DEATH OF "BILLY THE KID."


In The Dallas Daily Herald. Dallas, TX: July 20, 1881. Folio (545 x 375 mm). 6 pp. Chipping along edges, and at spine."Pat Garrett deserved the thanks of the whole community for ridding the country of the desperado. The Kid was a careless youth of 21 years ... His boast was that he had killed a man for every year of his age. Which was probably true." Texas newspaper report of the death of the notorious outlaw, appearing on the front page, 2nd column.