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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNINO. AUGUST 9. 1808. ' K .1 J-OJI!' ENGLAND'S LATEST SPORTING MANIA Birds Wortk $60,000 Take PartKing Edward and Prince of Wales Patronize the New Fad What the Fancier is AUe .i By Maynard Kvana. LOXIMiN. July - Kngland's latest sporting inenla l "plgeonltls," or raining pigeons for flying, breed ing, message-carrying and other purjMjuei. Thu extent to which plgeon-fan ving is carried may be judged from lh fact that no less than 10.5ii0 carrier pigeon, north 0.000. were enured In the recent great "pigeon leihy. ' The birds were turned Jooe at Nantes. In the south o." France, and flew 450 miles to 1-ancashlre. Eng land. Prls of more than $5,000 wen awarded. The extent and Importance of the new sport may be further Judged from the fact that both the king and prince of Wales entered birds. Special 'pigeon trains" were run from the Mid landsto the embarking ports on these occasion. and "pigeon staterooms fitted up on the cross channel steamers. The whole arrangements were carried out with the tntPl elaborate care and quite regardless Of Cost. , , In addition to the great bird flying competitions, English fanciers are pending thousands of pounds each year in breeding all varieties of pigeons, and various shows for the express purpose. e iiii.ttlnr "variations" are. constant ly ly' being held In different parts of the fi : country. Some of the birds exhibited are worth more than 500 apiece, i nere " are five big pigeon clubs In England, and no end of people are going In for ' raising these birds as a hobby. V Even the ordinary "man In the street" 1n London shows his pigeon fancying proclivities bv feeding and watching the flocks of birds which have taken up their abode In the great public build ings, auch as St. Paul's cathedral, West- : minster abbey, the British museum and elsewhere. It la a rather singular thing that certain families of pigeons attach themselvea to each of the great publlo buildings, and some fanciers say they can tell whether a bird Is a citizen of tha British museum or of St. Paul's. Doubtless tho latter are of a more relig ious turn of mind, while probably tha . British museum variety would know more about Egyptology than their cler ical confrerees. When a pigeon show Is on In London, thousands of people flock to see It Judges of fine birds are appointed with aa much care aa would be a Judge of tha supreme court. Nor la the pigeon Judge a whit happier than the man of, law. He runs a chance of making mor tal enemies every time he renders a decision. Aa a consequence, pigeon Judges have taken refuge In a numerical system for all birds, so that they can not be accused of partiality which they might be suspected of if they knew the owners' names. It has only been within recent years that bird fanciers have gone In so ex tensively in England for raising pig eons with big prices attached to them. v- 4 j P . ( 4 J i-. 1 - sr . V.. .- ' -. ' I V t v " S V X'- Pigeonitis" is the Latest Craze in "Sporting Circles Great Pijfeon Dcrhy in Whict 10,000 to Accomplisk Pigeon-Building as a Fine Art POUTER "WHICH WON A $300 PRIZE. A few years ago you could buy a really pigeons which, judging- from mere ap flne bird anywhere for about 30 cents, pearances, do not seem to be "up to Now thev are asking $200 and $300 for much." Fanciers during the laat few years have been strenuoualy striving to pro duce what they term "pigeon perfeo tlon and it Is for this reason that the frlce has risen so enormously. Some rulv remarkable blids1 have, so to speak, been manufactured. Pigeons are treated very much as flowers. By cul tivating certain stocks and breeding for definite peculiarities, truly start ling effects In bird Individuality are ob tained For Instance, bird fanciers, by proper cross breeding, can shorten the beaks, put more feathers In the talis, enlarge the wlnga, shorten the legs, expand the crops, and even make the feathers train in certain directions. The birds seem absolutely plastic It will be retnenilirretl that It was through pigeons that Purwln waa able to per form the remarkable experiments whloh contributed so largely to his driving home the evolution theory. These various experiments have pro duced some veritable "freaks" In pig eon building. A curious bird recently exhibited at a west end show was a pouter which won the first prise. It was a large "blnck-pled" bird. The winning features of this bird consisted In Its erect manner of carriage, slender body, long l.-gs with feathers on Its toes and large globular crop. This bird, with its crop full, did the cake walk and seemed so pleased with Itself, swelling out Its crop to such huge pro portions, that It won the prise possibly bv sheer force of self-advertisement. The owner of this bird, A. K. Marr, re fused IS00 for It. and no one at the show seemed staggered at his unwlll lngnes to "part." . Another bird which commanded a very high figure. $300, at the same show, was described as a "Jacobin," which means thnt It has Inverted feath ers growing shout Its neck, forming a species of ruff, resembling the cowl of a Jacobean monk. Not many people, perhaps, may have seen such a cowl, so the pigeon fancier's word has to be taken for the fact that the blrd'a ruff looks like the monk's neck piece. How ever this may be, the particular bird In question was an uglv affair, with its heart and neck buried In the hood so deeply vou couldn't tell which was bird and which hood. The great point about this $300 bird consisted in the fact that Its hood was smooth and close. The thicker and closer the hood, it seems, the more valuable the bird. The Jacobin pigeon has a mane at the back and a "chain" In front, both these terms Implying slight ridges in the feathers, of which experts seem to tUInk much. A rather curious parrot faced pigeon called a "Turblt" always attracts an immense amount of attention, and never falls to capture several prizes at pigeon shows. Turblts look rather perplexed, as If thev had not quite made up their minds whether thev were real nlgeons or half parrots. With the Turblt. fuss and feathers count very little. It Is the face that wins. Experts will stand for hours before one of these birds exam- Vvv km: -A ., x-'V - ':"?" Vi' I'm h: s ,mr,j iwf taWrrt-T : ---' -iff vi av M.lAj;. viUmVi .hi inn i 1 1 miihh 1 ifc' nf mX.. , ,i,M,v', tit fifaeakJyAi s JUDGES DECIDING "POINTS" AT A PIGEON SHOW. lnlng its short thick beak, seeing if it latter. Just why this ugly looking; tlve a neat election button with the hns the proper curve or sweep, feeling wattle," aa It Is called, should bo con- bird s monogram on It would not look Its "bumps" to find out If its skull Is sidered a good point It is nara to ten. so Daa oy way of a prlxe winning: varla Dr the chin to watch Its smile. circumstances, the Turblt stands the ordeal very well. As all Its good points are on the Turblt s head and lace, ana hundreds of people are constantly gaz ing into its rather mild eyes, or running their thumbs thoughtfully over Its back hair, no wonder tho bird looks as If It had forgotten something. The sum of 3U0 is not consiaerea too much ror un Doubtless fanciers nave some profound tlon. rABann mrhlrh thv nnlv diVUlbTS When Of the In secret among themselves, with doors but strange to say such really beautiful rnrtiirlv frtrmnil nnH rhiirU In cr it under ' " . . ' .. 1, . . . v , . v . 1 i. Jl ....1 ... a,l,.n I VkhUII. . V. . I . . V. I l I L nuer ids reason wiucn inpy uiiit uivuibq ntid -- rmiwin uioir nuiuucr xa logiun. closed and lights out. However, the birds attract very little attention. This wattle goes and brings prizes. It does Is due no doubt to the fact that as yet not add to the facial dignity or tne Dira. none or mis variety has been bred with It resembles two rather large and dls- more than one tail. Possibly future tlnctlv ripe strawberries placed on elth- prizes will be won by this class. But er side of the beak. You can not help what chance does a Fantall with onlv sympathizing with a bird with a straw- one caudal appendage, no matter how hfi-rv iirisn like this, and the nemetua- floral the effect mav be. stand beside Intellectual" Turblt with a semi-detached 'tlon of this feature by breeders might a dish-faced Turblt. or a carrier with a well be done away wun. wnne mey nuss uae a nigni-oiooming careusT are about it. and considering fanciers - claim that they can obtain any result Th P-lr thev like, thev might as well give the pigeon a small moss rose, or even a Knlckei Hitchcock has every Repub- three-leaf clover to wear Instead of an llcan classified in a card index, over-ripe strawberry. Aa an alterna- Bocker From two spot to klngT Roman Droboscis of the oroDer curve. An Immense amount of interest is al ways taken in "carriers" of course. The chief characteristic of the carrier, to moke it a valuable bird, must be length of neck and beak, and a curious bulging of growth on each side of the PORTLAND MAN TELLS SECRET OF THE BENDERS One of Party Who Assisted in Putting Murderers Out of Existence Relates Story of Greatest Crime in American History Review of a Remarkable Case Kansas Family Made -Business of Murder "Mv brother had his throat cut and dian Territory, offered to deliver up the she was afraid to tell her story where somewhere where only her head would for the Benders the hunt that was lis skull was crushed at the base. It Benders If the governor of Kansas would it would do any good. The country show shove, you'l think It was a car- completed In the Indian territory on was evident that he had been struck pardon him. As he had not been tried around was terrified. rot; she was about 40 years old. the banks of the Cimarron river about from behind and then his throat was the governor could not make ny agree- "Dr. York would never have been "Well, anywav. the two of them J"l 15, 1873, the details of which were .... i -.,f u,-.,tD 9 oil rtf tVioti- rnpnt with him. A nartv went to tne VU1a1 hart hft tint become susrtlcoiis and oiav mtrnino- victims with the exception of one man, place where the saloonkeeper said tha they had to got him out of the way. times oftener. Mr. Beard, my husband, y' afterward. wore cut. This man, the dor-tors said, Benders were, but they had gone. it wasn't his money they wanted. never liked tho man's looks. While fl,?re lt was , 1 Benders four run bcoii, auoui nu Kate would be selling ine vegeiaoies, -"- "-oo hen he saw a starving he'd g0 snooping around the place, oerers that ever lived, accordl ch the people were talk- through the office and tho billiard hall " Iminologists were hung, their en found on the plains. Rn( looking at the quests through those rldalod with bullets and the c IN Portland lives a man who was told Ing which had been rarrled on for years the secret of the killing- of the by the Benders, disappeared, he gave up " . M ,, . . his work aad Joined in the search to 1 Benders of Kansas by a member of iocate the body, the party who assisted In putting- The Benders were suspected from the the four murderers out of exist- beginning. But to throw suspicion . aside old man Bender Joined In the nce. search to locate Dr. York and unravel In many respects the crimes commit-'the mystery which surrounded his dis- et h-c- tho Renders in Kansas and which appearance. Several days later the ted by the .Benders in Kansas, ana wnicn Bendera disappeared and then began a were first discovered 85 years ago. re- search covering hundreds of, miles and ' eemble the operations of Mrs. Belle numerous states and territories. Tr.j(!1, r-n- -l nftor This man McOee. the harne.sstuaker. Ounnees In Indiana. For weeks after w)n to,d Mr Hyde of (he extormlnatinn the Qunness crimes first came to light of the Bender family, was a member of additional bodies adding to the atro- the party which put them to death. As ciousness of the deeds were found In the the men had taken the law in their own vicinity of 'the little Gunness home In hands, and for various reasons, he said ' f La Porte that all of them had been sworn to se- The discoverv of the murders commit- crecy after the four had been killed, '-ted by the Benders, and which are For 36 years, ever since the Bender thought to have extended over a period murders were discovered, every com- have from acknowledged' to be one of the most y,tus. p?mS,.ofthe countr' that th was a verv powerrul man ana naa v- ille ,ual 1 nearu vi im-ui a m tits was hi run orou, auuui Kate wouia De selling ine vegeiamcB, Vv, iT a .7 dentlv struggled desperately to escape. thev were on the Rio Grande, on the miles away, when he saw a starving ne'd go snooping around the place, oerers that ever lived, according to "The Benders lived in a' little shack, border between Texas and Mexico, and team about which the people were talk- through the office and tho billiard hall c"" P'"0108" were hung, their bodies The Interior of the building wns di- were attending to the wants or a party ing. It had been rounu on tne plains. nnd looking at the pruests ttirough those """"'j i" e.npsia vided bv a curtain. It Is supposed that which was raising cattle, horses and He recognized it as one he had traded thin, curtalny eyelashes. f"rem5! f. ? .1 nev!jr.a trac8. would h ,.i,.,im itrii.b f,-,t.n hi-iiin.i mules Whether thev were there or not to an nlrl man. The old man had had ..t ,7.. .v.- P left to lot the world know what had :L; ... . T .,f It m'v hnvA heen that o litil. crll tth hin, nrl hart lien . l. . 1.IKU'",? "ul ' V , become nit- m linn, in; iNiuiiri inj imvo rc.i j - -- - - - - - . . . i . a 0 " - or ineir crimes was out, aim 1 lenmeu eatinfr when her was hit from behind, the reports we received were told by seen headed for the Bender house. that thpv dld not ra(B8 vegetables at The fingers of one of his hands were those who might have been interested Partly out of curiosity and partly out n), l)Ut bought them and resold them to crushed, as if ho had been smoothing In preventing the capture of the of love for the old horses he had given me' that ,iey 1Ist carne over to the down his hair when the blow was de- Benders." up. Dr. York attemtped to locate the hotel to get track of possible victims, llvered. "Long before anything definite was owner of the animals. He traced him To go tn independence from Parsons thought to have extended over a period muruers were aiscoverea, every c t of three or four years, is still talked of munity has had Its Bender story 1 ",. In Kansas and many parts of the ularly every few years. Stories h United States, for that matter as it Is been circulated from time to time f noted' cases In the criminal annals of the world. All told, something like 20 Accord Ing to the story told to Mr. VtnrilA ,Ar rfiia- nn n nil found within n ".'""i xciiucib ittReii oy Bur- radius of a few mites of tne BenSe? Prlse- overpowered and hung to a tree. .-ffo no one after the other. Naturally they ' ' h Tit- ?- T!,nn.; whtoh made a desperate fight for their lives, .HL '.1 thf it?L Z IJl but the members of the posse were ... startled the people of the United I States weI, armPd and nad th tw d only a few weeks ago, bodies were found Kate Bender and her step-mother bound buried in the grounds within a few hand and foot aimost before thev knew yards of the Bender house and where what nad happened. The raid "on the tney had been placed by the very hands jjttle band of murderers In their lair : of those who put the persons out of the was made in the dead of night. I, 'way. While the four bodies dangled from Robbery was undoubtedly the motive the ends of as many ropes in a heavy i - In the Bender murders, as was also true forest on the banks of the Cimarron In the famous case of Mrs. Gunness and river the posse riddled them with bul- ' her victims. Many persons who once lets. Afterward the bodies were cut ' entered either the homes of the Bend- down and burned. ' ors on the Kansas prairies or the house An Immense fire of underbrush and " of Mrs. Gunness near La Porte were as- logs was started, and one bv one the .' sassinated and robbed, and then disap- jenaers were Durnea until there was ah neared from the world without leaving a solutely nothing left of them. For two trace behind, just as though they had J tfte posse members remained at ' iuaiiTi.H nn hu u mat emntinn the scene of the fire, adding fresh fuel in the earth. aI1 the t'me and assisting in their ef- : abrywtSTrnysfer' Vi- SS? WnTOhVflhS? oyut.Wof Mr.aGunnynVs?whoTcommd , Picu.arlv dult . destroy a - the murders, has never been definitely : ..' .' ".. ..:' .' determined, nor Is It known positively "fift .y thrindiBner7lVory er. of them. Some 20 years ago. at the time Dr. Charles Bruel of Avoca, Kan. wns charged with poisoning his wife, lt was curent talk that he was In some trr. tn I nrtenonriAncA from farKonfl ...... . - , There was a little patch of ground known of the methods of the Bender to tho Bender house and that is why tourists would pass the Bender place '"V., Hi j,jyt behind the house w hl.-h was kept family, everyone In that part or Ivan- they killed him. I he bodies or the Bnd usually would stop. There were Avoca an entlrf strana-er birin plowed all the time. The old man sas was talking," Mrs. Beard says in old man and the little girl were later several bands of horse thieves operat- IL nVaSe nf Sldne marrlpl plowed It every week or two. That fact relating her part of the story, "but found there. . ing up and down the old Indian trails I Jp. pr-V,' Lea. ,t,1 of his ancestors was suspicious In itself. When my even for a time after the entire com- -j 1)ved at parsons, where I kept the and horse traders frequently made stops or "-here he csme from His wife died brother visited the place there, of munity was aware of the crimes there Rpimont hotel. I knew the Benders, be- at our place and went on to Benders. verv suddenly and he was taken to course, had been no plowing for several ms no one who would take any action. riUlse, although they lived 10 miles off, "j never saw MrB. Bender. No one Dodgevilie charged with the crime f weeks, and the loose dirt above my Lyeryone seemed to be afraid. A few they drove over often and sold us vege- around there ever did. She always causing her death by poisoning, brother had sunk down who told stories were arrested. Tha tables. Always Kate and the father came ntayed at home. John Bender did not i the midst of the preliminary ex "I was not .at the Bender house w-hen magistrate refused to listen to com- to thf. hotfii. They were very queer look- oojJ uke U)e fatner and Kate. He was amlnatlon Dr. Bruel was taken suddenly the bodies wer found. I returned there plaints and ordered the country people ng people and you d look a second time not so wlld ln Bppparance but there gick. He was removed to the county from Fort Scott that night, and began to stop talking. The sheriff, too, t them anywhere. 1 he father was was SOme nnystery about him. Folks jail where ha died the following nlgM. a search for tht members of the family, wouldn t act for some reason. wizened and nis eyes were set away sald ne wasn-t the son at all, but Kate s There is no question but that his death The governor of the state took an active "I heard the stories first from a Oer- back in his head like those of b ferret, nusban(j. was caused by poison administered bv Interest in the mntter and everything man girl who was a near neighbor of anl his eyelashes were fully an Inch ...r,,. i-.-o r. rr VnrV himself All kinds of reoorts were 0! im possible was done to discover the where" the Bender neople. Her name was Tubb, otlg and hung limp and colorless, like H'e disappearance of Pr York h-mseir. at-'e00 w0 h"w. s. abouts of the criminals. We found that and she was my laundress. She told cornsllk. Kate w;as enough like her fa- brought the whoU, count ry IJ b' CMUt (4.U.JI time WRW J1" they had gone to Thayer, where they of the terrible screams that emanated ther to be unmistakably his daughter. murder A posse was formed but Benders, and others contended that he had boarded a train and gone into In- from the house very frequently, and She was big and raw-boned and of red- rmu07 erfoh "BenSer to acTomnanv was the lover of the famous Kate dlan Territory. ' of seeing gunny-sacks being carr ed dish complexion. Tney used to say ?.er of J"?" tJtV?e,r ?mfi?niV Bender A saloonkeeper of Parsons, who had Into the orcha at night with some- around the country t fiat If you could l" 'worked laH "round the committed murder and who was in In- thing heavy concealed in them. But hide Kate's long body ln the grass -rwaemrX 'enX house nAT) Irr-V T)TrT"TAr,T'TrrrG and after the search had been abandoned r vJ.lIjXtJii 1 It ni wjvuxo. ?re was a lull in the excitement mlly packed up and left the ARE THE OREGON SOLDIERS ENJOYING CAMP LIFE AS CARTOONIST PORTRAYS IT ...Vv.u " - . Kepi sroinz ior 1 wo wnoie cays. the crimes to the attention of the civil- ,!'t"lZ2 11 1 a" , .R"ow- KZi nrM Mm Gunness is thought bv SnK tnat thelr work had been well done - lzM7'llaFanJ.9aA!!lnZZrA. and that the world had been relieved 11 ft the Open again and among the neoDle of civilization. But In spite of the great mystery as to what had become of the Benders the little posse of six all kept their mouths snui ior many, many years. Several ,l.Tit the bu ding on fire . and of four of the m8t P les-Pilf-r. wiui.. .1 JL- llit-. perate criminals of tlio age. went Into .. juuea liprecii, ucac J n B tuai. uci Mining were about to be discovered. J? or coia-DioooeuiicnB -jrrincuiLBii'-ii the murders of the Benders have never been outdone ln any part of the world. Thev had a specially prepared room for v Tiuttlns tneir victims 10 ueain, anuaiter week n rn r.pnrira K Tlnwner ,hrl l, ,'; the fatal blow had been struck shot Chicago. On his death bed he made tho 15 them through a trap-door in toe rior statement that the Benders had been Into the basement. Here the men, wo- killed ln their own home . . nl.Uan Wlin ho1 1 1 ii .. n A 1 i , I .1 .- ft , ' , I . . . - V . 1 lilvil miu ciii iiiiiuii" " .. n 1 iuv hi. ium i-' Lirinri , n uiii;i- wv butchered were sclenuricaiiy Diea iik er or Mr. rork. tne last man whom the so manv cattle so that ln carrying the Benders killed, makes the stHtement tji bodies away there would be no possible that there Is nothing whatever In the - chance of dripping blood acting as a story advanced by Downer Just bed r Clue to the crimes. his death. Moving pictures of the supposed kill- olonel ork. formerly a civil wur Ing of the Bender family were repro- veteran took up the search for l is duced In Portlnnd at a local thejtre not brothel noon after his dlsappe.i ran. e long An. 11 is unoersiooo iiibi scenes ..... .. ... i- iiuriB "i MO r t t, r.i.nnpx rrlmos nr( Ibo even onerea ii.i'do reward for tl e r being arranged for now bv one of the laim"? """"" mere was another- big moving picture machine companies, reward of J12.0UO for their apprehen uig iiiu.ms v slon. He says the last he heard of C B. Hyde of 188 Clay street. Port- ?P J?? F Ja 1 ,,a" of,"n f i.JTU tho mon tn whom the secret of ea,1 t,iat Colonel ork was a member ' KVninofThBVfjjwr.1. butt?h'lsTe8den'.he1.rh PU' ,h"m ' " ln,.t VMr and ves ra ao. This was DUJ.1"1" qenies. ,.M. , v-'.. "A " Tk. T i, m Mcuee ciaimeo mat the Bender bad In Reno Jon ,nin '0. ' . been traeling about the countrv bv . Mm of the killing was John Mcee. a . ,.j 1 ran . ai larnessmakr In Fort Scott , several weeks, dodginc the authorities tne time or ine cisrovery or ine nen- a io.i th. n.nK.r. ,.t " der crimes trace of them ln the Indian territory several years unrmyo m r no. This was about two months sfter the met McGce in Reno, told of his having disappearance of Dr Tork . assisted In the search for the family por vears mysterious persons In all and at that time MrOw related his con- psrts of the world have been suspected nectlon with the mystery MrGee was a, being- on of the Benders, as there a member of a posse of six who sur- has always been a great deal of mystery rounded the Benders tn the Indian Ter- about what really became ofMhem. rltorr en the bank of the "!marron rolonel 'ork of nntr mv. thr , mA mi,trr Ihnn, . n-. A n m w A - . . k. 1 V. - 1 . M . I , T- mi'l r-.iu,, ,i.ri, , , . IIUIII I H HIT LTJIIirRPIUfl Ul fOWIiei . women eltke. to a Mg oak Tee of Chicago that the Benders were k1l)-d The Bender familv . rompo.ed of In their home. Colonel Tork was on Tt m i . I J . r .. .. n en trm T I r I . 1.1. I . I . . una i: .i , - , . n. - . .i i - uniuri . I ll r'lv nm tlllllliri. LT , about ss srs old: Kste Bender. 14 York of Independence, disappeared i, years of age and John. 72 rears old. Concerning Ms part In the Bender Kate and John, who were younger and, mstery. Colonel Tork bss the following stronger than either old man Bender" to say: " hi wife, are supposed to have dore I.was with the posse which visited l tit cf the hard work when It came to the house I talked to Bender and he t f'ttlnr their victims out of the wsy. dei.hvl baring seen my brother The Kate stid John were the children of old Benders then be-r-ame alarmed and fled . tea Binder ty a former marriage. lt was Is dars before their flight was The Bender house stood oa an era I- discovered. They bad left two cows oa the mln traveled road b- wKlrh broke Into a neighbor's field, snd -t ten Oeare Wito end Independence, when drlvon berk to the Bener home i-ini'i - ......... .v. . iuh mr muno a cair wnieh nad st rred to did I treed btwtnees among the death This caused an Investigation. Hsnd ""r''r."' th P" of the but It was ilmov a month sfter thlr . count rr The Benders raised yegeuble. di,ppr.nr th ,h victims' bodies to a crtatn etnt and often took them were found. rort Bestt etiu wnw towns to sell. "One day mv Km.ik ,t ll n r S. tU .S4a THE n t-A S T J 'j ,m J , Txt rctXOW TrtAT CAN - efvSV I II X , , il " - "Sf 1 Ji u wt rfuow wh A.wAxf nvnLr j . ,i nvT,rr uai uiry w irm nnnr uniiH mnA waDleo late a hmirht mast ef the vegetables and then patch ef yirj b.Mnd the hotis Hs l-esold them. This was for-the purpose noticed a depression s. in the eolL He f r"tinr the tmpreeston that they carried a vtgnn rod tn him hand and were bonnet ptMoas and were eamil)( struck It Into the esrth The narlk wee a i-'nip w- - r--1 1 ,. y w m. h i Bitq ha called to I' e 1 1 1 1 m Mr Hvde rsa stage nX f Tbayer wbe wr essmlrlrg the hniM and hv fir reers. At the time Ct. W, H. das ep the body of mv lrehr Ktsht TT. rk hwe mertjer reetaally tead r-vl'ea wra fouad, one the Mr f a ii.e lioeartbu-.c at tha wholesale nardar- baby. ' l " Trouble They Cause Travelers Of fering Reward for Articles. From the Baltimore American. "The American who travels ln Eu rope and does not keep the closest watch on his valuables is almost sure the crimes because he hnd not reported to be relieved of his personal belong- the absence of smoke coming from the ings by pickpockets, said W. E. chimney of the Bender house. The Mlghell, vlco-president of the San community attempted to hang him, but Francisco chamber of commerce, who after leavlne him for dead tiiey dis- has Just finished a two-year tour of covered that he was unhurt and as far the world, to an American representa- as I know he Is alive today. I am tlve at the Belvedere. sure he had no part in lt. "The light-fingered gentry are active "1 went wun air. ceara 10 me tien- evervwhere from London to Cairo, but 'o one knew It at the tlm. They three weeks start beforo they were missed. Then an old Dutcnman who lived some distance away, but who could see the Bender cottage from his place, was accused or complicity in der house the day after the posse had broken ln. I shall never forget it. "There was one big room with a can vas partition ln It. In one part was a I will give the palm for boldness and dexterity to the professionals of Italy, where the plunder of pockets has "been reauceri to a fine art. 1 am a careful was a coat of coagulated blood fully etant warnings against pickpockets, and six Inches thick on the floor of the yet in the great plaza of Venice I was little place underneath It was pre- roDbed last summer of my letter of sumed that after the Benders victims oredit for $10,000. There was an enor- had been knocked into Insensibility with moua crowd that had turned out to a hammer they were dragged to tjils hear tne bBnd plav ths da beln Sun. trap and there the throats were cut. rtay a d I jostled two or three After the bodies nad finished bleeding tme8 bv a h Jfellow wjth they were carried away for burial. mustache. Finally, seeing that he was "The murders were committed entire- do ,t purpoBe,yf j lot mv terap" ly for robberv Kate posed . i a me- A adarcKSe a hot remark to hlrn pat dium and would attract strangers by .hlrh h. rr,,m.f, pu.,,n .,',". nrnnnAd his nmr-iiA In a m . r me rmt'ofroulhelns1 of rn m k tihi it' iTiHii 1 1 rr r anu uci lioiiii tnat - the snlrit worlrt was at her beck and oaoiegrams ana some money, but I man- caM "dSnncr've'r rnVny ttl. fSlXtVr'nAt "t0IPed- "d supposed that John drove the horses thf, hl' Proflte d not hlng. Rw'ay and traded them after a murder ,1nf?eP,,?ftiC1,Jj"tm"'k w'nt ban hen committed. The victims al- ,,L Ior a riae in tne sunurbs o see wavs came on horseback, because there ST.me, rare Paintings ln an old church, was neither railroad nor stage line. The '? h,lnf " fee the country, I took a Dutch laundress spoke of told me of streetcar that was densely packed. The Kates bringing over a handsome gold alr wa" pretty crisp, and I wore an watch and chain to her and asking her overcoat closely buttoned. . How on to keep it as a gift. The girl sus- earth tho rascal managed to g-e-t my pected that it was part of a scheme to watch and make away with it will pui- fasten a crime upon her and she re- m to rny life s end. but he did the fused to sccept it. trick, as I found on getting off the car. "We found the Benders" horses starv- "Had it been only an ordinary tlme- lng on the plains near Thaver after they piece. I would never have said a word had disappeared. Thev had taken the of the loss, but u was an unusually train there to throw pursuers from their fine watch, and I valued It more than trail and had doubled on their tracks to the J300 it cost. The manager of the set Into Texas. That la the last I hotel, whom 1 consulted, advised me Heard of them." against reporting the theft. He said Mr. Hyde of Portland visited the that the looal pickpockets operated In Bender homestead soon after the mtir- gangs, and that within an hour after dera were discovered and tella practlc- being taken the watch waa probably in ally the aame story In many ways as some other city. This did not sound those related by Mrs. Beard and Colonel well to me. so I hunted up the United Tork. Mr. Hyde himself went about ths Btates resident consul and narrated my vard near the Bender house and by story to him. He gave me precisely the means of an Iron rod located bod!e same advice as the hotel msn. Still un- which had only been cut away about persuaded. I railed on the chief of po- three feet under ground. lice. Thst official was polite, but he Special trains were run from Kansas wanted me to deposit the 1100 reward City and sightseers flocked te the I was willing to pay. I saw no adran- Bender home by the thousands. Within tage la this, and told htm I'd think It few days nothing remained of the over Bender home. Everything, even the "That evening the hotel manager told furniture and carpets, hid been carried me of an American who had ben r- swav by souvenir hunters. ceotly robbed of 11.000 aad whs bad put Mr Hyde stopped st the Bender house up f COO in advance with the police, and now and then and remembers distinctly who wss still watting tor the reeoverr the heavv curtain which hung Just back of his money. He had made up hts of the lunch counter and from which mind that he'd like to get back his !?.. the victims were first attacked with a but the Roman police refused, saying sledge hammer. After the Benders had they mutt have time." leri me country ana ina nturners naa come to light Mr. Hyde also visited the house and saw the trap door leading late the cellar where the unfortunate ones were scientifically bled. For weeks Mr. Hyde was associated with the numerous other persona of the community who were search Is- for soma trace ef those who bad distn peared. Every few day I another body would be found. Afterwasd Hyds Joined la Uva earca Womanish. A woman always. So tt neeraa. Finds Joy la gelng Ta e-ntremea. She wsnts her hat Te fill the street But pa endures X have small f et fciiasifhi BuSsUa.
