id laughed in the
judge's face saying, and you can go to Hell, Hell, Hell. After the Kid
had been sentenced he was placed in jail at Los Vegas, ironed hand and
foot, and under heavy guard, but never lost confidence and was always
looking for a chance to escape. When the day of his execution was not
much more than a week off, the Kid saw his chance, while eating his
supper both handcuffs had been fastened to one wrist so the Kid could
better feed himself. He was only guarded by one deputy named Bell. The
other deputy, Ollinger, had gone to supper across the street from the
jail. Bell turned his head for a moment and the Kid noticing the
movement quick as a flash brought the handcuffs down on Bell's head,
stunning him. The Kid then snatched Bell's revolver, he shot the deputy
through the body. Bell staggered to the steps down which he fell and
into the yard below where he died. Ollinger hearing the shot rushed
across the street. As he entered the jail yard he looked up and saw the
Kid at a window. As he did so the Kid shot Ollinger dead with a shot gun
which was loaded with buck shot. The Kid then broke the gun across the
window sill, then going to the room where the weapons were kept the Kid
picked out what guns he wanted and broke the balance. Then he made the
first person he met break the irons from his legs and bring him a horse.
The Kid then took four revolvers and two Winchester rifles and rode
away. Sheriff Garret was at White Oaks at the time and as soon he as
heard of the escape he hurried home and organized a posse to recapture
the Kid, but the Kid was at liberty two months before he was finally
rounded up and killed at Pete Maxwell's ranch. At the time the Kid
escaped at Los Vegas myself and a party of our boys had our horses at
Menderhall and Hunter's livery stable, just a few doors from the jail
and I was standing on the street talking to a friend when the Kid rode
by. From Los Vegas he went to the borders of Lincoln county where his
ever ready revolver was always in evidence. Shortly after his escape he
shot and killed William Mathews and a companion whom he met on the
prairie without apparent cause, and several other murders were
attributed to him before he was finally located at Maxwell's ranch and
killed by Sheriff Garret.

The Kid was only 22 years of age when his wild career was ended by the
bullet from the sheriff's gun and it is safe to assert he had at lease
one murder to the credit of every year of