By dying from Billy the Kid’s hands on April 28, 1881, Deputy Sheriffs James W. Bell and Robert Olinger stoked Billy’s legend to a white hot flame. Had Billy not murdered the two lawmen during his brazen escape from hanging, it’s doubtful the Kid’s story would be known today. “It was more than an hour, after he killed Olinger and Bell, before he left,” an eyewitness reported. “He told the people that he did not want to kill Bell but, as he ran, he had to. He said he grabbed Be


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