A historical mystery: July 14th 1881 at Fort Sumner New Mexico Billy The Kid met his end at the hands of Lincoln County Sharif Pat Garrett. Here's Garrett's version of events. He quickly drew his revolver and fired two shots. The first shot hit Kid in the chest. “He never spoke,” Garrett recalled. “A struggle or two, a little strangling sound as he gasped for breath, and The Kid was with his many victims.”
According to Billy's friends and other witness he didn't have a gun. ( According to Garrett and his deputies The Kid had a colt thunder) All anyone who saw the body says all he had on him was a knife and the gun suddenly appeared later on. There's also persistent stories that Garrett shot the wrong guy by accident and Billy sneaked away from Fort Sumner and lived for several years in Mexico. He returned to the US nunder the name of Brushy Bill Roberts.
Here's the site of the Maxwell House in Fort Sumner from a few years ago:
@MichaelTalon Wow. I had butter knives that were sharper.
@MichaelTalon If I had been leading that sort of life, I'd be armed in the bath and on the commode.
Still feels like Mr. Garret pulled a Kojak. "Blam, blam, stop or I'll shoot!"
So even if The Kid had a bazooka leaned against his hip, it feels like that was more jumping someone, than a fight, fair or other.
The way I heard it, anyhow.
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The gun Billy supposedly had: