Fort Stanton

There are living three eyewitnesses of what happened at that time, Frank and George Coe, ranchers on the Ruedoso today, and Johnny Patton, cook on Carrizo Ranch.

Patton was an ex-soldier of H Troop, 3rd Cavalry, and was mustered out at Fort Stanton in 1869.

At the time of the Roberts fight, he was running the sawmill for Dr. Blazer.

Frank Coe says that he himself was attempting to act as peacemaker, and that he tried to get Roberts to give up his arms and not make any fight.

There was a corpse behind them and wounded men with them.

Thirty-six hours later there was another corpse at Blazer's Mill.

The doctor, brought over from Fort Stanton, could do nothing for Roberts, and he died in agony.

Johnny Patton, sawyer and rough carpenter, made one big coffin, and in this the two, Brewer and Roberts, were buried side by side.

The Kid replied, We too hold warrants for you and your gang which we will serve on you hot from the muzzles of our guns.

About this time Lieutenant Colonel Dudley of the 9th Cavalry arrived from Fort Stanton with a company of infantry and some artillery.

Planting his cannons midway between the belligerent parties, Colonel Dudley proclaimed that he would turn his guns loose on the first of the two who fired over the heads of his command.

Despite this warning shots were fired back and forth but no harm was done.

He becomes desperately in love with Miss Dulcinea Del Toboso.

After their escape from Lincoln, Billy the Kid got his little band together and made a business of stealing stock and gambling.

Their headquarters were made in the hills near Fort Stanton, only a few miles above Lincoln.

The soldiers at the fort paid no attention to them.