Buck" McKinney, a Mexican War veteran and once noted outlaw died at the Solder's Home at Marion Thursday, aged seventy-four years.McKinney had in his time killed three men, stolen horses, assaulted women and done about everything else in the calendar of crime. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, but was finally restored to liberty by McKinney's pardon was the last official act of Mr. Hendricks as governor. McKinney had been in the Marion home since 1890. During the last three years, he had been kept alive on alcoholic stimulants.
Kokomo Daily Tribune, December 8, 1899
Buck" McKinney, a Mexican War veteran and once noted outlaw died at the Solder's Home at Marion Thursday, aged seventy-four years.McKinney had in his time killed three men, stolen horses, assaulted women and done about everything else in the calendar of crime. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, but was finally restored to liberty by McKinney's pardon was the last official act of Mr. Hendricks as governor. McKinney had been in the Marion home since 1890. During the last three years, he had been kept alive on alcoholic stimulants.
Kokomo Daily Tribune, December 8, 1899
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