Dossier
Patrick Floyd Garrett
DoB: June 5, 1847
Died: February 28, 1908
CoD: Ambushed – Shot 3 times near Las Cruses, NM
Height: 6ft 2″
Weight: 230lbs
Head Shape: Cube form
Eyes: Blue
Ears: Smaller, stick out, squared.
Nose: Long with larger bulb below the tip
Mouth: Smaller sized with strong archer’s bow upper lip.
Chin: Broad square jaw line.
Shoulders: Moderate downward slope.
Ambush Suspect: Wayne Brazil
Buried: Las Cruces, New Mexico
During the Lincoln County, NM cattle-baron wars, the likes of Pat Garrett, William Brady, Dick Brewer, Wm. H. McCarty, Butch Cassidy, Sundance and many more played a major role in shaping the history of the West.

Front Row: Wm. H. Bonney, Lucien B. Maxwell, Dan Dedrick
Back: Pat Garrett, James Ellsworth Lay
/ RJ Pastore Collection
They worked for various factions of a corrupt territory controlled by a few of the wealthiest men in America. The third riches man at that time was Lucien B. Maxwell who employed the best Regulators money would buy.

Pat Garrett / RJ Pastore Collection
This was where six-gun justice had little to do with the truth, and some lawmen worked on opposing sides of a dispute. Take for example Sheriff William Brady and Deputy Dick Brewer, who died in the line of duty. They were both killed on opposites sides of a shootout, while serving arrest warrants.

Sheriff Brady (left) Sheriff Garrett (right) Deputy Brewer (rear) / RJ Pastore Collection

Sheriff Pat Garrett / The bulge of a cross-draw holster is visible under his jacket. / RJ Pastore Collection

Pat Garrett / Public Image

Pat Garrett / Public image