| Show FATE of THE BENDERS it seems sebros that the mystery of the f of the notorious bender family been cleared up at last at the alx the bender crimes were fresh neva the community here was almost much agitated as were the people 1 kansas tor for the story of the craum was exceedingly revolting to the ulie ulic mind among those arrested aw ittris supposed members of the bender ily salt lake city contributed bogl suspect who proved to be a k old austrian but tor for years thise t thia 11 i gion was on the alert for the once ance here of either of the kanawati murderers the general idea among people gave the matter careful consider consideration sa was that somebody had follower 5 t the he family and had killed them sow after the lapse of quarter of a mn cea J tury a story comes from 1 kan kansas sas confirming this view can tain carroll is said to have made deathbed statement at B beatric nebraska three years ago to W coon but the latter did not make public until now the story of the bender crimes ai tragedy is in brief as follows 1 1872 3 william bender his wife v at son john Be bender fider and a da daughter kate bender lived in a a small hov hoette ai a few miles from independence 10 I 1 where trave travelers lers freau frequently antly sto V for food and shelter for the n bigas ni I 1 gaS lodgers were so numerous that tte family fitted up accommodations tov travelers many who stopped at NS bender house dropped out of sight eight were never heard from agal again number of victims is variously mated at from fifteen to thirty day a physician named york way from the east to visit his Aft alexander xander M york who lived an fn montgomery county stopped with the benders over night when he tailed to arrive at his brothers house investigation was made and the doctor was traced to the bender house tont but no farther kate bender who is credited with being beina the one who always dispatched visitors with an ax told the searchers to come the next evening and she would throw herself state and tell where cataleptic into I 1 a 3 york was when the searching party returned for the revelation it was to find and the house deserted an investigation of the premises disclosed the horrible fact that there was a temporary receptacle for dead bodies beneath the house and the garden was filled with festering corpses the body of dr york was found and numerous others which it was impossible to identify then came the search with no discovery so ISO far as the public knew of the missing g benders captain car statement as now given out is ron rons rolls s of determined men followed that a posse and overtook the fugitives william his wife and kate miles from their home and first shot hot the old man while kate bender gold and her mother looked on unmoved kate bender was then told that her time had come and she stood unflinching until several bullets had pierced body and then fell dead mrs bender got away and nothing was be heard ard of her aft afterward erward the bodies of f the two benders were burled buried and concealed john bender their graves who was arrested in texas by a member of the same posse committed sui elde the posse was composed of men sworn to secrecy and captain c carroll a aroll la is the first one to tell of its work there is a strong probability that this story is true and that the mystery is cleared at last |
