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New Mexico lawman revisits Billy the Kid shooting
CNN ^ | 5-26-2003 | Reuters

Posted on 05/28/2003 5:08:01 PM PDT by Cacique

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:36 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) -- Legendary Western outlaw Billy the Kid is supposed to have died after pistol shots rang through the night in the New Mexico desert 122 years ago, and a local sheriff's office has reopened the books on the event to find out just who shot whom.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: crime; dna; science; unsolvedmystery
And now for something different and interesting.

Some people just won't let sleeping dogs lie.

1 posted on 05/28/2003 5:08:02 PM PDT by Cacique
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To: Clemenza; PARodrig; Black Agnes; nutmeg; rmlew; Dutchy; Yehuda; firebrand
ping
2 posted on 05/28/2003 5:09:48 PM PDT by Cacique
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To: Cacique
Interesting. It looks like this could be a real challenge.

I enjoyed reading this. Thanks for posting it.

3 posted on 05/28/2003 5:14:19 PM PDT by Scenic Sounds
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To: Cacique
I read a book that indicted that though wounded, Billy the Kid went to western New Mexico and lived there on a small ranch until he went into an old folks home in the middle 1930's.

This will be interesting.

Regards,

4 posted on 05/28/2003 5:18:04 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: Squantos
Squantos,
You and I both being ex New Mexico lawmen, maybe we should give them a hand.
5 posted on 05/28/2003 5:44:56 PM PDT by TEXASPROUD
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To: Cacique
Bump 4 Later
6 posted on 05/28/2003 6:25:29 PM PDT by FreeLibertarian (You live and learn. Or you don't live long.)
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To: Cacique
Will the real Billy the Kid please stand up?
7 posted on 05/28/2003 9:10:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws help support terrorism.)
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To: Cacique
I thought DNA tests had already been done on hair samples from a supposed william bonnet grave? I thought this was resolved years ago? Maybe that just proved that a supposed body was not william bonnet's? Interesting stuff nonetheless.
8 posted on 05/28/2003 9:37:29 PM PDT by boltCutter
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To: TEXASPROUD
This is a commercial for cremation isn't it .......:o)

Stay Safe !

9 posted on 05/28/2003 9:42:55 PM PDT by Squantos (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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