Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-09-01
WINSTON N. c, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER = 1s8I

Kid, on the advice of lis friends.
decided to leave the country, but
sWoRE He WOULD KILL COL. DUDLEY
before he went. A court martial
or court OF investigation as to Dud>
ley's part in the fight of June,
1879, was going on at Fort .Staune
ton, In Lincoln county. Judge Ira
r. Leonard. formerly Of Missouri,
but now of New Mexico, had been
; employed by Mr.. McSwain to pros.
ecute tho charges against Col.
Dudley of being accessory to the
murder of her husband and the
burning of her house. Judge Leo
nard at the time resident of Las
Vegas, was accompanied to Fort
Stanton by John Mcpherson.
Chief of Police of Las Vegas, who
had been warned by the gamble
and thugs Of that place to leave on
pain of death. Mcpherson had
=. been with the Quantrell during the
war, and was himself desperate.
Returning to Las Vegas sometime
afterward, the roughs carried out
their threats and killed INN. As
he and Leonard were sitting in
their room at Fort Stanton one
night, shortly after their arrival
!. they heard tap on the window.
Upon opening the shutter the Kid
stepped into the room and annouu-
ced that he had come TO end the
trial By killing him With mucl,
difficulty they succeeded in dissaud-
ing him from attempting TO
EXECUTE HIS BLOODY PURPOSE.
He then mounted his horse and
struck out for the Staked
Plains. where he embarked in the
business of cattle stealing at whole
sale, making his headc uarters about
Fort Sumner, and finding purchas
ers for his stolen herds among men
whose names are by no means OBJ
scure in Territorial history and af
| fairs. !:
Having d;H;cnlty with his cd
employer, Chisun, in regard to
wages due him for various services,
he swora vengeance against him
and his, and from that time on
Chisun,:s herds and herdcrs suffer
ed. How many men ho killed
how. many cattle he stole, how
many deeds cf daring devitry and
cruelty he pcrpetrated, will proba-
bly, never be known until the re-
cord books of damnation are open
ed and cowboys and Congressmen
law makers and law breakers, pres
iderts, pirates, Governors anc
, things are summoned to Judgment
During the early part Of the
, present year Deputy Sheriff Pa
Garrett, of Lincoln county, captnr-
ed the Kid and took him to Mesil-
ia, where he wac tried and
SENTENCED TO BE HANGED
, in the town of Lincoln. He wa
taken to Lincoln, ironed and undel
} strong guard. Soon after reach
: ing the town he managed to knocl
, Deputy Sheriff Bell IN the heao
with his handouts, and before h'
could recover from tho stunning
effect of the blow, the Kid seized
his pistol and shot him dead, Dep
uty United States Marshal Eober
Ohlinger, who had been one of til
Turner posse in 1879, hearing th,
shot, came running, gun in hand
to Bells assistance. Tho Kid
, armed with Bcll's shotgun an'
r pistol, saw Ohlinger coming, an,
, cody hailed him with Hello, Bob.
Ohlinger paused second and i
: cost him his life the Rid poured
: charge of buckshot into his heart
? killing him instantly
TWO MURDERS IN HALF 4 MINUTE.
, The young monster then steppe,
| out on the portico of the old hous
in which dead men had been guard
+ ing him, and defied the whol
: town. He made one man lnocl
: his irons off, and covering anothe
9 with his death dealing shotgun, or
| dered him to saddle horse tha
l was standing in the street, walked
out, mounted and galloped out O
, town in the presence of the who'll
population.
But such a career mnst have al
. end, and "Bil!y tho Kid" was Up
i idly nearing the inevitable close o
: his blood-stained career. He hat
! heretofore carried death with him
q but
: DEATH WAS NOW CLOSE AFTER HIM.
. Deputy Sheriff Pat Garrett, Will
two companions, started on hi
trail swearing to capture or kill him
:. or die trying. In some way know
!, only to himself Garrett learns;
> that the Kid would probably visi
! the house of Pete Maxwell, at For
;. Sumner, in Lincoln county; som'
+ time during the night of Tuesday