June 5, 2006

Pat Garrett

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Garrett was a lawman, bartender, and customs agent who was appointed sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, in 1880. As sheriff, he was charged with tracking down and arresting Henry McCarty, a jail escapee and participant in the Lincoln County War, better known as Billy the Kid. How did Garrett ultimately succeed in killing the Kid, and why did this act eventually sully his reputation?
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