New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-03-11
ENEMY OF BAD men.
Exploits of Pat Garrett, Slayer
of ''RiIly the Kid"

of ''Rillv the Kid"
SKILLED REVOLVER SHOT.
! How Hunter of Notorious Outlaws,
Z Who Recently Died With His Boots
on, Disposed of Horse Thief-Way
"the Kid" Was Killed.
Patrick Il. Garrett the former sheriff
of Dona Ana county. in Texas. who
was recently shot and killed by j.
Wayne Brazle. a youthful ranchman.
one of his tenants. near Las Cruces,
N. NJ, in a dispute over ranch lease.
won popular fame in 1880 when he put
to an end the bloody career of "Billy
the Kid" the tWenty-one-ye ban
dit, who had killed twenty-one men
Just to see them kick For two years
or more 1.-The Kid had been the terror
of New Mexico with his thieving. ma
| rauding and his frequently recurring
man killings He had met all corners,
and they were easy. but he hadn't met
Pat Garrett. When he did, he erred.
Garrett had first come into notice rs
foe of bad men, in New Mexico
about two years before he finally hunt
ed down and killed the notorious Kid
and he was anything except a green
man at the game of fighting desperate
~ in q Ia uyha fho nl;y 80 I,
reer came. Along about 1878, when
Garrett was first made sheriff of Lin
coin county, largely through the infu-
ence of General Lew Wallace, then
governor of New Mexico, no one knew
much about the young officer or OF his
mode Of handling gun, says the Kan
sas City Star. One day. friendly des-
appearance, took him aside for bit of
counsel and advised him to go back to
Texas. where there were lucid inter-
walls Of peace sometimes.
This country Is too warm for the
like O. you urged the desperate.
land you'll not last through the sum-
mer." @@ SO a1-
Thanks" drawled Pat Garrett. 81
can stand considerable heat. and
guess I'll stay"
It was said Of Garrett that he could
pull and shoot in about the time it
takes fly to get from under the hand
that tries to catch it, and it seems to
have been literally true.
Garrett gave the first demonstration
Of his skill with the revolver for the
benefit of a western gentleman indulg-
ing in little western saloon merri-
ment. The gentleman. one Greenfelt.
with weakness for other mems
horses, was amusing himself in sa-
loon making couple of men dance by
shooting at their feet. A third, whose
terpsichorean skill or bashfulness had
met the disapproval of the horse thief.
lay On the floor with bullet incon-
yeniently concealed in his person when
Pat Garrett casually dropped in.
'Three hands aroundr whooped the
horse thief, shifting his pistol toward
Garrett, and almost on the last word
he lunged forward on his face with
bullet through bis heart The last
sound be heard in this world was Gar
retts drawling comment
you're poor caller.''
Garrett had q number Of other adj
ventures before he finally came to the
point in his life where "Billy the Kid"
demanded his attention. But that time
finally came. The bandit had just been
out on one Of his usual forays, which
terminated in saloon brawl and the
ruthless killing of man. 1t was the
outlaws twenty-frst victim and his
last
When Garrett set out for "the KID
he departed on no ordinary mission
even for man used to the capture
and killing of border outlaws. The
bandit was wild and lawless youth.
cunning, brave and dashing and as
clever and fast with gun as any man
that ever trod the west even though
be was only a boy in years. Billy was
both INSCRIPTIONS and cunning, albeit
not without a leaven Of chivalry and
romance. Els adventures had been
numerous. and be was New Mexico's
ucSpeIduO HeIO, UuL 1dEEeTC ulQn nina,
When the plucky sheriff overlook the
bandit. ''the Kid took look at his op-
ponent. whom he knew Immediately by
repute. and decided that it was better
to give up. He was tried and convicted
of murder and sentenced to death. But
the bandit was destined to die in an
other fashion than on the scaffold. Two
careless deputies were outwitted, and
he escaped
A less experienced man would have
gone out in pursuit while the trail was
hot. Not SO Garrett, who knew the
WAYS Of the desperate and willy outlaw
Instead he set out for the Maxwell
ranch, near Carizzoo, in Lincoln coun-
ty, where 1.-The KIDS sweetheart lived
Garrett and his men lay in wait until
they saw man dodge into the house
under cover of the night. Garrett sin