This series of letters are pulled from the correspondence files of Kansas Governor John Pierce St. John. They are about the murders in Labette County, Kansas involving the Bender Family, sometimes referred to as the Bloody Benders. The family consisted of John Bender; his wife, Elvira Bender; son, John, Jr.; and daughter, Kate.
Kansas Memory
Kansas Historical Society
Crime and criminals: miscellaneous: bender case - 1