Celsa Gutierrez
Not much is known of Celsa's origins. Maybe because no one has really done a lot of research on her. She lived at Fort Sumner at the time Billy frequented there. She was a good friend of Billy as well. She had a husband named Saval, who was most likely either her brother or cousin as well. Celsa was also the sister of Apolonaria Garrett, Pat Garrett's wife. It has been said that Celsa was one of Billy's girlfriends. Walter Noble Burns was the first who said this. In his book, "The Saga of Billy the Kid," Burns was supposed to have a chapter all about Paulita Maxwell being Billy's girlfriend. Burns's publishers were afraid that since Paulita was still alive, she might sew them for saying she was a girlfriend of Billy's. Because of this, Burns changed every reference to Paulita to the dead Celsa. His saying that Celsa and Billy were an item was not based on fact at all. However, he still may have gotten lucky and they may have really been an item, but certainly not as big an item as Billy and Paulita. Paulita and Celsa were also friends. Brushy Bill Roberts said that after the shooting at Fort Sumner on July 14, 1881, Celsa helped him with his wounds and helped him flee.
