d me he was born and raised in Silver City, New Mexico, which is
near the Moggocilion Mountains, and at that time the Kid was badly
wanted by the sheriffs of several counties for numerous murders
committed by him mostly of John Chisholm's men in Texas and New Mexico.

The Kid bid me good bye. He said he was going to the mountains as he
knew them well, and once there he was all right as he could stand off a
regiment of soldiers. The three of them departed together. I never saw
him again until the spring of 1881. I was in the city of Elmorgo, New
Mexico, and saw him the morning he was forced to flee to the mountains
to escape arrest. We could see him up there behind the rocks. He was
well armed having with him two Winchesters and two 45 Colts revolvers
and plenty of ammunition, and although the officers wanted him badly, no
one dared go up after him as it was certain death to come with range of
the Kid's guns. Later on he escaped and the next time I saw him was in
Antonshico, New Mexico. It was in June, and we had come up from Colonas
after some saddle horses, and I met and talked with him.

The next time I saw him he was laying dead at Pete Maxwell's ranch in
Lincoln county, New Mexico, having been killed by Pat A. Garret at that
time sheriff of Lincoln county, New Mexico. We arrived in Lincoln county
the very night he was killed at Pete Maxwell's ranch and went into camp
a short distance from Maxwell's, and we saw the Kid a short time after
he had been killed. The Kid had been arrested by Pat Garret and his
posse a short time before at Stinking Springs, New Mexico, along with
Tom Pickett, Billy Wilson and Dave Rudebough, after arresting these men
which was only effected after a hard fight and after the Kid's
ammunition had given out. Garret took the men heavily ironed to Los
Vegas. When it became known that Billy the Kid had been captured a mob
formed for the purpose of lynching him. But Garret placed his prisoners
in a box car over which himself and deputies stood guard until the train
pulled out which was nearly two hours. During that time the mob was
furious to get at the men, but they well knew the temper of Sheriff
Garret so they kept their distance.

The men were tried and convicted. The Kid and Rudbough were sentenced to
be hanged. Rudbough for having killed a jailer at Los Vegas in 1880. The
judge on passing sentence on the Kid, said you are sentenced to be
hanged by the neck until you are dead-dead-dead. The K