Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-06-06
RILLY THE KID.
rusfian Who Had Killed
4 Your" ,y EIen as Hc Had Years.

BI!I! ,,. ;dolized him. He smoked Gig
end Iley lever drank, and had the phys
HretIe5' IN Apollo, with eyes of a god
iqn9 Oh % as the stars on the darkest night.
flsliLpss. saman he was daring and grace
q Is NJ: w. With his Winchester, or self
ia l.,i NJ Smith & Wessona,, a man who
co.binI missed his aim. The winter of
n 5l5 he spent at Sascaso, on the Can
NV ", ~ liver fE He considered himself
adlaII ,, wronged by the confscation of
eIean;tt and the price set upon his head
bus CA G~', government, while John Chisem,
BY IIl I6o he had lost all, turned cold
i9T , H,je upon him. That soured Billy's
.ilO uns;tion. Advised by his best friends
d'pyj;,ate to old Mexico and turn over
'enr'Hi leaf he swore that he would not,
alen,,nId return to New Mexico and
Vu y.o GOOD his losses in a financial sense.
4 IIa Jid return, and from that time on,
i Dc hand was raised against those who
IlI 'i 'hatraved him, and the authorities.
5 I'' and his party were corralled in a
nT ' III; in Central New Mexico in the win
=. n 1882, by their enemies, and be-
! ,,,5 fill famine brought q council of
All were in favor of surrendering
,,t The kid; but to save their lives, and
Tho promse of fair treatment by their
: .n+ors he surrendered with them. At
.sis time he had killed twenty-five men,
ne for each year of his life; he asserted
hat his conscience was clear and that he
y had not killed any one except in self
jaonsa. After their capture he and his
lends were taken to Las Vegas and
laced on board passenger train of the
santa Fe & Topeka road.
NOT AFRAID OF THE MOB.
There was terrible excitement in the
.,rn and a mob had been formed to
rrcb them. All but Billy of the prison
~ covered under the car seats, filled
Ttb fear; but he, with shackled hands,
\ threw no the car window and laughed in
4 ,bp faces OF his would-be slayers, and told
Ip sheriff that if he would give him
Iark his Winchester he would stand the
whole mob off. The sherif-a cool and
rsryy man-fnalIy told the mob that if
4 thew did not cease, he would strike the
4 dackles from them, give them back their
arms and let the people suffer the conse-
mqnces. He had given his word to his
risoners that he would protect them, and
4 be mob would only reach them over his
+ dead body. At this the crowd withdrew,
and the train took these noted men to
santa Fe, where they were kept in jail
the court convened, and then taken
% Las Cruces, in the valley of Rio
l-lnie, for trial Billy was convicted of
murder and sentenced to be hanged in
lincoln county, and his escort to the gal
lTs was Deputy United States Marshal
b0llinger, and one guard. Owing to
Elr's reputation, United States Marshal
I'm Sherman, Jr., had caused to be
lie special kind of shackles, of steel
:, and Yale locks, and weighing
2 pounds. These were placed on the
-ner. When half of their journey
been traversed, they stopped at a
uh for dinner, Billy being left alone
Ri the guard, while Ollinger crossed
cita to get his dinner. Just what hap
ned will never be known. In some
v or other the Kid got near enough to
guard to crush his skull in with his
ckles, and then to complete his work
the mans revolver and shot hinl
CO. Ollinger, hearing the shots, came
inning back, but Billy met him at the
aor with a gun in his hands that had
cen left there, and saying: "look out for
unrself, Bob" shot him dead. Billy
then gathered up their weapons, forced
the people at the hacienda to cut the
hackles from him, which was done at a
blacksmith shop, and compelled them to
hsso and saddle the finest horse in the
corral The animal was bronco, and
Billy being stifened from his shackles
and captivity, on attempting to mount
vas thrown. He came down on his feet,
however, had the animal caught again,
and the second attempt was a success.
He flew away.
DIDN'T STAY WITH HIM.
Bob Ollinger was one of the nerviest
deputies and best shots in the country,
and was selected as Billy's escort on this
account, and he made his boasts to Billy,
when he started he would stay with
him till he swung him from the gallows.
Billy quietly smiled and remarked,
There's many a slip 'twiXt cup and lip. "
Iwenty-four hours after Billy made his
celebrated escape from the hacienda he
Was met by two men who had been
Prominent in the Lincoln county war, IN
opposition to Billy. Just what occurred
there was never known either, but then
dead bodies were found, pierced with
bullets by the pursuing party that mao
N4a1izei and gone after Billy. But they
never overlook him. For several months
hotlngWas heard of him, and 1T was
supposed that he had gone to South
America Or Mexico. Ii he had, the last
la5i. scene in his eventful life would, II
all Probability, never have been written
Vnthe banks of the Rio Pecos, in one o
Tple most beautiful spots in the valley
I~ Sumner was built. 1t was for
long time an important post, and was a
one period the reservation for the ex
PIo.ts Of Kit Carson and his old comrad'
Ilater, Indian fighter and trapper, Max
FATAL BOWER OF LOVE.
The post, with its magnificent orchards
Vineyards, grand avenues of alameda
D1onwoods) lining its approaches, nm
3uullngs, etc, was finally abandoned o.
,Te government and was purchased D.
Qa&Well, who married wealthy span
~ lady, obtaining by the union posses
Ig1n Of the celebrated Maxwell land grant
rsFe he lived, surrounded by his family
'aS, retainers and vast herds. Ill
5sl leaving widow and several sons an
lighters, the latter being educated an
emphasized, and famous for beauty thu
r13ngs from an admixture of America
\, N C,aStilian blood. The place is no
. ~el Bosque Redonda Ground grove
, rrD Is still owned and occupied by tn
H. Hyng members of the Maxwell fan
@ ~, A few miles below this haciend
E SIilLences the Chisem range. Durln
any 4! sojourn in this valley he We
m ,sn at MaxwelPs, and his handsom
Im,eesttnce, dashing gallantry and complet
Of f@Gsl'ery Of Spanish gave him the entire
tarS ule family circle. One. of the daugl
GrS}W.a was at this time Is years of age, jul