Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-10

can towns and makes it pleasant for tho
lodger in every bed room. .
The third night Willow Springs was
reached, and as one of the horses to the
blackboard had given out, the quartette
exchanged places with the miners in the
stage which here came up to them, and
let the workmen come along in the private
conveyance. Flinn's party pushed on to
the miners camp and reached White
Oaks at a. m. 1t is a camp of 500 pop
ulation, no women, in the vicinity Of
numerous silver mines, one gold mine,
plenty of coal beds and little water. There
is one store and numerous gambling houses
have grown up in the eighteen months Of
its existence. Near White Oaks arc the
"Little Chinaman'' cred Chief Little
Nell, Little Mac'' and other promising
mines from which our Lancastrian pros
pector brought homo a trunkfull
Of rich specimens that he got out for him
self and knows all about. Pushing on to
the most remote of these mines, 30 miles
from White Oaks, near Water Canyon
they came into The country over which
lately ranged Billy the Kid " and his
famous gang, and Finn counted % decom-
posing, some almost feshless, bodies of
men thrown into gu!cb, who had been
victims of the lawlessness incident to these
now regions.
White Oaks had been troubled with a
| mine jumper known as "Judge Thomp-
sons son, who used to pounce down upon
claim and sell every promising mine he
could get hands on. At that time he was
threatened with lynching, and yesterday
Mr.. Finn received letter from some of
the companions who were with him on the
| trip. which informs him that since he
came cast young Thompon has been caught
and duly hanged. His father has organ
lied agang to hang the lynchers and
White Oaks society promises to be quite
gay during the holiday season.
"Nana," the Apache chief Of great
fame, was lately a prominent figure in that
section. Mr.. Finn brought home with him
tho last buffalo skin which Nara tanned
and gaily decorated with the insignia Of
his blood. thirsty tribe. Another Of the
party got Nana's horse and the "Kid's
| saddle.
One of the most interesting personages
met was Pat Garret, sheriff of Lincoln,
who killed "Billy the Kid" and who was
a fellow passenger with Mr.. Finn on his
return from White Oak to Socorro. He was
accompanied by his scarcely less distin-
guisbed deputy, Poe, and a prisoner in irons,
whom they had caught in Texas, and were
taking to Lincoln. The culprit had been
a stage driver and drove tho stage into a
| gu!ch where he "held up'' for his confed
crate highwaymen, until they had robbed
tho mails and tourists: killed a passenger
and made off Oh tho horses with their
| p!under. Garret is a man about six feet
five inches tall, slim, wears a moustacho
and is good looking and graceful. He is
| reserved and has an almost melancholy
expression and we'll he may, consider
ing his life and apprehensions for tho
future. lie has rendered wonderfully
brave and efficient service for law and
order, has captured MANY despcradoes
and killed several. For this he has received
| the appreciation of the better class of peo-
pie i'll tho territory, and after he slew tho
kid the towns and camps which were
rid of the outlaw made up S45, 600 for
| Garret. But lie is never safe from the
| vengeance Of the class he has so often
riskcd his life to cxtirpate. He carries a
Winchester rifle strapped around him and
six shooter in his belt, but his hand gen.
orally rests Oh the bntt of trusty
weapon in his left breast pocket. He says
many of the stories told of "Billy the
Kid arc fictions, some exagsera.
tions and the accounts of many of
his deeds arc underdrawn or have
! never yet been written. lie had
killed thirteen men to CARROTS own
knowledge. 1t is 4 literally true tale how
he Drained the Jail keeper in Lincoln with
his manaclcs, under threats of death made
another jailer unlock his fctters and
then gratefully killed him, fatally
shot third man whom he met
on the street and rode into tavern and
shot the fourth, before lie whisked out tue
town limits the tail of the stolen horse ON
| which he fled.
The night Carrot shot him the sheriff had
como into Lincoln secretly at night on
| other business. He was in the
bed room OF n man whom he sought to in
tervicw for detective purposes, when
"The Kid stole in to get some milk. IL,
suspected danger at once upon his entrance;
Garret was on the bed, and "The Kid, +"
who knew him we'll, lcvcled at him, but
hesitatcd for moment-for old acquain-
ancc sake, Garret thinks. His delay was
fatal, and Garret, who was to take him,
dead or alive. fired promptly an. killed
him. Sheriff Garrct is anxious to give up
of 4.,.