THE WESTERNER

Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.

Monday, July 02, 2012

Thieves vandalise Billy the Kid's grave

The tombstone of Billy the Kid, the legendary Old West outlaw, has been vandalised in New Mexico. The 2000-pound gravestone was tipped over and damaged earlier this month after thieves broke into the old Fort Sumner Museum, local news reported. It happened at around 3.40am on Saturday June 16 and the criminals remain on the run, with police offering a $1,000 for information leading to their arrests. Several other graves in the cemetery were vandalised by the thieves, who also stole three antique rifles and a shotgun from the museum, De Baca County authorities told KOB-TV...more

1 comment:

Unknown said...: Catch em string um up and stone them the no good thieves.; 7:18 AM