Pat Garrett | Murder (Part 5)

The Wild West Extravaganza

Wild West Josh

History, Education

4.8 • 833 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

From investigating the Fountain disappearance to working as Sheriff of Dona Ana County, and appointed as the Collector of Customs by Teddy Roosevelt himself, Pat Garrett seemed to be living up to the notoriety gained from killing Billy the Kid. Unfortunately it would all come crashing down. Just a few years after the turn of the century, an aging Garrett would find himself out of a job and deeply in debt. Things would even get so bad that Pat’s family property was seized and auctioned, and the once proud lawman was reduced to begging friends for money in order to feed his family. And then came the goats. Ah, the goats. Pat leased his remaining land to an easy-going cowpoke named Wayne Brazel; a decision that would ultimately cost Garrett his life. Who killed Pat Garrett? The answer might surprise you! This is part 5 and the final installment in the Pat Garrett series. Links below for previous episodes. Pat Garrett | Origin Story (part 1) - https://www.wildwestextra.com/pat-garrett-origin-story-part-1/ Pat Garrett | Pat vs Billy the Kid (Part 2) - https://www.wildwestextra.com/pat-garrett-pat-vs-billy-the-kid-part-2/ Pat Garrett | The End of Billy the Kid (Part 3) - https://www.wildwestextra.com/pat-garrett-the-end-of-the-kid-part-3/ Check out the website for more true tales from the Old West https://www.wildwestextra.com/ Email me! https://www.wildwestextra.com/contact/ Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wildwest Free Newsletter! https://wildwestjosh.substack.com/ Join Into History for ad-free and bonus content! https://intohistory.supercast.com/ Looking for the Billy the Kid series? Start here: https://www.wildwestextra.com/billy-the-kid-orphan/ The Killing of Pat Garrett by Mark Boardman - https://truewestmagazine.com/the-killing-of-pat-garrett/ The Curious Murder of Manny Clements by Mark Boardman - https://truewestmagazine.com/article/the-curious-murder-of-manny-clements/ Pat Garrett: The Story of a Western Lawman by Leon Metz - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0806118385?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzjoshta02-20&creativeASIN=0806118385&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin To Hell on a Fast Horse by Mark Lee Gardner - https://www.amazon.com/dp/006136827X?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzjoshta02-20&creativeASIN=006136827X&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life by Robert Utley - https://www.amazon.com/dp/0803295588?linkCode=ssc&tag=onamzjoshta02-20&creativeASIN=0803295588&asc_item-id=amzn1.ideas.YEHGNY7KFAU7&ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d_asin Merchandise! https://www.teepublic.com/user/wild-west-extravaganza Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In February of 1908, just a few months shy of his 58th birthday, Patrick Floyd Garrett was shot dead.
0:07.3	Although evidence strongly suggests that the legendary lawman was murdered, and although there was a full confession,
0:13.2	ultimately no one would ever be held criminally responsible.
0:17.4	Why is that? Was Pat Garrett a bad seed who finally got what he had coming?
0:22.1	Was this just the law of karma rearing its ugly head?
0:24.9	Or is there a little bit more to the story than meets the eye?
0:28.4	My name's Josh, and you're listening to the Wild West extravaganza.
0:49.3	Yeah. If you're here to learn all about the events surrounding the death of Pat Garrett and the aftermath, you are most certainly in the right place.
0:53.6	This is part five and the final installment in the series on Garrett.
0:56.4	But please don't feel obligated to stop what you're doing and go back and listen to the previous four right now.
0:59.3	You can start with this episode and then go back and get the full story later if you so choose.
1:04.5	We've already discussed Pat's early life, his relationship with Billy the Kid,
1:08.4	his time of Sheriff of Lincoln County, and most recently,
1:11.6	his involvement with the disappearance of Albert Jennings Fountain.
1:15.1	I'll link to all these past episodes in the show notes, but we will be starting off today
1:18.8	in the year of our Lord 1899, and quickly moving forward to Garrett's demise.
1:24.6	That said, I do want to make an update.
1:26.2	I express confusion on an earlier episode,
1:29.3	part two in this series, as to whether or not Garrett was given the $500 reward after arresting
1:35.3	Billy the Kid at Stinking Springs. And thanks to my friend Ben Doss from the Billy the Kid Historical
1:40.4	Coalition, I have learned that, yes, Pat was given that initial reward in February of 1881.
1:47.3	This is not the same $500 he was awarded after killing Billy of the kid, which he also got.
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