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The Benders were a family |
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Who arrived in Labette County KAnsa around 1870 |
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The the Bender family built a one room log shanty |
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The size of it was sixteen by twenty |
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The shanty was used for an inn divided by a canvas curtain |
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So there might be some privacy |
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The Benders lived on one end, the other side was for the inn |
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Where they offered travelers hospitality |
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The family named the Benders |
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Were life enders |
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They were death vendors |
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The Bender Familys |
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In the family was old man Bender, ma and their two children |
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John junior and his sister Kate |
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When travelers passing by their land, not knowing of the Bender's plan |
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Fell for the bloody Bender's bait |
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The traverlers were ushered in |
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Seated with their backs to the curtain |
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Talking to Kate waiting to be fed |
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On the other side of the curtain Father or brother was a lurking |
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To smash a sledge hammer on their head |
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Doctor York was travellin' |
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Then ended up missing |
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With his brothers posse his route was retraced |
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The Benders endured questioning and denied ever seeing him |
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So they left the bloody Benders place |
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The posse came back again when they heard the Benders ran |
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Foun the victims buried on their land |
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And so the posse searched for them |
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And no one knows for sure wat happened |
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But the Benders weren't seen again |
