Cold case : the assassination of Pat Garrett : investigating history's mysteries /

Cold case : the assassination of Pat Garrett : investigating history's mysteries /

W.C. Jameson takes on the myths and discovers what really happened in the Old West by consulting private investigators, using modern forensic techniques and examining the original evidence.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jameson, W. C., 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Guilford, Connecticut : TwoDot, [2020]
Subjects:
Garrett, Pat F. > (Pat Floyd), > 1850-1908.
Garrett, Pat F. > (Pat Floyd), > 1850-1908 > Death and burial.
Sheriffs > New Mexico > Lincoln County > Biography.
Frontier and pioneer life > Southwest, New.
Lincoln County (N.M.) > Biography.
Southwest, New > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Pat Garrett: Myth vs. Reality
  • Who Was Pat Garrett?
  • Origins
  • Westbound
  • New Mexico
  • The New Sheriff
  • Prisoner
  • Lincoln County Jail
  • Escape
  • The Shooting at Fort Sumner
  • The Book
  • Transitions
  • Setting the Stage
  • Enter Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain
  • Enter Albert Bacon Fall
  • Enter Oliver Lee
  • Enter Todd Bailey
  • Tularosa and Mesilla Valley Troubles
  • Part III: The Road to Assassination
  • The Call
  • Return
  • Chasing Oliver Lee
  • Confrontation
  • Political Machinations
  • Confrontation Redux
  • Cox Ranch Killing
  • The Trial of Oliver Lee
  • Collector of Customs
  • Financial Difficulties
  • Wayne Brazel
  • Chinese Laborers
  • Railroad Ties
  • The Plot to Remove Pat Garrett
  • Carl Adamson
  • The Final Journey
  • The Assassination
  • Part IV: Aftermath
  • Confession
  • The Trial of Wayne Brazel
  • The Suspects
  • The Plot to Kill Pat Garrett Revisited.