Arizona silver belt., 1880-08-14


 turc of the family of the mnrderers was
 discovered bv some one. wifo ia passing,
 saw thaf calf that had been tied up had
 starved to death.
 Closer inspection showed that all Nere
 gone with what aovables could be carried
 in a wagon The aei iglbofs concluded D
 look further into Che mlifer and learaed
 that a team bad lcen abandoned at Ihayer
 about three weeks before and some of
 them going Co that point discovered that
 the team was one which had belonged c.
 Bender
 They concluded io fully seafeb the premises. tbeir suspicious being imme- diately aroused as to She famiiy heing the cause 0f so may being missed in fhe neigbborlcod Mf Ed. York. being mo- tiled in1ledialcIy proceeded to the
 ground and had aot been there more than half an hour when, in passing 0Qera dead furroW in a liltlc garden patch which bad been plows1 oYer bis attention was ai. tracted 60 a pieccof subs0ll oa tbe surface: locking more closely he discovered straight mark acyess She furlow where the ground was slightly sunlen. By locking closely he e'as alee e trace Inc outlines Of 8 gruve The cedrod O1 a wagon was used 1o prolle tbe ground Inside Inc lines dise0v0red It Wsss found that inside the lines t was not difficult lo thrust the rod in is full length, while outside it would not penetrate deeper than the piowed ground without great pressure. Digging was Immediately commenced. aud ihe
 BoDf or DR. wN. Ii. YORK
 Was discovered. On iis being rncovered it was found tlsat he had been killed by blows or tsshead win a 6ianl igsaumenf. one on the back Of tfle head al tbe base Of tbe brain being sufficient to produce in- sians death. There were two others on either side Of ihe head and his tlroat vras Cut from car to ear, and 90 deeply that ilie head was nelriy severed from the body Two hammers and batchel were found on the premiscs, one of which fitted the wound on t1e ack of ihe head
 After the finding of York t was deter mined Co make a further search next dar This was done and the horrible disclosure made. shat there were seven other graves on the same piece of ground Wiliiag hands were soon engaged ID exbuming them, and during 1he day the bodies oI seven Eapre victims were brought 10 ighf all killed in tie same manner and dis posed of in the same waf Niih the exceD- ti0n 0i the little daugbter Of Geosee V I-onsctr, wbO showel DO marks Of rio- ience, but was supposed to bage been smothered or buried alive. George v Longcof and daughter had bcea missing since Deeealier of the year before. They had started ie 70 q Iowa from the neig6. beTh0od of Onion creek. Be and his daughter Were buried n ihe same grave ille daughEer--ei ghtcen months oid-beine placed beiweea her fathers feel. Tie father vas stripped of al clothing exceu the gaI1nents, as were aH llie ti lims bat tlse cpiif, wbo was hurled with ail Der elotBlng on, even to par oi milieus.
 The badies of dr Brown from Cedar vale, Howard county. " 2 3ic(r0n ,wilo resided ne.p gedaryaie, and Henry F. slekinzie of lianiilon county. Ind, were 1isinseftd and identified; and teo others, 51e Of nhioh lsts supposed io be that of slf BoyIe of 0ssge sion. and the other unknown 0n account cf iis being go terri big mniiiaied t5at t could not he Identified.
 ne graves were sll deep and dug in 2 3elflaiic manner io the depib of aboul lye feet. he surfaci: ofihe soil was kept
 parate from the sults0Il ana preserved fo lover tLe top. After ibe burials lbe gr0npd was carefully ploWed and har owed over.
 TIE SISTH 3URpEB. .Yas that Of a man named Jones. whose loiy vas found iIi Drum creek some time lefore the discovery cf the facts stated lboFe. He was killed in the sumo man Ter as the other and bad keen hauled i0 : he creek in Renders wagon. Whieh was aSy @ track, as one wheel was dished and Fabbiec. He was thrust through a hole D ihe lee, the ground beine frozen so as ! Q prevent digging gfare
 Che pecuiialfir noticed a7as that tbe lOaics were a buried with tbe left arm rossed on the breast and the right arm ying by fhe side
 The Blenders consisted Of fouE pers0ns- ohn Bendes Lis WiEc son namc ohm and T daughter Tbe son and $ aughter were aged respectively a and D years at the anle Of the discovery of ae murders. John Bender. Sr. lsa ssout uriy fellow. Wiil great shaggy eyebrows The wife iS lot particularly different ron other Cernlan stonen Of loYs degree ie sen is tllicssei and sroae, and lsle laughter rather geosl looking. with fair omplexion lislli blue eyes and yellow air
 When Dg York was fisi laiss5e Gor ls00sue oi.freil reward of $599 Tor fbe iesI oi e iliutaefer, and Nhen the ieoafnulHng discovery Of fbe atrocities committed bY the Bender famiiT became noWn tbe fe1fN'i was greally increased na aiisnenteG from other sources Great Scitement preyf ed tlroaghoot fbe states Kansas, Missouri and Eebra< ka. md very saily paper in the c1unflY Eas fuil the terrible Fair for weeks aftorwar,ls People s1ppoa Co be members Of fhe 1at3ii H seen D galIolls p9rls the hiiea ~ sad jl many ce 'fe5ft 9aE proved to oe hot 1lle parties anfed
 toF seFen w taeg kept ou of ? eHi 0f iei titiaee aeFeci ives ind off is uatY ae head q i1e tam aud lis iie were affeslsd s Fremont John IT. sd kale are lGo 70 and sfer. live as |an spe Tlie. ard haze ion children.