Show lJIJY TILE KID ItufClal1 VSio Had Killed t 0 tin Icn S1S IIC had rears yzatU nl Francisco Alta California June 3 Ba SiU ° vas passionately fond of women jilIv 1 idolized him He smoked cig tl f gnJ they nerer drank and had the phys tre San Apollo with eyes of a god t N1vl If as the stars on the darkest night l U11inv I horseman he was daring and grace a and with his Winchester or self i alY Smith t Wesson a man who c king pr missed his aim The winter of fo l he spent at Sascaso on the Can l river lIe considered himself rn iflv wronged by the confiscation off of-f the prICe set ° n Ins head f1 Attle and ° upon h5tfc government while John Chisem 3 r the horn he had lost all turned a cold 50ultlcr rWliOmfl upon him That soured Billys 1psitiOfl Advised by his best friends l old Mexico and turnover fTmirate to oyer w feat f he swore that he would not S would return to New Mexico and 2t ke good his losses in a financial sense UP did return and from that time on hind was raised against those who 1 betrayed him and the authorities ji3 MI Heind his l party were corralled in a idii in Central New Mexico in the win 1 of 1S32 by their enemies and be > d till famine brought a council of r iT c AH were in favor of surrendering t the kiJ but to save their lives and 3 i the promise of fair treatment by their jptorshe surrendered with them At ptors ifs = time he had killed twentytwo men ne for each year of his life he asserted iat his conscience was clear and that he yd not killed any one except in self ifense After their capture he and his refl1 were taken to Las Vegas and uced on board a passenger train of the Santa Fe Topeka road KOT AFRAID OF TIlE MOD There was terrible excitement in the town and a mob had been formed to ivnch them All but Billy of the prison ep cowered under the car seats filled with fear but he with shackled hands tlirev up the car window and laughed in ie faces of his wouldbe slayers and told > sheriff that if he would give him tit his Winchester he would stand the wole mob off The sheriffa cool and irvy man finally told the mob that if they did not cease he would strike the sjickles from them give them back their jnas and let the people suffer the conse viences He had given his word to his poners that he would protect them and the t mob would only reach them over his Ui body At this the crowd withdrew d the train took these noted men to jta Fe where they were kept in jail t the court convened and then taken Us Cruces in the valley of Rio rnde for trial Billy was convicted of rjder and sentenced to be hanged in Lroln county and his escort to the gals gal-s was Deputy United States Marshal Ollinger and one guard Owing to 3 s reputation United States Marshal J i Sherman Jr had caused to be J > a special kind of shackles of steel I 2 and Yale locks and weighing pounds These were placed on the ier When half of their journey I been traversed they stopped at a h for dinner Billy being left alone i the guard while Ollinger crossed ita to get his dinner Just what hap led will never be known In some v or other the Kid got near enough to ptiard to crush his skull in with his kles and then to complete his work v the mans revolver and shot him e Ollinger hearing the shots came nmg back but Billy met him at the yt with a gun in his hands that had in left there and saying look out for rirself Bob shot him dead Billy bn gathered up their weapons forced t t people at the hacienda to cut the fiurkles from him which was done at a tluiksmith shop and compelled them to aso and saddle the finest horse in the mal The animal was a bronco and Llv being stiffened from his shackles ad captivity on attempting to mount ns thrown He came down on his feet bwever had the animal caught again d the second attempt was a success He flew away DIDNT STAY WITH HIM Bob Ollinger was one of the nerviest deputies and best shots in the country and was selected as Billys escort on this account and he made his boasts to Billy hen he started he would stay with km till he swung him from the gallows Billy quietly smiled and remarked Theres many a slip twixt cup and lip Twentyfour hours after Billy made his c Ipbratetl escape from the hacienda he Was met by two men who had been tainent iii the Lincoln county war in f pxtion to Billy Just what occurred there vas never known l either but their dead bodies were found pierced with t il t by the pursuing party that had Llej and gone after Billy But they npw ertook him For several months and it was nOI1Ingrras of him llS heard Ul 111111 iiliVA 1U Ht > JPI ed that lie had gone to South toe ica or Mexico If he had the last tip I scene in his eventful life would in 1 Inability never have been written On the banks of the Rio Pecos in one off of-f j nost beautiful spots in the valley i IM Mnnner was built It was for a n time an important post and was at C3fl enod the reservation for the ext Ft ex-t of Kit Carson and his old comrade tT Indian fighter and trapper Max td FTAL BowEn OF LOVE Tho post t with its magnificent orchards levards grand avenues of alamedas 3ttonvoods lining its approaches fine filings etc was finally abandoned bye 11 by-e Government and was purchased by xwell who married a wealthy Span M 1 lady l obtaining by the union posses not the celebrated Maxwell land grant ir 1 1 f i re he lived surrounded bv his family t 1 ls retainers and vast herds He Heaving widow and several sons and liters the latter being educated and j npliihed and famous for beauty that hag s from an admixture of American kwuhan blood The place is now M Bosque lledonda round grove ZZ 1 is still owned and occupied by the Divine mlinbers of the Maxwell fam y A flr miles below this hacienda 1h niences the Chisein range During J8 sojourn in this valley he was c ftS at MU vellsf and his handsome 111e Jnce dashing gallantry and complete i1atery tf of Spanish gave him the entree ters t 1 > family circle Oneof the daugh 1 d vas t this time 16 years of age just pS into womanhood with that Jan I gu S ling tropical voluptuousness that lovii I writers rae about They met and IUH During his checkered career they < Often and the Bosque Redonda be Umn rln fet i ° hun l 1 a arbor toward which he h 17 Safe to steer in time of storms After sir aJe his escaPe almost from the a S lnstead of leaving the country bV Js suPl > osed he went directly to his wita eiioritc1 and ltnprita and was concealed lared for by her and her family UETltAYED BY A RIVAL suitor T Itroucrh ft the jealousy of a disappointed Bertet for the hand of the fair Lola the of J118 disclosed m la fdlls hiding place was Win i Garrett lhe tall lank fearless i V ° ntv ngs i lt sheriff of San Miguel UUtYthie only man in New Mexico Hh0 Wi ai sith thp had 45fl the necessary nerve and skill to seek a personal encoun q ter with Billy < Garrett said not a word to any me prepared his weapons and with a single attendantmounted on matr mficent mustangs they struck out for time Basque where they arrived just at dusk JLOivinc the mi 4 ji i mustang with his attendant Garrett being well acquainted at the hacienda went directly to the apartment of Pete Maxwell the oldest brother of the beautiful Lola Maxwell was in the room when tlio sheriff entered and stated his errand The lights were not yet lit and the place had a gloomy appearance when one first en tered till lie became accustomed to the darkness Pat had no sooner stated his business than a step was heard approach ing the door As the door opened Garrett crouched down behind the bed A man stepped quickly over the threshold in his stocking feet with a knife in his hand It was Billy the Kid Seeing the outline I of Maxwells form as he sat on the I5ed he interrogated Who is there and as no reply was made he asked again the same question in Spanish Quien est rapidly drawing his pistol at the same time Garrett recognized him by his voice j the flash of a pistol was seeh fol lowed by a report and the celebrated outlaw sank to the floor with a bullet through his heart |