S3 Ep32: Billy the Kid: The Lincoln County War Part 2

Crimes of the Centuries

Amber Hunt and Audioboom

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

After the five-day Battle of Lincoln, the deputized posse called the Regulators disbanded. The Lincoln County War appeared to be over. Lew Wallace, the newly appointed governor of the New Mexico Territory knew that some of the former desperados were worried that they could be arrested at any point for whatever role they had played during the ordeal, so he offered amnesty for many of them. But those who had already been indicted for murder were still on law enforcement’s “wanted” list. And that list included the person at the heart of today’s episode: Billy the Kid.

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0:00.0	Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society, or even earn the label,
0:15.6	Crime of the Century.
0:18.4	But the stories that made headlines in decades past
0:21.4	aren't necessarily remembered today.
0:25.0	I'm Amber Hunt, a journalist and author,
0:27.5	and in each episode of this show,
0:29.5	I'll examine a case that's maybe lesser known today but was huge when it happened.
0:35.0	This is crimes Billy the Kid.
0:53.6	Be sure to check out part one and then come back here for the rest of the story.
0:57.3	After the death of lawyer Alexander McSweene during the five-day battle of Lincoln, the now no longer
1:09.8	deputized posse called the regulators disbanded.
1:13.6	The Lincoln County War appeared to be over.
1:17.3	This was a huge relief for many, including politicians of the time
1:21.3	who were tired of dealing with all this bloodshed and mayhem.
1:25.0	Plus the situation was generating news stories that ran in newspapers nationwide.
1:30.0	Suddenly, this small unknown area in southeastern New Mexico was making national news.
1:37.0	Lincoln County citizens weren't amused.
1:40.0	Nor was a fellow named Lou Wallace who was appointed governor of the New Mexico Territory by President Rutherford B Hayes just after McSween's death.
1:51.0	Lou Wallace knew that some of the former desperados were worried that they could be arrested at any point for whatever role they had played during the ordeal, so he concocted something of an olive branch designed to keep the peace.
2:05.2	Josh Taylor of the Wild West Extravagansa podcast.
2:09.6	He offers a blanket amnesty for a lot of people so that's incentive to stop biting.
2:14.9	Well incentive for some people. A lot of people involved in the violence didn't have
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