Victim
William J. Brady
- Born
- 16 August 1829
- Died
- 1 April 1878, aged about 49
- Record
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Victim in Billy the Kid
Sheriff of Lincoln County, killed in an ambush by the Regulators; Bonney was convicted of his murder.
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
The Regulators kill Sheriff William Brady and Deputy George Hindman in Lincoln.
Convicted at Mesilla of Brady's murder, he is sentenced to hang on 13 May.