Johnny Ringo Research Paper

John Peters Ringo, also known as Johnny Ringo was born on May 3,1850 in the town of Washington, Wayne County, Indiana. Ringo became involved in a blood feud that is known as the Hoodoo War / Mason County War. Ringo was publicly linked to the Death of a Deputy named John Worhle of Mason. He was known to have a temper and there had been reports of him threatening the Burnet sheriff and his deputy and he was tried and convicted for it. On 1879, Ringo shot a man in a saloon for refusing to drink whiskey with him, he was later arrested for shooting Hancock and was given bond and was scheduled to appear before the court. He later wrote a letter to the court saying that he could not appear in court because he had been shot in the foot and couldn’t