Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-12

zFestes, never drank, and had the ply
s7q8e Of 81 Apollo. with the ewes Of q
GOD flashing - the stars on tie darkest
night AZ horsen2n Re was daring
End graceful. and Eith bis Winchester,
OF self cooking Smith & Wessoa. nan
Sho never missed his aim. TIE winter
Of 1873 lie spent az SAsczso. on the O.
usdiau river. He considered himself
greatly Srongsd BY the con6se alton Of
his cattle and the price set 1POn his
bead by the government, while John
Chissm. toe cattle king. Tor whom he
had lost all. turned cold shoulder ]
upon him. fhst soured Billy's dis
position. Advised BY bis best
friends 60 emigrste 10 old Nexi- |
co and turn over a Rev leaf. !
would return to New Mexico aud make I
asod bis losses IN tDauc al sense. He |
did return, and from thai time on his /
hand Ess raised against those who had /
betrayed him. and the AUTHORITIES. De 1
and his party we're eorrslied IN ranch I
in Central New Mexico IN tAe winter of I
lss2, by their enemies. aad besiezei /
TIL famine bFought council o. war 4
All were in favor of surrendering bai |
tie hid; bat TO save their lives, and /
on the promise of fair treatment oy 4
their esptors, he surrendered with thea. /
At this time he bad killed tgeuiy-iSo 1
men, one for each year of his life, but 1
he asserted that his conscience WAS 1
clear. and thai he had not killed any 1
one xeept IN seif-defense. After their 1
capture be and his friends we're taken /
to Las Vegas and placed on board a 1
passenger train of the SAnte Fe and |
Topeka road.
NOT AFRAID Oh TIE MOB.
There Was terrible excitement in the I
town, and a mob bad been formed 20 /
lynch them. AL bnt Billy, of the pris- |
Oners, COW, red under the car seats, iii |
ed with fear: but be. with shackled /
hands, threw up the car window ana /
laughed IN the faces of his wOuld-be |
siayers, and told the sheriff that II be /
would give him back his Winchester be /
would stand the whole mob OF. The l
sherid-a cool and neryy man-tinallS /
told the mob that, as they we're vIoiat-
ing the law, If they did not cease be |
would strike the shackles from the prs /
oners, give them back their arms and |
let the people suffer the cODse-
quences. he had gwen bis word /
20 his prisoners that he would
protect them, and the 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 till
court convened, and then taken TO Las
Cruces, in the valley of the Rio Grande.
for trial. Billy WAS convicted of muir
der and sentenced to be- hanged in LIN
coin county, aid his escort to the cal
lows WAS Deputy United States Mar
shall Bob 0llinger. and one guard Ov-
ing to Billy's reputation, United States
Marshal Jehn Sherman, Jr., mad caused
to be made a special kind of shackles,
Of steele rings, with Yale locks, and
weighing thirty pounds. these were
placed on the prisoner. When half Of
their Journey had been trayersed, they
stopped at u ranch for dinner. Billy
bsing left alone in the room with the
guard, while 0liingcr crossed the
pidcitd 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 crash
his skull in with his shackles, and then,
TO complete his work, drew the mans
revolver and shot him twice. Ollinger,
hearing the shots, came running back,
but Billy met him at the door with a
Ruu III us uhuuH tHlt uhu DccU lcis |
there, and saying, Look out for your
self. Bob !" shot him dead. Billy then
gathered mp their weapons. forced the
people at the hacienda to cut the shao-
kles from him, winch was done at q
blacksmith shop, and compelled then,
to lasso and saddle the finest horse in
the corral. The animal was a wild
bronco, and Billy being stiffened from
his shackles and captivity, on attempt
ing 10 mount, was thrown. He came
down on his feet, however, hsd the ami.
NAL caught again, and the second as
tempt was success. He flew away.
DIDN'T STAY WITH HIM.
Bob Oiliuger was Que of tbs uerviest
deputies aud best shots in the country,
and was selected rs Billy's escort on
this accent, and be made bis boasts TO
Billy, when he started be would "stay
with him" till he swung him from tbs
gallows. Billy quietly smiled and re-
marked, There's many a slip 'twIxt
cup and lip" Twenty four hours after
Billy made his celebrated escape from
the hRoienda he was met by two meu
who had been prominent in the Lincoln
county war, III opposition to Billy. just
what occurred there MAS never
hubHu plk thtaT utdu
bodies were found, pierced With
bullets. by the pursuing party that had
ofeaaized and gone after Billy. But they
never overlook him. For seveIal months
nothing was heard of him, and Il was
that he had gone to South
ADerioa or Mexico. IL he had she last
tragic scene IN his eventual life would,
10 all probability, never have been
written. On tie banks of the Rio Pc
COS, ia one OF the most beautiful spots ,
in the valley, Fort Sumner was built.
IL was for long time an important post,
and Was at one period the reservation
fer the Utes. IL was the scene Of many
OF the exploits of Kit Carson and his :
old comrade hunter, Indian fighter and
trapper. Maxwell.
FATAL BOWER OF LOVE.
The post, with its magnificent or.
chards, vineyards, grand avenues Of
slanedas leottonwoodsl lining its ap-
proaehes, fine buildings, etc, was finally i.
by the Government and was /.
purchased by Maxwell, who had mar !
RED wealthy Spanish lady, obtaining
by the union possession OF the celebra-
ted Max seli land grant. Here he lived. !,
by his family, poems, retain
ers and vast herds. His hospitality was
ooandless. he died leaving widow
and several sons aud daughters. the lat
ter being educated and accomplished.
and famous for the beauty that springs .
from an admixtare OF American and
blood. The place is now !
sailed BOsqae RedondO (round grove },
ana is saul owned and occupied by
he Surviving faembsrs of the
Maxwell family. A few miles
seiow this hacienda commences tbe