The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1880-08-07
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Nebraska. QHtte Renerally believe the twl prison
res. ed te > days Gso by sheriff Gregg. are no.ie
Others tBaai John header aud vile The notorious
as II Inc nan was cid sendeS thy were e,' travel
ing on loot and male inquiries as - whether any
thing hsd been diseoser about The whereabouts
OF the Bender family of Kansas. This excited sus
piei0r ani Sheriff Gregg. who was notlfied, Cap
lured them thirty miles from Fremont. Whet,
ss and la woman = repIIea i Z sint Kase ,nssr
sinca they have been In jail they have mada
statements which would seem to lead o1e TO be
lieye tnat the man Is Bender. He claims lat he
only lived with the Bender family aid knew
about the murders. The woman says that she Is
not Mrs Bender. but that the man is Bender TJ-
day dispatch W As received IRON Fremont stating
that doubt Is TO the mans identity has pfen re-
moved. Nj. Hooaand. resident OF Fremont, aud
who was ne:ghb3r OF the Bead II fam iy ia kaa-
sas, and knows all about the old premises and
tue arrangements and their murders. interviewed
the prisoners auf idea sd them bJth "a Benders
He dret Called ou BeiId T Ia his ee.l and Bender
acknowledged he knaw him Bender SAID his
name was beadet, and HooAand said hs called
himself Bender In Kansas at any rac. Hoofland
closely questioned him as TO pregiols statements
pu alished particularly with reference 10 two mur-
de red children, aud wnen ne saw that he had
caught himself in lie he finally said he heoed 10
put two children under ground and then burst out
crying ana exclaimed. II dolI't care God damn.
let 'eal hang me and be damned" When told that
he must go Kansas he said he would kill himself
rather than go there IL loh tld showed him the
pan OF house and surroundings aud he said II was
correct
Mr.. Hoohand next called on the woman who
said he knew him. II never expected 10 zee you
any more don't want 10 talk with yoa here. We
are captured At last and they will hang Us. You
know th4t that is John Bender and there IS no Use
denying tnat any longer. am going 10 te the
truin II that DON'T save me from hanging IN have
TO hang too, ought To have told ruth from the
start tsld them se would be Caught If we came
back this Way On The nlain road. We wsr- gong
back east. Nc nat e hard Itn3 ing ib= la
dams aud hsrdiy evar SAW wntie peas5n." Sac
WAS asked where the other child was bntieu
only pile nad eten t9und, nni se siit. aiser ask
king hoodand .wsere child was discovered,
thai the other was oaried in tie sintneast corner
of the garden. She said they had inepdr t Cross
over the Missouri river aud so bacK east Young
Kate aud young John Bender were with the lea III
taxing another road. They wers to meet In Iowa
and int some one OF their party was to go N kan
sas aud dig up the s1v0 buriec on the old Bender
place. The woman claims that she Is not Bsuders
wife. but says Benders wife was left in the Chock
taw nation. oe.ng unasle TO Drocsed further. and
thai sha died In 1916 H9oh4nds descri piion of
the Bender place agrees with that OF otner persons
who have been there. The officers endeavor-
ing 70 get the track CT the of the party. fhe
| matter will bs thoroughly investigated, and the
parties be taken to kasas for iurIner iieutiilca-
tioa. The affair Is creating intense excitement
here.
In 1878 state Senator York, Of Kansas brother of
Dr.. York. mysieriousiy disappeared. and upon in
yestigasing The mystery his dead body WAS dis
covered, with ten or twelve others, on Benderk
place Abe Bender iamiiy, upon Learning that
| fed before the terrible discovery was made, and
| have ever since eluded pursuit.
OMAHA, AuZ. The Bender mystery is finally
setti.d beyond question Gy the partial comics
| sion OF the woman arrested with the man who
! was yesterday Identified as old John Bender oy
| Hoo and, an Old kansaS Deighbor The woman d
/ says Mrs. Bender died in Choctaw Nation in 1876.
That the man arrested Is old John and tnat Kate
The par were to meet IN lows when oae of them
| was TO go 10 Kansas farm and dig up seven hun
/ dred dollars buried there. Shs will maze full
confession TO save net own life IL will be re-
| membeied that the Bender family fed tn couf-
try during search Tor s<natoE York of Kansas
4 In 1878 81 whtch time 10 OF II bodies were fou nd
/ EEs Bender
sheriff Gregg, OF poege county, who arrested old
Bender snd vile. who are now IN the Ffcmonl
! jail, was IN Omaha TO day hunting up The Irail u
! young sender aud wife, wao We're with q
team and wagon in company with old Beuder and
wife, who were OH fVpt near Schuyie and they
| parted near there. shortly before Dan el Caudal
| informed Gregg Of the.r suspicious inquiries
about the Bender family of Kansas Gregg has
| since learned d that the young couple crossed the
river 81 Omaha with wag IN and team and W N
| into Iowa, 10 doubt en- route ~ place of meeting
| Ggrsed upon between taein aud the cid folxs
They mad team of oae gray aud one bay horse
ant a covered wagon. I ne old people In Jail have
been heard taking Of the young coupe. >jns said
"Ne; they v iii TOOL them. They gone south
| they viii go the wrong track " was The reply Il
is understood that Candan Is following on thei
track
sheriff Gregg says that when he arrested the old
couple ne ruCe up 70 them and said. Hello
Kate" aud The woman replica, Il Amt Katt
Bender" Gregg believes he has got sure thinl
on sheoId man. but thinks the woman is Bender,
mistress his theory being that she started off will
man killed Mrs Bender, and tnat this woman ha!
been with him through all the Indian country
and gives good des rptions Of the habits and iift
of various Indian tribes
The officer has examined the pri oneIs sepa
rateiy. aud finds that tho whole of their stories ar
son.ewha. alike. They do not agree ia numbe
OF important particulars. The old man claims iha
he was at Bender's hle he was laid up sicx fo
| SIX or seven weeks. He his wife NO
there and that be sent for her and that she W a
there with hun during he time the . utdtrs w.r
cuInmiited aud tina; he knew AL about hem Th
lat.
ana that both were sex in bed tor teHe,, week
and hall The original cid Bender Il a German
and has big scar iu the c. nter OF his al. fn'
| prisoner at Fremont swears he does not know
w0rd of German: but when Alderman was put II
his cell and cursed him III the German language
according 10 instructions, the prisoner forgot him
self and swore ierrhcaaly in German AZ the man
The prisoner also has a scar on his bead, and II
several other points he answers the description
, He acconuis fsr the sssr by saying he was kieke
by horse he Is Y years oid AT times he is pei
feetiy fIaatic and yeiis so that ne can be hear
two three biorks away. Mr. Gregg has beel
sleeping IN the Cell with the old man. IN the hope
of hearing some, hing from him. aud he ha, nr
tuicid. and De asked Sheriff Gregg for rszo
with which t5 shave himself. Mr.. Gregg wcui
MT grant his request, bat sal he would have
barber come AID shave him. Il don't want an
ti--d barber 10 sna ine" said the prisoner. ID
! said that he doesn't wa to be taken 70 kansal
bat will go anywhere else to he tried. and swear
| h will u ger "a 10 kansas alive. The woman
about 40 yeats 81 sge. ", arS number e.eye
; shoes. has hands as big ss the OLD man
! She saws there were ten persons killed by oil
: Bender. Two Of the bodies have never bee
found. Mr.. Hoo6and " no Interview d the prison
err as stated In yesterdays dsp- -tches. Is eierk
Mr. Sheds store az Fremont and Mr. Shed induce
the sheriff 70 allow him to visit the captives. Tn
| moment he saw the old man he said That
! | Bender" The prisoner dropped his head as If
had been shot. Hoofsnd claims that he was vel
acquainted with him. He says the prisoner III
ehangea his style of shaving. but that his feature
, are unchanged. and that the scar on his forehea
! is positive proof that he Il the man who mu
/ m Kat.s fOF ifts Yer
erous other victims II is uuderstoo' that s25, O
is offered for the whole gang. and OF this amour