Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-10-06
CAPTURED AT LAST.
THE sOUTH CHARLksTOs DssPER.
ADO FOUNDr THE W0ODS.


| Up HIS Handa at u Revolver's Muzsl~-A
Horribly BATTERED Coun,snancs, with n
| History Behiud II.
From Morning Editionl
Yesterdays GLOBE REPu BLic contained an
account OF desperate struggle with desper-
ate man by the town officers OF South
| Charleston, In an attempt to arres' him on
| su'picon, at that place. on Friday night The
struggle was fearful one, but Officers Way
and Anderson finally succeeded by the most
extreme measures Ia subduing the man. He
was, however, horribly beaten and eft in a
d c'ot's hands for dead.
Sometime in the night the fellow 80 far re-
covered as to be able to escape from the
house through window, aud the most Wig
Orous search tailed to iiud him.
He had revolver and In the struggle fred
al the officers, but the shots did not take eff
'ect. On his person were found various
kinds OF frst-class burglar tools, which justi.
fed the oiictr RS in their suspicious that they
had frst-class article Of game in the bag.
Nohing WAS heard OF the fellow until Su"-
day afternoon, when John Hiukle mot Henry
Hinkle, as stated yesterday and John Stew
art, living on the Yellow Springs road, came
to this city and reported that from the de.
scrip,ons they had read in the papers. they
believed that the man wanted at South
Charleston was at lliukle's house, about three
miles out on The Yellow Springs road.
Officers Nicklas and Norton went out but
failed to find the man. This morning Ollie, r
Way came up from South Charleston, and
hiring horse and buggy in the city drove
out to the place where the fellow was seen to
enter the woods, which was near the Little
Miami railroad, about five miles from the
city. Officer Way entered the woods and
had only gone about twenty rods when he
saw the man lying under a log. At the ap-
proach of the officer the man jumped up aud
fl fljurisled vilainous corn cutter, but when
the officer covered him with his revolver the
man wilted and surrendered.
When brought to the city yesterday after
noon the man presented a most h ,rrible ap-
pearance. He was Of medium stature, dressed
in mean and dirty clothing, and an old white
slouch hat drawn down over his face; both
eyes were blackened and swollen and long
cash across his chin reached up toward the
left ear, and his jaws and head were bandsged
with woolen cloth.
The name he gave was John Bender, but
that Is supposed to be assumed for the oc-
casion. The fellow was pumped for informa-
ton concerning himself by several parties,
but the old shoulder-shawl that bandaged
John Berder's jaws seemed to herme,ically
seal his mouth which shows that John is no
new man on the road, and that he has an in
teresting history which he doesn't give away.
beautiful set of steel bracelets orna-
mentsd Jdhu's wrists AS he in company with
Officer Way took the evening train Tor South
Charleston.
Officer Way made several statements at the
depot rejecting upon the Springfield officers
who went out to arrest Bender. He said
that they were afraid to 20 into the woods
but walked up and down the Little Miami
railroad and were afraid to 90 into the
woods because the fellow was armed with a
corn cutter and possibly had gun with him.
The facts are that the city officers were
misintoIm med as to the woods that the fellow
WAS in, or the South Charleston officer would
have found his man safely housed in the
Springfield prison.
Ia searching about the place where the fell
low had made his bed in the forks OF fallen
tree, a sand-bsg aud large knife were found.
This indicates that the investigation OF the
case may reveal something interesting in re-
gard TO the previous history OF a very singu-
lar character