The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-16
THE VENGEANCE OF A BELLE.
THE BLOODY ENDING OF A RO-
NANCE OF THE WEST.

Wife-Her Father Assassinated by
Her Husband-Had the Wife Hid
den Away in a Cave While He Was
Engaged in a Pretended Search for
Her ia New York.
Wichita, Kan, Correspondence Of Phila.
delphia Times.
Allie Mcdonald, the white wife of Jim
! Mcdonald a quarterback Cherokee, shot
her husband dead in the street at Table
quah, I. T., yesterday, but she has not
been arrested. and 1t is not likely she Will
be brought TO trial. Although the act
would be murder in the view Of the courts
the circumstances that led to it are so
| peculiar that 1t is looked upon in the com
munity where 1t occurred by people who
know the woman's provocation is not
only justiiable, but commendable homi-
eide. The officers of the law share in the
feelings of the community, and 50 instead
OF being regarded as a criminal. Allie
Mcdonald is to-day the heroine of Table
quah.
The killing was the swift vengeance of
the Cherokee's bride, and, instead of be-
ing condemned, 1t is applauded
Allie MadariS was the only child of a
wealthy stock raiser at Checotah, in the
Indian Territory. She was a daughter of
the prairie, and when she budded into wo-
manhood it was to bloom with the rich
IuXuriant beauty of a wild flower 1.-the
as a panther, she was as fascinating in
form as in feature and she was as amiable
as she was beautiful. She was accomplish
ed too and among her attractions not
the least important In the eyes of some
OF the young men who met her at her
fathers ranch was the fact that she was
an heiress. Many came to WOO, but for
long time none to wed, for while Allie
Madaris' black eye sent a shaft of love
into many a heart no returning arrow
found a Judgment in her own. Tender
root and cowboy wooed in vain, but when
cherokee jim" came back to Checotah
the maiden surrendered, and became the
bride oil the handsome Indian.
jim Mcdonald, quarter Indian as he
was, had inherited with his Cherokee
blood only that graceful movement and
picturesque speech Of the children of the
woods. In face and feature he was a white
man. with only faint traches of the tawny
strength and immobilty that bespoke his
klnship to the primeval race.
An Indian Gentleman.
He had been educated in the East, and
came back to the territory with all the
apparent refinement of a gentleman and
the outward graces of a man of the world.
AS soon as his eyes fell upon the ranch
mans daughter, he resolved to WOO and
win her The task proved an easy one
Inc gentle Desdemona listened not more
greedily to the thrilling words of the duskv
Moor than Allie Madaris to the eloquent
pleadings of the handsome Cherokee
There were no obstructons to the smooth
current of their love. Allies father made
no objection to the match, and after n
brief courtship, they were married at his
mouse. The wedding was the great So
ciai event of that section, and the festiyi-
ties were marked by auguries of a brilliant
future for the happy pair. The father
was proud of his Indian son-in-law. The
Cherokee seemed devoted to his fair bride
The young wife put unquestionabIe trust
in her Cherokee husband. Even Jealous
rivals acknowledged that handsome Jim
Mcdonald was a fit mate for beautiful
Allie Madarls
Thus the wedding feast was eaten and
the wedding guests departed Scarcely
were the nuptial rejoicing over when Allie
Mcdonald discovered that the husband
she had married was a f1end Her Gun Of
rejoicing after a few short weeks was
filled with blood
Her Father Assassfnated.
One day the young brides father was
! found dead in the woods, killed by an I'M
known assassin. That he had been shot
down by an enemy was unlikely, for il
was not known that he had an enemy in
the territory That he had been murdered
Tor the money in his purse was even more
unlikely, for his pockets were unrifed
This was a deed for which It was neces-
sary to seek a subtler motive than either
of these.
Suspicion pointed to handsome Jim Nc
Donald, but as there was no proof. no man
dared say openly that he suspected the
har nlrnn Ac To 4 nnt |,
reaved daughter she never thought of
looking for her fathers murderer in the
man whom she had trusted above all 9th
ers, and with whom she had shared her
couch with her fathers blessing. But
Handsome Jim was the assassin. He had
shot down Madaris as the first step to-
wards securing Madras estate. Even had
he left no will her fathers property would
have gone to Mrs. Mcdonald, but Mr.. Ma
daris left will by which his propertv was
bequeathed to his daughter and her chill
dren-only In case of her death without
issue was it to go to Mcdonald, if he sur
Vived her.
The murderer had failed to achieve his
end by his first crime and II soon became
apparent that his wife had a VIII of her
own and that he would fail to achieve In
while she lived, especially while there was
a possibility Of offspring
To become a father with handsome lin
McDoHdiQ Was TO Q-Slnherlt himself. To
commit a second murder while the blood
of the first was still fresh was too hazard
GUS. To live with the woman whom he now
hated, TO caress and fondle her whose very
endearments had become a reproach 10 him
to have children by her who would depriva
him of the fruits of his crime, had become
impossible 10 him.
Something, he thought, must be done |
and done quickly. To wait was intolerable |
There must be an enlargement at once. |
and of a kind that would render his wife
friendless in her grief and unsought in her
apparent unworthiness
Jim Mcdonald had the craft to conceive |
a plot that would serve his ends and the |
nerve 10 carry il into execution.
An Artist Visitor.
There was a tenderfoot at Checotab q
New York artist who had come to the |
territory to make sketches of the Cbero- |
KEGS at home The artist had made tbe
acquaintance of Mr.. Madaris. and was a