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Elfego Baca was a handsome young
sheriff’s deputy when he had his famous two-day gun battle with 80
cowhands from the Texas John Slaughter ranch. He survived, and four
cowboys didn’t.
He then went on to a law enforcement career in Socorro, New Mexico
and then became an attorney. But Elfego wouldn’t be Elfego if he
just filed briefs. Oh no. This man who was the subject of a Walt
Disney film half a century later, became a lawyer you could write
home about. His clientele stretched from Albuquerque to El Paso and
he gave practicing law the same … flamboyance ….. he gave to law
enforcement. One of the best
stories of Elfego’s lawyer days … and please remember these days
were often alcohol enhanced … thank you … concerned a client in El
Paso. Baca was in Albuquerque at the time, so the client wired him,
saying, “I’m in jail in El Paso and charged with murder. Please
come.”
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And Elfego wired back. “Leaving
immediately with three eyewitnesses.”
[Text from file received from
Slim Randles]
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