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Garrett's Death Raises The Goat Ranching Feud Motive
The El Paso Times editorial recalls Pat Garrett’s 1908 murder near Lag Cruces after a dispute over 1,200 goats and land grazing with Wayne Brazil and Carl Adamson. It outlines Brazil's trial, Geoffrey Miller’s shadowy links, and theories of motive, including self defense and conspiracies tied to the Billy the Kid era.
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Patrick Floyd Garrett
Lincoln
Dona Ana
New Mexico
Texas
Billy the Kid
Organ Mountains
Lag Cruces
Rio Grande
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Pat Garrett
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Carl Adamson
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Wayne Brazil
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Fi Paso
John Nance Garer
Uvalde
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Elizabeth
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Felipe Lucero
Dona Ane County
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W.C. Field
Dr. Field
Patrick F. Garrett
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Organ Mountain
J.P. Miller
Oklahoma
Old Mexico
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J.P. “Sim” Miller
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Ada
Okla
Gus Bobbit
Oliver Lee
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