Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-05-26
FAMOUS BILLY TIE KIN.
COWBOYS STORY Of THE ~
"oceNT LOOKING DespeeADo

a teller was askiu this n,or....,,,
ever met Billy the Kid Wen 1t. '.,,
'nicKefi ! was down that way when tho
hio was Killed by Pat Garrett an -,
H. a"'u' IT, an know. too. that Pa,
u,u" give him square show for bis
'he. VI course, he'd been a fool II 8.
iiao' cause Billy handled the shoo,in
IRONS better than any man in New Mexi
20. Inc Kid was. an no mistake hoi.
terror He was as smooth an n,eas,n,
iookin little Teller al you co,,Id ,.i.t,
70 sociate with. but he was like a an.ka
shinin IN the sun. 80 slick an shinir,'
out death was in his touch No ...
sim an light haired. an blue eved On
MS upper teeth stuck out in fron, a.
made him look more innocent thar 60
ne was pleasant kind o Teller until he
g"t mad, an then the dust used To av
Jest tribe | seen Billy kill two men Al
mnite Oaks. an he did the Job up clean
They never kicked
THEY LoosENED ONE BRACELET
was in Santa Fe when Bob Ollin,o,
ana jim Bell brought Bill in after he'd
ON arrested He nearly dug out O iail
there, but they were too slick for him
an they TUX him for trial to MesiIIs
ne principal witness agin him was a
ieller as owed him an old grudge. an an
Billy got it hot The necktie marty waa
70 be held at Lincoln, an when Bob
olilnger an jim Bell TUX him there thew
I put MN IN an up stairs room next where
the deputies KEEP their guns an things
They knew Billy was smart an aIways
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 az Bob, an Jim, too, had known
Billy for long time, they thought they
couldn't refuse a request like that. so
they loosened one bracelet an left if
danglin by the other wrist.
AT dinner time Bob said he was yoin
over the way to get somethin' to eat. an
Jim, he was left with Billy The Kid
was draggin his leg irons with him az
I 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 mis- work in in great shape. for
I he watched his chance an buried the
( loose handcuff in the skull of the dep
/ uty 10 make no mistake, he pulled
/ Jim's gun from his boot an started
( punpin lead into him at a great rate
At the first shot Bob Ollinger jumped
/ from the table where he was eatin' an
said Ny God! there's Billy tryin to
/ git and Jim's shot himr He rushed
! out an across the street an was lust
skippin up the stairs when he seed Billy
standin at tine top pintin Winchester
at him Next mint Bob dropped, done
up in real good style with a bullet
through his head Billy never did no
I bungln work; it was always done slick
I and neat
Of course a 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
I it When he got free he rode out o Lin
+ coin. an nary man darst try to stop
him 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
f Pat Garrett swore he'd get even with
MIN.
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
BLVD lest 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
F Garrett he come along and said he was
lookin 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 seem 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
ne confessed that Billy had just gone
to the clubhouse to get some steak for
cookin
Pat had just time to drop behind the
bed where Young Maxwell was iytn,
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
bIindip sun into the 'dobe house he
coulln't see well, but when he entered
he asked, Quien sabe: he was jest say
I'M the words when Pat put two bullets
into him before anybody could WINK
twice.
He hated Pat like pizen, an ii Ie'd any
idea that Pat was armed, you bet he d
mayer taken chances, for he was Ike an
Indian an lest as treacherous de d
pI,y nm 10 A man an make him think he
was his friend, an when he got nm on
his cuard he kill him. He was mighty
o,,asr lad. whenever he got his fingers
nsar \ gtlp there was bound 10 be dead
man not far away. Why, he could Jest
make a pistol talk, an when he was vas
round all the boys sung low. l dldn
nine much when heard he was killed.
fart is, thought Billy had sometnln
agi'n me. an / was lookin' out sharp lh"'
he didn't plug hole in me'-San iran
cisco Alta.
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