Killing Pat Garrett, the Wild West’s Most Famous Lawman – Murder or Self-Defense?
Acknowledgments
List of Images
Introduction
1. A Fresh Start
Proffer and Acceptance
The Fountain Murders
The Crime Scenes
Operative Fraser Arrives
The Investigation
Pinkerton Investigation Terminated
The Struggle to Become Sheriff
Family Leaves Uvalde, Texas
Ida Dies
Hanging Jesus Garcia
Elected Sheriff
2. Hard Working Sheriff – 1897-1898
Deputy John McLeod Killed
Jesus Chacon Murderers Caught
Hanging the Murderers of Francisco Chavez
Arresting the Killer of Vicente Sanchez
First Hint of the Coming Storm
A Good Sheriff
Garrett Buys a Home Ranch
Second Year Begins Well – 1898
Oliver Lee Marries
Court Issues Judgment
Garrett Arrests McNew and Carr
McNew-Carr Preliminary Examination
Shootout at Wildy Well
Shootout Continues With Words
Hunting Lee and Gililland
Striking Bean and Suing
Running for Re-Election
3. Second Term – 1899-1900
Lee and Gililland Surrender
Geronimo Parra
Garrett Buys the Rock House Ranch
Hillsboro, New Mexico
Pre-Trial Celebrities
Fountain Murder Trial – Opening
Fountain Murder Trial – Testimony
Fountain Murder Trial – The Verdict
Fountain Murder Trial – Aftermath
What Happened to the Bodies?
Pauline Juliet Garrett Born
Killing Norman Newman
Robbery at Rincon
Bowman Bank Robbery
National Aspirations
Garrett “Killed”
Juan Telles Killed
4. Return to Private Life – 1901
Financial Troubles Renewed
Meeting President McKinley
Mining Interests
President McKinley Assassinated
Unexpected Opportunity
5. Collector of Customs – 1902-1903
Zero-Tolerance
Garrett Mortgages Ranches
Mary Lohman Burns to Death
Corralitos Calf War
Craig Diamond Case
Fighting Removal Efforts
Roosevelt Visits New Mexico
Fisticuffs
Smelter Case
Personal Affairs – 1903
Oscar Lohman Garrett Born
6. Collector of Customs – 1904-1905
Sinaloa Land Deal
Elizabeth Garrett Begins Career
Seeking Reappointment
Rough Riders Reunion
Jarvis Powers Garrett Born
Garrett Visits Billy the Kid’s Grave
Fight for Reappointment
7. Financial Woes Deepen – 1906
Finstad Ranch Murders
Seizure and Replevin
Dead Man Found
8. Hope Denied – 1907
Appeals For Help
Wayne Brazel Leases Rock House Ranch
Curry Appointed Governor of New Mexico
9. Killing Garrett – 1908
The Ranches Deal
February 29, 1908 – The Shooting
Coroner’s Jury
Autopsy
Garrett’s Last Check
10. Aftermath
Doubts about Adamson’s Account
Brazel Pleads Not Guilty
Preliminary Examination – Morning Session
Preliminary Examination – Afternoon Session
Visit to Death Site
Garrett’s Funeral
Conspiracy Allegations
11. Wayne Brazel
Shooting Frank Terrell
Move to Gold Camp
Telles Beating
Life at Gold Camp
Olive Boyd
12. Wayne Brazel’s Trial
Brazel Indicted
Adamson Arrested
Apolinaria Sells Home Ranch
Killer of Garrett Confesses
James Miller Lynched
Joseph Stahl Makes Charges
Wayne Brazel’s Trial
Understanding the Trial Result
Response to Joseph Stahl
Print Rhode Jailed for Murder
Brazel Marries Olive Boyd
Brazel’s Last Days
13. Debunking the Conspiracy Theories
Rickards’ Grand Conspiracy
Miller-Done-It Theories
Carl Adamson Done It
Print Rhode Done It
Did the Fornoff Report Exist
Conclusion
14. Death Site
Appendix A – IOOF Cemetery – Garrett Family Plot
Appendix B – The Pistol the Killed Billy the Kid
Appendix C – The Pistol the Pat Garrett
Appendix D – Timeline
Notes
Index
