Walks Through the Cemetery – Part 3
In part thee of my series on “Walks Through the Cemetery,” I find the marker for Billy the Kid’s defense attorney and uncover a mystery.
Originally posted on The Scarlet Order:
Last week, I discussed the man who shot Billy the Kid, who is buried in the cemetery behind my house. It turns out there���s a gravestone for the man who defended Billy the Kid at his trial as well. 
This one���s an interesting gravestone in that no one is actually buried under it. Albert Fountain and his son disappeared in 1896 and to this day, no one knows what happened to them.
Albert Fountain���s career started during the Civil War, when he was a sergeant in the Union Army���s California Column, which took New Mexico back from the confederacy in 1862. After the war, he moved to El Paso, Texas and became a Republican politician at a time when it was not popular to be a Republican in Texas. He served in the Texas State Senate and served as Lieutenant Governor for a time. His views angered many Texas Democrats���
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