By Pat F. Garrett
Garrett, the Sheriff of Lincoln County and Billy’s final arbiter of justice, presents a huge, firsthand account of the small-town child who turned a killer in The actual lifetime of Billy the Kid. Written simply 8 months after killing Billy in castle Sumner, New Mexico, in the course of a happenstance assembly in the house of Pete Maxwell, this interesting, sensational e-book takes us play-by-play via Billy’s lifestyles. From his earliest days in big apple and eventual stream west to his adventures in Mexico and repeated arrests and escapes, this unique account tells all.
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As to the monte dealer who so suddenly disappeared, although Billy never disclosed the particulars of the affair, recent advices from Chihuahua give the assurance that the places which knew him there have known him no more since that eventful night. Chapter V * A Wanderer—Jesse Evans, Again—Billy's Appearance at Seventeen Years of Age—Billy and Jess. Volunteer in a Fight against the Mescaleros—Bloody Work-Slaughtering Indians with an Ax AFTER LEAVING CHIHUAHUA, Billy and Segura went to the Rio Grande, where they parted company, but only for a short time.
Here they fell in with a party of young fellows, well known to Jesse, who urged them to join company and go over to the Rio Pecos, offering them employment which they guaranteed would prove remunerative. Among this party of "cow boys," were James McDaniels, William Morton, and Frank Baker, all well known from the Rio Grande to the Rio Pecos. Our two adventurers readily agreed to join fortunes with this party, and Jesse did so; but Billy received information, a day or two before they were ready to start, that his old partner Segura was in the vicinity of Isleta and San Elizario, Texas, and contemplated going up the Rio Grande to Mesilla and Las Cruces.
Meeting a band of eight or ten Indians in the vicinity of San Simon, the two young fellows proposed and instituted a horse-race. Billy was riding a very superior animal, but made the race and bets on the inferior one ridden by his partner, against the best horse the Indians had. He also insisted that his partner should hold the stakes, consisting of money and revolvers. Billy was to ride. Mounting his partner's horse, the word was given, and three, instead of two, horses shot out from the starting point.
