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How Did the Kid Get the Gun?

by | Apr 28, 2015 | Uncategorized

I have always doubted that, on the day Billy the Kid launched his do-or-die escape attempt from the Lincoln County Courthouse, he and Deputy James W. Bell would have been the only persons in that large building (formerly the Murphy-Dolan general store). Over the years, indications of other participants or witnesses have trickled into the hist


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