Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-11


on the lonely mesa at midnight was
carried out to the letter. BILLY the
Kid was seized the following morn.
ing and confined In the Lincoln county
Jail.
BILLY" though at his own request
kept in irons, did not remain long con.
fined. One morning the guards led
him to breakfast. Returning. the des.
, peTadO drawled. In the feminine voice
that was a part and parcel Of his char.
aCter:
Boys. I'm tired. Tell the Governor
I'm tired"
The menacles slipped like magic
from his wrists The guards stood
stupeAed and "BIily the Kid" laughing
mocMngly. walked leisurely from the
Jail yard through the gate and across
the street Easily. gracefully he threw
himself into the saddle on the back Of
a horse standing near at hand and.
putting the spurs to the animal. dash.
ed away. BILLY was gone He had
not escaped in the night. He had
walked away in the broad light Of day,
= with his guards. heavily armed, stand.
ing about him.
| They were not In collision with the
desperate; General Wallace satisfied
himself of that fact. But how account
for Billy's escape? Hypnotism, some
say hypnOtism, or that strange some
thing that lurked In the depth Of the
steel.gray eyes.
The desperado's freedom. however
was not long lived. He was arrested
shortly afterward for a series of muir.
ders and brought again to the Lincoln
county Jail. Patrick Garrett was
sheriff; he was probably the one man
in New Mexico who did not fear billy
the Kid" He was his match In every
respect-as calm, as desperate, as
certain.
Perhaps BILLY" knew this; at any
, rate, he must have considered himself
, in desperate straits. He sent for Gen.
eral Wallace. The general refused 20
respond. Then the outlaw sent him
note. The note read:
Come to the Jail; have some pa.
, pers you would not want to see dis.
, played
81 knew what he meant" says Cen.
eral Wallace. He referred TO the
note he received from me and in re-.
, Spouse to which he appeared at the
A hut on the mesa. He was threatening
; to publish 1t ii | refused TO see him"
S In the end the desperate was con-
a victed and sentenced to be hanged.
:. When the sentence was read he stood
n before the trial judge and said:
/. Judge. that doesn't worry me a bit.
;. Billy the Kid was not born to be
n hung"
e He was a thorough fatallst. He be
{. lieyed he bore a charmed life. He be
IS lieved he would not die until his time
70 came" and then death was inevitable
NJ From the courtroom BILLY" was led
n back to the Jail. Nine men were put
d on guard. and he was never allowed a
e moment from the sight OF one of them
,r On the day before that set for the exc
cution one man sat in front Of BILLY
while he ate his dinner During the
= meal the guard forgot himself and sud
:, denly stopped. "Billy's" quick eyes
% leap he sprang upon the bending
y. man and dashed his brains out with
y his handouts. He seized the dead
., guards revolver and, his steelgray
= eyes cleaning. he walked forward de
=, liberately and routed all the Other
. guards, who ran to the assistance Of
their comrades.
Once more BILLY the Kid" escaped
= in the full light of day through the
: doors of the Jail He forced a black
4, smith to break the manacle chains
;" seized a good horse that stood near b!
and rode away.
He called back as he spurred tn,
animal into a gallop:
D Tell the Judge that | said Billy
the Kid was not born to be hung.
But BILLY" had forgotten one thing
he had not reckoned with the charaC
ter of the man who was sheriff of III,
county. Garrett shut his teeth hard
like man who is determined to aC
complish his purpose no matter tn
obstacles presenting themselves, II
set out to take BILLY the Kid" dea
or alive.
Garrett received information tina
BILLY" had gone back to an old fort Il
the mountains to see his sweetheart
Garrett followed. He lay In wait in III
dooryard OF the house OF "Billy's
love, and finally his vigil was reward
ed when he saw the door open an
a man step ont into the white light q
the moon.
He passed out into the night.
Garrett crept 10 the door and passe
In. He covered the girls father wit
his gun.
Not a word" he said, and slid b.
hind the headboard OF the bed.
The door opened again and "Bill
the Kid entered. He seemed to seer
danger as a camel scents rain; II
stinct taught him that something wa
wrong. He cried TO the covering oil
man in Spanish;
Who's here?" he asked who
hcre?"
Garrett raised his revolver; tw
shots rang out on the quiet air and th
room filled with smoke. A form 10