Show BILLY THE KID A story of the death of a famous outlaw i t ir his betrayal by a A youner Kuff lan who had killed as many as lie had years pat pincky sheriff billy was passionately fond of women and they idolized him he smoked never drank and biad tho physique of an appollo with the eye sofa god flashing as the stars on the darkest night As a horseman ho was daring and graceful and with bis winchester or smith wesson a iman who never missed his aim the winter of 1879 ho spent at Sas caso on the canadian river he considered himself greatly wronged by of his the price set upon his licad by the government while john chisem for whom be had lost all turned a cold shoulder apon hiro that soured billys disposition advised by his best friends to emigrate to mexico and turn over a new leaf lie swore that he would not but would return to new mexico and gooel his losses in a financial sense he did return and from that lime on his hand was raised against those who had betrayed him and the authorities he and his party were corralled in a ranch m central new mexico in the amter of 1882 by their enemies and besieged till famine brought n council of war all were in favor of surrendering but tho kid but to save their jives and on the promise of faai treatment by their captors he surrendered with them at this time he had killed twenty two men ono of eacle year of his life he asserted that his conscience was clear and that he biad not killed anyone except in self defense afier Afi cr their capture he and his friends were taken to las and placed on board a passenger train of the sante te and topeka road NOT AFRAID OF THE MOB there was terrible excitement in the town and a mob had been organized to lynch them all but billy oatha prisoners coved under thecae seats filled with fear but he with shackled lands threw up tho car window and lau glied in the face of his would be slayers and told thu sheriff that it he would give him back his winchester he would eland the whole mob off the sheriff a cool aud nervy man finally told the mob that if they did biot cease ho would strike the hand buffa from them give them back their arms and let the people suffer the consequences he biad given his word to the eliat he would protect them and the mob would only reach them over his dead body at this the crowd withdrew and alic train took these noted men te anta JV y were kept in ahil till the court convened and alien taken to las cruces in the valley of the rio grand for trial billy was convicted of murder and to be hanged in lincoln county and his escort to the gal lows was deputy U S marshal bob ollinger and one guard owing to billys reputation TJ 8 marshal john sherman jr had caused to be made a special kind of shackles of steel ringa and yale locks and weighing thirty pounds these were placed on alie prisoner when liala of their been traversed they ranch for dinner bil alono in alie room willi ahe auard n laile ollinger crossed at just what happened will never bo known in some way or other the kid got near enough to the his skull his shackles an then lo 10 complete his work drew the maa a revolvers and shot hita twice ollinger cr hearing the shots came running back but billy met him at the door with a gun in his handa that had been left there and saying look out fur yourself bob 1 shot him dead the kid then gathered weapons forced the people at the hacienda to cut the shackles from biro which was done at a blacksmith shop and compelled them to lasso and saddle tho finest horse in the corral the animal was a bronco and billy be aug stiffened from his shackle sand captivity on attempting lamount lo mount was thrown he came down on ilia the animal caught again and the second attempt was a success he flew away WITH HIM bob ollinger was one of ll 11 e deputies and best shots in the country and was selected CB n allya escort on this account and herdade he roade his boasts to billy when ho started he would atay with him til he swung him from the gallowe billy and remarked there a many lip twenty four fioura after billy maile his celebrated eacono from the hacienda he wag met by two men who had been prominent in the lincoln county war in opposition to billy just what occurred there was never known there cither but their dead bodies were found pierced with bullets by the pursuing party that had organized and gone after billy but they never overtook him for several months nothing was heard of him and it was supposed he had gone to south america or mexico last tragic acene in his eventful life would in all probability never have been writ tenOn the banks pacos in one of the most beautiful in the valley fort sumner wad built it was for a long limo an important post and was at one period the reservation for the exploits of kit carson and his old comrade hunter indian fighter and trapper maxwell A FATAL BOWER OF LOVE the post with its magnificent orchards vineyards grand avenues of ala medas cottonwoods cotton woods lining its approaches fine buildings etc was finally abandoned by the government and was purchased by maxwell who had married a wealthy spanish lady obtaining by the union possession of the celebrated maxwell land grant here he lived surrounded by his family geons peons retainers and vast herds he died leaving widow and several sons and daughters the latter being educated and accomplished and famous for beauty that springs from an admixture of american and castilian blood the place is now called bosque redonda round grove and is still owned and occupied by the surviving members of tho maxwell family A few miles below this hacienda commences the chism ranee during Billys sojourn in this valley he was often at maxwelll maxwells Max wells and his handsome presence dashing gallantry anil complete mastery of spanish gave him the entree of the family circle one of the daughters was at this time sixteen years of age just budding into womanhood with that languishing tropical voluptuousness that come writers rave about they met and loved during his checkered career they met often and the bosque redondo became to him a harbor toward which he felt safe to steer in time of storms A after fter he had made his escape almost from the gallowa instead of leaving the country as was supposed he went directly to his boniti senonita sen onta and was concealed and cared for by her and her family BY A RIVAL through the jealousy of a disappointed suitor for the hand of the fair lola the secret of his hiding place was disclosed to pat garret the lank fearless lightning shot sheriff of san miguel county the only man in new mexico who hadtke necessary nerve and skill with the 45 to seek a person ill encounter with billy garrett said not a word to any one prepared his weapons and with a single attendant mounted on cent mustang they struck out for the beique where they arrived just at dusk leaving the mustang liia attendant garret being well acquainted at the hacienda went directly to the apartment of peter maxwell the oldest brother of tho beautiful lola maxwell was in the room when the sheriff entered and stated hia errand the lights were not yet lit and the relace had a gloomy appearance when ohe farat entered till ho became the darkness no sooner stated hia business alian a tep was heard approaching the door As the door opened garrett crouched down behind the A man stepped quickly over the threshold in his stocking feet with in his hand it was billy the kid seeing tho outline of maxwelll maxwells Max wells form as he sat on the bed lie who is there andas no reply was made he asked again the same question in spanish amen esaf rapidly drawing his pistol at time garrett recognized him by his voice the flash of a pistol was seen followed by and the cele bratch outlaw out law sank to tho floor with aj bullet through his hea t S baua Ca lafornia |