Victim in Billy the Kid
Deputy guarding the Kid at the Lincoln courthouse; shot during the escape.
1878–1881 · Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory · Killed before trial
Convicted of killing a sheriff, Billy the Kid shot his way out of the Lincoln jail in 1881. Eleven weeks later Pat Garrett found him in a dark bedroom. Read the case.
Dated events
He escapes from the Lincoln courthouse, killing deputies James Bell and Bob Olinger.