Killing Pat Garrett, The Wild West's Most Famous Lawman - Murder or Self-Defense?
Language: English
Published by Doc45 Publishing, 2019
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Pat Garrett, the Wild West's most famous lawman - the man who killed Billy the Kid - was himself killed on leap day, February 29, 1908.Who killed him?Was it murder?Was it self-defense?No biographer of Garrett has been able to answer these questions. All have expressed opinions. None have presented evidence that would stand up in a court of law. Here, for the first time, drawing on previously undiscovered information, is the definitive answer to these questions, the Wild West's most famous unsolved killing. The true actions of Deacon Jim Miller, a professional killer, who was in Las Cruces the day Garrett was killed. The place on the now abandoned old wagon road in New Mexico where Garrett was killed. The coroner's jury report on Garrett's death, lost for over 100 years Garrett's original burial location. The sworn courtroom testimony of the only witness to Garrett's killing. The policeman who provided the decisive evidence in the trial of the man accused of murdering Garrett. The location of Garrett's Rock House and Home Ranches. The marriage of his confessed killer and the birth of his son. New family details: Garrett had a four-month-old daughter the day he killed Billy the Kid. She died tragically at 15. Another daughter was blinded by a well-intended eye treatment; a son was paralyzed by childhood polio; and Pat Garrett, Jr., named after his father, lost his right leg to amputation at age 12. 102 images, including six of Pat Garrett and his family which have never been published before. Pat Garrett's life was a remarkable adventure, with enormous highs. He met two US presidents: William McKinley Jr. and Theodore Roosevelt. President Roosevelt he met five times, three times in the White House. He brought the law to hardened gunmen. He oversaw hangings. His national fame was so extensive the day he died that newspapers from the East to the West Coast only had to write Pat Garrett for readers to know to whom they were referring. He also had devastating lows. He experienced heartbreaking family tragedy. He was blocked for re-appointment as El Paso Customs Collector by unjustified personal animus. He was pursued ruthlessly for a loan that he had co-signed as a favor for a friend. He had his ranches and livestock confiscated and sold on the Las Cruces public square. In spite of his reputation as a gunman, when faced with public humiliation, he responded with commendable dignity. Queried after losing his Custom Collector job, he replied: I simply take my medicine. This book is written so you experience his life as he did, as it happened, event by event.…
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- Title
- Killing Pat Garrett, The Wild West's Most Famous Lawman - Murder or Self-Defense?
- Author
- David G Thomas
- Publisher
- Doc45 Publishing
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0982870957
- ISBN 13
- 9780982870952
- Series
- Book 5 of 11: Mesilla Valley History Series
On February 29, 1908, Pat Garrett - the legendary sheriff who killed Billy the Kid - was shot to death on a lonely New Mexico road.
More than a century later, one question still divides historians:
Was Pat Garrett murdered - or did he die in self-defense?
Countless books have examined Garrett's life, yet none has been able to answer that question with evidence that would withstand careful scrutiny. Instead, historians have relied on speculation, conflicting recollections, and incomplete records.
This book takes a different approach.
Drawing upon previously undiscovered documents, long-forgotten official records, private family correspondence, contemporary newspapers, and other primary sources, it reconstructs Garrett's final years, his fatal shooting, the investigation that followed, and the trial of the man accused of killing him. The result is the most comprehensive examination ever published of one of the American West's greatest unsolved mysteries.
Among the discoveries presented here are:
- The long-lost coroner's jury report on Garrett's death, missing for more than a century.
- More than eighty personal letters Garrett wrote to his wife, revealing his private life in unprecedented detail.
- Never-before-seen pictures of his children.
- The forgotten locations of his two ranches.
- The sworn testimony of the only eyewitness to the shooting.
- Newly uncovered evidence concerning "Deacon Jim" Miller, the notorious professional assassin who was in Las Cruces the day Garrett died.
- The exact location on the abandoned wagon road where Garrett was killed.
- The decisive evidence presented during the murder trial.
- Garrett's original burial place.
- The years-long legal fight by Garrett's widow to recover the colt pistol that killed Billy the Kid.
- New information about his financial struggles and the man placed on trial for his death.
Beyond the mystery of Garrett's killing, this book offers a revealing portrait of the man himself. It follows Garrett from the triumph that made him internationally famous after killing Billy the Kid to the personal and financial hardships that marked his final years. Readers will discover the private side of Garrett's life - his family, friendships, tragedies, business failures, and determination to endure public setbacks with quiet dignity.
Garrett's remarkable career brought him into contact with Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt, whom he met on five occasions, including three visits to the White House. He became one of the most celebrated lawmen in American history, yet his final years were overshadowed by financial ruin, political disappointment, and relentless personal adversity.
Illustrated with 102 photographs and historical images, including six never before published photographs of Garrett and his family - the first newly discovered Garrett photographs to appear in more than fifty years - this book presents groundbreaking research that challenges long-held assumptions and sheds new light on the life and death of the Wild West's most famous lawman.
For readers interested in Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid, the Lincoln County War, frontier justice, and the true history of the American West, this is the most thoroughly documented investigation ever published into the question that has lingered since 1908:
Was Pat Garrett murdered - or was the shooting justified as self-defense?
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