Garrett after a legal battle that went to the Supreme court of Texas, will hand her the historic, single-action,. Garrett is ill, but said she would be able to stand on the front porch of ,her Las Cruces home and receive the gun. The weapon was left with Tom Powers for exhibition purposes in his old Coney Island saloon in Sheriff Garrett was killed in!
Garrett used the. They were gifts from his friend and ally the Marquis de Lafayette. The sale on Friday was the highlight of an auction of Old West firearms, manuscripts, photos and other memorabilia amassed by Texas-based collectors and college professors Jim and Theresa Earle. Also sold was a Whitney double-barrel hammer shotgun that Billy the Kid took from a sheriff's deputy and used to kill him as he escaped from jail in April Join ST's Telegram channel here and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
A man and a legend. The book, said Bonhams, is one of the rarest in the canon and the "foundation of the Billy the Kid legend.
Billy the Kid and Garrett shared a "mutual respect," and Kid's "hunt, capture, escape and death have become the stuff of legend," the auction house said. Pat Garrett's contract for his book on Billy the Kid will also be auctioned. Reporting by Jill Serjeant; editing by Jonathan Oatis. More from Reuters. Sign up for our newsletter Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
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