Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-07-25
FAMOUS BILLY THE KID.
A cowBoUs STORY or THE IN
NocENT LOOKING DESPERATE.

Pat Garrett Got the Drop on Him.
A feller was askin' this mornin' If
ever met Billy the Kid. Well, should
snickerl / was down that way when the
Kid was killed by Pat Garrett, an know
all about it; an know. too, that Pat
didn't give him q square show for his
life. OF course, he'd been a fool IL he
had, cause Billy handled the shootin'
irons better than any man In New Mexi-
co. The Kid was, an no mistake, holy
terror. he was as smooth an pleasant
lookin' little feller as you could wish
to 'sociate with, but he was like snake
shinin' in the sun, so slick an shinin'.
but death was in his touch. He was
slim, an light haired, an blue eyed. an
his upper teeth stuck out in front an
made him look more innocent than ever
He was a pleasant kind o. feller until he
got mad, an then the dust used to fly
Jest trifle. seen Billy kill two men at
White Oaks, an he did the job up clean.
They never kicked.
THEY LoosENED ONE BRACELET.
was in Santa Fe when Bob Ollinger
and Jim Bell brought Bill in after he'd
bin arrested. He nearly dug out O Jail
there, but they were too slick for him,
an they TUX him for trial to Mesilla.
The principal witness agin him was
feller as owed him an old grudge, an SO
Billy got it hot. The necktie party was
to be held at Lincoln, an when Bob
Ollinger an Jim Bell TUX him there they
put him in an up stairs room next where
the deputies KEEP their guns an things.
They knew Billy was smart an always
one O. them KEEP in the room with him.
The mornin' after they got to Lincoln
Billy asked the deputies for old times
sake to loose one of the bracelets he had
on, an as Bob, an Jim, too, had known
Billy for a long time, they thought they
couldn't refuse a request like that, so
they loosened one bracelet an left it
danglin' by the other wrist
At dinner time Bob said he was goin'
over the way to get somethin' to eat, an
Jim, he was left with Billy. The Kid
was draggin' his leg irons with him as
he walked about, an Jim Bell was read
in, but lifted his eyes every time the
Kid come close to him. All the same,
Billy got his work in in great shape, for
he watched his chance an buried the
loose handcuff in the skull of the dep
uty. To make no mistake, he pulled
Jim's gun rom his boot an started
pumpin' lead into him at great rate.
At the first shot Bob Ollinger jumped
from the. table where he was eatin' an
said: my God! there's Billy tryin' to
git, and Jim's shot him!" He rushed
out an across the street an was just
skippin' up the stairs when he seed Billy
standin' at the top p'intin' Winchester
at him. Next mint Bob dropped, done
up in real good style with bullet
through his head. Billy never did no
bunglin' work; it was always done slick
and neat.
OF course big crowd got around, but
they wusn't all agin Billy. An when he
got the drop on feller an told him to
come up an file his irons of, why he did
it. When he got free he Sode out O Lin
coin. an nary a man dalst try to stop
him. Pat Garrett wasnt there then, but
when he heard, didn't he cuss? Parties
made out to catch Billy, but he got down
to the Panhandle, an after things had
toned down he came up into New, Mexico
agin. Billy had been goin' it purity
strong in Lincoln county and no mis-
take. In the tusslin' back an forrard
his gang got purity well cleaned out, an
Pat Garrett swore he'd get even with
him.
EVERYBODY BREATHED FREER.
Billy had taken fancy to the pretty
daughter O small ranchman, an she
was sort O. fascinated with him, but the
old man wasn't pleased. He knowed
Billy'd Jest take her away with him
when he went, an if the old man kicked
he'd get killed, that's all. Billy wasn't
perticlar; he'd just as soon kill one man
as another. The old man was in bad
fix, when, as luck would have it. Pat
Garrett he come along and said he was
lookin' fer Billy. Now, Billy was keepin'
shady at young Maxwell's place, an the
old man put Pat on his trail. Pat got
there oil right, an seein' no one around
he went inside an found Maxwell in bed
He denied that Billy was aroun', but
when Pat got the drop on him an swore
he'd shoot him If he didn't talk straight,
he confessed that Billy had just gone
to the outhouse to get some steak for
cookin'.
Pat had just time to drop behind the
bed where young Maxwell was lyin',
when in come Billy with his knife in one
hand and his gun in the other. The Kid
was 'spicious, however, as if he'd smelled
somethin' was wrong. Comm from the
blindin' sun into the 'dobe house he
couldn't see well, but when he entered
he asked: Quien sabe? He was jest say
in the words when Pat put two bullets
into him before anybody could wink
twice.
He hated Pat like pizen, an if he'd any
idea that Pat was armed, you bet he'd
never taken chances, for he was like an
Indian, an Jest as treacherous. He'd
play up to man an make him think he
was his friend, an. when he got him of
his guard he' kill him. He was mighty
queer lad: whenever he got his fingers
near gun there was bound to be dead
man not far away. Why, he could jest
make a pistol talk, an when he was
around all the boys sung low. didn't
pine much when ! heard he was killed;