Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1901-12-21
BILLY The KID"
A Washington, D, c., Paper Tells Of
Pat Garrett and HIS Chase
WIS ENGAGING PERSONALITY

From WASHINGTON Times. Dec. y.
a remarkable looking man attracted
the attention of people In the lobby of
the ShOrChum last evening. 5tanding
D feet inches high, straight and slou
der Of huild-with not an ounce 0f
aupcrfuoua nesh on a frame which ma.
turc nodded for strength aud ondur.
nncc. and aquilinc nose and steel grey
cyoa-iormcr sncrih Patrick y. Gar.
rott. of Las Cruces n NJ. u of typo
of man who never fails TO excite public
interest
with this attractive personality Ia a
history which every boy in the south.
western country knows by heart Tie
has had much 20 do with tough men,
and but for the fact that he possesses
cool courage cuualinR their own deH.
pofate rccklcssncas. and n skill with
the Winchester ana siX.shootcr no
whit inferior 90 theirs. Sheriff Garrett
would not be waiNing the streets Of
Washington today.
LONG SEARCH FOR MAN.Ku.LER.
Like all really brave men, the slayer
Of the noted despcradO. BILLY the
| Kid diHlikes talking about himself
and his achievements II is now Just
twenty years since Garrett. after three
months OF tircloss search over the
prairios OF New Mexico anu Texas,
/ iinally sent the fugitive KID to his
| long account The story has been told
| q thousand times. and much tnat rs
sensational and false has been written
about a.
Tho Kid" was credited with having
/ taken the lives of twcnty-sly men. In
/ reality he had slain hut sixteen. inCiud
ing the two guards. Allinger and Bell
! who had charge OF him after he had
been tried and sentenced TO death In
New Mexico Prior 10 this he had been
a participant In the famous Lincoln
county war between rival cattlcmen
and dlsdaiucd the pardon offered hin
when Gov Lew Wallace granted gen
eral amnesty at the finale OF that fear
ul dcGth.marked fcud. When IN,
KID" escaped. after the dual killing
Garrett went on his trail and caught
him az an isolated ranch on the Pecos
lHlS LtrE OR THAT OF DESPERAD
II was Midnight when che Kid en-
tered the room whore Garrett sat ~
tho bedside of the owner Of the place
The moonlight tell upon the face o
the denpcrado. but the sheril form
was In shadow. lie silently drew hi
Colts navy six.shooter. In an instan
| Billy called cut In spanish, Who u
~ and commenced 20 hack out OF IN
apartment. at the same time drawin
his own weapon, net knowing whethe
the unknown man whom he saw hu
dimly was friend or foe. Garrett kne'
that the time for action had come
, realizing that u the man-alaycr ma
/ but the slightest suspicion OF his idot
, tity II would be a duel to the death
/, There was but one shot Il came tror
CARROTS gun. and the kid fell. ston
, dead. az the threshold Of the httl
/ 'dohc" hut
CANDIDATE FOR COLLECTOR.
AZ the shoreham In company wit
ex sheriff Garrett. are Mcssrs. Fran
A. Huhbell and Albert y. Fall, prom
nont citizens OF New Mexico. The
have come 10 Washington TO tell IN
president that for the vacant office
collector Of customs at III Paso no he
: ter or trucr man could be selected tina
Mr.. Garrett. and that the people
New Mexico would be glad 10 see hii
| thus houarpd