Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-03-16
THE TERROR'S WIFE.
SHE COULD THROW A ROPE
WITH THE BEST
Pink MeKinnOn Was a killer and
Had Man Untr ns wife thrsw the
Iasso aud Held Him Up on the Road
The Drummsr's Bride.

tiOnal reputation that tho Janus uog
and Billy the Kid had before they
we're snuffed out But for innate
toughness and general deyllment !
/ doubt il ever there was man Ia tho
/ Western country that could outpoint
Pink Mckiunon.
Pink was something like Captain
Kidd. He started out suppresslng
lawlessness and got into il himself
he started when he was pretty young
and the thing that gave him his start
was capturing couple OF horse
thieves that had stood on all the mar
shals ia the country There had been
IA couple Of rustlers running OF stock
pretty lively, and then they killed a
man or two ANA finally 90, a reward
set ON them Then they went 10 work
and killed "a couple OF marshals who
went out after the reward, an1 by that
time they had things pretty much
their own way They were camped
out In tho mountains, nobody knew
just where, but one day Pink decided
he wanted that reward and he started
out after them lie was la the habit
OF Winding his own business pretty
we'll and he dtdnt say anything ab1ut
what ae was going % do 80 there was
no chance for any 81 the felio0s pals
In town 10 get out and give tho snap
away
he got couple ~ stone Jugs o.
whisky and strapped thrm GA his sal
die and put his guns inside hts tro4s-
er- and rode olt into slr hills After
hunting around aWhil1 hs comrs on
their camp 90 course thcru wasn't
anybody there; bu, Pink knew they
wcrn watching him from tho bashsa.
and he gets on very quietly. plckets
his horse out. and sits down along
side their tire and takes a drink. Tho
rustlers threw down on him from tho
bushes and Pink held up his hands
very politely. and they seeing 80
wasn't In FOR SIGHT came out an had
a talk
Pink va. a remarkably cool liar.
and he told them b. had Just bgrn
chased out 81 town for Aasaultiny q
woman and didn'l oven have = chAnrS
20 bring gun away with him The
rustlers bad a talk over ID. and then
they had a drink and thsu they talked
little more and had another drink
They kept L up until they wrrc dead
loaded. and Pink Kept Il Up. too. bat
he poured oil his whisky down his
slseys 50 after while the swu cat.
tie thieves went on peacefully 10
sleep, and Pink didut do a thing but
take their guns away from thum.
hoistcd then up On thrir horses. tied
their logs underneath. and hal rn
down in Silver city brioro They sob.
"red up
We'll, that ruined him 10 90,
appointed deputy marshal. killed a
man In saloon row then had a. XIII
tho fellows side partn " 70 kcep from
getting killed himself got ~ gam
bling. and finally hai to taks 10 to-
road himself Like 40 many u hl.
GLASS % mon. h. was Ia love with
pretty girl and gool one. too who
Woaldu.t bNlieys anything bal ~ him.
and b" married her promising to ST.
Ne down Ila did for q llttlr while.
but there we're dozen men laying t. .
Kill him, and he was kept huatliug all .
the time TO kcep his hoad on his
shoulder
lilo would gamble. TOO, and ono
night young travelling man came
through town with his wife on a
bridal trip Tho young fellow had
lot Of money that belonged 10 hl4 firm
and no was young and fresh ana
showed his roll in tho bar Of tho no.
tel. Pink marked him. and tina, nigh,
got him into n game Of poker About
midnight he had all the young fol-
lows money and the firms. too Tho
drummer was green and soft. and his
wife got onto tho racket.
There was ruin and dlsgrare
staring her husband In the face, and
the poor little girl broke down. cried
and made a confidanto Of the frat
woman she got hold Of. and tho
woman happened 10 b. Mrs. McKin.
non She was sweet, good hearted
llttle woman ma over lived. and n Il
hadn't been for her guess pink
would have been killed two or thras
times before he was gnuGYed ont Shs
guessed pretty near that Pink hal
-omething TO do with skinning the
young drummer. and she wont 10 him
ana begged him to give the uonev
back. Pink put her of and said he
wasn't acting guardian TO all tho ne.
TIC boys that were going around with
out nurses, and he told her good.by.
mat he was going into Hot SPRINGS
Tor couple Of days
MRS. McKinnon. who know him no
ms time, knew what that meant. and
'he knew u Pink ever spent two days
y hot Springs nobody would over 400
anything more Of tho money. She
.old him she hoped somebody would
loid MN up and rob him on the road.
md Pink laughed and hitohod his nun
round then he saddled up his horso.
Iot couple of drinks. and started
~ meaning to ride all the rest OF tho
light and get into Silver Citv next
afternoon. "'N'
Mrs Mac knew Il wasn't worth
vhlle to say anything more. but she
'oes 70 her room, and nobody saw