Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-20
TIE EVENING STAR.
FRiDAY........ August 30. 1850.
The Fate Of the Renders.

after the exposure OF the Bender muriers
aOout forty OF Us organized into pursuing
Eai,y aid started alter the butchers once on
1neit uali. We had 10 difficulty in pursuing Il.
! ne numerous quartette had taken TO the open
country west OF the river but were keeping
NJ, mi,.ia SoEEealent distance OF the thick timber
t.lal etovS IN The valley watered by this
stream. They were expecting pursuit. and
hpFeu 10 escape by losing themselves in this
umber; AS we preceded the trail freshenei
and ere long we came across the haif-consura,i
IulnS CT the wagon LETT by the Benders In their
hight. From the direction they were raIiny
IL became evident TO the mind OF those ac,
qualnted Win Inc country that they were
pointing for that paradise or cut-throats near
the mouth CT the Red Fork of the ArSanS,S
The country thereahouts is "a bleak and deSolatS
region. INFESTED by horse thieves. hail brasd
GREEKS, Pawnees and Cherokees once there
they knew they would De safe from pursuit
Even the United states troops have never been
able 10 penetrate that terra inCocnita. II IS 4
safe retreat for the border ruiuans aad is known
70 be such all through this section OF the conn
Try. The murdererS had about forty miles 20
travel befcfe reachlug the boundary or the ter
rItory and they were probably - miles beyond
tie line when or scouts caught sight OF the.a
Gur6eB1d IS they were with much CumoEOuS
baggage, they had not been aoie TO MAKE very
great speed. but they used every possible effort
20 put space behind tnefn.s u was about three
CduCk CT hot Sultry May afternoon that we
csme in sight CT the parry. They saw Us rs
cen as We came rom cover. ana 8oand9nins
eyelylhil they broke for the forest They
plunged into the woods ana scattered We We're
close utcn their heels. however and the OLD
nlAL 6nd his wife and Kate were Under arrest
IN les tban an hour. John. Jr., was more Tor
tunate than the other menaHers OF tue tribe, for
lie c6Ltrived to eTa9e lis an houi longer, bat he
as ii length run TO cover and f0Tc,t 10 sur
Iender. Every one CT thtm showed ngnr, but
With The exception OF Kate they al weakened
WREN it came TO fhe scratch. This charming
bCider beauty emptied every chamber OF her
revolver into our faces tut her aim wGs bad
and she die 10 serious damage beyond mai,ning
oil Dintra lNaf- So
from my temple.
Having captured the assasSins, the question
LOW arose, what are we 20 do With them.
Some were for taking them back aud letting
The law take It's course. The advocates of ms
lile OF policy we're largely IN the minority.
There were those among US whose relatives had
lallen victims 10 lie deadly hammers and knives
OF the Wrttches. and they would not listen 70
me suggestions OF the conservative element.
The prisoners we're accordingly arraignad and
ashtd What they had 10 say in their defence.
ID6 CID woman was Sulien and ugly. but the
TWO men showed signs OF faltering. Han they
been LETT to themselves they wouid have made
1ull confession beyond doubt. Kate perceived
this, ard, thinking 1t would please the VglIanteS
100 much to hear confessions, she fell to cursipC
her brother and father for their cowariice
Ihey took II Sullenly at first. bat soon some
thing CT her reckless spirit infused them and
they too joined in the TRADE. The chorus OF
blaSphemy that went up from that hardened
LOT caused d Shudder 10 run through our party
With death staring them In the face they united
harm US.
Our court went through with the form pre-
ScribJd and then pronounced sentence OF death
The announcement was received with ieer5 from
the hardened criminals, who had determined 20
brave Il out TO the last. II was decided that The
mufdeTerS should bc shot, as Ii wotYfd take too
much time to hang them. The sun was already
nearly down. and the shadows OF approaching
Right We're deepening. There on the borders OF
the forest the cruel killers were tied 10 saptngs
and told to prepare for death. one OF Our nurl-
ber who had lot quite forgotten his early e1u-
Gallon, undertook 10 offer a prayer but Kate
spat In his face, and he Cult in the middle OF
sentence.
The tour died with curses on their lips, hard
eI Ell and unrepentant 10 the last. There in that
lonely, dismal spot, away beyond the confines
OF civilization, they met righteous retribution,
and their souls black with crime, were sent TO
meet their great judge. Their eXecutionerS
treated them better than they treated their H.
nocent victims. They were Killed quickly and
paiDlessly, not butchered brutality.
hc,e, made by the displacement or the roots
or fallen cottonwood. was made a little larger
and deeper. ana the bodies thrown in and hastily
covered With loose earth, rocks and bruShwood.
This was all there was to the funeral. On reach
ing the level again the effects OF the Benders
were stacked and burned as sort OF Offering TO
heayen.-k1nsIS Itt.sz1- TO CbjGagO Times.