WILLIAM BRADY

Order a Wreath

Rank: Sheriff
Panel: 13-W: 3
Department: Lincoln County, New Mexico, S.D.
End of Watch: April 1, 1878
Cause: Gunfire
Age: 56
Years of Service: Unk

Description: Sheriff Brady and Deputy George Hindman were ambushed and shot by Billy the Kid and his Regulators as they attempted to arrest them for murder. Billy the Kid and his gang fled the scene. Billy the Kid was responsible for the deaths of four additional law enforcement officers: Robert Beckwith, James Carlysle, James Bell and Robert Olinger.