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LINCOLN COUNTY SCENE OF EXCITING EARLY DAY EVENTSBy MVUL Bk\M. P N a norm*. (Aibutittcniuc Herald,).shot lt;Low.ii by *hlt;* outlaw on I hi' streets iif Lincoln as the sheriff wow hunting tin* kial. for whom he had a warrant for h»« JirrtM. After the ili-nth of firmly, I bit F. Garrett. who theft ranched ,nlt;*ar Roswell, Wits elected sheriff 1 as he WHS known to U- brave andi]«»• .1Conlinnwl from ”At *«« »M und who ,rvnr-mll«h, llrnl intimation of d«MiR«r' »« ',hlt;‘tan ho Wert lt;.ar-the i it In-r t wo mi’.i Imil mode Ur «« lmd *»l!y the Kulthe -lu lter of „ hill where they tor m'w m'irtl‘,r8 *»« Iwl «•«».we re ii t Viiekud i. ml H Rene rn I lint- m!«fd “»d Sr *‘vhl* himtie etiHUed. They sto. 1 off the CnutH he w« cot.-i possee until nightfall wtmtt theydemited to bo executed at Lin*In IPACARI cacnped anti made their way to «,ln *» whl^ I*1®# h« u*^-Lincoln and relate.1 the tragedy. 0n- day 'vh.le walking downWithin two day* the town w«,]Um» corridor in the old court-full of armed and excited men dmT f, *» *»nnlroused to the hlgheat pilch of Hilly the Kul nnked U» havebitterness by the killing. Such hi handcuffs removed for a mo-was the opening event of the I menl and M| did so, hut soon Lincoln war.in*:aalights and quasi legal contests could hardly In* dignified with •the naim* of war. since personal enmity and the spirit of feud were the pregnant element* of dispute, Ah a I way# happens at such a time, tin* criminal class gladly allied itself with one par-iv* or the other, glnrl to stand its — outlawry with sonic* fmmblance of justlfyabli* warfare. Tho events that follow wore in renl-^ | Ity tin* combination of the hat-^ red provoked by cattle resiling ,j ] and less specific roguery intenst-fled by alliance with the op|HW-m ! ing sides of many persons who . had individual scores to settle.* It is the Intention of this nar-^ I rativi? to dwell chiefly upon the lawhsijiness of the famous des* i-11pernio Hilly the Kid. of whom nearly every person of mature yearn mum have heard, and upon whom rests the record ofhav-^ ing killed 21 men, one man for q each year of his liflt;* at the time I hi- was killed.The first murder in Lincoln I county for which Billy the Kid was responsible was that ofTho resulting regretted his net for the kid‘sprang up the stairs and breaking in the door of the ro mi where the guns were kept he grabbl'd one and turned and killed Bell with one shot. Then crawling to the edge of the balcony he called to the other guard Olinger. who was bringing the other prisoners back from dinner from across the street. 01-inger looked up and Billy filled him full of laiekshot from Olifi-i),ll*«L \I*^ I Sherilf William Brady, who wasger’s own gun. Me then called down to a man who hud charge of the courthouse stable and ordered him to saddle Billy Burke’s horse for him ami In the meantime he ordered tin old man to file oil* the handcuffs which were still locked on one wrist, keeping him covered with a gun while the work was being done.A i sunn us he was fro:? he rodeout of town, shooting at everyone he saw, toward Ft. Sumner, his old stamping grounds. Sheriff Pot Garrett, who was in White Maks at the time, at one* set out to capture him. which he did hi two weeks, when he killed the notorious outlaw at the homemnmc• lt;if Pete Maxwell, at | So ended the career helped to make th* house in Lincoln one ol historic spots in tho•»•mi toner.otiu wbti d cvmri the mas country.Ci*This is therefore one of the fore m«»st reasons why the people not only of Lincoln -county, hut of -the whole state, would like to,see this old building converted J into a museum and preserved IW the coming general ions. “O
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Carrizozo Outlook
Carrizozo, New Mexico, US
Fri, Mar 23, 1917
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