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FATAL TUSSLE BEGAN CAREER OF OUTLAWBiUy The Kid Slew First Victim In Scuffle, Friend SaysBV A*tociatz£Pre*» !DEL RIO, July 12.—A friendly! acuffle that terminated' in death started “Billy the Kid on his career of crime, declared A. M, Glldea, soldier of fortune , and friend of Billy the Kid In 1877, .Billy was a good boy and the; reason he went so long .without be- j inf caught was because he had more friends than anemias” said Mr, Glides,who is visiting afc Dei Rio,“The first man BUly killed was a young blacksmith named ‘Windy/ .‘‘Billy and the blacksmith . were scuffling one evening. Billy’s handu-as near his gun. Ho pulled. it and shot Windy through the side;, got scared and left town *on a fast horse owned by a gambler, Several days later the gambler was astonished when Billy.sent his horse-to him. That was in Fort Grant, Ariz.
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El Paso Herald Post
El Paso, Texas, US
Thu, Jul 12, 1934
Page 2
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