The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1889-12-07
BILLY THE KID.
A Cowboys Story of the Innocent
Looking Desperate.
He Had Pretty Blue Eyes, but He Was a
Holy Terror. All the Same Recital OF
One Of His Most Daring DeedS-How
Pat Garrett Got the Drop ON Him.

hoiN IerF1r. All the Sane-RPcital o.
One Of His Most Daring Deeds-How
Pat Garrett Got the Drop ON Him.
Teller was askin this mornin' if
ever met BIZ the I'D Well. should
anicker | Was down That way when the
Kid ~.s killed by Pat Garrett. an know
all about it; an know. too, that Pat
didn't give him square show for his
life OF course, he'd been a fool if he
had, cause Billy handled the shootin
irons better than any man in New Next
co. The Kid was, an no mistake, a holy
error He was as smooth an pleasant
lookin little Teller as you could wish
to sociate with, but he was like snake
shinin' in the sun. so slick an shinin'
3ut 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 Teller until he
got mad, an then the dust used to hy
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
'hcre, bat they were too slick for hipr
an they TUX him for trial t. SSfIesilla
fhe princ'pa witness 4igin him was a
Teller as owed him an old grudse, an so
Billy go- Ii hot The necktie party was
&c De held al Lincoln, an when Bob
Ollin2er an jim Bel 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 Ioosened one bracelet an left it
langin 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 draSgin his leg irons with him as
le walked about, an Jim Bell was read
n, but lifted his eyes every time the
Kid come close to him All the same,
Silly 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
Jims gun from his boot an started
pulnpin 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 himr He rushed
out an across the street an was just
skippn' up the stairs when he seed Billy
standin'ta tat the top p'intin' Winchester
at him. Next mint Bob dropped, done
up in zeal good style with a bullet
through his head. Billy never did no
bung!in 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 Teller an told him to
come up an file his irons off, why he did
it. When he got free he rode out O. Lin
coin, an nary man darst try to stop
aim. Pat Garrett wasn't 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 a 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 a bad
fix. when as luck would have it, Pat
Garrett he come along and said he was
looA.n fer Billy Now, Billy was keepin'
shady at young Maxwel's place, an the
old man put Pat on his trail Pat got
there all 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 clubhouse to get some steak for
coU&in
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 it he'd smelled
somethin was wrong Comm from TIE
blindin SUN into the 'dobe house ne
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 a man an maze him think he
was his friend. an when he got him on
his guard he'd kill him. lie was mighty
,,,oor lad. tybanavnr he ,rOt his fintrnrS