The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-08-08
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Omaha. Aug. 7.-This afternoon
,our correspondent met the east bound
upiou.Paeiflc train at the valley lAnd
roae into Omaha with old Bender and
wife. who were in charge Of sheriff
Bender, (uo relatively of osxego. La
bette county, Kansas. and Dan Condor,
of schuyler county. Nebraska, who h
the man who gave the information
leading 10 the arrest Condor sat be-
side old Bender, who vas handcuffed.
and the sheriff sat beside the old lady.
right behind her husband. The pris-
oners were the observed Of all observ-
er, and At every station they were
stared at by large crowds. They were
continually being quizzed by the pas
ssngers, and the old couple were nearly
talked TO death. The old man was
rather cross and not in n very talkative
mood. Up TO this morning he bad no
idea that his wife was still in jail. as he
had been led tobdlieye that she had
escaped. About 10 O'Clock. when he
learned that she was still there, he
rayed and swore and became frantic
with rage. To pacify him the old
woman wss brought into his presence.
and this cooled him down somewhat.
She told him TO his face that she had
confessed everything and he then be-
came mora frantic than before. and
sheriff Gregg had 10 take her away.
She wanted 10 20 into her husbands
cell, but this was refused her. f
This morning she reiterated her yes
terday's confession rs well rs her pre-
vious ones. When leaving Fremont
the prisoners were given 20 understand
that they were being taken TO Jackson
vile, Illinois, as the old man becomes
very excitable when Kansas Is men,
toned.
Your reporter took seat beside him
on the train, and Bender, while deny
ing to-day that he Is Bender, again
admitted that he was sick at Bender's
i've or six weeks. during which time
Ave or six murders were committed.
He talked quite freely about the bad
Benders. their misdeeds and their
premises. He admitted the murder ut
jacksonville. and says he killed q
drunken man In self-defense; says he
will get of free. Although contradict
ing himself several times he virtually
corroborated his confession Of last even
ing and published to-day. My impress
sion Is that he Is not Of sound mind
owing to his wanderings and the con-
tinual thought Of his crimes. He has n
terrible fear of Kanas and frequently
makes slip and catches himself refer
ring TO himself as Bender and then
correcting himself.
The idea Of suicide still prevails in
his mind and he frequently asked for
pairof scissors withwhich TO cut his hair.
He said IL they took him down below,
meaning Kansas, he would tell things
that would give several people away;
says he will make somebody pay
for making him trouble; claims TO be
the brother Of McGregor. after whom
McGregor, Of Iowa, Is named. He
mentioned the names Of several persons
whom he know in Jacksonville.
Sheriff Bender says that II the pris-
oners are the genuine Benders there
are parties in Labette county who can
positively identify them. and thus set-
tie the matter.
The party left for Kansas City over
the Wabash route, and will arrive there
atsa- m. tomorrow. It is intimated
that II they are the real Benders they
Will be lynched by the people Of La
bette county, but the sheriff says they
will be protected. vt,