The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-16

gave it out there has been an eIopemert
The New York man, he said had stolen
his wife from MIN He offered reward or
$1,000 for her return. He pretended to Ia
the worst abused and the most forgivinq-
OF husbands If he could only have his
wife back everything should be forgiven.
The community was mystifed Some cf
the men suspected; but nearly all the wo-
men pitied him. As the wronged husband.
TO cuckOld ever turned his wrongs TO such
good account. In a few days Handsome
Jim" was a Cherokee angel in the eyes Of
nearly everybody.
He did not remain long in the Cherokae
Nation after that, but went TO New York
giving it out that he was going in search
Of his wife. The impression he left behind
was that there would be a bloody studio
somewhere on Manhattan If the heart
broken Cherokee succeeded in finding the
wicked artist among his sketches of The
Cherokoes at Home"
In the Metropolis.
In New York Handsome jim" McDon-
aid had a very good time, indeed. He
had plenty Of money with him, and he
used il with the profusion of a good In
dian. He traced the ballet girls TO their
lairs and corraled them on the roof gar
dens. He made the acquaintance of the
sports about town, and sometimes treated
with profuse hospitality. He showed an
lllltIGSt al lIuldIl tIdlllOlS DN making
friends at the Wgwam of st. Tammany
Being a lover of horsefesh, he sometimes
played the races" But he did not "a
together forget the pretended purpose OF
his visit to New York. He caused long
articles to be printed in the yellow" jour
mails about his unendng search for his
lost bride.
The Red Man and the yellow journals
made good thing of it.
The story of the faithful Cherokee and
his tickle bride made good reading for
the admirers of Steve Brodie and Buff
falo Bill" but it is a noteworthy fact
that Handsome jim" Mcdonald never
called upon the police 10 aid him in his
search for the wicked artist.
Under Watch.
In time. the ballet girls, the sports. the
Tammany braves and the races began 10
pall upon the Cherokee, and he began to
think of returning to the Indian Terri
tory. One man, Detective Dunkin who
had heard McDona.ds stories about his
stolen bride. had promptly set them down
as les and was waiting for his return.
Last month Mcdonald came back Dun
kin got on his trail, and succeeded in
tracing him to Tahlequah.
Fifteen mics southeast of Tahlequah IN
the deep woods is the hut of noted In
dian outlaw, who is called by the express
sive name of Six Killer" The big Indian
is always open 10 any job that will pay,
even if he has to justify his name over
and over again in earning his money; but
Detective Dunkin did not known that six
Killer" maintained business relations with
Jim Mcdonald.
Dunkin had not long been watching his
quarry when Mcdonald started on a trip
into the woods in the direction Of six
Killers" hut. The detective followed and
saw the Cherokee enter the hut. After
Mcdonald had spent a couple of hours
with "Six Killer he went away. Then
Dun1in went to the house, and placed Six
Killer under arrest
The arrest was only a bluff but 1t serv-
ed its purpose. When six Killer" had
been sufficiently scared to consent to talk
to secure immunity from arrest he said
mat Mcdonald had come TO see his wife.
who was locked in cave under the house.
A Pals Confession.
According to six Killers" story, he had
been paid $500 a year by Mcdonald To-
keep the woman prisoner until she died.
The detective at once sought Mrs Ne
Donald in the place indicated, and found
her asleep in one corner Of the cave. Her
surprise and joy at her rescue were very
great. Sometimes, she said, she was al
lowed to walk over the hills, guarded by
six Killer" but most of the time she was
kept a close prisoner in the cave. She
was often brutally treated, and would lot
in her close and unWholesOme cell had
continued.
She had lost all reckoning of time and
had abandoned hope of ever being rescued.
To her the months of her imprisonment
had seemed years Her health had suf-
fered as much through her hopelessness
and despair as through confinement, I'M
wholesome food bad treatment and her
damp prison. 1t was with the utmost diff
ficulty that she was able to make her way
back to Tahlequah with the detective, buc
freedom gave her renewed courage, and
nerved her for the effort.
Shooting of Cherokee Jim.
After she reached Tahlequah, Mrs Nc
Donald was kept in her room for several
days, so that she might be able to recu-
perate, and recover her strength of body
and mind.
One day she escaped. She had not gons
far when she met her husband on the
street, and without a moments hesita-
ton, shot him dead 1t was the vengeance
of the bride of the Cherokee.
1t is scarcely surprising under ali these
circumstances that the people of Table,
quah and Chocotah are her friends, and
will not consent that this much injured
woman shall be tried for her life Among
her foremost champions is the brother of
handsome Jim Mcdonald.
This story reads like a romance. It is
a romance-but il is true