllnt tho
old man was tho original .lOh, Bender, but
Tint sl,a was not his wife, bnt liad been trny-
cling with Him during tho past seven years.
as your correspondent came IN tho tlnnr
which leads to the prisoner lie arose anil ut
once began talking nbout the trouble which
llatl overtakcn hint lie saii he was not
john BENDER, hut wns John Nct;regnr, from
Jacksonville, ILL.,, which place ho left lust
fall,
HIT ALMOST IN THE sAME nnEATH
said he had been nmolg Northern tribes Of
Indians for five years.
Ia Dnt yoM knew tha Benders ?''
"Ecs: and they were bud iot.''
"WeTo yoll there when any persons wrro
| Killed 7''
"Oh, yes; they killc.l Mt least n dozen dur
| Ing the five or six weeks that I was III their
house."
,"11ow did they kill thenl?'
"Fttst by letting them ttirouglln Il trnp-tloor
and then by knocking out theEr brains"
"Who did this p'
"Wel1, the old man. John sometimes
| pulled the lever and lot them fall Into the
cellar. Then Kate would knock their brains
| out"
ibid Kate Beiader do thlsa She mist havo
been perfect devil" i:
s>" She was terrible" bat1, and most OF the
t[mo WIS dressed al man."
"WhRt did she kill them with 2''
"Wltll slorthnndled aS or 1iatchct, md
| sometimes she Ind to strike three or four
times before thoy dlctl."
"l1ow to you know NIL tffs?"
II was sick In the house, you know, and
they told me-"
"Who 10 you mean by 'thcy'?"
"Old John aud Kate; they, told me all
about It,"
"Wero yon there when DR.. York was
killed ?"
II don'tknow who Dr.. York ,vas.''
allow many dead bodies did you SEQ ?''
~ SAW them bury six or seven; 1t was
after dark.''
"Did you
SEE THEM KILL AMI LITTLE cr1LnnEN?"
"They killed n whole family. Mr. and Mrs.
Louchcre md two children, think their
| names were"
GLOW did thcy kill them ~
"Thoy killed tho old folks by dropping
thatn into the collar, where Kate hit them on
tho head."
"IIow about the two chilren?"
"They dug two holes alld threw them III
alive, and then covered them with dirt"
"You did mot SEQ tcni, you say?''
"lt was after dirk. but heartl the ftttio
girls scream anl screanl Oh, 1t was florri-
ble, but did not do 1t. They say I a.n john
nendert but ann nut
"Why didn't you try and sayo tho chill
~ WIS afrnltl they would kilt lne, too"
." When did you leaye Dullaer's honsH2"
."Abont the last Of Marci1. 1879. left tho
I}en&lers at ratlroad station, and haye never
8een them sfnce.n
During al! tina tins the old mnn contInu-
ally said that lle was nut John Bender, aad
that ilo wanted to SEC hts wife {sI,n Ii In Il
separnts part Ut the jni1, but lle thinks sllo
lias been taken tn Kunsas). Ile vows he will
,,oycr he takau back tn KaIsns alive,
HIT MILL. 60 ASfwMElh
else for Identification. Especially Inns ho MI
aversion for Labetle County, wlieEe te aayS
:TIE TRIBUNE correspondent during III
hours Interview, atld the Impression 6n my
1nlnl IL tfAt llls brait IL weakening. lie lllls
thought 80 inuu, a.Ml talked 81 tIt!lcll OF the
l}endur subject that lle cannot CONVERSE about
AnytlllnK clSc+
II was arrested about four years agn IN
Iowa Tor baing JOIN. Bender, but talkcd
fe sutnf !t!nE MI M b Kanans Sa,d s 5 at
Mrs. Dv1,.lor, Mrs. McUrtgor, OF, Mrs. liar:
rlsnn, es sl.u s!ys lar @ nano r., y. allowed
"% d1's f1y a 1 IL I uxt vii sys lhe n Wois
story nWay within the. nuxt tWenty-io,tr
loufs, 9ven to telling whora John Bender,
'''' '~' THE NOTORIOUS KArE
were last seen. Sheriff Gregg mud Deputy
ars abspHt near North Bend, where t ls
th9uEl.t ts fur psFSos n'et o. ts ~, @ Of
;Wlth the!n east Of Columbus Ut that
under @ m arrest at!a u 1aIl Ton Ton 'lays before before
s!e@ @ are ] excited nv Over III Il " .atter. an soas
talk Of lynch!ng il heard, but It Is hardly
thought TINT any sucl. extremity will bo
rcGohca.
Eptttat Dispateh to 5hs Chicago 1ttbun*.
QMAffA, Nel1., AuR. lit is now rep0rted
that young johi. IJuntipr nna tlta wits, with
teain Ut uuu 8ray aa'1 ono by horse md
at this city into Iowa U day Ur Two ago, md
ar0 Vi, thoir way to 90u,G plsIca I'll Iowa,
WhuFe nld john Bender aud Wife. who aEe tll
jafl Ut FreMont. were t. meet them. The
Schuyler, mud but shart tinie before The M
rest Of tho ultl folks, who were on foo1. Of-
! tigers are III pursuit vt tl1e young c0uplc
tic old man aIi4 woman, confidently belvses
i,s las got ot1 l!unler.,. Gregg was IN this
city today On business connected with tbs
unfnselinK of the mystery. Gregg thinks,