Richardson appointed Charles Daniels to the state Supreme Court, whom McGinn is married to. Garrett had hoped to apprehend the men while they were asleep, but Lee and Gililland set themselves up as lookouts on the roof of the bunkhouse. How exactly the tension mounted between Billy and Grant remains unclear (some say Billy pegged Grant for a bounty hunter come to kill him; some say Grant was a loudmouth drunk looking for a fight). From what Ive heard, [Brushy Bill] told a pretty credible tale, says Hamilton Historical Commission Chairman Jim Eidson. He also obtained a deputy U.S. Marshals commission to have jurisdiction in other counties. He headed west with his family as a youth and had his first brush with the law in 1875 when he was arrested for stealing clothes from a Chinese laundry in Silver City, New Mexico. He added: 'People ask me all the time, what do you think its worth, what do you think its worth. But his parents did not long survive the Civil War that devastated the South, leaving the children heavily in debt. Another chance at a famous crime solving came after Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain and his eight-year-old son Henry vanished at White Sands, New Mexico, in 1896. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. He was a gambler and heavy drinker andoften deeply in debt. To Poes great surprise, he recognized in the camper an old friend and former partner, in Texas, named Jacobs. He was then sent back to Lincoln County, where he was scheduled to be executed on May 13. One of his first acts was to capture Billy the Kid, sending him to trial for the murder of the Lincoln sheriff and his deputy. McCarty, a member of the Regulators, vowed to avenge Tunstall's death. In New Mexico, Garrett worked as a cowboy for Pedro Pete Maxwell but quit to open a saloon. It is only the fourth known photograph of Billy the Kid and is thought to be a trophy shot taken by Garrett and his posse after they arrested him. In 2010, many petitioned the New Mexico governors office to grant Billy the pardon they say Lew Wallace had promised him 130 years before, but it never came to pass. McCarty, was a member of the Regulators gang. In 1879 he married Juanita Gutierrez, who died in childbirth less than a year after their marriage. Now a fugitive, Henry McCarty had to lay low. But this time it was a U.S. In 1879 he married and settled in Lincoln County, N.M., where he became first deputy sheriff and then sheriff. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. Billy was sentenced to hang on April 13, 1881; the judge set his execution day for May 13. He hoped that Morrison could help him claim the pardon that New Mexico Governor Lew Wallace supposedly promised Billy the Kid back in 1879. HistoryNet.com is brought to you by HistoryNet LLC, the worlds largest publisher of history magazines. Circa 1879-1880. Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett (June 5, 1850 February 29, 1908) was an American Old West lawman, bartender and customs agent known for killing Billy the Kid. The Kid was catapulted into legend due to the $500 bounty - then a staggering amount - on his head. Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. He is either a folk hero that single-handedly stood up against a corrupt government system, or he is a ruthless outlaw and cop killer that left a wake of terror in his path.. Billy the Kids life and mystique have inspired countless novels, films, and songs. He murdered two deputies, James Bell and Bob Olinger, during the escape. 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Corrections? We approached these houses cautiously, and when within earshot, heard the sound of voices conversing in Spanish. After Patricks departure, his widow took the young Henry McCarty and his brother out to Indiana, where she met a man named Bill Antrim. They mistook OFolliard for Bonney, however,and fatally shot him. In the darkness, he could not see Garrett well and repeatedly asked: Who is it? Garrett replied with two gunshots, killing Bonney. The Kid's freedom was short lived however, when Garrett set down to find him on July 14, 1881. Captured and brought in to Las Vegas, New Mexico, he was described as "in a joyous mood" He called out to an acquaintance, "Thought I jes drop in and see how you fellers in Vegas air behavin' yerselves." The self-described history buff said the group picture of five men was part of a set and sat on his wall for several years. Bonney woke up and went into the kitchen, presumably to get something to eat. Garrett was well aware that Billy was a cockeyed optimist when it came to hopes for escape. Although the book was not successful when it was released, an original edition became quite valuable over the years. Garrett was so impatient to capture the outlawWilliam Bonney, a.k.a. Billy had numerous friends and people sympathetic to his plight at the Fort, so the lawmen found it difficult to extract any information. McCartys new stepfather was a part-time prospector who frequently went off on extended trips. Financially, Garrett was a failure. He was celebrated for his gun skills and, according to popular legend killed 21 men - one for each year of his short life. The full-length version of the sole completely authenticated photo of Billy the Kid. The authenticity of the photo has since been disputed, despite National Geographic standing behind it. What prompted this last minute decision? 'I told him "The biggest thing you could do right now is get the picture out and let people look at it and give you feedback",' Stahl said. New Mexico governor, Bill Richardson, has mere hours left to decide whether or not to pardon Billy the Kid in the killing of a sheriff. Sheriff Pat Garretts grandson, J.P. Garrett, argues that Richardson should have assigned an impartial historian to aid in the case, and believes that McGinns involvement may be a conflict of interest. Each landowner was supported by their own gang. Tim Sweet, owner of the Billy the Kid museum, previously said that he was 95 per cent sure that Garrett is in the photo. Though some say hed previously killed several members of the Apache tribe, the first kill (out of 20 or more total) widely attributed to Billy the Kid came in 1876. Historians say that this photo shows outlaw Billy the Kid, circled second from left, and Pat Garrett, circled far right, taken in 1880. Thinking fast, Billy told Grant that he admired his revolver and asked if he could look at it. I believe he lived, had many more adventures before he finally died in Hico in 1950. Even by frontier standards, he was young. The Regulators found themselves cornered and under siege in a local saloon by elements of the local sheriffs posse. There is no doubt there that Billy the Kid is one of their own, and theyre happy to tell the world. In 1903, Garrett got into a public brawl with his employee, George Gaither. In 1931, locals raised money to give him a proper headstone. He talked the guard into letting him out to use the outhouse and then on the way back in he slipped his chains and beat the guard to the ground. He joined the wrong groups and wound up running from the law. Furthermore, several of Billys friends say he only had a knife and not a gun. Billy supposedly aimed his gun at Poe while backing into the nearest door, which happened to be Maxwells bedroom. Garretts adversaries attained copies of the photos and sent them to Roosevelt along with a note telling the President that Powers was not a cattleman, but the proprietor of a rowdy saloon. Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid. August 10th, 2010. The second shot was useless; the Kid fell dead. Pat Garrett was a man of the times. This time however, he was sentenced to hang for the death of Sheriff Brady. From gas leaks to eels, James "Smelly" Kelly changed the history of the city's underground. Garrett learned that The Kid had been in and out of Sumner, New Mexico, and was staying there with Pete Maxwell. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, The Persevering Pilot And Author Who Charted Her Own Course, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. Hewas elected to the office of sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, winning ahead ofincumbent Sheriff George Kimball. found himself on the wrong side of the law, The authenticity of the photo has since been disputed, Bass Reeves, the bullet-dodging black lone ranger. The picture is the only known photo of the Regulators gang all together. Offer subject to change without notice. But how much of the myth is actually true? McCarty was just 21 when he died. He was buried, it is said, in Fort Sumner Cemetery, with his associates Tom OFolliard and Charlie Bowdre, and the epitaph Palsthough none of them are likely directly under the tombstone there today. Updates? In 1882, Garrett and his ghost writer, Marshall Upson, published The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid. Wikimedia CommonsLew Wallace, before he became governor. By 1892 Garrett and his family had relocated to Uvalde, Texas, where he befriended John Nance Garner, a future United States vice-president. Although he claimed to have killed 21 men, the actual number is likely less than 10. The photo of the Kid discovered in 2015 has since been estimated to be worth $5 million.
