Volume 15 , Issue 35

NW Okie's Corner

We continue our research into the 1873, June, Cherryvale, Labette county, Kansas murderous family of the "Bloody Benders." In the years after the June, 1873 discoveries of the murders, there were stories that the Bender family escaped to Europe. What is the true story of the "Bloody Benders?"

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The Bender Family

It is in The Leader, Guthrie, Oklahoma, dated Monday, 29 July 1901, page 3, that we found this headline concerning the Bender family (a.k.a The Bloody Benders) of Cherryvale, Kansas, who went on a murderous binge from 1871 through 1873. the headlines read: "Still Discussing Bender Family, Old Report That They Were Lynched Is Reviewed."

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Duchess of Weaselskin

[The image on the left is a view of the Vallecito River after the last few days of rain, and the boulders in the river being covered by the rushing, rapids.]

The last few days of the late Monsoon has helped a bit in filling the Vallecito Lake, but it is still needing a much more of a refill.

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September, 1913, Normal School Opened Tuesday

In the Durant, Oklahoma newspaper Durant Weekly News, dated Friday, September 12, 1913, front page headline read: "Normal School Opened Tuesday." It was reported that enrollment was already ahead of last year, and new teachers requirements.

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Bones Of The Benders

It was in The Salt Lake Herald, date 7 January 1883, page 8, that we found the article concerning the Bender family, with the headlines: "Bones Of The Benders."

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Bender Fate Is Related

It was August 24, 1908, Monday newspaper, The Rock Island Argus, Rock Island, Illinois, page 6, that we found this article about the Benders of Cherryvale, Kansas: "Fate Is Related."

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Anna Wallman & Joseph P. Hurt Connection

On the left is another picture of the Joseph P. and Anna (Wallman) HURT children: Edward Joe, Tillie, Emma and Mary Barbara HURT my maternal grandmother. The little girl in front is not identified.). Taken at their homestead in Center, Nebraska.]

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