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Pat Garrett
Is presented with$1,300, raised from the citizens of Dona Ana County, and $600, from Santa Fe County. -
Las Vegas Jail
In the Las Vegas jail, Dave Rudabaugh, along with cellmates Thomas Duffy. A. Murphy s picks the lock of his jail cell. They did not get away thought the guards who were watchn awoke and faght. -
The Escape
Rudabaugh, J. J. Webb, and five other inmates chisel a hole in the wall of their cell and escape unnoticed. They Immediately headed west, towards Arizona, and Webb headed east. Webb makes it to Arkansas, adopts the alias Samuel King, and dies of smallpox. -
Late 1881.....
Wanting to cash in on his fame as the killer of Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett hires a friend. -
Fort Sumner
Paulita Maxwell marries Jose Jaramillo at Fort Sumner. Allegedly, she gives birth to a son named Telesfor soon after they are wedded. Also around this time, Doc Scurlock begins teaching school in Vernon, Texas. Over the next several years, Doc also works as a farmer, doctor, and linguist, and moves his growing family several times to different Texas towns. In his free time, he also writes poetry. -
Pat Garrnett Is Finally Payed
Pat Garrett is finally given the official reward of $500 from the Territory of New Mexico. -
Billy Wilson put to Prison
In Santa Fe, Billy Wilson is convicted of passing counterfeit bills and sentenced to seven years in prison. -
Gunfight
Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and others encounter Curly Bill Brocius and several other outlaws near Mescal Springs, Arizona. A gunfight erupts with Earp killng Brocius and mortally wounding Johnny Barnes before the other outlaws flee. Dave Rudabaugh is reported to be among the outlaws. Afterwards, he apparently flees south into Mexico. -
Pat Garrett Makes A Book
Pat Garrett's book ''An Authentic Life of Billy the Kid,'' which is anything by authentic, is released. It ends up being a huge failure for Garrett, selling very poorly. -
Dan Pattrick is Arrested
Dan Dedrick is arrested by Pat Garrett in Socorro County for stealing a $35 steer from Jim Chisum. Dedrick posts $250 bail and flees New Mexico altogether for California, being accompanied by his brothers Sam and Mose. -
Jessie Evans Put on Paroled
Jessie Evans is paroled from prison in Huntsville, Texas. He immediately thereafter disappears. -
Jail Escape from Santa Fe
Billy Wilson and three other inmates escape from jail in Santa Fe. Nothing is heard from Wilson for the next couple years,
