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Jun 3, 2022 · By Andrew Milne | Edited By Katie Serena. Published June 3, 2022. Updated June 27, 2022. Pat Garrett didn't just kill Billy the Kid, he also became the leading expert on the outlaw's life. In a small town in northern New Mexico, a man hid in a bedroom with a loaded pistol.
Oct 11, 2017 · And in Garrett’s later years, many viewed him as a violence-prone relic from an unseemly past. Pat Garrett deserved better. The man had his flaws, but he was a sure enough hero when New Mexico needed one, and he rates in retrospect as one of the West’s greatest lawmen.
Feb 2, 2023 · Garrett was correct in his estimation of The Kid — Billy was legendary, a man who had managed to escape incarceration more than once. And that included his last escape, from the custody of Sheriff Garrett. On his way to freedom, charming Billy killed two of his jailers.
Jan 6, 2014 · by Mark Boardman | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized. For the 57-year-old lawman, his was an undignified death. Pat Garrett was urinating on the side of the road to Las Cruces, New Mexico, about four miles east of town. As he was so occupied, somebody hidden about 50 feet behind him put a Winchester bulletin the back of his head.
Dec 9, 2019 · Share This Article. Pat Garrett, the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory, had been on the trail for months. In December 1880, he had brought in the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid on charges of murdering a former county sheriff.
Jul 18, 2019 · The victim, Patrick Floyd Jarvis “Pat” Garrett, was the former sheriff of Lincoln County best known for having killed outlaw Billy the Kid on July 14, 1881. Garrett served as sheriff of Doña Ana County from 1896 to 1900. He was murdered at about 10:30 on the morning of Feb. 29, 1908, some 5 miles east of Las Cruces.
Nov 25, 2017 · Portrait of Pat Garrett from The Story of the Outlaws. In 1901 Garrett was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt as Collector of Customs in El Paso. Amid controversy, Garrett was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on January 2, 1902. In 1903, Garrett got into a public brawl with his employee, George Gaither.
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