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by Mark Lee Gardner


  coroner’s inquest on, 174–75, 178–79

  corpse of, 173–75, 180–81, 185–86

  dancing enjoyed by, 84–85, 90

  death sentence for, 18, 21, 22, 23, 151, 154

  death warrant for, 151, 154, 283n

  DNA samples for, 255–56

  early imprisonments of, 43, 46–47, 99

  education of, 40–41, 42

  engraving of, 13, 14

  escapes of, 13, 15, 16, 19, 21, 23–25, 43, 44, 46–47, 99, 109, 111, 117, 130, 133, 142–48, 154–55, 159, 165

  eyewitness testimony of, 5

  federal warrant against, 7, 19

  film portrayals of, 248, 252–53, 256–57

  finances of, 15–16, 44, 45, 104–5, 149–50

  at Fort Stanton, 25, 99

  in Fort Sumner, 13, 90, 91–94, 97–98, 105, 110–11, 118, 120, 123–26, 131, 134–37, 150, 157–75, 178, 283n, 285n–87n

  in Fort Sumner gunfight, 123–26, 131

  friends of, 44, 47, 49–50, 53–54, 85–87, 148, 149–50, 160–61

  as fugitive, 20, 43, 44, 46–47, 49–50, 51, 99, 117–18, 122–33, 148–75

  funeral of, 175, 180, 287n

  gambling by, 42, 44, 48, 84, 90, 107

  gang of, 1, 4, 8, 10, 24, 85–87, 96, 98–102, 105, 109, 118, 119–37, 139

  Garrett’s biography of, 36, 41, 51, 182–85, 220, 248, 263n, 271n–72n, 279n, 285n, 288n–89n

  Garrett’s capture of, 3, 22, 25, 26, 128–37, 156, 158, 161, 172, 178, 183, 280n

  Garrett’s pursuit of, 12, 109–33, 148–75, 199, 204, 280n

  Garrett’s relationship with, 6–7, 10–11, 12, 84, 91–92, 101–2, 156, 159–60, 181–85, 276n–77n

  Garrett’s shooting of, 170–86, 207, 210, 211, 218, 219–20, 241, 247–57, 285n–87n girlfriends of, 86, 90, 107, 159, 160, 161, 178, 283n, 284n–85n, 286n, 287n, 288n

  in Globe City, Ariz., 46–47

  grand jury indictment against, 74

  Grant killed by, 92–94

  grave site of, 175, 180–81, 183–84, 248, 249

  at Greathouse-Kuch shootout, 106–9, 111, 120

  guards of, 16, 17–18, 21, 22, 23–25, 134–37, 139–48, 155, 282n

  guilty verdict against, 21–22, 138

  as gunfighter, 54–55, 85, 87, 91–94

  hanging faced by, 5, 18, 21, 22, 49, 138–39, 154

  as “Henry” or “William Antrim,” 35–36, 40–43, 53, 89, 151

  Hispanic support for, 57, 158–59, 173–74

  horse stealing by, 44, 45–46, 49–50, 52, 58, 90, 105, 110–11, 148, 149, 150, 158

  impersonators of, 253–56

  in Indianapolis, 36–37

  iron shackles for, 5, 6, 8, 10, 16, 21, 22, 24, 25, 47, 134–35, 142, 143, 144, 147, 148, 250, 281n

  jury for, 19–20, 21

  last words of, 170–71

  in Las Vegas jail, 3–11, 13, 15, 136–37

  as left-handed, 91, 278n legal representation of, 15–16, 19–22, 105

  legend of, 1, 3–4, 180–85, 210, 247–57, 288n

  letters of, 16–17, 22, 89, 105, 120–21, 280n

  in Lincoln County War, 5, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 50, 58–82, 87–88, 99, 109, 120, 141, 149, 182, 248, 254

  Lincoln jail escape of, 142–48, 154–55, 159, 165, 185, 194

  Lincoln jail incarcerations of, 23–25, 58, 64–65, 138–48

  mail coaches robbed by, 105

  in Mesilla jail, 17, 18–24, 58, 138, 142, 143, 210, 284n–85n

  murder indictment against, 5, 18–22, 74

  murders committed by, 5, 12, 13, 18–25, 48–49, 69–74, 89, 108–9, 111, 120–21, 142–48, 149, 155–56, 159, 166, 254, 282n

  names of, 15, 35–36, 45, 53, 57

  notoriety of, 5, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23–25, 49, 87–88, 90, 92–94, 98–99, 102, 103–5, 109, 120–22, 141, 142–43, 155–56, 159, 165–66, 183

  odd jobs taken by, 45–46

  pardon promised to, 5, 16, 17, 21, 23, 87–90, 120–21, 154, 254, 255, 280n

  personality of, 3, 5–6, 11–12, 21, 25, 40–41, 53–54, 85–86, 91, 98, 104, 135, 142–43, 148, 156

  photograph of, 97–98, 98, 181, 278n

  physical appearance of, 3, 6, 12, 13, 14, 21, 42, 47, 48, 51, 97–98

  posses sent after, 105–9, 112–20, 157, 184

  press coverage of, 4, 5–6, 10, 11, 12–13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 36, 90, 119–20, 133, 155, 156, 159, 176–77, 180–81, 184, 254, 257

  in Puerto de Luna, 103–5, 278n

  rabbit shot by, 91–92

  as ranch hand, 45, 54, 58

  in Regulators, 1, 24, 66–82, 86, 87, 88, 139, 182

  rewards offered for, 117–18, 120–21, 156, 157, 174–75

  in Santa Fe, 39–40

  in Santa Fe jail, 5–6, 11–17, 138–39, 142

  sense of humor of, 5–6, 11–12

  in Seven Rivers, N.Mex., 52–54

  in Silver City, N.Mex., 39–43, 44, 99, 182, 186

  six-shooters carried by, 10–11, 13, 21, 54–55, 75, 85, 91–92, 93, 94, 98, 104, 170, 171, 172, 250

  solitary confinement of, 43

  Spanish spoken by, 12, 57, 85, 104

  Stinking Spring surrender of, 128–33, 158, 161, 172, 178, 183, 280n

  territorial charges against, 19–22

  testimony given by, 58, 89–91, 105

  thefts by, 42–43

  tintype of, 13, 98, 278n trial of, 16–22, 138, 210, 265n

  “trigger finger” of, 180–81, 184

  Tunstall as ally of, 62–65, 66, 67, 69, 70, 74–75, 87

  in White Oaks, N.Mex., 105–6, 163

  in Wichita, Kans., 37–38

  at Wilcox-Brazil ranch, 122–23, 126–28, 134

  “William H. Bonney, Jr.” as name of, 21, 22, 35, 36, 53, 55, 64, 75, 84, 89, 92, 102, 105, 119, 120–21, 124, 142, 154, 172, 174, 178, 181

  Winchester rifle of, 10, 13, 98, 146, 172

  witnesses against, 21–22

  at Yerby ranch, 112–13

  Billy the Kid, 248

  Billy the Kid (Copland), 249

  Billy the Kid National Scenic Byway, 257

  Blalock, George, 213, 215

  Blazer, Almer, 24, 71, 250, 274n

  Blazer, Joseph, 24, 71, 72, 73

  Bobbitt, Gus, 242

  Bon Jovi, Jon, 257

  Bonnie and Clyde, 249

  Bosque Redondo reservation, 32

  Boston Globe, 177

  Bowdre, Charlie, 1, 12, 70, 72, 85, 86–87, 86, 90, 94, 96, 100, 109, 112, 114, 123, 125, 126, 130, 132, 134, 174

  Bowdre, Manuela, 86, 96, 113, 123, 134, 281n

  Bowers, George, 88

  Bowman, George R., 21, 265n

  Boyd, Olive, 243

  “Boys, The,” 51–58, 66

  Brady, William, 5, 19, 20, 21, 55, 62, 64, 65, 65, 66, 68–70, 74, 274n

  Brazel, Jesse Wayne, 228–44, 230, 296n

  Brazil, Manuel, 4, 113–14, 122, 127–28, 131, 134, 135, 161, 163–64

  Brent, James, 163, 191, 192

  Brewer, Richard “Dick,” 62, 64, 65–66, 69, 72–74, 73, 75

  Briscoe, Joe, 29–31, 267n, 293n

  Bristol, Warren, 18–22, 138, 265n

  Brookshire, Bob, 146–47

  Brown, Johnny Mack, 248

  Brunswick, Marcus, 177, 178–79

  Buell, George P., 159

  buffalo hunting, 29–32, 35, 72, 162

  Burgess Gun Co., 231–32

  Burns, Walter Noble, 248, 249, 257, 285n

  Burt, William, 148, 149, 150

  Bush, J. J., 236–37

  Butterfield Overland Mail, 51

  Cahill, “Windy,” 48–49

  Campbell, Billy, 88–89

  Camp Grant, 45–49

  Camp Thomas, 47

  Canadian River Cattle Association, 161–62

  Capitan Mountains, 55, 101

  Carlyle, Jimmy, 107–9, 111, 120

  Carr, William, 202, 209

  Casey, Lily, 54, 284n

  Casey, Robert, 54,
272n

  Cassidy, Butch, 243–44

  Catron, Thomas Benton, 77, 178–79, 210, 226

  cattle ranches, 38, 53, 55, 58, 60, 62, 63, 92–93, 96–100, 105, 109, 113, 139, 161–62, 187–90, 202–3, 222, 242

  Caypless, Edgar, 15–16, 22 census, U.S., 27, 36, 68, 96, 269n, 270n

  Chambers, Lon, 123, 124, 125

  Chapman, Huston I., 88–90

  Chase, Mary, 44, 49–50

  Chavez, Florencio, 256

  Chavez, Francisco “Frank,” 17

  Chavez, Martin, 283n

  Chicago Daily Tribune, 13, 159, 177

  Chinese immigrants, 42–43, 242–43, 297n

  Chisum, James, 92–93, 187

  Chisum, John S., 52, 53, 59, 66, 75, 83, 92, 93, 120, 159, 176–77, 179, 187, 188, 272n

  Chisum, Sallie, 83–84, 257

  Chung, Sam, 42–43, 270n

  Civil War, U.S., 27–28, 36–37, 44–45, 61, 96, 152–53

  Clements, Mannen, 237, 239

  Cody, Buffalo Bill, 72

  Coe, Frank, 39, 51, 54, 74, 84–85, 86, 90, 138, 250

  Coe, George, 67, 72, 73, 87, 90, 249–50

  Collinson, Frank, 64

  Colt revolvers, 61, 100, 103–5, 106, 108, 171, 172, 187, 250–52, 251

  Compton, Charles E., 46, 47

  Coney Island saloon, 223, 250

  Conklin, Charles, 12, 138

  Constitution, U.S., 189

  Cook, Bill, 197

  Copland, Aaron, 249

  Córdova, José, 148

  Cosgrove, Michael, 5, 7

  cotton plantations, 27–28, 29

  counterfeiting, 23, 51–52, 100–101, 110, 111, 139

  cowboys, 7, 20, 28–29, 37, 118, 188, 207

  Cox, Jim, 242

  Cox, W. W. “Bill,” 203, 204–5, 207, 213, 215–16, 228, 229, 235, 237, 239, 241–42, 243, 244

  Coyote Springs, N.Mex., 106, 120

  Cravens, Will, 217, 230

  Cree, James, 189, 190

  Cureton, Jim, 158

  Curry, George, 101–2, 201, 202, 207–8, 209, 226, 227, 231, 233, 236–37, 292n, 295n, 296n

  Daley, Dan, 9, 264n

  Dedrick, Dan, 110, 111

  Dedrick, Sam, 162–63

  DeLaney, John C., 101

  Democratic Party, 198, 206–7, 211, 218, 290n

  Denver Times, 103

  Denver Tribune, 159

  Dillinger, John, 249

  “dime novels,” 181, 182, 184, 288n

  Dobson, Austin, 247

  Dog Canyon, 198, 202–3, 212

  Dolan, James “Jimmy,” 18, 61–62, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 74, 75, 76–79, 82, 83, 88–90, 101, 139, 140, 179

  Doña Ana County, N.Mex., 17, 20, 21, 139, 187, 196, 197, 198, 200, 207, 213, 217, 226

  Donan, Pat, 26

  Dowlin, Will, 101

  Dudley, Nathan A. M. “Gold Lace,” 77–82, 78, 88, 89, 90, 154

  Duke, Luther, 29

  Dylan, Bob, 257

  Ealy, Taylor, 76, 80

  Earp, Wyatt, 31

  East, Jim, 7, 11, 123, 125, 131, 133, 135, 136, 281n

  Eaton, Ethan W., 154–55

  Eddy, Charles B., 190, 191

  Ellis, Ike, 76, 79

  El Paso, Tex., 198–99, 207, 209, 218–25, 221, 226, 227–28, 239, 240

  El Paso Lone Star, 188

  Emory, Tom, 7, 123, 131, 135

  Espalin, José, 203, 214–15

  Estevez, Emilio, 256

  Evans, Jesse, 51–52, 55, 57, 58, 63, 74, 88, 89–90

  Fall, Albert Bacon, 198, 199–200, 201, 207, 210, 217, 218, 226–29, 240, 241, 243, 290n, 291n, 292n

  Fall, Alexina, 229

  Farris, John, 110

  Field, William C., 213, 233, 240–41

  Finan, Jack, 93

  Finstad, O. E., 225

  Floyd, Pretty Boy, 249

  Folliard, Tom, 1, 12, 85–86, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 94, 109, 112, 124–26, 127, 174

  Fornoff, Fred, 238–39, 240, 296n

  Fort Griffin, 30, 31, 162

  Fort Stanton, 25, 55, 56, 58, 69, 77, 89, 99, 105, 154

  Fort Sumner, 13, 32–35, 83–85, 90, 91–94, 96, 97–98, 105, 109, 110–15, 117–18, 120, 121–26, 131, 134–37, 150, 157–75, 178, 182–85, 247–48, 249, 254, 268n, 283n, 285n–87n

  Fountain, Albert Jennings, 19–22, 52, 186, 194–212, 195, 240, 292n–93n

  Fountain, Henry, 195–96, 198, 202, 209, 211, 212, 292n–93n

  Fountain, Maggie, 200

  Fraser, John C., 198–200, 211, 292n–93n

  French, Jim, 69–70

  Frontier Fighter (Coe), 250

  Gaither, George M., 222

  Gallegos, Juan, 122, 146

  Gallegos, Severo, 146

  Garcia, Yginio, 122

  Garfield, James A., 177, 178, 242

  Garrett, Annie, 191–92, 226, 237

  Garrett, Apolinaria Gutiérrez “Polinaria,” 94, 95, 96, 164, 187, 191–92, 193, 196–98, 217, 218, 227–28, 231, 237, 243, 251–52, 251, 275n277n, 289n–90n

  Garrett, Dudley Poe, 191–92, 226, 229, 234, 295n

  Garrett, Elizabeth Ann, 27, 28

  Garrett, Elizabeth “Lizzie,” 191–92, 252

  Garrett, Ida, 191–92

  Garrett, Jarvis, 192, 227–28, 252, 254

  Garrett, John Lumpkin, 27–28

  Garrett, Oscar, 192, 252, 254

  Garrett, Patrick, 192

  Garrett, Patrick Floyd Jarvis “Pat”:

  in Albuquerque, N.Mex., 184–85

  arrests by, 188–89, 201–2, 213–15, 216

  arrest warrants of, 7, 115, 201–2, 213

  background of, 26–32, 91, 105

  Bear Canyon ranch of, 229–32, 297n

  Billy the Kid biography by, 36, 41, 51, 182–85, 220, 248, 263n, 271n–72n,279n, 285n, 288n–89n

  Billy the Kid captured by, 3, 22, 25, 26, 128–37, 156, 158, 161, 172, 178, 183, 280n

  Billy the Kid killed by, 170–86, 207, 210, 211, 218, 219–20, 241, 247–57, 285n–87n

  Billy the Kid pursued by, 12, 109–33, 148–75, 199, 204, 280n

  Billy the Kid’s brother met by, 184–85 Billy the Kid’s relationship with, 6–7, 10–11, 12, 84, 91–92, 101–2, 156, 159–60, 181–85, 276n–77n birth of, 26–27

  Black Mountain ranch of, 226, 227, 243

  bonds set by, 206

  Briscoe killed by, 30–31, 267n, 293n

  as buffalo hunter, 29–32, 162

  Burgess folding shotgun of, 231–32, 233

  butcher shop owned by, 35

  cane presented to, 186

  captain’s commission of, 188–89, 190

  cattle ranches of, 187–90, 224, 226, 229–32, 243, 297n

  cattle rustlers apprehended by, 188–89, 227

  celebrity of, 26, 136–37, 176–85, 207, 219–20

  census information on, 96

  clothing worn by, 218, 227

  Colt revolver of, 171, 172, 187, 250–52, 251

  conspiracy against, 233–44

  coroner’s verdict on, 233–35, 240–41

  corpse of, 233

  as cowboy, 28–29

  as customs collector, 218–25, 221, 226, 227

  debts of, 223, 225–27, 233, 238, 295n

  deputies of, 7, 8–9, 10, 140–41, 157–58, 161–70, 203–6, 210

  as deputy sheriff, 279n

  as deputy U.S. marshal, 7, 109–11, 112, 117–18, 118, 133, 139, 200–201

  disarmament initiative of, 188–89

  drinking by, 228

  election of (1880), 12, 101–2

  election of (1896), 200

  in El Paso, Tex., 198–99, 218–25, 221, 226, 227–28

  enemies of, 54, 186–87

  as farmer, 28, 29

  farm of, 190–91, 193

  federal warrants of, 7, 115

  film portrayals of, 252–53

  finances of, 33–35, 96, 179, 186, 187–90, 192–93, 196, 217–18, 220, 223, 225–31, 233, 238, 295n

  first marriage of, 8
4, 91, 94, 275n

  at Fort Stanton, 25

  in Fort Sumner, 32–35, 83–85, 91–92, 96, 111–15, 117–18, 247–48, 249, 268n, 285n–87n

  in Fort Sumner gunfight, 121–26, 131

  in Fort Sumner stakeout, 157–75, 178, 182–85, 285n–86n

  Fountain murders investigated by, 194–212

  friendships of, 32–35, 41

  funeral of, 235–36

  gambling by, 201, 218, 219, 223

  grave site of, 236, 257

  as gunfighter, 91–92, 115–17, 217, 277n, 279n

  hangings scheduled by, 138–39, 151

  head wound of, 233, 240–41

 

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