Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-25
THE STORY OF AN OUTLAW,
Murderous Career of Billy the Kid-But
Twenty-One Years of Age and One Of
the Most Noted of speradoes- Shot
Down at Last by Sheriff-His Exciting
&c.

Twenty-Five Years of Age and One of
the Most Noted of D-speradoes- Shot
Down at Last by sheriff-His Exciting
| Life.
Philadelphia Times.
LAS VEGAS, N NJ, July l9.-There is
no doubt about it that "Billyi the Kid"
the notorious bandit, is dead. He was
killed on Saturday by Sheriff Pat Garrett,
of Lincoln county, at Fort Sumner, 100
miles from here. The coroner's jury has
returned verdict of justifiable homicide
coupled with a statement that Pat Gar
rett deserved the thanks Of the whole
community for Kidding the country Of
the desperate. The Kid was a beardlesS
youth, and is said to have been born In
New York, and it is said that his real
name was Mccarthy. His boast was that
he had killed man for every year OF his
age, which is probably true. Sheriff
Garrett receives the reward of $500 from
the Territory and 5000 will be raised
for him by the rejoicing people. The
verdict of justifable homicide IS rather
queer, as the Kid was shot down without
warning. He had been in the neighbor-
hood of Sumner for some days, disguised
as Mexican. Sheriff Garrett got upon
his track and on Saturday night was
waiting for him in the cabin of Pete Max
well, cattle man. Garrett had not been
in the room over twenty minutes when
the Kid entered in his stocking feet, knife
in hand, and ostensibly for the purpose
of buying some meat. He observed Gar
rett's crouching form near the bed, but
before he could ascertain who 1t was Gar
| +ho ho1 fhrOy, nh hn
desperado's heart. A
The Kid has shot number OF men since
his escape from jail, about two months
ago. He was tried and sentenced to be
hanged and taken to Lincoln, near Fort
Stanton, for safe-keeping He gave warn
ing that he would escape. One day he
| feiIed his guard with a blow from his
shackled fists, snatched a revolver and
sent bullet through his heart. Then he
walked across the street to the house
where another guard lived, waited for
him to come up the street and shot him
dead. Then he armed himself with a
Winchester rifle and a lot of re-
volvers, and as the crowd, attracted by
the noise, gathered, scattered peo-
pie right and left. He ordered one
of the men to get horse and file. He
l
filed off the shackles upon one of his legs,
and, not stopping to remove the other,
tied the severed manacle with its chain
to his belt, so that it should not impede
his movements Not man in the crowd
dared draw bead on him, and, saying
, that he did not intend to steal the horse,
and would return it, Billy started out of
town on gallop. Before he had gone
, far the horse "bucked'' and threw him.
He jumped up and at the muzzle Of his
pistol compelled one of the men to catch
his horse, which he remounted and rode
) away. Soon after he went to Fort Sum-
ner, where he had a sweetheart, and dis
guised himself
, Billy the Kid, who has been very great
a | ly feared in this portion of New Mexico,
e in Texas and parts of Colorado for sever
{ al years past, is the desperate concern
ing whom less is known than any other
American outlaw who ever cut Threats,
robbed stage coaches or stole cattle in
, this far western country. Your core
spondent has accidentally made the &C
t quaintance of young gentleman, the
} son of former distinguished member OF
Gen. Sherman's staff, who had a wonder
full experience with the celebrated bandit
whose deeds have been so much heralded
q of late. "
! THE BANDITS APPEARANCE. F
r Billy the Kid was remarkable looking
!. person, and the following is something d
; a description of him at the time of which
| write: He was about twenty, years o.
j, age, small of stature, smeoth-faced
e spare built, with several peculiarities thai
q would distinguish him from equally
: wicked spirits as himself. One OF his
O chief marks was that of extreme cruelty.
l. His lips were thin and his upper hp very
short; two sharp, fierce looking teeth,
much longer than any others in his head
S grew out from under that upper Lii IN an
G extremely cruel and vicious manne'. He
was exceedingly vain, not onE of
0 his position as leader of band
0 of between 200 apd 300 deRera-
D does, but of his personal appear
: ance and his skill with the rif1t In
y the latter specially he perhaps bad a
right to be proud, for it is known that in
all the western country there was not
It such quick and perfect shot as Billy
the Kid" He took delight in showing
c the young man who had so unwitingly
fallen into his hands the nicely with
which everything in his ''castle, las he
i, called his retreat amidst the Loneliness of
5 the New Mexican plains, was arranged.
} And verify, from the description Dc it
f which l received, it must have been a
e wonderfully built place of Defense The
main room was about thirty feet in
diameter and about ten feet high. There
were complete cooking arrangements IN
, one OF the tante-rooms,'' and great
> number of births fixed one above another
on one side of the apartment. In twb 9TH
: er partltioned spaces there were enough
stores packed away to last hundred men
! thirty days. The great spring in the mid
die of the hard floor was of the most
cooling and refreshing nature There
were specimens of nearly all kinds of
pillage to be found in abundance in the
place. - HI
Il ON AN EXPEDITION.
At the time the young man who gives
me these particulars went to the sKid's,
headquarters there were only eleven, or
twelve men cat home.' The rest ofthe
gang were out stealing cattle and at his
other strongholds in different parts Of the
country. Young Duncan noticed that a
close watch was always kept at the loop
holes during the day, and that the men
never were separate from their arms On
inquiry it was made known to him what
has long been apparent to everybody in
New Mexico and parts of Colorado and
Texas, viz, that there are about three
classes of society IN those regions, which
may be thus divided: Followers of bands
of organized horse and cattle thieves,
murderers and bandits, such as Chilly
the KIDD led on to victory; the 'sTexan
b Rangers" or movable vigilance commit
! tees, who have the law of Texas on their
side, but are, in fact, about as great ras-
Gals as those who steal openly. These
Changers" the desperadoes hate with
deadly hate, but they also fear them