Billy the Kid photo?

[Jim Garrett]

I imagine the economic situations for both Zerelda and Apolinaria were comparable. It was a tough environment for widows, just look at what Mary Todd Lincoln had to go through to get any settlement for her murdered husband. Zerelda and Apolinaria had to get by on their husbands respective fame or notoriety. I don't think their was much to Pat Garrett's or Jesse James estates when each were murdered. Both women were resourceful.