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Number 4, The guard detail carried old grudges. Billy was moved out of Mesilla at night, quietly, because officials worried about trouble on the road. A rescue attempt was possible. So was a violent attack by people who hated him. The escort was armed and serious, but it was not emotionally neutral. Some of the men involved had their own connections to the Lincoln County War. One of the most important was Bob Olinger, often called Pecos Bob. Olinger was not just a nameless deputy standing by a d