Hutchinson gazette., 1900-12-20

hhuht way NHau Npllhla VIM NtIt tmpD
ed 10 Qrilie wu,h the law and Indulge
am undue fondnHs TOR eXcitemcm
lhrJ Mr., PRt ba.LtJ WAS hot q mar
70 lryCl with, 40 result OF hls un.
cncag aim there was less bloodshed
In the making Of arrests and q prompt,
en- compliance when he demanded o
RurrcpGor--a consunatlon eNnctly 10
Mr. iGb GarrtIlI tNstP, for ne much
prefers clnppiag his quarry INTO jail
70 pullilmg hln IN the grave,
Ihe most sensational and romantic
Incident Of his career was hs capture
Of Billy the Kid, 4 wild and lawless
youth, reckless and dnshlng and nGq
without a leayen of chlyaHy was Billy
the XII, whose exploits Ns Edndb.
were many and ynrous enough 10 MI
u dozen volumes Of Messenger Boys
Delight, Billy ahe Kid was omnJ
present and elIslye--here today ANA
lhere tomorrow, Blily aud The sheriff
knew each other by reputation rs wei,
as any two great men within the sanlt
bounds usually know ,ench other and
Billy avoided the sheriff Ns industr'
ousy as The sheriff sought him. Whcr
Hhey finally did meet, Billy the Kid,
who would have taken chnnce or
shooting any other officer and escap'
ing, was overcome by the snme feeling
the Spanish commander succnmbed H.
when he saw the lnvlnclble Drake
bearing down ON him, lie recognized
the prowesa of his opponent and
found H. no Disgrace Ito surrender
Garrptt brought the youthful bOndli
TO MesllN. whore he WNs tried anG
sentenced 10 be hunged,
Mr., Garrett, who IL not fond of talk
ing "shOp," sometimes tells this story
Of whNt happened;
"Nothing would satisfy the judge
bun fhhit ! should hang him, lie was
sem, down no me and ! put him up
stNlrs in my Office In the court house
shackled, handcuiled and under guard
Before the date for the hanging | was
called away to White Oaks,
81 had hard chase for my prisoner
and III was not without uneas!mess
That | left him. ! put him In charge
of two deputies, Ollinger aud Bell
and ! cautioned the fools not 10 take
an eye of him. however peaceful he
seemed, O,linger laughed mt me, 1nt
said he could turn him loose and here
him Hike goOt,
"Pcrfectly satisfied with themselves
They took chances with him. Ollingei
went TO get drink, and Bell took the
Kid out for un airing shackled Of
course, Coming lack Bell stopped ac
speak to man AND let his prisoner
walk the stones throw ON TO the cour,
house. The Kid hobbled upstuirs
found the gun room-how he did !
never knew, although when n mnn'i
life is nt stake II shOrppns his Wits
helped himself 10 gun and lay In
wait for Bell at the head Of the stairs
He shot him as he came up. Ollingel
ran toward thc court house rs SOON az
he could ON hearing the shot never
noticing the Kid ut an upper window
with u gun lcyeled Ht him, When he
got under the window the Kid called
TO him, Ollnger looked up and the
Kid puI, load of buckshot unto his
breast, Then covering the man Bel
had been talking TO, he made him
come ur and file his shackles oif, and
using the gun again us Il pcrsuader
he made the man saddle horse fol
him 10 get away ON. Only the MD
could have made amy such an escape,
"rhere WIS no use chasing him in
tnat country with The start he had
% waited mdil thought he would
reach his swccthcuw's nt the Max.
we'll ranch house. and got him"
It wis risky business getting him,
for Bllly the Kid knew the ways Of
the territory and was prepared for
amy little surprise, The sheriff con
cealed himself In the room Of thc
sweeikeartls brother at the ranch
house. In the darkness of night Billy
the Kid came I'm, as he expected him
TO, with his pistol ready In his hand
but the sherifr's marvellous speed
with the trigger was too much for
him, and Bllly the Kid ceased TO be
q bandit.
III Pat Garrett is quick ait killing,
he Is not slow at understanding, and
II is with n gentle manllness he speaks
of the boy his duty forced him to kill,
Billy the Kid had notches in his
stick. "But," snys the sheriff, ~ do
not think he was naturally bloodlihirs-
ty. never heA1yl Of him killing Il
mam wWnitonIy, ! always found him
courteous, and TO ladies he was a
model of politeness. lie went the
wrong wNy--that was all there
was to it-but his nerve was un.
equalled, and he was only 81 when he
died"
This is Mr. Pat GarreItt-"the dandy
sheriff of Dona Ana"-the man who
draws n crowd in a hotel lobby when
he goes to FL naso, a crowd that walks
around him and eyes him like The vis-
itors at an art gallery do statue; the
man who is respected and feared by
every lNwbreaker ON the New Mexican
border; the man who rs sick and tired
of man hunting.
Vet he is rhe last man in the world
that "a goggle-cyed tourist would pick
out as a western sheriff, The canny
tourist, indeed, would probably wink
knowingly his most elaborate can't
fool-me wink &c Mr., Pat Garrett were
pointed ont as II person Of distinction
in the western sheriff business, for Mr.
pat Garrett Is not conspicuously TYP
lrhl"