Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-10

into the piece, with the remark:
There's Just twenty-one buckshot in
each csrtridEe."
What are you loading that gun fort" in
quired the Kid, with suspicious scorn.
I'm loading It for you" said ollinger,
with a rather savage glare. This excited
Bonney's wrath.
you may get It yourself" he retorted.
and then poured forth a current Of south
western vltuperation which almost carried
ollinger Of his feet.
Shooting Begins.
ollinger put the shotgun In a sort Of
locker which was fastened 10 the wall, and
which contained an assortment o. shot
guns. Winchesters and Sharp's rifles for use
when the arm OF justice should stand In
need. He locked 1t UP and told Bell he
would go to dinner and then come back and
relieve him. Bell stlll sat on a stool read
ing a paper. The Kid, whose fury at the
shotgun incident seemed unusual. hastily
made up his mind to bring matters to a
focus. He VAS rather to the rear Of Bell,
whose six-shooter hung carelessly on his
hip. The Kid made up his mind to acquire
1t. That would be a good beginning, and
he hoped for much He cautiously slipped
off his left handcuff, slid of his chair and
started toward Bell Bell heard his leg
locks rattle and realized his danger as IL
a rattlesnake had spoken. He never looked
back, but made a jump like an antelope
toward the stairs. The Kid was even
quicker. He rushed upon Bell and sue
ceeded In grasping his six-shooter and, taxi
ing It from the scabbard, and as Bell fed
down the stairs he shot him twice, and Bell
curled up on the landing at the bottom very
successfully killed.
OF course the town heard the shooting,
and naturally Ollinger started for the scene
on a run. The citizens generally stood
hands of. The Kid had many friends who,
while not saying much and taking no APP
parent side, would still readily haye re-
sented any attempt to interfere with him
on the part Of anybody not an accredited
officer Of the law. It was the sheriff's bus
iness to take BILLY the Kid That his
friends all conceded.
The Kid had killed Bell and he knew that
Ollinger was Oh the run for the scene OF
action and he made up his mind to kill him
with that villain OF a shotgun which had
been loaded only a few minutes before, as
Ollinger said, for him. He tore open the
locker, got the gun Just in time to appear
at a side window and observe oninger
drawing toward the door to come in. The
Kid hailed him:
Say, o%llinger!"
The deputy sheriff looked up and with
out a word the Kid gave him both barrels
plumb in the face and breast. olllnger
i fell dead, and then the Kids rage broke out
again like a volcano. With a tremendous
effort he broke the gun in two across his
knee and from the window hurled stock
and barrels at ollinger.
"IIl teach this son of e thief" said the
Kid, ito load shotguns for me-"
CheeFed Ont of Town.
He then picked up aIwinchester, worked
II once to make sure that 1t was loaded,
belted on some fifty cartridges. took his pls-
tol and appeared in the front porch Of the
building, and being on the second story, It
gave him a proud outlook over the street.
Probably 200 people were there. Some, no
doubt. we're anxious to recapture the Kid.
Others were not. No one cared to mingle
with him, armed as he was and in his mood
Of blood. Without wasting much time, the
Kid suddenly presented his Winchester at
the clerk Of the court, whom he sighted in
the throng. He ordered him to stand still
or be shot. He then gave the citizens a
mandate to send a blacksmith up to file
his irons of. II 1t we're not done at once
he would shoot the clerk. The blacksmith
appeared and the irons were fled of. When
free the Kfd signalized 1t by dancing a
small Jig. He then demanded that his pony
be brought out and saddled. This was
done.
As has been stated several times, there
were plenty of men in the crowd who were
more than willing to assist in the Kids
escape, SO that his demands for a black
smith and for his pony were probably more
quickly complied with than otherwise would
have been the case. He anne down
mounted. In the foolish bravado Of his ma
ture he began squirting the horse about and
exciting him In various cowboy fashions
and the restless beast, which hadn't found
any employment lately, bucked Bonney of
He at once got up and hunted the clerh
with his winchester. for it seems this fool
hardy oficiaI was still standing around, and
I insisted that he would either have his pony
caught for him OF send the aforesaid clerl
on the long trail. The pony was caught
and this time the Kid rode away. AS hi
got to a point in the trail where a point o
rocks was going to hide him from furtheI
) sight he turned, waved his sombrero anC
yelled:
, Three cheers for Billy the Kid"
: He then gave three cheers himself will
great gusto. nobody joining.
, When Garrett got back he at once Sc
{ about the Kids capture. There was severa
5 thousand dollars reward on the man, dea'
. or alive, and another thing, CARROTS prid
: was involved as sheriff OF Lincoln county
= He could not AFFORD to stand Billy's escape
Tracked to His Lair.
v The Kid had a love affair Of rather
: loose and irregular sort. but strong enougI
A to lead him straight to the object Of hi
: affections. There was a fellow in NeN
q Mexico by the name of Pete Maxwell. Thi
= Maxwell was half rancher and half thiei
Bonney's inamorata was the half-bree
A daughter OF Maxwell by a Mexican wife an
II was for Pete Maxwelrs ranch the XII
"A started when he found himself free. Some
a how Garrett knew which way the Kid wa
" pointing.
% Garrett had seven or eight people wit
him. They went straight to Maxwell
u ranch. which was a dirty little 'dobe ana
"a In the Lincoln county hills. 1t was nightfa
when they got there-a moonlight nigh
m They were two or three days behind III
"a Kid. Garrett hid his men in a darkaarroy
about forty or fifty rods from Maxwell
house. He was going up TO the ranch honi
alone.
III I'm not back in half an hour" sal
Garrett, come up. II you hear shootin
= eome and come a-running."
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