The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-08
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The Murderous RENDERS.
THE OLD WOMAN MAKES ANOTHER C0SFFssI0l
AND THE OLD MAN ALSO COMPRISES.

AND THE OLD MAN ALSO CoSFEssEs.
CHICAGO, August IA special from
Omaha says: Yesterday Mrs. Bender was
visited in Jail at Fremont by an Omaha re-.
porter, to whom she said the first murder
ever committed by her and her husband
was in Illinois on their farm near Jackson
vile. The victim asked for lodging and
supper. and on paying for the same in ad-
vance exhibited considerable money.
While eating supper Bender cut his head IN
two from behind and he was dumped into
the cellar through trap-door arranged by
Bender, who got bis money. The corpse was
buried the next morning back Of the
house. A few weeks after this they went
to Iowa, remaining there eight months.
They then went to Indiana. living on the
murdered mans money, and then went TO
Kansas, where Bendef's children John and
Kate) by his first wife were living with her
cousin Maggie. They kept a resort for
travellers there and called 1t blenders
Hotel" They had committed no murder
prior 10 the old folks arrival, but In
the course VI time old Bender arranged Il
trap-door and then the numbering operations
began. Kate at one time had man in bed
with her. and she cut his throat and slept
till morning beside the corpse. His money
WAS ulNluBu. SIT utNcI Iuiultu boist-
thieves and cut-tbroats who came TO her
house, but entertained them well with her
cousin Maggie. No murders were commit
ted by the family after they fed from Kan.
sas.
Old Bender has confessed, believing that
the old woman has confessed. His story
ITALICS with bis wife's exactly. He relates
the history OF the whole family and their
crimes. The sheriff from Kansas Is now
probably at Lincoln obtaining a requisitiOn
from the Governor, and will be at Fremont
to-day.
Orange and Catholic Riot i'm Toronto,
Canada.
TORONTO, August 7.-WhiIe the OCon-
nell procession was passing through the
streets yesterday afternoon they displayed
the Sunburst," which gave great offence
to the Orange party. Late at night about
six hundred Roman Catholics and Orange
men met in Queen street and fought fierccly
with stones and sticks. The police were
called out, and charged the mob, clubbing
them right and left. Constable Norman
was struck on the head with stone, and
was so seriously injured that he is not eX-
pected to recover A few OF the rioters
were badly beaten by the police.
AT Younger. wharf the Empress Of
India had taken out Catholic excursion.
and the Orange crowd gathered to prevent
their landing.
At midnight the police succeeded in quiz
city dispensing the crowds Of young Bri-
tons gathered on the wbarves to prevent the
landing of the Catholic eXcursionlsts, and
no further trouble took place. The ring
leaders are being locked up by the police.
More Rum0rs About the Cash Blair
Shannon Duel.
CHARLESTON, S. c., August 7.-Rumors
that w. b. Cash, son OF Colonel Cash, was
about to fight duel with the son OF the late
Colonel Shannon, or with Colonel Blair,
who was second for Captain Depass when
challenged by Colonel Cash, have been in
circulation for the past two weeks, but
were not credited. To-day the report Is
that Young Cash is supposed to be about to
fight young Shannon, as he Is said to have
been seen on the railroad, and two gentle
men are reported 10 be to-day at we'll
known duelling-ground near Augusta.
Nothing is known here, and the reports are
disbelieved.
A Preacher Killed I'm Texas.
GALVESTON, August THE Ne,es has the
following special:
90 Ennis, Ie1dS, August 7.-R. L. Ed
wards, a Christian preacher. was called out
OF his house here last night by unknown
parties and shot dead"
Fatal Railroad A ccident.
CINCINNATI, August IA Waverly (Ohio)
dispatch reports that three passenger cars
OF an excursion tram returning from Ma
cara Falls to Jackson, Ohio, uid Spring
field, on the Southern railroad, went
through the bridge into the canal at Wa
yerly last evening. One hundred and TWEEN
~ passengers were on the train, OF whom
one was killed, ten severely and others
slightly injured.
Gross CareIessness or Criminal Negli
gence.
DETROIT, August TN the cor0ner's in
quest over the body Of the wife OF the en-
gineer OF the yacht Mamie, killed in the
late collision on the Detroit river, the jury
returned O verdict this afternoon that the
collision was caused by the gross careless
ness or criminal negligence OF George ID.
Hoar, master, and Henry w. Buff, pilot OF
the steamer Garland, which ran down the
steam.yacht Mamie.
Freshet I'm the Cape Fear River.
WILMINGTON, n. C., August THE con
tinuous rains have produced heavy fresh.
cts in the Cape Fear river. Adsices from
Fayetteville report a rise Of thirty-two feet
and the river still rising at the rate OF two
feet per hour. The lowlands are overflow
ed, resulting in immense damage to the
corn and cotton crops. At some points the
water is over the top OF the corn.
POLITICAL.
The Democratic Victory In Alabama.