The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-12-16

perauO among a nerd Of tame steers and bO-
gus Indians. bIt without ANY blazuury Of
humbug and embroidery Of fiction hi. his
Tory eclipses all the dime romauces Of bor-
der rufliaui>m and crime.
knew many Of his men and knew Ma.
rion Turner, who long waGcd war against
him, and Pat Garrett. Who Killed him.
His real name was Billy Mccarthy. and
he was born in New York. When he was
a very small boy the family settled in Sil-
Yer City, Grant county, y. NJ. and he was
reared in that place. After the death of
his father his mother married Il man
named Antrim, who was living in George
town, y. NJ, when l was in thar recion
in 1881, and a brother of Billy was Il miner
in the same neighborhood.
When Billy was about fourteen wears
old he was jailed in Silver City for robbing
a store. Being very small for his age. and
having the gentle and innocent look that
ne Wore through all his desperate career.
some ladies took pity on him and assisted
him to escape, which he did by crawling
up through the stOvepipe hole Of the Jail.
His feminine sympathizcrs then furnished
him with clothes and money, and he
skipped over into Arizona. Here. when he
was about sixteen years old. he killed his
first man in The most deliberate and cold
blooded style. Pursuit was not. and he
fed back TO New Mexico and took refuge
among the C~owboy~ol Lincoln cot!uty just
about the time Tin, celebrated "i..ucpln
county war" broke uur.
This war, which ragged FOR Oyer Two
years, according to Marion Turner, vino
was Il conspicuous figure in it. originated
in the determination Of John Chisholm
and his partner. Alex McSwain. to e-tub-
lish a monopoly IL the stock grazing b1si-
ness and make themselvc, what they
claimed TO I've, the cattle kings of the
Pecos valley They drove in so.mU head
Of cattle. The herds Of the smaller ranch
ers Were swept away by the moving ava
lanche OF hoofs and horns. The losers at
tempted to reclaim their animals. Col
li~ious between the hsrderS were of con
-tant occurrence and almost AWAY, ended
in bloodshed. The firm Of Murphy, Doian
" Co, headed the ranchmrn opposed to
Chisholm * McSwain. Both sides Ell
listed all the strength and influence they
could. Chisholm * McSwain hired Billy
the Kid, and his reckless dare drvili>Iu.
his deadly craftsmanship. his skill a. "A
horseman and his delight in murder AT
once made him the lcrdcr Of his faction.
Early in $50 Chisholm had the Kid APP
pointed deputy constable and armed wi;h
a warrant for the arrest, on some trivial
charge, of William Norton and Frank
Baker. herdSrnen in tie employ of Tom
Catron. formerly OF Lafayette county.
Mo, and a partner Of Steve Eikin-, also II
Missourian, but long the New Mexican
delegate in Congress. After arresting
Morton and Baker the Kid declared his
determination 10 kill them. \. man named
McCluskey. who had accompanied him
and assisted in making the arrest. inter-
fered 70 prevent the murder, The Kid
promptly shot him dead in hi, tracks. and
then killed the TWO prisoners near Chis-
holm's ranch. Sheriff Brady ana Deputy
Sheriff George Hindman, OF Lincoln cuun.
y, went ou1 to arrest him for this triple
murder. The KID waylaid them, and firing
upon them from behind the adobe wall
around McSwain's house killed them both.
He now gathered around him n band If
outlaws au4 Gciied the authorities.
In June. 1873. Marion Turner. deputy
sheriff Of Lincoln county, Lad "A warraL.
placed in his hand, for the arrest If the
Kid for the murder Of Morton. Baker. Ne
CIgskev, Brady and HiuGmdn. Turner
organized d posse Of t%hirty-hvc men, prin-
cipally ranChmen and cowboys of the anti
Chisholm faction. and started on his DIES
peratc crraud. On the lith Of June he
anne upon the Kid with siXty-thre men,
n instantly began a running fight that
lasted three days.
Lieutenant Colonel Dudley, OF the Ninth
cavalry, General Uatch's famous darky
regiment, learning that re-cnforcemcnts
were being sent to the Kid, took two com
panies Of his sable troopers and went to
assistance. The Kid and his gang