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j tirfttj OirttU’* ©lit.j The people of I*as Vegas are perhaps \m appreciative ■ notw ithstanding (hat (hey are all j meaner than dirt and as barbarous m 1 cannibals. When the news of the killing of the “Kid” eras brought to the city it was decided that Garrett should be handsomely remunerated for his trouble, and when Tub Optic urgtd the same thing last night the matter was as good as settled. A fund was started and has reached nearly $1,000 already. Here la the way the Hat was headed:First National Bank ,..... $100A. A. La Rue 100»ivU Moore 100Houghton, B. A M., G.t B. A l*o..„ 200After this followed a number of «mailer suhMTiptione and the good work is still going on. Garrett will ge the $500 reward made by the Territory, and it is said that John Chisum, a heavy cattle grower of Lincoln county, will band over a cool $1000 a* a substantial evidence of his interest in the matter. Other citizens of Lincoln county and Fort Suurner are expected to “cbip in” another thousand, so taken all in all, Garrett will have a snug little bauk account when his friends get through with him. Then he got away with his life, which walt;* quite an object.I *
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Las Vegas Daily Optic
Las Vegas, New Mexico, US
Tue, Jul 19, 1881
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Kokomo-Howard C.
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