Hutchinson gazette., 1900-12-20
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$ FyUOKY PAT GARRETT.

ico rs about no 20 lhho VeWFV' NV
most lIGercstIng and exciting Official
career in ihc ,eryt,ry Is about 10
some 70 an end,
Mr. pIs Gurc5t, "the dandy sheriff
OF Donu Ana is Determined 10 reurc
from ONCE,
The man who put and end to that
youthfm terror on the southwest Bllly
rbe Md, doesn't wAmt to be sherlll
any mere.
lie is W the heyday Of his fame and
power and popUOrNy, ana III Ihe
prime OF dte, ana he has declined "
be cnmdndalr for reelection tins fnll'
He reiuies TO run for the oillce, al'
though his run wound he IN lhv
MIXTURE of wnlk-oycr were he wlllng
10 serve another term,
Ills rcfusnl TO be a candidate under
such conditions Is only one OF tue
many reasons why Mr. Pan Garrett n
the mCst interesting figure ON the
southwestern border--in region ol
intereu1ag figures
There are OIhers. For instance;
He captured lillly the Kid nlivei
and BlIIy the Kid escaping from
less astute keepers, he again handed
him over to the law, dend-to make
sure of him.
In the twenty odd years he has been
a peacc officer, he has tI0lled and
captured and dropped more, ano
more desperaten outlaws hnh any
other one man In New Mexico.
He hals i'm consequence had more
hnirbr,adth Cand h0lr-rIslng) escapes
from being dropped"
From the Sltnked plnlns no the re-
motcsll mountain fasbno'Ses he has
mnde his nume cold terror 90 Inc
oltlaws of the southern bOrIer-ln'
dian, MeNIc2n and whooplng whAie
man,
lie Is responsible for The peace and
comparative absence of oulllWrS In
southern New McNicO--where person
al prejudice was wont 10 be ms deadly
aus bubonlc plague.
lie has discouraged almost TO eN'
tincuon the bad man" Of the from
lier.
And now 1.-THE dandy sheriff Of
Donn ANA" Is tried Of sheriiling.
lie has had enough of dropping
Iugdtlyes in their tracks.
lie Is heartily sick Of mon-huniing
Having secured peace and quiet FOL
hlis section of the temdlory lc
Ithe checking Of that frivolous cowboy
pasltlme Of shooting up the town
he seeks peace and quiet for himself
by Retiring to private life, But retire
determlnedly as he will from public
life, he cam mot n'dtlrc from the inter-
est Of the public.
He has too striking, too unusual d
personality for THAI; he has lived toe
vivid life.
His great virtue MS II sheriff lies In
Ghe fact that he draws the quickest
bead i'm the southwcsJ"-which Is
probably the reason why he has lived
lbo decHlne nomination.
He is rhe quletest, sortcst-Spcaking
man IN the Herrlory the dead
Hest shot
lie has never boaatcd- and he has
never illnchCd.
When he was young and green aI
lhe business which he began In lin
coin county and his manner of hand
hing u gun was not yet known he was
tenderly taken nsile by friendly
desperate (who was not wanted al
the momcn) and advised to resign
and escape to Texas, where peace and
quiet regned ut least Nt intervals,
"rhis country Is too warm for the
like o. you," urged the desperado
''and you'll not last through the sum
mer."
"ThanlVs," drawled Mr., Pat Garrett
II can stand considerable heat an
guess I'll Stay
Mr.. Pat Garrett has his own pecu
har method of handling gun admir-
ably suited to u county where when
you need gun you need 1t quick. II
Is simple method, according to am
admil'lng friend who says
"Pat's the most sudden man with
m siXshooter that you ever saw. He
can pull hls gum qlIickern fly will
move when YOU take swat at 1t,
He never takes aim when he shoots,
He doesn't waste his time that way
He just shoots and his bullets go
where he wants them to-"
MIR. Pat Garrett gave the first de-
monslraIiGon Of his skill with the pls.
Sol for the benefit Of Il western gen
tleman mdulging In Il little western
Saloon merrlmmIl. The gentleman
one Greenfelt, with II weakness for
other folks horseS-wus amusing
himself In saloon making n couple
of men dance by shooting MT their
feet. A third, whose terpsichorenn
slill or ba,hfulness had met the dis
approval of the horse thief. lay on the
floor with Il bullet inconveniently con-
.cealed about his person, when Mr..
Garrett casually dropped in,
'''rhree hands round" whooped the
merry horesthlef, shifting his pistol
toward Garrett, and almost on the
last word lunged forward with Bul-
let through his heart, The last sound
he heard In this world was Mr.. Gar
rett's drawing comment:
you're poor caller"
Mr.. paIt Garrett further convinced
the border folks that he was ait home
Gn their "warm" country by interrupt
ing Nhe flight of three Mexican band.
it's ait Las nablas. While on their
trail they umbushpd him. He droD-