The Bloody Benders

The Benders were a family

Who arrived in Labette County KAnsa around 1870

The the Bender family built a one room log shanty

The size of it was sixteen by twenty

The shanty was used for an inn divided by a canvas curtain

So there might be some privacy

The Benders lived on one end, the other side was for the inn

Where they offered travelers hospitality

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The family named the Benders

Were life enders

They were death vendors

The Bender Familys

In the family was old man Bender, ma and their two children

John junior and his sister Kate

When travelers passing by their land, not knowing of the Bender's plan

Fell for the bloody Bender's bait

The traverlers were ushered in

Seated with their backs to the curtain

Talking to Kate waiting to be fed

On the other side of the curtain Father or brother was a lurking

To smash a sledge hammer on their head

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Doctor York was travellin'

Then ended up missing

With his brothers posse his route was retraced

The Benders endured questioning and denied ever seeing him

So they left the bloody Benders place

The posse came back again when they heard the Benders ran

Foun the victims buried on their land

And so the posse searched for them

And no one knows for sure wat happened

But the Benders weren't seen again