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Jun 5, 2012 · Pat Garrett. American Wild West Law Officer. He gained fame for being the lawman who shot and killed Billy the Kid, a young man credited with allegedly nine to 21 murders, depending on the source. During the bloody Lincoln County War, Lincoln Sheriff Bill Brady was killed with a spray of many bullets, but Billy, the Kid was...
Sep 6, 2022 · The real story behind Pat Garrett’s infamous pistol that killed Billy the Kid. In the fall of 1880, Sheriff-elect Pat Garrett was given his marching orders by the cattle king of New Mexico, John Chisum: “Clean out that squad east of Sumner.”. On December 23, Garrett and a motley crew of Texas cowboys had surrounded a rock house at ...
Sep 1, 2023 · New Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett and his posse captured Billy the Kid at a place called Stinking Springs on December 23, 1880. But before Garrett could get his prisoners to jail, he had to defend them from a lynch mob that had formed around the train on the route to Santa Fe.
Jun 29, 2023 · The classic story is that William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett on the night of July 14 th, 1881, at Fort Sumner in New Mexico. The 21-year-old Bonney had been on the run from Garrett since April, after escaping his jail in Lincoln County. But details of that official account are limited.
Jan 1, 2008 · It’s a Billy conspiracy! With his career washed up (again) in El Paso, Pat returned to his ranch in New Mexico. Which is where most of us know Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett. In 1880, Pat got the job of Lincoln County sheriff and the chance to bring Billy to justice. Maybe Pat and Billy were pals.
Five days later, Sheriff Pat Garrett and his men ambush the Regulators after luring them back to town with false information. But the Kid escapes back to his hideout with most of his gang intact ...
Dec 8, 2021 · Suspicion fell on two wealthy ranchers and rivals of Fountain – Oliver Lee and Albert Fall. The scandal was front-page news across the country. Governor William Thornton wanted the matter resolved so he coaxed Pat Garrett out of retirement by making him the Sheriff of Doña Ana County. Garrett located the spot where the presumed murders took ...
