Billy the Kid Rides Again: Digging for the Truth

Jay Miller

Sunstone Press, 2005 - Biography & Autobiography - 130 pages

In early 2003, three sheriffs set out to prove that Pat Garrett killed Billy the Kid, thereby also proving that Brushy Bill of Hico, Texas was not the real Kid. Along their way, the sheriffs enlisted New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's support and took two communities on a wild ride through court battles to dig up Billy and his mother. Governor Richardson found an attorney willing to work free and provide Billy with a voice. Follow "Billy" as he speaks for himself in court, requesting that he and his mother be dug up to examine the DNA in their dusty remains for evidence that they were related. And follow the small towns of Fort Sumner and Silver City, New Mexico as they fight to retain the integrity of their municipal cemeteries and keep the legend of Billy the Kid from crumbling away. Author Jay Miller followed the strange unfolding of events, digging to find the source of the money that financed an official murder investigation and the court action against two courageous small towns struggling to prevent the exhumations.

Contents

• Acknowledgements9: 9
• Foreword: 13
• Introduction: 17
• Reopening the Kids Case: 19
• Disappointing DNA: 22
• International Hero: 25
• The Search for Billys Bones: 28
• Billy Gets a Lawyer31: 31
• Billy Speaks: 34
• The Widow Garrett Speaks: 37
• Legislature Considers Pardon: 40
• Billy Have a Kid?: 43
• Governor and Sheriffs Join Up: 46
• Why Is Billy So Famous?: 49
• My Ideas For Promoting Billy 13 I Begin Digging: 52
• Sheriffs Cant Explain: 55
• Your Ideas For Promoting Billy: 61
• Finding Some Truths: 64
• A Shell Game: 67
• Frederick Nolan Weighs In: 71
• Fooling Only Some of the People: 74
• Dr Henry Lee Emerges: 77
• The Lincoln County Hoax: 80
• Billys Big Day: 83
• The Mysterious Mr Robins: 86
• Two Courageous Towns89: 89
• Billys Pardon: 93
• The Golden Bolo: 97
• Kid Case Really About Garrett: 100
• Some Good Comes From Bad: 104
• Victory in Fort Sumner: 108
• Tip of the Iceberg: 111
• Billy and Jackie: 114
• Epilogue118: 118
• Postscripts121: 121
• Retrace Billys Last Ride: 125
• NASCAR Billy: 128

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About the author

JAY MILLER grew up in Billy the Kid Country, listening to yarns about Billy, some true, some not. As a syndicated newspaper columnist, Miller has written often about Billy and the Lincoln County War and has used a collection of those columns to weave a riveting story of just what happened when Billy rode again.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Billy the Kid Rides Again: Digging for the Truth
• Author: Jay Miller
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Sunstone Press, 2005
• ISBN: 0865344582, 9780865344587
• Length: 130 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Criminals & Outlaws; History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); History / United States / 19th Century; History / United States / 21st Century; History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY); Law / Forensic Science; True Crime / Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions