Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-08-09

and joled and talked with the crowd tat
surrounded the vehicle. After two or three
dozen persons had grasped his hand the ae
companying physician grasped him by tie
arm and held him in his seat to prevent him
from
TIRING HIMSELF OUT.
On reaching the residence Of DR.. Gunr,
Tanner laid down in the front parlor and en-
deavored to sleep. The milk and watermelon
had not disagreed with him DR.. Tanner
weighed at the end of the fast 1919 pounds.
he lost SO pounds in 40 Gays. At $3.50 DIR.
Tanner drank an ounce of light wine, after
which he ate a small slice OF watermelon. At
4:S0 he was eating with great relish piece of
beefsteak. He did not swallow the fibre, but
only partook of the juice of the meat The
Doctor saw no visitors during the afternoon,
and it was reported that he was in excellent
spirits After four DR.. Tanner rested quietly.
At six he asked for an apple, which he ate,
and then asked for and received two MORE
At seven he was given beefsteak weighing
half a pound, and partook of it. At eight he
drank one ounce Of wine, and then slept until
ten, when he awoke and chatted cheerfully.
DIR. Ward said that DR.. Tanner was well, and
did not think any trouble would arise from
his undertaking. He had gone against the
advice of all physicians, seemingly with a
beneficial result and he expected the Doctor
to work to morrow ON his biography. At a
late hour the Doctor was resting quietly.
THE FAST ABROAD.
LONDON, August 7th.-The interest taken
by the London press in DIR. Tanners fast is
very marked. The Standard and Daily Ncscs
have had special dispatches every day for
three weeks, and some of these have been of
unusual length. Copious extracts from New
York Journals are made by nearly all the pa
pers, and great mass Of correspondence has
been published on the subject. The medical
profession question the genuineness of the
fast, and are generally disposed to doubt its
value to science even il genuine. DIR. Brown
Sequard said: If careful and frequent an
alyses have not been made in the air ex-
hauster of the air inhaled by Tanner, and of
his perspiration and various excretions, the
scientific results of the experiments are abso.
lutely NIL" DIR. Thomas Lander Branton,
editor of the Practitioner, said: " If Tanner
had succeeded, under proper conditions, the
experiment would have been of scientific in
terest. 1t is interesting to know whether
such changes are not going on in
our organization as will better adapt
them to the work OF life than was
formerly the case The Chinaman is hated
in America because for q given quantity of
food he will turn out a great deal of work, so
that he is able TO live on wages whereon an
Irishman would starve; and that is what
renders the Chinaman such dangerous rival.
By-and-by, when the struggle for existence is
as keen all over the world as it is in the most
crowded populations, probably the cheapest
nachine-ths one which can do the greatest
amount OF work on the least food-will win
the day."
OPINION IN FRANCE.
PARIS, August 7th.-Freneh opinion on
Tanners experiment is pithily summed up in
this evenings Francots. "This prodigious
fast" it says, Twill not fill the stomachs of
the starving. There is no need to be great
docter to make such experiments. All the
wretched make them each winter. Tanner
has done the poor great deal of harm. The
familiar appeal, My good sir, pity me, I've
eaten nothing for two days. will never more
have any effect on w."
The Kansas FIends The Benders on the
Way to the Scene Of their Grimes.
OMAHA, August 7th.-This afternoon your
correspondent met the East bound Union Pa
ciic train at the Valley and rode into Omaha
with old Bender and his wife, who were in
charge of Sheriff Bender lno relation) of Os-
wego, Labette county, Kansas, and Dan
Condor of Schuyler county, Nebraska, who
was the man who gave the information lead
ing to their arrest. Condor sat beside old
Bender, who was handcuffed, and the Sheriff
sat beside the old lady, right behind her hus-
band. The prisoners were the observed of
all observers, and at every station they were
stared at by a large crowd. They were con-
tinually being quizzed by the passengers, and
the old couple were nearly talked to DEATH
The old man was rather cross and not in a
very talkative mood. Up to this morning he
had no idea that his wife was still in Jail, as
he had been led to believe that she had es.
capped: About 10 o'clock, when he learned
that she was still there, he raved and swore
and became frantic with rage. To pacify him
the old lady was brought into his presence
and this cooled him down somewhat. She
told him to his face 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 hus
bands cell. but this was refused her. This
morning she reiterated
HER Yesterdays CONFESSIONS
As well as the previous ones. When leaving
Fremont the prisoners were given to under
stand that they were being taken to jack
sonvil.e, ILL.,, as the old man becomes very ex-
citable when Kansas Il mentioned. Your
reporter took seat behind him on the train,
and Bender, while denying to-day that he is
Bender, again admitted that he was sick by
chance at Bender's for five or six weeks, dur
ing which several murders were committed
He talked quite freely about the bad Ben
ders, their misdeeds and their premises. He
admitted the murder at Jacksonville, and
says he killed drunken man in self defense,
and says he will get off free. Although con-
tradicting himself several times, he virtually
corr0boI ased the confession of last evening
and published to-day The impression of
your correspondent is that he is not of
sound mind, owing to his wanderings and his
continual thought of his crimes. He has
terrible fear of Kansas, and frequently makes
slip and catches himself, referring to him
self as Bender and then correcting himself.
The idea of suicide still prevails in his mind,
and he frequently asks for scissors with
which to cut his hair. He said that if they
took him down below, meaning Kansas he
would tell things that would give several peo-
pie away. He says he will make somebody
pay for making him trouble. He claims to
be brother of the McGregor after whom
McGregor, Ia, is named. He mentioned the
NAMES OF SEVERAL PERSONS
Whom he knew in Jacksonville Your re.
porter next sat down beside the old woman,
and got her in a talkative mood by giving
her cigar, whereupon she put away her
pipe. She said she had told nothing bIt the
truth, and stuck to all her previous state
ments. She says she will get off free en- this
account, and believes also that the old man
will be released eventually. She again re.
lated an account of the murder at Jackson
willie, Illinois, and the murders at Cherry
vale, Kansas and reiterated her statements
concerning young John, Kate and Maggie,
oorroboratng previous statements. She said
her husband. McGregor, had changed his
name to Bender because the children in Kan.
sas had taken that name. She remembered
DR.. York, and referred to him As brother of
Colonel. York. She seems to have no sense
of right or wrong, and both she and the old
man are very ignorant and totally depraved.
Sheriff Bender says that if the prisoners are
the genuine Benders, there are parties. in La
bette county who can possibly identify them.
and thus settle the matter. The party left
for Kansas City over theNWabash route, and
will arrive there at a. NJ. tomorrow. 1t is
intimated that if they are the real Blenders,
THEY WILL BE LYEcHED
By the people of Labette county, but the
Sheriff Gays they will be protected. Some
time in 1873 an old man was arrested in
Salt Lake, on suspicion of being Bender.
The suspicious were very strong against him,
ard le was taken to Kansas, and was there
discharged, as he could not be identified.
Colonel Matt. Patrick of this city, who was
passenger on the west bound Union Pacific
train to-day, was United States Marshal Of
Utah at the time and assisted in making the