Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-01

year Deputy SheTt Pat Garrett, Of
Lincoln County. 4. .otured the Kid and
took him 10 MesIHe where he was tried
and sentenced % 81 hanged in the town
of Lincoln. He WIS taken to Lincoln
ironed and under strong guard. Soon
after reaching the lpwn he managed to
knock Deputy Shcflh Bell in the head |
with his handcuas. and before he could |
recover from tIie Nlnning effect of the |
blow the Kid seigef his pistol and shot !
him dead Derate United States Mar |
shall Robert OhiInt hearing the shot, !
came running, gun in hand, to Bells
assistance. The Kid, armed with Bells
shotgun and pistol, saw Ohlinger COM
ing. and coolly hailed him with,
Hello, Bobr' Ohlinger paused sec.
ond aud 1t cost him his life; the Kid
poured charge of buckshot into his
heart, killing him mstantly-two muir
ders in half minute, The young
monster then stepped out on the portico
of the old house IN which the dead mon
had been guarding him and deied the
whole town. He made cne man knock
his irons OF, and covering another with
his death dealing shotgun, ordered
him to saddle horse that was standing
in the street, walked out, mounted and
galloped out of town in the presence OF
the whole population.
But such a career must have an end,
aud BILLY the KIDD was rapidly near
| ing the inevitable close OF his blood
/ stained career. He had heretofore
/ carried death with him, but death was
now close after him. Deputy Sheriff
| Pat Garrett, with two companions,
started on his trail, swearing to capture
| or kill him or die trying. In so.nc way
| known only 10 himself Garrett learned
that the Kid would probably visit the
house OF Pete Maxwell, at Fort Sumner.
in Lin eoln County, some time during
the night of Thursday, July IL. Shortly
before midnight Garrett went to Max
wells. and had Just seated himself in
the dark on the side Of Maxwells bed
when the door opened, and in walked
the Kid. Instantly detecting. in spite
Of the darkness, that there was some
body in the room with Maxwell, he lev
eled his pistols, exclaiming. "QUisR cs :
Qtien esr' (Who are YOU? or Who =
THEREBY But the delay of asking was
fatal. Before the words were OF his
lips Pat CARROTS bullet was through
his heart, aud Billy the Kid" the ter
ror OF New Mexico, lay a gasping. guiv-
ering corpse, while his lilc-blood dyed
the dirt iloor of Pete MaxwelFs dark
sdobc hut. Eleven CORY ghosts stood
waiting TO escort him to eternal shades.
In personal appearance the Kid was
anything but desperate or monster.
He was very small and slender, being
but about five feet two inches tall. and
weighing scarcely 10 pounds. He had
! ~. httN
sharp features. blue eyes and light
hair lie was calculated to make
friends, and. strange as il may seem,
left many who sincerely mourned his
death One OF the best men of the
Territory, who, though identified with
the opposite faction, knew him well,
said TO me this morning; "Do you
, know couldn't help feeling sorry
,, when | heard that boy was killsdP'
/ / Hc was splendid horseman aud \
dead shot aud at the time OF his death
was only about twenty-five Years old.
The hero OF the hour in New MeXi-
co now. the king lion OF the Terrific
rial menagerie, is Patsey Garrett, the
, slayer of the Kid. His name is in
! everybody's mouth. The papers arc
full Of his exploits and his praises.
The very children in the streets stop
I, and honor him with . curious and adj
! miring stare rs he passes. met hin
Yesterday In Santa Fe, and milder
looking, gentler-spoken fellow | never
saw. 1Ie Is about twenty-soven year
, old, six feet FIVE inches tall, anC
Of almost willowy slcndeness, viii
! the slight tendency 10 a stoop in hi
position that Is natural 10 one
, OF his build. His complexion, naturally
fair, Is sun-tanned 70 ruddy brown
I, His eyes are greyish brown and keen a
: an eagles, aud his hair and slight mus
, tache are of light brown tint scarcel,
deeper than golden. His voice is a
soft as a woman $, and he rarely uses
70 talk OF himself. He spoke very kind
" of the Kid, and. having occasion, II
reply to question, TO allude TO the eX
y plot which has made him famous, sim
o Div remarked: "He was taken th
= night OF the fourteenth Of this month.
b asked him IL the Kid had really kille
: as many men as tho papers report, froI
I nineteen 10 twenty-six. mo- he ~
o swercd. Ia his musical feminine voice
\ - he only killed eleven thRt Iknow Of.
y / thought one for every two years OF hi
= life was nearly enough.
Q Some hitch having occurred in regAr
8 TO the reward Garrett expected 10 e
Q from the Territorial authorities, the pee
pie OF all the cities and towns IN th
; Territory have gone 10 work 10 raise
o subscription for him, aud Las Vegs
!, alone has already made up a purse {
l. el,200 In gold II other places do
IS much In proportion, the fund wi
D. amount to a good many thousands.