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

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ond night we got him up to eat supper,
and while seated at the, table, John Hen.
der let him Into the cellar, where Kate
or John killed him, and the next day
they buried him in the GARDEN
How long Eiter this before any one
elae was killed ?" II don't quite re-
member, but not long. Two were killed,
and one of them, whose name I believe
waa something like McGruthy sor2 Me-
Grath slial . good deal of money; at
least John told me So
7 "Dou you remember about a wholc
family being killed 2'i "Yes, do.
[There was man and rife and two little
girls. They drove up in q covered spring
wagon and wanted to stay all night.
Kate Bender said they could stay. 1t
wss about 9 O'clock ia The afternoon, and
while ct supper that night they were
dropped through the hole. Kate aud tho
Old man were below, and the man fought
pretty hard, but they fixed him. was
behind the curtain that night, but did
not pull the trap"
'"What about the children 2" "They
cried terribly that night, and the next
DAY man came along and seen one of
,em, and they were Killed that night"
'How were they killed?n "They were
buried alive. Old John toole one aud
Katc took tile other. They hollered
awful, but finally stopped, and Kate
came in and said the damned brats were
| all right now" "Who was killed
next ?D ut was DR.. York. Iremember
him SO we'll. He was such pleasant
man, with side-whiakers and moustache.
1t was rainy day when lie came, and
they got q good deal of money when they
Killed him. He fought hard, too, but
Kate killed him with the hatchet.''
l'You all left socn after this?, eyes /;
they got 'skeered,' and We all went away.
After walking q few miles some men
took us in q wagon, and we drove into
the Cherokee or Choctaw NatioD.n
Tho Murdcrers Taken 70 Kansas.
OMAHA, NEB., Aug. z, 1880.
Tho Times correspondent met tho East
bound Union. Pacific train at Valley this
afternoon, and rode into Omaha with old
Beuder and his wife, who were in charge
OF Sheriff Bender, (he is not q relative
of tho prisoners,j 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 handcuffed, and the
Sheriff sat beside the old woman. lust
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 very
ta!katiye mood. Up to this morning he
had no idea that his wife was still In iail,
rs he had been led TO believe sha1 had
escaped. About 10 o'clock, when he
learned she was still there, he raved and
swore aud became frantic with rage. To
pacify him, the old woman was brought
into bis presence, and 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 go 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 IEDac5 correspondent took seat
beside him on the tfain, and Bender.
while denying to-day thlt ,le is Bender,
again admitted that he was sick by
chance at Bender's for five or six 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 q drunk
en- man IN self.defense. He thinks he
will get Off free. Although contradicting
hsnaseif several times virtually virtually c0f-
roborated the confession of last evening,
which was published to-day. The inn
preston is that he is not of sound mind :,
o7ing to his wonderings and bis contin-
red contemplation Of his crimes. He has
terrible iear or hnnsus, anu frequently
makes q 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 fra-,
lquently: asks fo- scissors with which to
cut his hair, He said if they tnok him
ltd0wn below frneaning Kansas) he wcrIld
Tell things that would .igiye several peo-
lpie away He would make somebody
pay for making him trouble. He clnimed
TO be 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 tho
old woman and got her in taikatire
mood by giving her q cigar, wherenpon
ahe pat as:ay her! nine She said Ai.A i.s.a
told nothing but the truth, and stuck TO
All her previous Eiits, aud Thought
she would get off free on this account.
She believes talso shat the old man viii
DO released eventually. She again re-
lated She accounts Of the murder at Jack.
sonyille, ILL.,, and the murders at Cherry
vale, KAN, aud reiterated her rsiatements
concerning young John, Kate and Mag
gle, thus coIroboreting her previous
statements. She said her husband, Me-
Igregor, changed his name 20 Bender be-
cause the children in Kansas had taken
that name. She remembered DR.. York
I;s ard I'd .-I..el 4 - liz: l = i
onel York. She aeems TO have no sense
of right or wrong, and both SHE and the
old man are very ignorant aud totally
deprayed.
Sheriff Bender says that If Che prison
erS are the genuine Benders there are
peraona 10 I.abetfe County who can pos
itiyely identity them and Tins settle the
matter. The party left for Kansas CITY
oyer the Wabash route, and will arrive
there at 3 a. ~. tomorrow. It IL init.
mated that If they are the real Benders
they will be lynched BY the peopIc Of
tlabetso County, but the Sheriff says shey
will DO protected. IS
Some time in 1873 aii old mai, ,gas =
rested in Salt Lake on suspfcicn OF being
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