Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. Once more, Sheriff Garrett was sent after the Kid. Soldier in range wars, cattle rustler, horse thief, but also universally described as charming, funny, a good singer and good dancer, at least bilingual, and an avid reader. Retreating rapidly across the room he cried: Quien es? Following Billy the Kids death, the media turned him into a folk hero and made Garrett out to be the bad guy. Sheriff Pat Garrett shoots Henry McCarty, popularly known as Billy the Kid, to death at the Maxwell Ranch in New Mexico. I guess well just all have to anxiously await the outcome of this deceased outlaws judicial fate. Free shipping for many products! Wallace reneged on his promise., Copyright 2022 Crime Museum, LLC - All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy |. What historians do know is that Garrett was elected sheriff of Lincoln County in November 1880, on a platform promising to end the violence between two groups of warring landowners feuding over dry goods and cattle interests in the county. One of Garretts deputies went to check the roof and was fatally shot. In 2008, for instance, Bonham sold Billy's gun for $64,350. When you listen to his real story, he talks about how he wasnt an outlaw, how he never robbed banks or stagecoaches, how he resented the fact that Governor Lew Wallace reneged on his promise of a pardon in 1879 and left him to die, Edwards says. Billy then managed to cut through his leg irons and steal a horse to make his escape. Wow, a new Sam Peckinpah western! This story originally ran in 2017; it has been updated for 2022. He was appointed deputy sheriff for the last two months of 1880 before taking office January 1, 1881. Right, another photo of Billy the Kid, whowas celebrated for his gun skills and, according to popular legend killed 21 men - one for each year of his short life. Subscribe to receive our weekly newsletter with top stories from master historians. The other known pictures of the outlaw were believed to have been taken in 1877, 1878 and 1879. Rumor has it that the Kid has taken a shine to Maxwells sister Paulita, though its likely shes not the only local girl to have caught his eye. I think people really like being associated with it now. Unfortunately, by the time the Kid was fifteen years old his mother had passed away from tuberculosis. Pat Garrett: The Truth About The Man Who Killed Billy The Kid. The infamous Billy the Kid was no more. Garrett and his men had received information that the outlaws were coming and set up an ambush. At midnight, Garrett moved silently towards the Maxwell houses southeast corner, just outside Maxwells bedroom.

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