The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15

..Tb,s fact was reported to us and SSs %e vent sssR''st to the Bender home: nroks s %Sl. ss fsaTs sSsn g ss sss and over again. We saw the blood stains % upon ' the wall and found the fetal trap. So: SSos; Se,nd saw the se chairs % at the dining table. end behind which Kate Bender had stood with hammer in hand when she beat out the brSns of. Ss the Se,,ss victims ns
 "in the, cellar under the trap-door we found blood upon the walls and floor, crimes. dr We were certain that we had 10. cated the place where Dr. York had disappeared and accordingly commenced aay search cassd of ta tss saneS ons of the house. and noticed q sunken spot In the ground which looked like a grave. Going to cur wagon. he took out the sunken place. It struck something hard a short distance below the surface, and spade was secured. After 8 few mo- pector Yonk we Which Ssa
 into snall box. His head had been meaten with a hammer and the features were almost unrecognizabie.
 digging. and the result was that we un- earthed seven other bodies, two of which were the bodies of my brothers neighbor anu HlS nttlS Q6uMntGEs ucy .It1&A UCCn buried in the same grave: The whole neighborhood at once formed itself into an armed posse and the search for the missing Renders was commenced.
 Members of Family Traced to Walnut
 We traced them to the small town of had driven in a cover coverea % wascn. , They had had left their team and wagon tied in the streets and had then boarded a train We were never able to find any further told and retoid about their being caught on the banks of a small stream In In. dian Territory, and of their being killed ever heard of the Renders after they boarded the train at Walnut. True, they have been reported found thousand of course I have. my own thery as to theory.
 Tn disposins of the plunder which theory that they had string of confe6- crates all the way from Kansas to Ii- dian Territory. When their exposure was bought about they fled to some of these .confederates. Wben the seeTch for them became too hot they. were killed by their confedef ates to avoid exposure. | am certain that Kate Bender escaped. and may be living today. About twelve years ago I was in Chicago, and was on board street car when saw the face of a- wc- man I am absolutely certain was Kate beEoef. before tnc car cOuk0 DC stopped she had disappeared.
 T knew all the members of the Bender family well. stopped at tho house number of times, and talked with all of them. The family consisted of four per- sons: Old man Bender. his wife. Kate, the daughter. and a son, John. They looked like criminals. Kate was a tall. angular type of woman with the hardest face ever saw She was as strong and muscular as a man. The old woman was gray-haired and her eyes were set far back in her head. giving her 6 wicked expression. John, the son. looked to be yillainous character. The old man was rarely seen around the place.
 ''The fine horse which my brother rode was never seen again. and probably was disposed of by the Renders through their confederates have often thought that robbery may not have been the motive for which he was killed. He may have made inquiries about his missing neigh- bor. which led to the murder. The Ben- ders may have killed him to allay sus- picion of former crimes. My brother g widow and son are now living in south ern Texas"