St. Landry democrat., 1881-09-03
s.Billy tie Kid"-Some Of His Exploits.

During the early part of the present
year Deputy Sheriff Pat Garrett, OF
Lincoln County, captured the Kid and
took him. to Meslla, where he was tried
and sent~nced to be hanged in the town
ironed AID under strong guard. Soon
after reashing the town he managed to
knock Deputy Sheriff Bell in the head
with his handouts, and before he could
recover from the stunning effect OF the
blow the.kid seized his pistol and shot
him dead. Deputy United States Mar
shall Robert Ohlinger, hearing the shot,
came ru'tuing, gun in hand, to Bells
assistance The Kid, armed with Bells
shotgun. and pistol, saw Ohlnger COM
jng, ana coolly hailed him with,
.Hello, t;ob"' Ohlinger paused a Sec
ond and it cost him his life; the Kid
poured q charge of buckshot into his
heart, killing him instantly-two muir
ders in half a minute, The young
monster :hen stepped out on the portico
of the old house in which the dead men
had beef, guarding him and detied the
whole tosn. He made one man knock
his irons off, and covering another with
his death dealing shotgun, ordered
him to saddle horse that was standing
in the stseet walked out, mounted and
| galloped out of town in the presence Of
the whola population.
| But susIl a career must have an end,
and Billy the Kid 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 some way
known OILY to himself Garrett learned
that the Kid would probably visit the
/ house of Pete Maxwell, at Fort Sumner,
in Lincoln County, some time during
the night of Thursday. July IA. Shortly
before midnight Garrett went to Max
Well s. ard 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 tae room with Maxwell, he lev
eled his pistols, exclaiming, "Quien es!
| OMEN esq (Who are you? or Who's
THEREBY sBut the delay of asking was
! fatal. Before the words were Off his
lips Pat .Iarrett's bullet was through
his heart. and Billy the Kid the ter
ror of New Mexico, lay gasping, quiv-
ering corpse, while his Likelihood dyed
the dirt door of Pete Maxwell s dark
adobe hrt. Eleven CORY ghosts stood
waiting t, escort him to eternal shades.
In personal appearance the Kid was
anything but desperate or a monster.
He was very small and slender, being
but abous five feet two inches tall, and
weighinezscarcely 12O pounds. He had
a plain bat pleasant face, with thin
sharp features, blue eyes and light
hair. He was calculated to make
friends, 4nd, strange as it may seem,
left manS who sincerely mourned his
death. G'ne of the best men of the
Territory. who though identified with
the opposite faction, knew him well,
said to he this morning: "Do you
know | couldn't help feeling sorry
when | eeard that boy was killed?'
He was q splendid horseman and a
dead shGa, aud at the time of his death
was onlNabout twenty-five years old.
The h3o of the hour in New Mexi-
co now, khe king lion of the Terrific
rial menS gerie, is Patsey Garrett, the
SLAYER ii the Kid. His name is in
everybotzf's mouth. The papers are
full of rs exploits and his praises.
The yer ,hidren in the streets stop
and hon him with curious and adj
miring 81 Pre- as he passes. | met him
yesterdae in Santa Fe, and a milder-
looking, sentler-spoken fellow 1 never
saw. He is about twenty-seven years
old, sixs feet five inches tall. and
of almost willowy slenderness, with
the slight tendency to a stoop in his
position ; that is natural to one
OF his buad. His complexion, naturally
fair, is srla-tanned to ruddy brown.
His eyes 1re greyish brown and keen as
an eagle4, and his hair and slight mus
tache araof light brown tint scarcely
deeper taan golden. His voice is as
soft as a woman's, and he rarely uses it
to talk Of himself. He spoke very kind"
ly of the Kid, and, having occasion, in
reply to & question, to allude to the ex-
plot WHICH has made him famous, SIM
ply remarked: ''He was taken the
night OF she fourteenth of this month"
| asked lsm if the Kid had really killed
as many aen as the papers report, from
nlHeIeeif 10 GWeHIy -SlA NO, TIC Ln~
swered, III his musical, feminine voice,
che onl KILLED eleven that know Of"
though one for every two years of his
life was yearly enough.
Some L:tch having occurred in regard
to the vard Garrett expected to get
from the erritorial authorities, the peo-
pie of the cities and towns in the
Territora Gave gone to work to raise a
subscription for him, and Las Vegas
alone hassalready made up purse OF
81, POO if gold. If other places do as
much ins proportion, the fund will
amount = a good many Thousands