b'Untold continued from page 45first, waylaying Morton and a cohort named Frank Baker about a month after the killing of Tunstall, took them intoGeneral Lew Wallace, Civil War hero,custody, then as the Kid and future rogue lawman Henryex-Union general and future author of Brown nonchalantly looked on, a fellow Regulator named Frank McNab killed a guard named McCloskey who wasBen-Hur, also served as territorial sympathetic to the plight of the two men and had vowed togovernor of New Mexico and did not keep protect them. Then, as Morton and Baker tried to flee, Billyhis promise of amnesty to the Kid. In allegedly shot his two former friends down, claiming in the usual Old West parlance that they were "shot while trying to1880, Billy tried in vain to re-establish escape" (Burns, The Saga of Billy the Kid, pp.90-91; Garrett,contact with Governor Wallace, who The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, pp 47-49). willingly or not had all but washed his About a month later, Brewer, Billy, and their "posse" caughthands of the troublesome Kid.up with Buckshot Roberts, a Morton associate who was present when they murdered Tunstall. They called for Roberts to give himself up, but Roberts, a former buffalomuch zeal and energy. He was no Dudley but an honest, hunter, and a crack shot chose to die in one of the deadliestcourageous man who tried his utmost not to take sides. "one-man against a mob" gunfights in the history of the Old West. Mortally wounded early on, Roberts kept hisHe tried to sweep away the Byzantine cobwebs of Lincoln tormentors at bay for hours, inflicting wounds on two ofSeeing how Lincoln had become "too hot" for him and hisCounty intrigue and appoint honest men to replace the Billy\'s men - George Coe and Charlie Bowdre but it wasgang, Billy hightailed down to Fort Sumner, which is wherecorrupt Dolan-Murphy appointees. He also offered amnesty Dick Brewer, the late Tunstall\'s former foreman and thehe had made the acquaintance of Pat Garrett (in case youto the Kid if he was willing to come in and tell his side of ostensible leader of the Regulators who paid the ultimatewere wondering where he was during this time), still inthe story of the Lincoln County War. The Kid assented, and price - impatient, he raised his head during the continuouspartnership at the restaurant and saloon, and tending bar aton the night of March 17, 1879, the two men met in a Santa fire to see if Roberts was alive or dead. As it turned outthat establishment. He and Garrett became fast friends asFe home in one of the most momentous encounters in Old Buckshot Roberts, still barely clinging to life, got off one lastaforementioned, "sharing drinks, the gambling tables, andWest history.shot from his buffalo rifle that blew Brewer\'s head clean offthe girls" but it was not to last, Billy and his gang moved his neck, leaving the Kid as the undisputed kingpin of theback to Lincoln, while life had different plans for the TallAccording to Horan, "It was one of the most dramatic and Regulators (Burns, The Saga of Billy the Kid, pp. 97-100). Texan (Horan, The Authentic Wild West: The Gunfighters,romantic meetings in frontier history; the boy outlaw and pp. 48-49). the prominent Civil War general. Billy the Kid and Wallace, It was Lincoln County Sheriff William Brady\'s (bought andthe man who had been Lincoln\'s friend, who had saved paid for by Dolan and Murphy) turn next. He swore outThe reports coming out of New Mexico were a majorWashington from capture by Jubal Early\'s troops, who had arrest warrants for Billy the Kid and his followers, but it wascause of worry for President Rutherford B. Hayes. Theinvestigated the shocking conditions at Andersonville, and Billy the Kid who struck first. While Brady and his chieflast thing Hayes wanted was more violence in a countrywho had served on the jury that tried the Lincoln (murder) deputy George Hindman walked out into the Lincoln townjust recovering from the Civil War so in the fall of 1878,conspirators, studied each other in the dim light as the square for their usual morning constitutional on April Foolshe named General Lew Wallace, a veteran of the battle ofnight wind moaned about the eaves. They talked for more Day morning 1878, Billy and his men opened fire. CloseShiloh and the hero of the battle of Monocacy (where hethan an hour with Wallace urging Billy to testify before to a dozen shells struck Sheriff Brady, mainly fired by theand his outnumbered Union force delayed Jubal Early\'sthe grand jury. In return (Wallace) promised a complete vengeance-seeking Billy. Down he went, dying instantly, whileConfederate Army of the Shenandoah for at least 24 hourspardon" (Horan, The Authentic Wild West: The Gunfighters, a mortally wounded George Hindman, himself struck severalwhile General Grant rushed reinforcements to Washington,pp.55-56).times, collapsed to the ground, dying shortly thereafter. D.C., Wallace being credited with saving the nation\'scapital from capture) as the new territorial governor of Governor Wallace promised amnesty, the Kid agreed to The Regulators and their legal protector McSween were nowNew Mexico. be incarcerated for a spell before his testimony against in the ascent, but not for long. Dolan and Colonel Dudley, but as things turned out in Wallace faced some extremely arduous tasks includingNew Mexican politicsand would continue to turn out Seeing their way of life and their interests threatened,dismissing the perpetrators of violence from their highas we shall seeWallace, perhaps overwhelmed, perhaps Dolan and Murphy, found the pliant (and dubious) Sheriffpositions, removing Colonel Dudley from command, endingdeciding he would clean up the corruption without Billy\'s George Peppin, to carry out their demands. They alsothe corruption, and restoring peace to Lincoln County. assistance, or maybe just too preoccupied with writing appealed for the intervention of the local Army authority,"Ben-Hur" wouldn\'t or couldn\'t keep his word. The Kid, Colonel Nathan "Gold Lace" Dudley. He was a Civil WarWallace, who was then beginning to write the book heseeing how he was betrayed, took the advice of his latest veteran who narrowly avoided being cashiered from thewould become arguably more famous for than his Civilrecruit, Tom O\'Folliard, broke out of prison, and again ranks after a particularly poor performance during the RedWar exploits "Ben-Hur" initially approached his duties withhightailed it back to Fort Sumner but Billy\'s friend Pat River Campaign of 1864. Dudley was one of those curious,Garrett wasn\'t there, in fact, the tall of it was about to betray intolerant figures that appear now and then in the pagesthe short of it.of history, an inferior, little man with a big ego and an exaggerated sense of self-importance. Who was he to sideGarrett had left the saloon and bought a ranch for himself with a bunch of insignificant Cowboys when he could easilyand his family but the quiet life he anticipated came side with the moneyed interests of Lincoln County? to a close the following year. When the establishment approached Garrett, asking him to run for the office of So he did, bringing his regiment of "Buffalo Soldiers" intosheriff of Lincoln County even knowing of his reputation Lincoln to support Peppin and his "posse" of not-so-exwith a gun and the fact that he was still alive and kicking outlaws and local thugs. They moved in on the McSweendespite Lew Wallace\'s reforms. Garrett assented, won the home in Lincoln, where on a very hot July night Billy andelection, and knew that there was one drawback. He and the Regulators had unwisely chosen to hold up. The ensuinghis new deputy, Bob Ollinger (who had it in for Billy after gunfight lasted at least three days. When it was over thethe Kid murdered his friend Bob Beckwith at the McSween McSween home was torched, Dudley and his men lookingshootout) would be askedand forced totrack down on, refusing to neither stop the fire nor intervene despite thehis old friend Billy and his gang, who were by this time entreaties of Mrs. McSween. In the end, after urging Billyhanging around Fort Sumner and the nearby hills. The and his gang to make their escape, the courageous McSweenCoe cousins and Henry Brown (soon to become a briefly walked out the front door of his burning home, shoutingrespected lawman in Kansas before turning rogue - and out who he was, only to be met with a fusillade of bulletsbeing killed after trying to rob a bank) had left, but besides from Sheriff Pippen\'s posseas Mrs. McSween watchedCharlie Bowdre, and Tom O\'Folliard, Billy found another in horror. Enraged, Billy turned around, fired, and killedrecruit, Dirty Dave Rudabaugh, fresh from causing trouble Peppin\'s deputy, a young cowpoke named Bob Beckwithfor Earp and Masterson in Dodge City.who had boasted he had killed McSween before the Kid killed him. Beckwith\'s murder would have some futureThey pretty much laid low throughout most of 1880, repercussions when a new sheriff by the name of GarrettBilly trying in vain to re-establish contact with Governor and his deputy, one Bob Ollinger, who was Beckwith\'s bestWallace, who willingly or not had all but washed his hands friend, captured Billy about two years later (Horan, Theof the troublesome Kid. Authentic Wild West: The Gunfighters, pp. 41-44; Burns, TheSheriff Pat GarrettSaga of Billy the Kid, pp. 123-139). Next month, Part 2.46 September 2020'