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Show OLD MAN BENDER. The .Ancient .Murderer Identified by Old Acquaintance?. CBpeeial dUi'fttth to the Ukeild.) Topcka, Kansas, 27. I reached here safely yesterday, with old man Bender. Immediately alter my arrival ar-rival the news was circulated through the city, and although it was Sunday the greatest excitement soon prevailed. pre-vailed. The scene at the jail in Salt Lake City on the afternoon of Mender's Men-der's arrival there was reproduced. Thousands of people eagerly pressed around the jail to see the old man, the unearthing of whose victims in tho southern part of thifl State about a year ago made such a sensation in this vicinity and all over the country. The excitement has not yet subsided, many persons being nt the jail ttm morning and others are going there constantly, Several men arc horo from tho vicinity of Bender's former home, and they all identify him. There can no longer be any doubt an to his boing tho "genuine article." It was a wiso act of Governor Oaborno in directing that Bender should bo brought to this city, for had ho been taken to his former neighborhood a summary lynching would surely havo followed. Advices from the scene of his murders say tho people there are ex-oxaltant ex-oxaltant over the fact that the old man has at last been captured -and that tho- timo for his 'punishment is so near at hand. Ho will probably bo tykon there for trial in a fow days, but it Is the intention to send a strong guard with him to prevent any violent actio 1 on the part of tho people. Bonder appears and acts much tho samo hero as he did in Suit Lake, remaining re-maining stubbornly silent as regardu iiisformur life. B, Y.ilA.MiTON. |
