The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-07
RTI,LY TEE KID
The story of the Death 'eS a
Famous Outlaw
MS BETRAYAL BY A RIVAL
san who Had KILLED as
A Young HeHad YeArs-Pat
Men" oyr msa the PIuoky Sheriff

BLY, idoIized ,hln. He smoked
cigarettes. ','e Of an Apollo, with the eyes OF
phyS phys Fasbing as the stars on the,aark-
goa n+ Asa borsenan he was daring
est n'gn'. - and with his Winchester
AND d7t'oocking Smith & Wesson' -a,man
81 sex Ever missed his aim. fne.~n,el
VINO 1e' Sa spent at Sascas"' on the
OF lSie nc Or He considered him
Ca ,1 ausatIv wronged by thu 7rnflscsaon
sen IL It'll little and the price 1t upon his
' Of n,' Nv the government, while
Iobn Chisem for whom ne .aau
y Jon" al, turned cold shoul-
Io'' non him. That soured Billy 9
aeL o a Advised by his best friends
uiSP ora;grate to old Mexico and turn
~ . new leaf, he swore that he Tor.
owe Init would return to New MeA a;S1
ND Nd make good his losses IN nliAll ILaI
.anu He did return ana rom ina
t;me on. his hand was zaiseo ae5l u.s.
! 'tin who had betrayed MN, ana .the
aI,fborties. He and his party Were COZ
LIED in a ranch in Central rev M ae,a
ico in the winter OF 1857, py theiI ete-
mi n;es and besieged till famine orougn' "a q
council of war. All were ~ ia az coz =.
s lit I;I,os ssd on the promise OF far
men 4 Nv Inv their captors he surrend-
IIe urea 18th them. At this time he had
i Tic twenty-five men, one Tor each
ME- 81 his iite. he asserted that hls
seas,G was clear and that he had
oot tfIed any one except in selt-detense.
la a. heir captrre he and mis- friends
, 1ray taken to Las Vegas and placed on
board passenger Tram VI '-'o : ca -
and Topeka road.
not AFRAID OF THE MOB.
There was terrible excitement IN the
town and mob had been formed to
Inch them. All but Billy of the pris-
one,s covered under the car seats,
filed with fear; but he. with shackled1
hands. threw up the car WINDOW ana
laughed in the faces of his would-be
sIayers. and told the sheriff thath ne
would give him back his winchester ne
would stand the whole mob on; Inc
sheriff-a cool and nervy man-hnally
told the mob that if they did not cease
he would strike the shackles from them,
give them back their arms and let the
people suffer the consequences. He had
given his word to his prisoners that ne
would protect them, and the mob would
only reach them over his dead body. AT
this the crown withdrew, and the train
took these noted men to Santa Re,
where thew were kept in jail till the
court convened, and then taken to Las
C,,,oo,o -, tba uoIIav of Ei0 Grandp
for trial. Billy was convicted for muir
der and sentenced to be hanged in Lin
coin county. and his escort to the gall
lows was Deputy United States Marshall
Bob Ollinger, and one guard. Owing TO
Bllly'S reputation, United States Mar
shall John Sherman, Jr., had caused to
be made special kind of shackles, OF
steel rings, and Yale locks, and weigh
ing thirty pounds. These were placed
on the prisoner. When half of their
Journey had been trayersed, they stop
ped at a ranch for dinner Billy being LETT
alone in the room with the guard, while
0llinger crossed the placitG TO get his
dinner. Just what happened Will never
be known, In some way or other the KID
got near enough to the guard
to crush his skull in with MS
shaekles, and then to complete his word
drew the mans revolver and shot him
twice. Ollinger, hearing the shots came
running back, but Billy met him at the |
door with a gun in his hands that had
been left there and saying: Look out |
for your self, Bob!" shot him dead, |
Billy then gathered up their weapons, |
forced the people at the hacienda to cut |
the shackles from him which was done |
at blacksmith shop, and compelled |
item to lasso and saddle the finest |
horse in the corral. The animal was |
bronco, and Billy icing stiffened from |
his shackles and captivity, on attempt |
ing to mount was thrown. He came |
down on his feet, however, had the |
animal caught again, and the second at |
tempt was success. He few away |
DIDN'T STAY WITH HIM.
Bob 0llinger was one of the neryiest
deputies and best shots in the country,
and was selected as Blly'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 re-
marked: There's many a slip 'twixt |
cup and lip." Twenty-four hours after |
- maui las SCACU4 dlcO 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 their dead bodies were found, |
pierced, with bullets. by the pursuing
party that had organized and gone after
Billy. But they never overlook him. |
FOR several months nothing was heard |
OF him, and twas supposed that he had |
gone 10 south America or Mexico. If |
he had the last tragic scene of his event |
1ul life would, IN all probability. never
nave been written. On the banks of the |
hlo Pecos, in one of the most beautiful
spots in the valley, Fort Sumner was
quilt. 1t was for long time an import |
ant post, and was at one period the re-
sefyation for the exploits of Kit Carson
ana his old comrade hunter, Indian
nshter and trapper, Maxwell.
FATAL BOWER OF LOVE.
The post, with its magnificent Or
chards, vineyards, grand avenes OF
alamedas (cottonwoods) lining its ap-
pIroaches, fine buildings, etc., was finally
abandoned by the government and vas
purchased by Maxwell, who had mar
[ied wealthy Spanish lady, obtaining
ioy the union possession of the cele,
Snrated Maxwell land grant. Here he
HVed, surrounded by his family. peons.
retallerS and voef barJs n, -.