The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-08
A MAN FROM DODGE.
WHAT HE REMEMBERS OF THE
WAYS OF "BlLLY THE KIDD

WAYS OF "8ILLY THE KID"
The Quickest Man with Weapon in the
Whole Southwest Was the Innocent
Looking Dare Devil the Kid-Hs Never
Missed.
There was a look of great disgust on the
face of the man from Dodge the other day
when the reporter saw him, and he appeared
to be detected as well. al hev ben figurin on
goin' back to Dodge" said he, "but that
scheme is busted; see by the telegraph items
in the newspapers that the Sloons is all closed
down there, and what is life wuth Twin fur
whur the s'loons is all shet upl But that
wasn't what was goin' to talk about was
Eeadin' bout fellers that was handy with the
gun an how fast they could fan the hammer.
There was something about Pat CARROTS
KILN Billy the Kid Now 1t happened that
was down that way when the Kid was killed
an know somethin' about it, an know, too.
shat Pat didn't give him a square show feS
his life. But then he'd a been a fool if hs
had, cause Billy could outshoOt any man In
New Mexico. The Kid was, an no mistake,
a holy terror. He was one of those strange
things you CONS across oncet in lifetime,
an while he was as smooth an pleasant lit.
tie Teller as yer could wish to 'socate with,
ne filed a Teller with sort o awe-I think
that's the word. lie was like a snake a
shinin in the sun, so slick an so handsome, an
yet his touch meant death. He was slim an
light haired, an blue eyed, an his face was
sort o pale; his upper teeth stack out little
bit, an that made him look more innocent
than ever. You somehow amt afeared of q
fellow whose teeth sticks out in front, He
didn't weigh very much more than lS0
pounds, an he was n pleasant companion; his
eyes was rather pleasant until he got mad,
an then they shot fire.
81 seen Billy kill two men, an he did the
Job up clean. They never kicked, an they
bad their lights put out in great shape. They
was cowboys, an they swore they'd kill the
Kid cause they'd heard so much about him.
That time ut least the Kid wasn't to blame.
He hadn't killed no relatives of their'n. 1t
wasn't very fur FIN SocOrro, which wasn't
much more'n a village then, an we was in
camp when the Kid an another fellow come
NJ. Now we wasn't Overglad TO see Billy
cause he had a hard name; they said he'd kill
a man if he didn't happen to be stuck on the
color o bis hair an sich like. But we wasn't
goin' to let ON. That little devil was so sweet
on us that you'd thought butter would
been safe in his mouth, an that made MS
more uneasy than ever, though there was ten
90 us an only two o 'em, the Kid an the fell
Ter with him. Well, as l was sayin', we was
eattn' dinner, or supper, fer it was after sun
down, when two feIleTs rode up. The Kid
had seen em, but he never let on an kept on
eatin' as material as if there wasn't nobody in
hundred miles that was goin' to hurt him.
THEY LET LOOSE.
"When the strangers got near enough TO seq
the faces o the fellers eatin', one o 'em said,
There he is an without more sayin' they let
loose. never saw anybody skin around so
lively as the Kid did; he skipped six or eight
1,.N
seen fellers do the same way when they had
bullet straight through the heart; but Billy
he WASH teched. The fellerS on horseback
let loose twicet an then Billy he up with his
gun-he had one o. the purtiest Winchesters
you ever laid your eyes Oman fired twicet.
1t was a bullet for each man an he brought
EN- both, each one through the heart Bllly's
gardner didn't seem 'ticularly nervous; he
at eatin' his supper all the time, an seemed
% think that the Kid could take care o him
self When Billy had killed the felers he sat
down agin an finished his supper an then
rode away. AS he an his pal was goin' Billy
says to us: I'm in hurry, or I'd help you
bury those ducks We never found out who
they was, an we buried them then an theirs,
an then went on some distance an camped
fer the night. We wasn't goin' to sleep 80
near two dead men.
"BiHy was a mighty queer lad; never
thought o nothln' 'cepG klIlln's Inc only
thing to do was to kill him. 1t wasn't no use
TO put him in jail, for he'd break out an the
feIlers that put him there would have to
hustle around lively after that to keep out
the way o. bein' killed themselves. The thor
tiles captured him mOre'n once, but he allus
managed to get away, an each time he killed
somebody. Once he killed two deputy sher-
ifs who had him in charge by takin' the gun
Of one Of 'em away, an when the Kid got his
fingers anywhere near a gun there was bound
20 be a dead man not fur away. There
wasn't no man in New Mexico who could
sacOt agin him with either pistol or Win
chester, an he never missed. Talk about
Sannin' the hammeri Well, he ,ould jest
make pistol talk, an when he was around
all the boys sung small, tell ye. wasn't
sorry TO hear that he was killed; fact is,
thought Billy had sort o. grievance agin
me, an was loolziH- out sharp that he didn't
plug q hole in my carcass. Billy was thief
an outlaw, but he was a sandy lad an a
terror I'm wayback. I don't believe ths man
lived in New Mexico what wouldn't say chat
ne felt queer about his breastbOne when Billy
was In town Rn' filed up more or less with
border Co''Sae. "-Chicago TTibHSR-