The Meeker herald., 1910-02-26
AN0TOR|OUS OUTLAW
Fearless "Bab the KID" Nh
Rsveied In Carnage.

Fearless "Baly the KID" No
nsvsisd In Carnage.
ONLY A BOY, YET A TERRIER.
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whsn 0snsral Lew wallace wes
eovernoe Of New Mexico and the ~ar
that rassd for several ysars bstwssn
the rival cattle companies was q ~
hsight BILLY the Kid" bad rssdnsd
the nood Of his murdsrous career. 70
arrived In Lincoln county 10 take 49,
In the cattle warfare. known -
feared in every range town and as-
ing camp In the southwsstsrn sssEa-
tories.
Pure wauton lore Of carnage was ~
that attracted him to Lincoln coua1v.
with the band Of desperadoes b. ~
he raided ranches. shot up" toWoA
killed, burned houses and commattsA
outrage after outrage with the bund
recklessness Of q maniac. Fear Was
extinct within him. He cared NO maee
for detachments Of cavalry than -
did for covering sheriffs. ~
Affairs In New Mexico finally esOe
to such pass that half the cattlsnsU
paid the youthful desperate tributa
It was only after Pat r. 0arre'. was
made sheriff Of Lincoln county and the
author Of "Ben-Hur'' General Wal
lace) urged that fearless gun lighter
and gambler to capture Billy the KID
that q Determined effort was made 70
end his reign Of terror.
The obstacles that Garrett had to ~
counter called for all his headlong en-.
cry and nerve. Billy had the entirs
countryside In q stats Of AFFECT terror;
friends wers ready to give him timely
warning Of pursuit; rauchmen darso
not deny him lodgment Of conceal
ment.
Pat Garrett undertook the capture b
October, 1880. and on Dec. 20 be ~.
rounded the Kid and bis band =
deserted house near Sinking Springs.
After . siege lasting most Of tbs Day
the outlaws ammunition was exhaust
Cd. Billy the Kid surrsndered. He
and his four followers, surrounded b.
q great force Of armed men, wee taken
to Las vegas and thence to Santa Ts
for safe keeping.
An array Of indictments charging
murder confronted him. He was trisd
on one Indictment and acquitted. then
tried on another and convicted. He
carried himself throughout with snssss
ing dsaancs. After b. had bssn ess.
fenced TO hang Garrett took him -
Fort stanton. nsaf Lincoln. Two dsps-
ties armed With Winchester were ~
signed to guard him IN the Temporary
ian II the Murphy 4 Doian store bsiSd-
Ing.
In soms mysterious fashion IT,
KID possessed himself Of Q revolver.
shot down bis guards. ssized thsaS
weapons and appeared at the window.
when another guard appeared ths
prisoner riddlsd his body with buck.
shot. Then hs called to an old man on
the plaza to bring him Q die. Filing
OF one Of his shackles. be called Tor !
horse. One was brought, and b -
capped.
For nearly thres months after that
Billy the KID led . fugitive LIE.
Garrett dogged him patiently and nnai.
" got wind Of his hiding placs-ths
ranch of Peter Maxwell. near Fort
sumuer. II was nearly midnight who's
Garrett and two deputies Quistly ap-
preached the Maxwell hacienda. Gar.
rett crept into the room whers Aax-
well was sleeping. Softly awaksntng
the sleeper, be Questioned him concern
Ing the whereabouts Of the KID.
At that moment the hunted yeuth
sprang into the room. calling out ID
Spanish, "Quien var" C'Who comes
tberefD 1t was Billy. He was I'M
armed, and a. be reached for his ride
Garrett shot him. The body Of WI
liam Bonney (Billy the KID was b1f-
led In the military cemetery at Fort
Stanton July Is. 1881. His age at the
time Of his death was twenty -one yeafs
seven months. There his body y 10
day. though In later years q corpse was
exhibited throughout the west a. that
Of the famous young outlaw.-Harpss's
Weekly.
Meme Lsft Alive.
IAN orator." said one Of our states.
men, "was addressing an assemblags
Of the people. He recounted the peo-
pies wrongs. Then be passionately
cried:
.'whers arr Americas great msaf