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Albert Fountain
The lawyer, newspaper founder and theater builder who defended Billy the Kid in Mesilla.
Albert Jennings Fountain moved to Mesilla in 1873, practiced law, and in 1877 founded the bilingual Mesilla Valley Independent. His most famous client was Billy the Kid, whom he could not save in 1881.
On February 1, 1896 Fountain and his eight-year-old son disappeared near White Sands on the way home to Mesilla.
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What happened to Albert Fountain?
He and his young son vanished near White Sands in 1896; only his wagon and a few belongings were found.
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