Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-03-08

ran down the hall. He was going to
his room for a gun. Just then my
Mexican came in, and, having no SEN
ument about It just whaled away and
shot him in the back, killing him on
the spot. The doctors said, when they
examined the mans body, that he was
the most perfect physical specimen
they had ever seen. / have forgotten
this mans name, too, but can testify
he was fighter. The sheriff offered
me the reward, but would not take
any OF it. | told aim l would be look
ing Tor some one over in his country
some day, and was sure he would do
as much for me-"
Capture Of Billy, the Kid.
1t was at old Fort Sumner, as many
in the southwest may remember, that.
in his first term of Office as sheriff,
Pat Garrett was called on to capture
the notorious young desperate, Billy,
the Kid, then not over twenty years OF
age, but charged with nearly a dozen
murders-most say he killed twenty
one men; Garrett says nine. With
the Kid at their chosen headquarters
about nine miles east of Fort Sumner
were Tom Pickett. one Of the Lincoln
county war fighters; Tom O'FolIiard.
another reckless character charged
with murder; Dave Rudabaugn, no
had killed his TALLER at Las Vegas, and
Charley Bowdre, formerly small
raneher on the Bonito, but OF late
turned killer. Garrett concealed his
deputies in houses at Fl. Sumner and
put out scouts. One day he and some
Of his men were riding eastward OF
the town when they jumped Tom
OFolliard, who was mounted on a
horse that proved too good for them
in chase of several miles. Garrett
/ at last was left alone following
OFolliard. The latter admitted that
he had fired twenty time at Garrett
with his Winchester, but it was hard
| to do good shooting from the saddle
at two or three hundred yards range.
; so neither man was hit.
OFolliard did not learn his lesson.
A few nights later In company with
Tom Pickett, he rode boldly into
town. Warned OF his approach, Gar
rett, with another man was waiting,
hid in the shadow of building AS
O'Folliard rode up ne was ordered to
throw up his hands, but went after
slant was shot through the body.
"You never heard man scream the
way he did," said Garrett. "He drop
ped his gun when he was hit; but We
did not know that, and as we ran up
to catch his horse we ordered him
again to throw up his hands. He
said he couldn't, that he was killed.
We helped him down then and took
him into the house. He died forty
, five minutes later He said it was all
his own fault and that he didn't blame
anybody. I'd have killed Tom Picket
right there, too" concluded Garrett,
! 'but one of ny men shot right past
my face and blinded me for mo
ment, so Pickett got away"
The remainder of the Kids gang
moved out little farther into stone
house ten miles from Fort Sumner,
but this new refuge proved to be .
veritable trap for them. Garrett and
his men surrounded the house just be-
fore dawn. It was Charley Bowdre
who first came out in the morning,
and as he stepped in the doorway mis-
career as a bad man ended, three
bullets passing through his body. The
rest of the gang later surrendered and
were taken to Santa Fe. Here the
officers had their most dangerous ex-
perience, for a mob formed which
stopped the railroad train in the depot
yards, threatened to kill both PRISON
, ers and officers. AS Garrett had ac-
copied the surrender of the prisoners
on the condition that they should all
be taken safely to Santa Fe, he felt
La ~ LoTr
TGive ne a six shooter, Pat" said
BILLY the Kid, 'and il they come into
the car III help you, and ! won't
nurt you, and IL they don't kill me III
go back to my seat when it's over.
You and l can whip the whole of
them" This compact between the
bad man and his captor was actually
made, but at the last moment the
leaders OF the mob weakened and the
tral- pulled out.
The End of William.
Later Billy the Kid was tried at
MesilIa, and condemned to be execut-
ed at Lincoln. A few days before the
day set for his execution he killed
the two deputies, Orrendorf and Bell,
who were guarding him, and broke
back to his old stamping grounds
around Fort Sumner.
81 knew now that 7 would have to
kill the Kid" said Garrett, speaking
reminiscentIy of the old bloody
scenes. Z followed him up to Sum
ner, as you know, with two deputies,
John Poe and Tip Mckinney, and ]
killed him alone in a room up there
in the old Maxwell house."
L..
by. 1t had been only with difficulty
that we located the site of the build
ing where the Kids gang had been
taken prisoners the structure itself
having been torn down and removed
by an adjacent sheep rancher. AS
To old Fort Sumner, once a famous
military post, it offered nothing better
than scene OF desoIations there
being no longer a single human in-
habitant there The old avenue Of
cottonwoods. once four miles long, is
now ragged and unwatered, mad the
great parade ground has gone back
to sand and sage brush. We were
obliged to search for some time be-
fore we could find the site of the
Maxwell house, in which was enacted
the last tragedy in the life of q once
famous bad man. Garrett finally To-
Gated the spot, now only a rough
quadrangle or crumblsd earthen walls.
This is the place" he said, pointing
at one corner of the grass grown OBJ
long corner of the room. and | was
sitting in the dark and talking to
Pete who was in bed. The Kid
passed John Poe and Tip Mckinney,
my deputies, right over there on what
was then the gallery, and came
through the door RICH here. He could
not tell who / was. Pete, he whis-