Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-09-21
ARKANSAS PIRATE
HUNTING REVENGE
ON FLEETINC PAIR
Will Pursue Them in His SkiH
and Wreak Vengeance On
Guilty Couple When
He Finds Them.

M~uskogee. Okla. Special: Four
years the photographers OF the
the state dtsported themselves when
a one-legged MAJ married a one-eyed
woman. with red hair. at Muskogee.
III man was Pegleg Pete. the
pirate" a ferryman on the Arkansas
at Hyde Park.
According to Pegleg Pete's story.
0 jungles grow along the banks OF
the Arkansas as we'll as elsewhere.
That is why he has raised the pirates
flag with Inc avowed intention Of
scuttling the ship of the once loved
wife. who is now riding the waves of
the raging Arkansas with another man.
Somewhere on the river between
Muskogee and Fort Smith is the house
boat of the afin1ties. Skipper Pete is
In pursuit OF them with his pirate flag
flying. And lei they are overhauled
they may expect to walk the plank,
unless Pete's pirate nerve fails him.
as it did the other night. each time,
he cooked his trusty revolver to snuff
out their owe laden lives.
On the Side Of Her Good Eye.
Pegleg Pete lost one of his legs a
long time ago and now stumps around
on a wooden peg. A one-eyed wife
was not supposed to see aught wrong
with a one-legged man, but evident
ally she did. That is why Pete came
to town and left with his avowed pi-
ratical intentions.
Pete lived in q house boat on the
river and ran a ferry boat. According.
to his story. the other man appeared.
ON the river one day and was taken
boats. The other man Immediately
began appearing regularly on the
good eye side of the wooden legged
mans wife.
FINALLY" says Pete. they COM
menced to break into society by COM
irn fO A,oGoono md ~fv 60 <l1
moving picture shows. Then she COM
menced cooking on the other boat in
stead of mine When l demonstrated,
she threw her arms about my neck.
chucked me under the chin and told
me not to worry. as it was all right.
were so bad that I slept on the bank.
While there I looked into the window
of the boat and saw the two together.
! decided to kill them but every time
cooked my u lost my nerve.
them they cut the p with the
house BOAT saw and set adrift. hi
woman threatened to shoot me If 1
followed.
Vows He Will Get Them.
Ina was Pegleg Pete's story of his
one-eyed Wife. He came to Musko-
gee to see what could be done about
1t. The sheriff and the county at
torney advised him. II what he said
was true. that the best thing he could.
do was to let the pair go while the;
river was up and the going was good.
NO. sir; I am going to get them.'
four years. The woman was happy,
until the other man came along. He
drank whisky and taught her to drink
1t. Then they commenced going to
moving picture shows. I am going to
get my skint and my revolvers and
fO1lnvy them will fQko NV nv o1nnO
overhaul that boat. cut holes in it and
then run them all out in the middle.
of the river. That's what I'll do. I'll
ollow them to New Orleans IL it is.
necessary
Another Arkansas romance shat
tered" said q court attendant, as Peg
leg Pete stumped out full of wrath;
and with the announced intention Of
raising the pirate flag over his skiff'
and scuttling the ship Of the afinities