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Billy the Kid

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Born Henry McCarty
November 23, 1859(1859-11-23)
New York City, New York, United States
Died July 14, 1881 (aged 21)
Fort Sumner, New Mexico United States
Occupation Ranch hand, Gambler, Cattle rustler, Outlaw
Parents Father: unknown, poss. Patrick Henry McCarty, Michael McCarty or William Bonney
Stepfather: William Antrim
Mother: Catherine McCarty/Katherine McCarty Bonney
Half-brother: Joseph Antrim
.Henry McCarty (reportedly November 23, 1859[1] — July 14, 1881), better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William H. Bonney, was a 19th century American frontier outlaw and gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War.^ Henry McCarty (Billy the Kid, William H. Bonney) was born out of wedlock to Catherine McCarty in New York City on November 23, 1859.
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 ^ There are those who still question whether Henry McCarty or William H. Bonney, Jr. Billy the Kid's true name.

 ^ The legend holds that Billy, also known as William Bonney, Henry McCarty, and Henry Antrim, was born in New York, or was it Texas?
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 .According to legend, he killed over 20 white men and a number of Mexicans and Indians,[2] but he is generally accepted to have killed four men.^ According to legend, he killed over 20 white men and a number of Mexicans and Indians,but he is generally accepted to have killed four men.

 ^ According to legend he killed 21 men, one for each year of his life.

 ^ About the Book Billy the Kid is generally thought of as a murderous, if not psychotic, outlaw who was rumored to have killed twenty-one men—one for each year of his life.
  • On the Trail of Billy the Kid | By Lori Ann Goodloe | Category: Arts & Photography | Blurb 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.blurb.com [Source type: General]

 [2]
.McCarty (or Bonney, the name he used at the height of his notoriety) was 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) to 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) tall with blue eyes, a smooth complexion and prominent front teeth.^ McCarty was 5'8-5'9 with blue eyes, smooth cheeks, and prominent front teeth.

 ^ Short and lithe, McCarty had blue eyes, smooth cheeks and prominent front teeth.
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 ^ There are those who still question whether Henry McCarty or William H. Bonney, Jr. Billy the Kid's true name.
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 .He was said to be friendly and personable at times,[3][4] and many recalled that he was as "lithe as a cat".[3] Contemporaries described him as a "neat" dresser who favored an "unadorned Mexican sombrero".[3][5] These qualities, along with his cunning and celebrated skill with firearms, contributed to his paradoxical image, as both a notorious outlaw and beloved folk hero.^ He was said to be friendly and personable at times, but he could also be short-tempered and determined.
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 ^ He knew that many of the Hispanics thought of him as a folk hero.
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 ^ People who knew Billy describe him as friendly and affable.
  • Billy the Kid: Truth and Myth: The Truth Behind the Old West's Greatest Outlaw 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC americanhistory.suite101.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

 [6]
.A relative unknown during his own lifetime, he was catapulted into legend the year after his death when his killer, Sheriff Pat Garrett, along with co-author M.A. "Ash" Upson, published a sensationalistic biography titled The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid.^ And there began the legend of Billy the Kid ...
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 ^ After he shot and killed Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett published a book sensationalizing Billy the Kid's life, and a Western legend was born.
  • The Real Billy the Kid: Was it Brushy Bill Roberts? - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.associatedcontent.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Billy the Kid Biography from Who2.com .
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 .Beginning with Garrett's account, Billy the Kid grew into a symbolic figure of the American Old West.^ Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973) .
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 ^ Its about the famous old west bandit Billy the Kid.

 ^ Billy the Kid : outlaw of the wild West / .

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Contents

Early life

.Little is known about McCarty's origins, but many reputable scholars of western history "contend that he was born on the eve of the Civil War in the bowels of an Irish neighborhood in New York City.^ Very little is known about him!
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 ^ His real name was Henry McCarty and he was born in 1859 in New York City, the son of Irish immigrants.
  • New Mexico: Billy the Kid Rides Again | MyWestworld 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.mywestworld.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Little is known about McCarty's background but he is thought to have been born in New York.
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 .If indeed, his birthplace was New York, no records that can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he ever lived there have ever been uncovered".[8][9] While his biological father remains an obscure figure, some researchers have theorized that his name was Patrick McCarty, Michael McCarty, William McCarty, or Edward McCarty.^ His father went by the name of William Bonney or Patrick Henry McCarty.
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 ^ There is no doubt but this statement was false.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ No records about the father.
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 [8] .There is clear evidence that his mother's name was Catherine McCarty, although "there have been continuing debates about whether McCarty was her maiden or married name".[8][9] According to some accounts, McCarty was born as William Henry McCarty, Jr., but his mother preferred to call him "Henry" because she did not wish him to be known as "junior".[10] It is generally believed that McCarty's mother was a survivor of the Great Irish Famine of the mid-19th century.^ His father went by the name of William Bonney or Patrick Henry McCarty.
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 ^ William Henry McCarty is born.
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 ^ It was a typical 19th century general store.
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 [8][9] .Some genealogists argue, however, that the future outlaw was born William Henry Bonney, the son of William Harrison Bonney and wife Katherine Boujean, paternal grandson of Levi Bonney and wife Rhoda Pratt and great-grandson of Obadiah Pratt, who in turn were the grandparents of Mormon leader Parley P. Pratt, making him and McCarty first cousins once removed.^ His father went by the name of William Bonney or Patrick Henry McCarty.
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 ^ William Henry McCarty is born.
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 ^ Some genealogists say he was born William Henry Bonney and was son of William Harrison Bonney and wife Katherine Boujean, paternal grandson of Levi Bonney and wife Rhoda Pratt and great-grandson of Obadiah Pratt (Saybrook, Connecticut, September 14, 1742 Canaan, New York, March 2, 1797) and wife Jemima Tolls (New Haven, Connecticut, August 11, 1754 Washington, New York, November 24, 1812) (who in turn were the grandparents of Mormon leader Parley P. Pratt, making him and Bonney first cousins once removed.
  • Billy the Kid, his escape in Lincoln, New Mexico  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.galenfrysinger.com [Source type: General]

 [11] .Furthermore, the late New Mexico historian, Herman P. Weisner, contended that McCarty was of partial Hispanic ancestry.^ Although McCarty roamed New Mexico Territory for only the last nine years of his short and turbulent life, he called New Mexico home.
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 ^ Curry lost his federal job as a result of his testimony in support of Fall so New Mexico created a job for him as state historian.

 ^ Again on the run, McCarty, who had begun to refer to himself as Willam H. Bonney, next turns up in the house of a Heiskell Jones in Pecos Valley, New Mexico.
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 .Weisner's theory was based, in part, on the outlaw's remarkable fluency in Spanish and his well-known sympathy for the Hispanic people of the New Mexico Territory.^ New Mexico is also well-known for its UFOs and extraterrestrial encounters.
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 ^ He was a festering boil in the Territory of New Mexico.
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 ^ This gentleman was a Jew, well known in the Territory.
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 [12]
.By 1868, Catherine McCarty had moved with her two young sons, Henry and Joseph, to Indianapolis, Indiana.^ Catherine, Joseph, and Henry McCarty show up on the Indiana census.
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 ^ Catherine McCarty and sons are living in Indiana.
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 ^ Catherine McCarty and sons Henry and Joseph are living in Marion County, Indiana.
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 [13] .There, she met William Antrim, who was 12 years her junior.^ His widow took young William, who’s first name was actually Henry, and his brother to Indiana, where she married a man named William Antrim in 1873.
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 ^ In 1868, his mother met William Antrim, and after several years of moving around the country with Henry and his half-brother Joseph, the couple married and settled in Silver City, New Mexico, in 1873.
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 ^ There are lots of legends and a modicum of truth based on the exploits of William McCarty, who later became William Henry McCarty-Antrim, who changed his name in Lincoln to William H. Bonney, but was mostly known as the Kid.

 [14] .In 1873, after several years of moving around the country, the two were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico,[15] and settled further south in Silver City.^ The family moved to Silver City in Grant County, located in southern New Mexico.

 ^ By 1873, the family had moved to Silver City, New Mexico where his mother died of Tuberculosis.

 ^ The family moves to Silver City.
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 [16] .Antrim found sporadic work as a bartender and carpenter but soon became more interested in prospecting and gambling for fortune than in his wife and stepsons.^ Antrim found sporadic work as a bartender and carpenter but soon became more interested in prospecting for fortune than in his wife and stepsons; despite this, young McCarty sometimes referred to himself by the surname 'Antrim'.
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 ^ Antrim found sporadic work as a bartender and carpenter but soon became more interested in prospecting and gambling for fortune than in his wife and stepsons.
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 ^ His stepfather worked as a bartender and carpenter but soon got the prospecting bug and virtually ignored his wife and stepsons.
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 [17] .Nevertheless, young McCarty often used the surname "Antrim" when referring to himself.^ Despite this, young McCarty sometimes referred to himself by the surname "Antrim."
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 ^ Antrim found sporadic work as a bartender and carpenter but soon became more interested in prospecting for fortune than in his wife and stepsons; despite this, young McCarty sometimes referred to himself by the surname 'Antrim'.
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 ^ Again on the run, McCarty, who had begun to refer to himself as "Willam H. Bonney", next turned up in the house of Heiskell Jones in Pecos Valley, New Mexico.
  • Billy the Kid, his escape in Lincoln, New Mexico  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.galenfrysinger.com [Source type: General]

 [18]
.Faced with a husband who was frequently absent, McCarty's mother reportedly washed clothes, baked pies, and took in boarders in order to provide for her sons.^ Faced with an indigent husband, McCarty's mother took in boarders in order to provide for her sons.
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 ^ Although variously known as Henry Antrim and William H. Bonney, the outlaw was likely born Henry McCarty to a mother who fled Ireland's Great Famine of the 1840s.
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 ^ He went out forever from the care, the love, and influence of a fond mother, for he was never to see her face again--she who had so lovingly reared him, and whom he had so tenderly and reverently loved.
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 [19] .Although she was fondly remembered by onetime boarders and neighbors as "a jolly Irish lady, full of life and mischief",[20] she was already in the final stages of tuberculosis when the family reached Silver City.^ The family moves to Silver City.
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 ^ She was by now afflicted with tuberculosis even though she was seen by her boarders and neighbors as "a jolly Irish lady, full of life and mischief".
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 ^ She was afflicted with tuberculosis, even though she was seen by her boarders and neighbors as "a jolly Irish lady, full of life and mischief."
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 [21] .The following year, on September 16, 1874, Catherine McCarty died; she was buried in the Memory Lane Cemetery in Silver City.^ His mother is buried nearby in Memory Lane Cemetery.
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 ^ The following year, on September 16, 1874, she died, and was buried in the Memory Lane Cemetery in Silver City.
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 ^ Billy's mother, Catherine Antrim, died of tuberculosis here in 1874 and is buried in Memory Lane Cemetery.

 [17] .At age 14, McCarty was taken in by a neighboring family who operated a hotel where he worked to pay for his keep.^ At age 14, McCarty was taken in by a neighboring family who operated a hotel where he worked to pay for his keep.
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 ^ He began his working life in a hotel, where he did odd jobs to pay for his board and lodging.
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 ^ Rather, the attractive Widow McCarty appears to have been an aggressive, independent businesswoman who supported herself and her family by dealing in real estate and operating hotels, boardinghouses, and laundries, services always needed in the frontier communities.
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 .The manager was impressed by the youth, contending that he was the only young man who ever worked for him that did not steal anything.^ The manager was impressed by the young boy, boasting that he was the only kid who ever worked for him that didn't steal anything.
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 ^ The manager was impressed by the youth, boasting that he was the only young man who ever worked for him that did not steal anything.
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 ^ An ambitious lawyer's (Newman) dark past comes back to haunt him while defending a war buddy who's been accused of murder, in "The Young Philadelphians" (1959).
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 [22] .One of McCarty's school teachers later recalled that the young orphan was "no more of a problem than any other boy, always quite willing to help with chores around the schoolhouse".[23] Early biographers sought to explain McCarty's subsequent descent into lawlessness by focusing on his habit of reading dime novels that romanticized crime.^ His school teachers thought that the young orphan was "no more of a problem than any other boy, always quite willing to help with chores around the schoolhouse".
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 ^ His school teachers said that the young orphan was "no more of a problem than any other boy, always quite willing to help with chores around the schoolhouse."
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 ^ Along the way, the people that are trying to help Garrett in his search seem to be more corrupt than the Kid themselves, with a "by any means necessary" frame of mind.
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 A more likely explanation, however, was his slender physique, "which placed him in precarious situations with bigger and stronger boys".[24]
.Forced to seek new lodgings when his foster family began to experience "domestic problems", McCarty moved into a boarding house and pursued odd jobs.^ He began his working life in a hotel, where he did odd jobs to pay for his board and lodging.
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 ^ The family moved on to Wichita Kansas, then to Santa Fe and, finally, Silver City, New Mexico by 1873, where Catherine died of tuberculosis the following year.
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 ^ The family moved to Silver City in Grant County, located in southern New Mexico.

 [24] .In April, 1875, McCarty was arrested by Grant County Sheriff Harvey Whitehill, after McCarty stole some cheese.^ The following year Henry, who apparently had developed a rebellious streak and sticky fingers, had his first brush with the law when Harvey Whitehill, the local sheriff, arrested him for stealing clothes from a Chinese laundry.
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 ^ However, on September 23, 1875 McCarty was arrested for hiding a bundle of stolen clothes for a man playing a prank on a Chinese laundryman.
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 ^ As I understand it the current sheriff of Lincoln County wants to exhume the grave of Billy the Kid and test to see if it really is him or some else who is buried there.
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 .On September 24, 1875, McCarty was again arrested when he was found in possession of clothing and firearms that a fellow boarder had stolen from a Chinese laundry owner.^ On September 24, 1875, McCarty was arrested for hiding a bundle of stolen clothes for a man playing a prank on a Chinese laundryman.
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 ^ On September 23, 1875 McCarty was arrested for hiding a bundle of stolen clothes for a man playing a prank on a Chinese laundryman.
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 ^ On September 23, 1875, McCarty was arrested for hiding a bundle of stolen clothes for a man playing a prank on a Chinese laundryman.

 [25] .Two days after McCarty was placed in jail, the teenager escaped by worming his way up the jailhouse chimney.^ Two days after Billy was thrown in jail, the scrawny teen escaped by worming his way up the jailhouse chimney.
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 ^ After two days he escaped by jimmying himself up the chimney.
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 ^ Two days after McCarty was thrown in jail, the scrawny teen escaped by worming his way up the jailhouse chimney.
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 .From that point on, McCarty was more or less a fugitive.^ From that point on, McCarty was more or less a fugitive.
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 ^ From that point onward McCarty would be a fugitive.
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 [26] .According to some accounts, he eventually found work as an itinerant ranch hand and shepherd in southeastern Arizona.^ He eventually found work as an itinerant ranch hand and sheepherder in southeastern Arizona .
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 ^ He eventually found work as an itinerant ranch hand and shepherd in southeastern Arizona.
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 ^ Billy worked on several local ranches in the area before eventually going to work for an English rancher and merchant named John Tunstall as a cattle guard.

 [27] .In 1876, he settled in the vicinity of Fort Grant Army Post in Arizona, where he worked local ranches and tested his skills at local gaming houses.^ He eventually found work as an itinerant ranch hand and sheepherder in southeastern Arizona .
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 ^ In August 1877 he killed Frank Cahill, an army blacksmith at Fort Grant.

 ^ In 1877 he became a civilian teamster at Camp Grant Army Post.
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 [28] .Sheriff Whitehill would later say that he liked the boy, and his acts of theft were more due to necessity than wantonness.^ Write a Review I would like to say...
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 ^ More than a century later, no one is quite sure who is buried in the gravesites known as Billy's and his mother's.
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 ^ According to legend he killed 21 men, one for each year of his life, but more likely he participated in the killing of less than half that number.
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.During this time, McCarty became acquainted with John R. Mackie, a Scottish-born ex-cavalry private with a criminal bent.^ During this search I became acquainted with Fred Lambert of Cimarron, the last living member of the territorial police and we developed a friendship that lasted until Lambert’sdeath in 1971.

 ^ He then met up with a horse thief name John Mackie who taught him the tricks of the trade and the two became partners.

 ^ Not groundbreaking scholarship, but a sensible summary of a small-time criminal whose short, violent life became fodder for American myth.
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 [29] .The two men supposedly became involved in the risky, but profitable, enterprise of horse thievery; and McCarty, who targeted local soldiers, became known by the sobriquet of "Kid Antrim".[30] Biographer Robert M. Utley writes that the nickname arose because of McCarty's "slight build and beardless countenance, his young years, and his appealing personality".[31] In 1877, McCarty was involved in an altercation with the civilian blacksmith at Fort Grant, a loquacious Irish immigrant named Frank "Windy" Cahill, who took pleasure in bullying young McCarty.^ The civilian blacksmith at the camp, Frank "Windy" Cahill, took pleasure in bullying young Billy.
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 ^ In 1877, he was hired on as a teamster at the Camp Grant Army Post, where he attracted the enmity of a burly civilian blacksmith named Frank "Windy" Cahill.
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 ^ The civilian blacksmith at the camp, Frank "Windy" Cahill, took pleasure in bullying young McCarty.
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 [32] .On August 17, Cahill reportedly attacked McCarty after a verbal exchange and threw him to the ground.^ On August 17, Cahill attacked McCarty after a verbal exchange and threw him to the ground.
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 ^ On August 17 Cahill attacked McCarty after a verbal exchange and threw him to the ground.
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 ^ Billy responded by calling Cahill a "son of a bitch," and the big blacksmith jumped him and easily threw him to the ground.
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 .Reliable accounts suggest McCarty retaliated by drawing his gun and shooting Cahill, who died the next day.^ Billy retaliated by drawing his gun and shooting Cahill, who died the next day.
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 ^ He pulled his pistol and shot Cahill, who died the next day.
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 ^ McCarty retaliated by drawing his gun and shooting Cahill, who died the next day.
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 [33] .Years later, Louis Abraham, who knew McCarty in Silver City, denied that anyone was killed in this altercation.^ When Billy the Kid was a very young lad In old Silver City he went to the bad Way out in the West with a gun in his hand At the age of twelve years he did kill his first man.
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 ^ The following year, on September 16, 1874, she died, and was buried in the Memory Lane Cemetery in Silver City.
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 ^ It was later claimed that Billy the Kid had killed 21 men in his 21 years of life.

 [34] .Records show, however, that a coroner's inquest concluded that McCarty's shooting of Cahill was "criminal and unjustifiable". Some of those who witnessed the incident later claimed that McCarty acted in self-defense.^ However, the rough laws of the West might have found Billy guilty of unjustified murder because Cahill had not pulled his own gun.
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 ^ Blazer later claimed, during the military inquest that followed the murder, when he heard the shooting, he climbed to a safe room in the house where no one could see him and he would be safe from the Indians.
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 ^ Months later, Nevada encounters one of the criminals, Les Setter, who is now posing as an Army purchasing agent.
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 [35]
.In fear of Cahill's friends and associates, McCarty fled Arizona Territory and entered New Mexico Territory.^ He lived at a time in the Territory of New Mexico when strong men made their own law, took care of their own problems, settling many of them with a gun.

 ^ Having fled from his home in New Mexico after being jailed for a theft he may not have committed, Billy became an itinerant ranch hand and sheepherder in Arizona.
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 ^ Fearing imprisonment, Billy returned to New Mexico where he soon became involved in the bloody Lincoln County War.
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 [36] .He eventually arrived at the former army post of Apache Tejo, where he joined a band of cattle rustlers who targeted the sprawling herds of cattle magnate John Chisum.^ Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) and sidekick Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) go head to head against a rustler who schemes to purchase cattle at reduced prices.
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 ^ Tunstall was aligned with John Chisum and Alexander McSween in the cattle war.
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 [37] .During this period, McCarty was spotted by a resident of Silver City, and the teenager's involvement with the notorious gang was mentioned in a local newspaper.^ On December 19, McCarty barely escaped the posse's midnight ambush in Fort Sumner, during which one of McCarty's gang, Tom O'Folliard, was shot to death.
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 ^ Original 1889 Nevada Newspaper - Comstock Lode Silver Strike Era (D to D) These are complete original newspapers, the Territorial Enterprise (Virginia City, Nevada), each dated in 1889.
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 [38] .It is unclear how long McCarty rode with the gang of rustlers known as "the Boys", but reliable sources indicate that he soon turned up at the house of Heiskell Jones in the Pecos Valley,[39] New Mexico.^ Again on the run, McCarty, who had begun to refer to himself as Willam H. Bonney, next turns up in the house of a Heiskell Jones in Pecos Valley, New Mexico.
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 ^ Again on the run, Billy next turned up in the house of Heiskell Jones in Pecos Valley, New Mexico .
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 ^ Again on the run, McCarty, who had begun to refer to himself as "Willam H. Bonney", next turned up in the house of Heiskell Jones in Pecos Valley, New Mexico.
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 [40] .According to this account, Apaches stole McCarty's horse, forcing him to walk many miles to the nearest settlement, which happened to be Jones' home.^ Apaches had stolen McCarty's horse, which forced him to walk many miles to the nearest settlement, which was Jones's home.

 ^ Apaches had stolen McCarty's horse which forced him to walk many miles to the nearest settlement, which was Mrs. Jones's house.
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 ^ Apaches had stolen McCarty's horse which forced him to walk many miles to the nearest settlement, which was Mrs. Jones' house.
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 When he arrived, the young man was supposedly near death, but Mrs. Jones nursed him back to health.[40] .The Jones family developed a strong attachment to McCarty and gave him one of their horses.^ The Jones family developed a strong attachment to McCarty and gave him one of their horses.
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 ^ The Jones' family developed a strong attachment to Billy and gave him one of their horses.
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 ^ Apaches had stolen McCarty's horse which forced him to walk many miles to the nearest settlement, which was Mrs. Jones' house.
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 [40] At some point in 1877, McCarty began to refer to himself as "Willam H. Bonney".[41]

Lincoln County War

.In the Autumn of 1877, McCarty (now widely known as Bonney) moved to Lincoln County, New Mexico, and was first hired by Doc Scurlock and Charlie Bowdre to work in their cheese factory.^ What is known for sure is that he arrived in Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1877 using the name William Bonney.

 ^ This became known as the Lincoln County War.
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 ^ Courthouse and jail, Lincoln, New Mexico .

 [42] .Through them he met Frank Coe, George Coe and Ab Saunders, three cousins who owned their own ranch near to the ranch of Dick Brewer.^ From there he drifted to Lincoln County, where he became acquainted with several area residents, including George and Frank Coe.
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 ^ Billy was still the lighthearted youngster George Coe had first met, but now there was also a tense alertness about him.
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 ^ They formed their own group called the Regulators, led by ranch hand Richard "Dick" Brewer, and proceeded to hunt down two of the members of the posse that had killed Tunstall.
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 After a short stint working on the ranch of Henry Hooker, McCarty began working on the Coe-Saunders ranch.[43]
.Late in 1877, McCarty, along with Brewer, Bowdre, Scurlock, the Coes and the Saunders, was hired as a cattle guard by John Tunstall, an English cattle rancher, banker and merchant, and his partner, Alexander McSween, a prominent lawyer.^ In the autumn of 1877, Bonney moved to Lincoln County, New Mexico, and was hired as a cattle guard by John Tunstall, an English cattle rancher, banker and merchant, and his partner, Alexander McSween, a prominent lawyer.

 ^ Lincoln County Cattle War In the fall of 1877 McCarty/Bonney moved to Lincoln County, New Mexico and was hired as a cattle guard by John Tunstall, (an English cattle rancher, banker, and merchant), and his partner, Alexander McSween, (a prominent lawyer).

 ^ In 1877 this control was challenged by an English entrepreneur, John Tunstall.
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 [44] .A conflict known today as the Lincoln County War had erupted between the established town merchants, Lawrence Murphy and James Dolan, and competing business interests headed by Tunstall and McSween.^ Dolan had allied himself with the interests of Murphy and another merchant by the name of Riley in Lincoln.
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 ^ A conflict, soon to become known as the Lincoln County Cattle War, had begun between the established town merchants (called "The House") and the ranchers.
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 ^ One day the Dolan-Murphy gang headed for Tunstall's ranch.
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 [45] .Events turned bloody on February 18, 1878, when Tunstall was spotted while driving a herd of nine horses towards Lincoln and murdered by William Morton, Jessie Evans, Tom Hill, and Frank Baker — all members of the Murphy-Dolan faction, and members of a posse sent to attach McSweens holdings.^ Events turned bloody on February 18, 1878, when Tunstall, unarmed, was caught on an open range while herding cattle and murdered.
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 ^ March 9 Brewers Regulators shoot Frank Baker, William Morton and William McCloskey (Dolan and Murphy's men).
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 ^ After Tunstall was murdered on 18th February, 1878.

 [46] .After murdering Tunstall, the gunmen shot down his prized bay horse.^ Note: The Regulators were particular bitter towards Bill Morton, because he led the posse that murdered Tunstall and was one of those that actually shot him.

 ^ The Regulators hunted down and captured, then killed, two of the men who shot Tunstall.
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 ^ In 1878, Tunstall was murdered in cold blood as he drove some horses between his ranch and Lincoln.
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 [47] ."As a wry and macabre joke on Tunstall's great affection for horses, the dead bay's head was then pillowed on his hat", writes Frederick Nolan, Tunstall's biographer.^ The Life and Death of John Henry Tunstall / Frederick W. Nolan.
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 [48] .Although members of the Murphy-Dolan faction sought to frame Tunstall's death as a "justifiable homicide", evidence at the scene suggested that Tunstall attempted to avoid a confrontation before he was shot down.^ Buckshot was wounded and the rest of the Regulators preferred to wait it out for Buckshot to bleed to death before they attempted to rush the Adobe building he was holed up in.
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 ^ Tunstall and many newly settled ranchers allied with the Chisum faction, while lawmakers of the territory, particularly Governor Samuel Axtell, backed Murphy and Dolan.
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 ^ Englishman John Henry Tunstall and attorney Alexander McSween, backed by wealthy cattle baron John Chisum, compete with the monopoly of L. G. Murphy and J. J. Dolan.
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 [49] .Tunstall's murder enraged McCarty and the other ranch hands.^ Tunstall's murder enraged Bonney and the other ranch hands.
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 ^ True to form, McCarty greeted the governor with a revolver in one hand and a Winchester rifle in the other.
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 ^ Billy, now known as the Kid, gradually emerged as leader of the hands on Tunstall's ranch.
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 [50]
.McSween, who abhorred violence, took steps to punish Tunstall's murderers through legal means; he obtained warrants for their arrests from the local justice of the peace John B. Wilson.^ Billy arrested trying to serve a warrant for the Tunstall murder.
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 ^ His involvement in the Lincoln County, New Mexico Wars as one of John Tunstall's 'Regulators' is part of a fascinating legend that took place throughout southern New Mexico.
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 ^ The Murphy-Dolan faction, also known as "The House", had one main competitor, Alexander McSween, a Lincoln attorney, and John Tunstall, a wealthy Englishman who were backed by the days biggest cattle baron, John Chisum.
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 [51] .Tunstall's men formed their own group called the Regulators.^ Tunstalls ranch hands then formed a vigilante group called the Regulators and the war was on.

 ^ After Tunstall’s death, Billy and several other so-called Regulators killed three members of the Dolan faction and then assassinated Brady and Deputy George Hindman.
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 ^ Billy the Kid joined the Regulators, a group led by Dick Brewer that supported Alexander McSween , Tunstall's former partner.

 [52] .After being deputized by rancher Richard "Dick" Brewer, Tunstall's foreman, who had been appointed a special constable and given the warrant to arrest Tunstall's killers, they proceeded to the Murphy-Dolan store.^ Dick Brewer, Tunstall's foreman, and The Kid convinced a Lincoln justice of the peace to deputize them and other Tunstall supporters to bring in the rancher's killers.
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 ^ (March 1st) Dick Brewer is appointed constable, Billy is his deputy.
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 ^ The Kid heard that Richard M. "Dick" Brewer was sworn in as a special constable to arrest the killers of Tunstall and quickly joined the group, known as "The Regulators", and was sworn in as a deputy.
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 [53] .The wanted men, Bill Morton and Frank Baker, attempted to flee, but they were captured on March 6. Upon returning to Lincoln, the Regulators reported that Morton and Baker had been shot on March 9 near Agua Negra during an alleged escape attempt.^ This occurred near Agua Negra.
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 ^ They captured Bill Morton and Frank Baker on March 6 and killed them on March 9 near Agua Negra.
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 ^ They captured Bill Morton and Frank Baker on March 6th, and killed them on March 9th.
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 [54][55][56] .During their journey to Lincoln, the Regulators also killed one of their own members, a man named McCloskey, whom they suspected of being a traitor.^ While returning to Lincoln they also killed one of their own members, a man named McCloskey, whom they suspected of being a traitor.
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 ^ While returning to Lincoln they also killed one of their own members, named McCloskey, whom they suspected to be a traitor.
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 ^ His involvement in the Lincoln County, New Mexico Wars as one of John Tunstall's 'Regulators' is part of a fascinating legend that took place throughout southern New Mexico.
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 [54][57][58] .On the very day that McCloskey, Morton, and Baker were slain, Governor Samuel Beach Axtell arrived in Lincoln County to investigate the ongoing violence.^ Tunstall and many newly settled ranchers allied with the Chisum faction, while lawmakers of the territory, particularly Governor Samuel Axtell, backed Murphy and Dolan.
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 ^ March 9 Brewers Regulators shoot Frank Baker, William Morton and William McCloskey (Dolan and Murphy's men).
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 ^ Violence in the region broke out when a subposse allied with Dolan rode down Tunstall in the hills of Lincoln County on February 18, 1878.
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 .The governor, accompanied by James Dolan and associate John Riley, proved hostile to the faction now headed by McSween.^ Tunstall and many newly settled ranchers allied with the Chisum faction, while lawmakers of the territory, particularly Governor Samuel Axtell, backed Murphy and Dolan.
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 ^ Lawrence Murphy had aligned himself with James J. Dolan for economic control of the region, and when an Englishman named John Tunstall came along and proved himself to be competition, trouble followed.
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 ^ Billy now left San Patricio and headed for John Chisums cattle ranch.
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 .Thus, the Regulators "went from lawmen to outlaws".[59] Notably, Axtell refused to acknowledge the existence of the so-called "Santa Fe Ring", a group of corrupt Republican politicians and business leaders led by U.S. Attorney Thomas Benton Catron.^ Head of the ring was Tom Catron, Santa Fe's prosecuting attorney and one of the most powerful politicians on the frontier; in Mesilla, seat of Dona Ana County, the ring was represented by Colonel William L. Rynerson, a giant Tennesseean who had fought on the Rio Grande for the Union.
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 ^ In addition to its hired guns, "The Company" had the protection of the Santa Fe Ring, a seemingly invincible group of corrupt politicians that controlled prosecuting attorneys, judges, sheriffs, and deputies, along with the profitable army and Indian agency contracts.
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 ^ T. B. Catron, United States attorney for the Territory, a resident and eminent lawyer of Santa Fe, and a considerable cattle-owner in the Valley.
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 [60] Catron cooperated closely with the Murphy-Dolan faction, which was perceived as part of the notorious "ring".[61]
.Unfazed, the Regulators planned to settle a score with Sheriff William J. Brady, who had arrested McCarty and fellow deputy Fred Waite in the aftermath of Tunstall's murder.^ Sheriff Brady and Deputy Hindman are killed.
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 ^ On April 1, Regulators Jim French, Frank McNab, John Middleton, Fred Waite, Henry Brown and Bonney ambushed Sheriff William J. Brady[5] and his deputy,[6] George W. Hindman killing them both in the high street of Lincoln itself.
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 ^ (April 1st) Jim French, Frank MacNab, John Middleton, Fred Waite, Henry Brown, and Billy Bonney shoot at the Sheriff and his deputies through makeshift portals of the adobe wall they were behind.
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 .At the time Brady arrested them, the two men were attempting to serve a warrant on Brady for his suspected role in looting Tunstall's store after the Englishman's death, as well as his posse members for the murder of Tunstall.^ John Tunstall was brutally murdered by members of Sheriff Bradys posse and The Boys.

 ^ Billy arrested trying to serve a warrant for the Tunstall murder.
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 ^ Afterwards, they suggest that Garrett, or one of his two posse men, obtained the Colt DA and put it on the floor beside Billy to avoid criticism.

 [51] .On April 1, Regulators Jim French, Frank McNab, John Middleton, Fred Waite, Henry Brown and McCarty ambushed Sheriff Brady[62] and his deputy, George W. Hindman,[63] killing them both in Lincoln's main street.^ On April 1, Regulators Jim French, Frank McNab, John Middleton, Fred Waite, Henry Brown and Bonney ambushed Sheriff William J. Brady[5] and his deputy,[6] George W. Hindman killing them both in the high street of Lincoln itself.
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 ^ Later Billy and five companions ambushed and killed Sheriff Brady and his deputy, George Hindman, on Lincoln's main street.
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 ^ (April 1st) Jim French, Frank MacNab, John Middleton, Fred Waite, Henry Brown, and Billy Bonney shoot at the Sheriff and his deputies through makeshift portals of the adobe wall they were behind.
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 .McCarty was shot in the thigh while attempting to retrieve a rifle that Brady had seized from him during an earlier arrest.^ McCarty was wounded while trying to retrieve a rifle belonging to him, taken from him by Brady in an earlier arrest.
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 ^ Bonney was wounded while trying to retrieve a rifle belonging to him, which Brady had taken in an earlier arrest.
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 ^ McCarty was wounded while trying to retrieve a rifle belonging to him, which Brady had taken in an earlier arrest.

 [57] With this move, the McSween faction disillusioned many former supporters, who came to view both sides as "equally nefarious and bloodthirsty".[64]
The connection between McSween and the Regulators was ambiguous, however. McCarty was loyal to the memory of Tunstall, though not necessarily to McSween.[65] .There is some doubt as to whether McCarty and McSween were even acquainted at the time of Brady's death.^ This movie loves to play fast and loose with the mythology of vampires, even seeming to follow the rules some of the time and ignore them completely other times.
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 ^ And I knew it was time for another leap, even though I didn’t know where it was I was supposed to go from there.
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 ^ Old Fort Sumner was a U.S. Army fort from 1862-1878, and had been decommissioned by the time of the Kid’s death there.
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 [65] .According to a contemporary newspaper account, the Regulators disclaimed "all connection or sympathy with McSween and his affairs" and expressed their sole desire to track down Tunstall's murderers.^ McSween appeared to be inert, expressing no opinion, or desire.
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 ^ He figured the best way to go about this was to offer an amnesty to all involved in the war if they lay down their guns, unless they were charged with murder, as Billy was.
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 ^ On April 4, they tracked down and killed an old buffalo hunter known as Buckshot Roberts, whom they suspected of involvement in the Tunstall murder, but not before Roberts shot and killed Dick Brewer, who had been the Regulators' leader up until that point.
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 [65]
.On April 4, in what became known as the Gunfight of Blazer's Mills, the Regulators sought the arrest of an old buffalo hunter known as Buckshot Roberts, whom they suspected of involvement in the Tunstall slaying.^ On April 4, they tracked down and killed an old buffalo hunter known as Buckshot Roberts, whom they suspected of involvement in the Tunstall murder, but not before Roberts shot and killed Dick Brewer, who had been the Regulators' leader up until that point.
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 ^ April 4 Civil War veteran Buckshot Roberts killed by the Regulators at Blazers Mill.
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 ^ April 4, 1878 Billy was involved in a gunfight at Blazer's Mill.
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 [66] .Roberts, however, refused to be taken alive, even after he suffered a severe bullet wound to the chest.^ Not a shot took effect on his person, but he was severely wounded in the face by a fragment of rock rent from the face of the cliff by a bullet.
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 ^ A.L. (Buckshot) Roberts, a Murphy partisan, killed Dick Brewer and then died from bullet wounds himself.
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 [67] .During the gun battle that ensued, Roberts shot and killed the Regulators' leader, Dick Brewer.^ (April 4th) There is a gun battle at Blazer's Mill with Buckshot Roberts, a bounty hunter working for Dolan.
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 ^ Lastly, they had a dramatic gunfight with Dolan gunman, Buckshot Roberts, at a place called Blazer's Mill but during that shootout their leader Dick Brewer was killed.

 ^ Billy the Kid joined the Regulators, a group led by Dick Brewer that supported Alexander McSween , Tunstall's former partner.

 [66][68] .Four other Regulators were wounded in the skirmish.^ Two other Regulators were wounded during the gun battle, which took place at Blazer's Mill.
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 [57] The incident had the effect of further alienating the public, given that many local residents "admired the way Roberts put up a gutsy fight against overwhelming odds".[69]

Killing of Frank McNab and after

.After Brewer's death, Frank McNab was elected as captain of the Regulators.^ March 9 Brewers Regulators shoot Frank Baker, William Morton and William McCloskey (Dolan and Murphy's men).
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 ^ McCarty took over as leader of the Regulators following Brewer's death.
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 ^ Following them were Dick Brewer, Frank McNab, J.G. "Doc" Skurlock, Henry Brown, Fred Wayt, Jim French and Sam Smith.
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 [69] .For a short period, the Regulators benefited from the appointment of Sheriff John Copeland, who proved sympathetic to the McSween faction.^ The Murphy-Dolan faction, also known as "The House", had one main competitor, Alexander McSween, a Lincoln attorney, and John Tunstall, a wealthy Englishman who were backed by the days biggest cattle baron, John Chisum.
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 ^ Dolan's gunmen and the newly appointed sheriff, George Peppin and his men, had the McSween house surrounded with Alex McSween and many of the Regulators trapped inside.

 ^ In mid-February 1878, the lawman for the Murphy/Dolan faction, Sheriff William Brady, ordered a posse to serve some legal papers on John Tunstall.
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 [69] .Copeland's authority, however, was undermined by the Murphy-Dolan faction, which promptly rounded up recruits from among Sheriff Brady's former deputies.^ Sheriff Brady and Deputy Hindman are killed.
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 ^ Dudley ended up supporting the Dolan-Murphy faction.
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 ^ Sheriff Peppin with a few recruits joined Turner at the "Big House," as it was called, of Murphy and Dolan, a short distance from McSween's.
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 [70] .On April 29, 1878, a posse including the Jessie Evans Gang and the Seven Rivers Warriors, under the direction of former Brady deputy George W. Peppin, engaged Regulators Frank McNab, Ab Saunders and Frank Coe in a shootout at the Fritz Ranch.^ On April 1, Regulators Jim French, Frank McNab, John Middleton, Fred Waite, Henry Brown and Bonney ambushed Sheriff William J. Brady[5] and his deputy,[6] George W. Hindman killing them both in the high street of Lincoln itself.
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 ^ On April 1, Regulators Jim French, Frank McNab, John Middleton, Fred Waite, Henry Brown and Bonney ambushed Sheriff William J. Brady and his deputy, killing them both in the high street of Lincoln itself.

 ^ Billy Mathews, deputized by Sheriff Brady, and the Jesse Evans gang, all sworn in as a "sheriff's posse," rode to the Tunstall ranch.
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 [70] .McNab was killed in a hail of gunfire, while Saunders was severely wounded and Frank Coe was captured.^ They captured Bill Morton and Frank Baker on March 6 and killed them on March 9 near Agua Negra.
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 ^ From there he drifted to Lincoln County, where he became acquainted with several area residents, including George and Frank Coe.
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 ^ Buckshot and Brewer are killed, Middleton is badly wounded, Bonney is grazed by a bullet, George Coe has his trigger finger shot off.
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 [70] .Frank Coe escaped custody a short time later, when his captors were occupied elsewhere.^ A short time later, they tracked down William Morton and Frank Baker, two members of the Brady posse.
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 ^ O'Folliard died a short time later and the Kid and his gang fled.
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 ^ Many years later Frank Coe recalled: "Tunstall saw the boy was quick to learn and not afraid of anything ...
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 [71]
.What is known about the morning following McNab's death is that the Regulator "iron clad" took up defensive positions in the town of Lincoln, trading shots with Dolan men as well as U.S. cavalrymen.^ McCarty took over as leader of the Regulators following Brewer's death.
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 ^ Buckshot was wounded and the rest of the Regulators preferred to wait it out for Buckshot to bleed to death before they attempted to rush the Adobe building he was holed up in.
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 ^ In 1949, Morrison took Brushy Bill to the old Lincoln County courthouse, which also once served as the Murphy-Dolan-Riley store.

 [72] .The only casualty was Dutch Charley Kruling, a Dolan man wounded by a rifle slug fired by George Coe at a distance of 440 paces.^ Roberts's Winchester fired again, this time seriously wounding Charley Bowdre in the side, but luckily for Bowdre, his cartridge belt deflected the shot and saved his life.
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 ^ In mid-July, George Peppin, a Dolan man and Brady's successor as sheriff, touched off the final drama of the Lincoln County War.
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 ^ He then advised the wounded man to go out and to pretend to give himself up, hiding his fire-arm but using it at the first opportune moment to kill Pat.
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 [73] .By shooting at government troops, the Regulators earned their animosity and gained a whole new set of enemies.^ And Billy the Kid was the subject of the Lincoln County Regulators’ first ever annual Cowboy Action Shooting extravaganza, Billy the Kid’s Breakout, sponsored by City Bank New Mexico.

 .On May 15, the Regulators tracked down Seven Rivers gang member Manuel Segovia, the suspected murderer of Frank McNab, and shot him to death.^ Events turned bloody on February 18, 1878, when Tunstall, unarmed, was caught on an open range while herding cattle and shot to death by members of "The House".
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 ^ On December 19, McCarty barely escaped the posse's midnight ambush in Fort Sumner, during which one of McCarty's gang, Tom O'Folliard, was shot to death.
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 ^ I saw him as he and another man, deputy sheriff George Hindman, lay dead in the street, shot down, as they were passing, by Billy the Kid and his gang, who lay hidden behind an adobe wall.

 [74] .Around the time of Segovia's death, the Regulator "iron clad" gained a new member, a young Texas "cowpoke" named Tom O'Folliard, who became McCarty's close friend and constant companion.^ There are lots of legends and a modicum of truth based on the exploits of William McCarty, who later became William Henry McCarty-Antrim, who changed his name in Lincoln to William H. Bonney, but was mostly known as the Kid.

 ^ Henry McCarty, alias Henry Antrim, alias William H. Bonney, alias Billy the Kid, was buried the next day in Fort Sumner's old military cemetery, between his fallen companions Tom O'Folliard and Charlie Bowdre.
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 ^ Variations for his parents' names include Catherine McCarty or Katherine McCarty Bonney for his mother and William Bonney or Patrick Henry McCarty for his father (who probably died around the end of the American Civil War).
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 [75]
.The Regulators' position worsened when the governor, in a quasi-legal move, removed Copeland and appointed George Peppin (an ally of the Murphy-Dolan faction) as sheriff.^ Sheriff Peppin with a few recruits joined Turner at the "Big House," as it was called, of Murphy and Dolan, a short distance from McSween's.
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 ^ Dolan had allied himself with the interests of Murphy and another merchant by the name of Riley in Lincoln.
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 ^ In mid-July, George Peppin, a Dolan man and Brady's successor as sheriff, touched off the final drama of the Lincoln County War.
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 [76] .Under indictment for the Brady killing, McCarty and the other Regulators spent the next several months in hiding and were trapped, along with McSween, in McSween's home in Lincoln on July 15, by members of "The House" (as the Murphy-Dolan faction was known) and some of Brady's men.^ McSween was killed, but Billy and the others escaped from the burning house.
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 ^ The Murphy bunch surrounded the home of McSween, where the Regulators were.
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 ^ B illy and other Regulators were indicted for the killings, and went into hiding.
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 [77] On July 19, a column of U.S. cavalry soldiers entered the fray. Ostensibly neutral, the column's actions worked to the clear advantage of the Dolan faction.[78] .After a five day siege, McSween's house was set on fire by the sheriff's posse.^ After a five day siege, McSween's house was set on fire.

 ^ On 15 July 1878, they were cornered at McSween's house in Lincoln; a five-day siege by 'The Enforcers' ended when they set the house on fire.
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 ^ Sheriff Peppin with a few recruits joined Turner at the "Big House," as it was called, of Murphy and Dolan, a short distance from McSween's.
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 [79] .McCarty and the other Regulators fled, although McCarty is believed by some to have killed one "House" member named Bob Beckwith.^ Billy and the others fled; Billy killed an Enforcer named Bob Beckwith.
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 ^ McCarty and the other Regulators fled, Henry McCarty killing a "House" member named Bob Beckwith in the process and maybe more.

 ^ After a five day siege, McSween's house was set on fire; McCarty and the other Regulators fled, McCarty killing an enforcer named Bob Beckwith in the process.
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 [80] .McSween was shot down while fleeing the blaze, and his death essentially marked the end of the Lincoln County Cattle War.^ McSween was shot down while fleeing the blaze, and his death essentially marked the end of the Lincoln County Cattle War.
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 ^ This incident started the Lincoln County War .

 ^ This became known as the Lincoln County War.
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 [81]

Lew Wallace and amnesty

.In the Autumn of 1878, a former Union Army general, Lew Wallace, became Governor of the New Mexico Territory.^ I n late 1878, retired Union general Lew Wallace became governor of New Mexico Territory.
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 ^ In the autumn of 1878, former Union Army General Lew Wallace became Governor of the New Mexico Territory.

 ^ In the autumn of 1878, retired Union General Lew Wallace became the new territorial governor of New Mexico.
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 [82] .In an effort to restore peace to Lincoln County, Wallace proclaimed an amnesty for any man involved in the Lincoln County War who was not already under indictment.^ This incident started the Lincoln County War .

 ^ In order to restore peace to Lincoln County, Wallace proclaimed an amnesty for any man involved in the Lincoln County War who was not already under indictment.
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 ^ In the interest of peace, he announced an amnesty for all particpants in the Lincoln County Cattle War not then under indictment.
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 [82] .McCarty, who had fled to Texas after his escape from McSween's house, was under indictment, but sent Wallace a letter requesting immunity in return for testifying in front of the Grand Jury.^ Although variously known as Henry Antrim and William H. Bonney, the outlaw was likely born Henry McCarty to a mother who fled Ireland's Great Famine of the 1840s.
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 ^ McCarty, who had fled to Texas after escaping from McSween's house, was under indictment but Wallace was intrigued by rumors that the young man was willing to surrender himself and testify against other combatants if amnesty could be extended to him.
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 ^ Bonney, who had fled to Texas after escaping from McSween's house, was under indictment, but Wallace was intrigued by rumors that the young man was willing to surrender himself and testify against other combatants if amnesty could be extended to him.

 [83] .In March 1879, Wallace and McCarty met in Lincoln County to discuss the possibility of a deal.^ In March of 1879 Wallace and McCarty, now back in the Lincoln area, met to discuss the possibility of a deal.
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 ^ In March 1879 Wallace and McCarty met in Lincoln County to discuss the possibility of a deal.

 ^ By March of 1879, Billy had returned to Lincoln, and there met with Gov. Wallace to discuss terms.
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 .McCarty greeted the governor with a revolver in one hand and a Winchester rifle in the other.^ True to form, McCarty greeted the Governor with a revolver in one hand and a Winchester rifle in the other.
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 ^ True to form, McCarty greeted the governor with a revolver in one hand and a Winchester rifle in the other.

 ^ Billy slowly lowered the Winchester he was cradling in one arm and advanced to the table where he shook hands with Wallace and Wilson.
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 .After taking several days to consider Wallace's offer, McCarty agreed to testify in return for amnesty.^ After taking several days to consider Wallace's offer, Bonney agreed to testify in return for amnesty.

 ^ After several days to consider Wallace's offer, McCarty agreed to testify in return for amnesty.
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 ^ Billy agreed to testify in return for amnesty; he was paraded to jail for show.
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.The arrangement called for McCarty to submit to a token arrest and a short stay in jail until the conclusion of his courtroom testimony.^ The arrangement called for Bonney to submit to a token arrest and a short stay in jail until the conclusion of his courtroom testimony.

 ^ It is suspected that the sheriff knew the prisoners' stay in jail would be short, and he was tired of feeding them.
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 [83] .Although McCarty's testimony helped to indict John Dolan, the district attorney, one of the powerful "House" faction leaders, disregarded Wallace's order to set McCarty free after his testimony.^ Although Bonny's testimony helped to indict John Dolan, the district attorney, one of the powerful "House" faction leaders disregarded Wallace's order to set Bonney free after testifying.

 ^ Although McCartys' testimony helped to indict John Dolan, (one of the powerful House faction leaders), the district attorney defied Wallace's order to set McCarty free after testifying.
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 ^ Even though Billy's lengthy June 1879 testimony helped to indict Dolan, the district attorney returned Billy to jail, in defiance of the governor's deal.
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 [84] .After the trial, McCarty and O'Folliard slipped away on horses that were supplied by friends.^ Realizing what they had done and now demoralized, the posse broke up, allowing McCarty and his gang to slip away.
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 [85]
.For the next year-and-a-half, McCarty survived by rustling, gambling, and taking defensive action.^ For the next year and a half, McCarty survived by rustling, gambling and killing.
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 ^ B illy hung around Fort Sumner, in east-central New Mexico, surviving on gambling and cattle rustling.
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 .In January 1880, he reportedly killed a man named Joe Grant in a Fort Sumner saloon.^ In January 1880, during a well-documented altercation, he shot dead a would-be outlaw named Joe Grant in a Fort Sumner saloon.
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 ^ He killed his first man in Grant City.
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 ^ In January 1880, Billy shot and killed one Joe Grant in a Fort Sumner saloon; some say Grant was sent to kill Billy.
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 [86] .Grant, who did not realize he was playing poker with McCarty, boasted that he would kill "Billy the Kid" if he ever encountered him.^ Billy the Kids real name was William Henry McCarty.

 ^ How did Billy the Kid die?
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 ^ Billy was killed not for who he really was, but for what people thought he was.

 .In those days people loaded their revolvers with only five rounds, with the hammer down on an empty chamber.^ In those days people only loaded their revolvers with five bullets, since there were no safeties and a lot of accidents.

 ^ He had emptied his revolver, and had no time to load it.
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 ^ As he pretended to admire it, he spun the cylinder so the hammer would fall on an empty chamber.

 .This was done to prevent an accidental discharge should the hammer be struck, thereby impacting the primer of the chambered round, inadvertently firing the pistol.^ Chambers, on one side, and Mason, with the rest of the party, went round the building to intercept them should they aim to pass on into the plaza.
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 ^ Foliard reached for his pistol--Chambers and I both fired; his horse wheeled and ran at least one hundred and fifty yards.
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 .The Kid asked Grant if he could see his ivory handled revolver and, while looking at the weapon, rotated the cylinder so the hammer would fall on the empty chamber when the trigger was pulled.^ As he pretended to admire it, he spun the cylinder so the hammer would fall on an empty chamber.

 ^ While the Kid had it and out of Grant's view, he pulled out 3 bullets and set the hammer on an empty chamber.
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 ^ The "Kid" asked Grant if he could see his ivory handled revolver and, while looking at the weapon, cycled the cylinder so the hammer would fall on the empty chamber.

 [86] He then informed Grant of his identity. .When Grant fired, nothing happened, and McCarty then shot him.^ When Grant fired, nothing happened, and Bonney then shot him.

 ^ Another theory holds that McCarty slipped his manacles at the top of the stairs, struck Bell over the head with them and then grabbed Bell's own gun and shot him.
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 ^ Recognizing McCarty's voice, Garrett drew his own pistol and fired twice, the first bullet hitting McCarty just above his heart and killing him instantly.
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 When asked about the incident later, he remarked, "It was a game for two, and I got there first".[87]
.Other versions of this story exist.^ This version of the story is about Billy being killed by Garrett, another version will be coming soon about the story of someone other than Billy that was killed that night.
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 .One biographer, Joel Jacobsen, recounts the story as described in Utley, describing Grant as a "drunk" who was "making himself obnoxious in a bar".[88] As in other accounts of the incident, the Kid is described as rotating the cylinder "so an empty chamber was beneath the hammer".[88] In Jacobsen's recounting of the incident, however, Grant attempted to shoot McCarty unawares.^ While the Kid had it and out of Grant's view, he pulled out 3 bullets and set the hammer on an empty chamber.
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 ^ As he pretended to admire it, he spun the cylinder so the hammer would fall on an empty chamber.

 ^ A cattle baron hires Pat Garrett and others to chase down outlaw Billy The Kid, who has fled with his gang for the Mexico border.
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 "As [McCarty] was leaving the saloon, his back turned to Grant, he heard a distinct click. .He spun around before Grant could reach a loaded chamber.^ The unknown horseman rode away before Garrett’s buggy could reach the meeting site.

 Always a good marksman, he shot Grant in the chin".[88]
.In November 1880, a posse pursued and trapped McCarty's gang inside a ranch house owned by one of the Kid's friends, James Greathouse, at Anton Chico in the White Oaks area.^ It happened when a posse from White Oaks surrounded the Kid and his gang at a station house.

 ^ In November 1880, a posse pursued and trapped Bonney's gang inside a ranch-house (owned by friend James Greathouse at Anton Chico in the White Oaks area).

 ^ McCarty drew enough attention to himself through his activities as a cattle rustler that he and his gang were pursued by a posse and trapped inside a ranchhouse, (owned by friend James Greathouse at Anton Chico in the White Oaks area) in November 1880.
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 [89] .A posse member named James Carlyle[90] ventured into the house under a white flag, in an effort to negotiate the group's surrender.^ A posse member named James Carlysle ventured into the house under flag of truce in an attempt to negotiate the group's surrender, with Greathouse being sent out as a hostage for the posse.
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 ^ Under a flag of truce, the posse sent James Carlyle into the house to negotiate a surrender of the gang, with Greathouse sent out as hostage for the posse.
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 ^ A posse member named James Carlysle ventured into the house under white flag in an attempt to negotiate the group's surrender, with Greathouse being sent out as a hostage for the posse.

 [89] .Meanwhile, Greathouse was sent out to act as a hostage for the posse.^ A posse member named James Carlysle ventured into the house under flag of truce in an attempt to negotiate the group's surrender, with Greathouse being sent out as a hostage for the posse.
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 ^ A posse member named James Carlysle ventured into the house under white flag in an attempt to negotiate the group's surrender, with Greathouse being sent out as a hostage for the posse.

 ^ Under a flag of truce, the posse sent James Carlyle into the house to negotiate a surrender of the gang, with Greathouse sent out as hostage for the posse.
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 [91] .At some point in the evening, Carlyle evidently decided the outlaws were stalling.^ At some point in the night it became apparent to Carlysle that the outlaws were stalling, when suddenly a shot was accidentally fired from outside.
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 .According to one version of events, Carlyle heard a shot that had been fired accidentally outside.^ Machowski has heard of a car fire accident near the stretch of highway where the sightings occur.
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 ^ So soon as the Mexican's voice was heard on the outside, the firing ceased.
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 ^ Poe asked me how many shots I fired; I told him two, but that I had no idea where the second one went.
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 .Concluding that the posse members had shot down Greathouse, he chose escape, crashed through a window and was fired upon and killed.^ Carlysle, assuming the posse members had shot Greathouse, decided to run for his life, crashing through a window into the snow outside.
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 ^ In fact, Roberts was shot and killed in 1878 - three years earlier - by Charley Bowdre, another member of Billy's gang.
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 ^ In the dark, two shots were fired, Garrett shot Billy where he stood, in stocking feet, killing him instantly, according to some, a shot right through the heart, the second shot going wild.
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 [89] .Recognizing their mistake, the posse members became demoralized and scattered, enabling McCarty and his gang to slip away.^ Realizing what they had done and now demoralized, the posse broke up, allowing McCarty and his gang to slip away.
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 ^ When the posse realized what they had done, they gave up and left, and Billy's gang slipped away.
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 ^ One version says that as the Kid entered, he could not recognize Garrett in the poor light, McCarty drew his pistol and backed away, asking "¿Quién es?
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 .McCarty vehemently denied shooting Carlysle,[89] and later wrote to Governor Wallace, claiming to be innocent of this crime and others attributed to him.^ Claiming that he had been deceitfully promised a pardon by Governor Lew Wallace in exchange for information on other killings, Billy the Kid escaped as far as a friend's ranch at Fort Sumner, about 100 miles away.
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 ^ The Kid felt betrayed when he learned that Governor Wallace didnt have the power to pardon him without Rynersons cooperation, nor was the governor pressuring the attorney to collaborate.

 ^ With that wry affection that old fighters reserve for each other, Conn would later recall that Zivic did everything but kick him.
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 [92]

Pat Garrett

A photograph of Sheriff Pat Garrett
.During this time, McCarty became acquainted with an ambitious local bartender and former buffalo hunter named Pat Garrett.^ During this time, the Kid also developed a fateful friendship with an ambitious local bartender and former buffalo hunter named Patrick Garrett.
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 ^ The young fugitive successfully escaped from prison several times before being killed by his friend Pat Garrett, a local sheriff.
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 ^ D uring this time, Billy developed a friendship with a local bartender and saloonkeeper and former buffalo hunter, tall Alabama-born Patrick Garrett.
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 [87] .While popular accounts often depict McCarty and Garrett as "bosom buddies", there is no concrete evidence that they were ever friends.^ I've also seen an account that the one room building they were in had no windows, but one way or the other, Bowdre was shot in the chest.
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 ^ There exists no evidence, other than the word of Brushy Bill, that Billy Barlow, the man Brushy said Garrett really killed, ever existed.

 ^ As long as the police exist they’re in danger No police and there’s less danger of any new evidence seeing day light.

 [93] .Running on a pledge to rid the area of rustlers, Garrett was elected as sheriff of Lincoln County in November 1880, and in early December, he assembled a posse and set out to arrest McCarty, now known almost exclusively as "Billy the Kid" and carrying a $500 bounty on his head.^ He was sheriff of Lincoln County when he was killed.

 ^ In 1880 Pat Garrett was elected sheriff of Lincoln County.

 ^ Kid & Lincoln County here .
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 [94]
.The posse led by Garrett fared well, and his men closed in quickly.^ Garrett waited with a posse of 12 men.
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 ^ Late in November 1880, with a posse of Panhandle men, Garrett ambushed the gang at Fort Sumner and killed Tom O'Folliard.
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 .On December 19, McCarty barely escaped a midnight ambush in Fort Sumner, which left one member of the gang, Tom O'Folliard, dead.^ Billy escaped a midnight ambush in Fort Sumner on 19 December; gang member Tom O'Folliard was shot and killed by Garrett.
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 ^ McCarty was buried in the old military cemetery at Fort Sumner next to his "pals," Bowdre and O'Folliard, and near the grave of Lucien B. Maxwell.
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 ^ Early 1879 Billy and Tom O'Folliard returned to the Lincoln area and recruited new members to their rustling operation.
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 [95] .On December 23, the Kid was tracked to an abandoned stone building located in a remote location known as Stinking Springs (near present-day Taiban, New Mexico).^ Billy and his gang holed up in a stone building at remote Stinking Springs.
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 ^ The present-day New Mexico State Police were formed in 1935.

 ^ Henry McCarty, William H. Bonney, William Antrim, Henry Antrim and Kid Antrim By most accounts, Billy the Kid was born Henry McCarty in New York City, NY November 23, 1859, his parents being Catherine and Patrick McCarty, although it is not known for sure.
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 .While McCarty and his gang were asleep inside, Garrett's posse surrounded the building and waited for sunrise.^ Garrett went inside, as his posse waited outside.
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 ^ Garrett waited with a posse of 12 men.
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 ^ Factual errors: In 1881, while Pat Garrett and his posse are shooting at Billy and his gang, who are holed up in a remote stone building, Garrett calls to Billy and says that he is wanted for the killing of Buckshot Roberts.
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 .The next morning, a cattle rustler named Charlie Bowdre stepped outside to feed his horse.^ When cattle rustler Charlie Bowdre stepped outside at dawn to feed his horse, he was mistaken for Billy and shot dead by the posse.
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 ^ The next day Billy the Kid was buried at the Fort Sumner cemetery near his two fallen companions, Tom OFolliard and Charlie Bowdre.

 ^ To rest and save our horses we determined to lay over until the next morning.
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 [96] .Mistaken for McCarty, he was shot down by the posse.^ When cattle rustler Charlie Bowdre stepped outside at dawn to feed his horse, he was mistaken for Billy and shot dead by the posse.
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 [96] .Soon afterward, somebody from within the building reached for the horse's halter rope, but Garrett shot and killed the horse, whose body blocked the building's only exit.^ Garrett later shot the horse, blocking the only exit from the cabin.
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 ^ In the darkness of a room at the ranch house, Pat Garrett, recognized the voice of Billy and shot twice, killing Billy.
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 ^ On reaching the camp, Hudgens found a fine saddle, said to be the property of the Kid, beside the dead body of the horse.
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 [97] .As the lawmen began to cook breakfast over an open fire, Garrett and McCarty engaged in a friendly exchange, with Garrett inviting McCarty outside to eat, and McCarty inviting Garrett to "go to hell".[97] Realizing that they had no hope of escape, the besieged and hungry outlaws finally surrendered later that day and were allowed to join in the meal.^ The posse began cooking breakfast, and Garrett and Billy exchanged banter and insults.
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 ^ The outlaws realized that they had no chance of escape and were getting hungry; they surrendered and joined in the meal.
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 ^ With no food or water and out of ammo, the Kid and his gang finally surrendered.
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 [97]

Escape from Lincoln

Courthouse and jail, Lincoln, New Mexico
.McCarty was transported from Fort Sumner to Las Vegas, where he gave an interview to a reporter from the Las Vegas Gazette.^ McCarty was buried in the old military cemetery at Fort Sumner next to his "pals," Bowdre and O'Folliard, and near the grave of Lucien B. Maxwell.
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 ^ They drove off ten head of work-steers, property of a Mexican of Fort Sumner, and sold them together with twenty head more to John Singer, of Las Vegas.
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 ^ Stopping at Fort Sumner only long enough to get breakfast, I left four of my men in charge of the prisoners and, with the balance, started for Las Canaditas.
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 [98] .Next, the prisoner was transferred to Santa Fe, where he sent four separate letters over the next three months to Governor Wallace seeking clemency.^ Michael Cosgrove, Esq., mail contractor, being well acquainted in Santa Fe, I induced him to accompany me there with the prisoners.
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 ^ J. C. Lea had Cook in charge for some three or four weeks, then sent him to jail at Lincoln, from whence he made his escape.
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 ^ I turned the prisoners over to him, on the 2yth day of December, 1880, and he placed them in the Santa Fe jail.
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 [99] .Wallace, however, refused to intervene,[99] and the Kid's trial was held in April 1881 in Mesilla.^ ON THE EVENING of April 28, 1881, Olinger took all the other prisoners across the street to supper, leaving Bell in charge of the Kid in the guard room.
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 ^ Part of the deal with Wallace was that the Kid would stand trial for the murder of Brady and Hindman, but Wallace promised Billy that he would do no time.
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 ^ The Kid was taken to Mesilla, NM to stand trial for the murder of Andrew "Buckshot" Roberts.
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 [100] .On April 9, after two days of testimony, McCarty was found guilty of the murder of Sheriff Brady, the only conviction ever secured against any of the combatants in the Lincoln County Cattle War.^ Then he was tried and convicted for the murder of Sheriff Brady, and sentenced to hang...
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 ^ The one-day trial resulted in Billy's conviction for the murder of Sheriff Brady (the single conviction against any participant, on either side, in the Lincoln County Cattle War).
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 ^ At this time William Brady was sheriff of Lincoln County.
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 [100] .On April 13, he was sentenced by Judge Warren Bristol to hang.^ The judge sentenced him to hang.
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 ^ On 13 April, Judge Bristol sentenced Billy to hang one month hence.
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 ^ He was found guilty and Judge Bristol sentenced Billy to death, telling the Kid that he would hang "until you are dead, dead, dead!"
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 [100]
.With his execution scheduled for May 13, McCarty was removed to Lincoln, where he was held under guard by two of Garrett's deputies, James Bell and Robert Ollinger, on the top floor of the town courthouse.^ He was moved to Lincoln County to await execution by two of Garrett's deputies, Bob Ollinger and J.W. Bell.
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 ^ Billy was sent to the Lincoln Courthouse jail under guard of two of Garrett's deputies.
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 ^ Many details are uncertain, but Billy killed Deputy Bell with a pistol, then grabbed a ten-guage shotgun and waited for Deputy Ollinger to return from across the street.
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 .On April 28, while Garrett was out of town, McCarty stunned the territory by killing both of his guards and escaping.^ On 28 April, Billy shot both deputies and escaped.
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 ^ The Wikipedia article on Hico, Texas, states that Garrett’s son and grandson both deny that Garrett killed the real outlaw by that name.
  • Ben Hur and Billy the Kid? — Catholicism.org - Saint Benedict Center, The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC catholicism.org [Source type: General]

 ^ IMDb "Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals" [P.R.C. April 1941] Billy, Jeff & Fuzzy ride into a new town, where Fuzzy is made town marshall; then they find out that the Hardy Gnng has killed the town's previous lawmen.
  • Billy the Kid [1859-81] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.genordell.com [Source type: General]

 [101] The details of the escape are unclear. .Some researchers believe that a sympathizer placed a pistol in a nearby privy that McCarty was permitted to use, under escort, each day.^ Was he born Henry McCarty in New York City in November 1859, as some believe?
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 .McCarty retrieved the gun, and turned it on Bell when the pair had reached the top of a flight of stairs in the courthouse.^ As the Kid turned on the landing of the stairs, he was hidden from Bell.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ They say they've proven that Bell and the Kid grappled at the top of the courthouse steps, not halfway up.
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 ^ One is that Billy told Bell he needed to use the outhouse and at the top of the stairs, Billy used his shoulder to know Bell down the stairs, then ran into Garrett's gun room and grabbed a pistol and shot Bell dead, who was at the bottom of the stairs.
  • Billy the Kid - William H. Bonney - Henry McCarty 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.badhombres.com [Source type: Original source]

 .Another theory holds that McCarty slipped off his manacles at the top of the stairs, struck Bell[102] over the head with them, grabbed Bell's own gun, and shot him with it.^ He said he knew she would not try to pass that, and, if she did, she would have knocked the top of his head off against the lintel of the doorway.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Turner Preview Cut: While Bell starts the story of the horse that "loco'd" on him there is a shot of two bucking broncos(shown above) instead of the two shots with the pigs mentioned above.
  • Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid: Three Films, One Man's Opinion... Comparing The Three Different Cuts(Now With Screenshots) | Listology 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC listology.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Then the handsome Irishman would launch his own attack to the head, forcing Louis to hold on to avoid Conn's seemingly endless stream of punches.
  • Sometimes A Great Notion: Pittsburgh's Billy The Kid - The Cyber Boxing Zone Message Board 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cyberboxingzone.com [Source type: General]

 [57]
Whatever happened, Bell staggered into the street and collapsed, mortally wounded.[2] .Meanwhile, McCarty scooped up Ollinger's[103] 10-gauge double barrel shotgun and waited at the upstairs window for Ollinger, who had been across the street with some other prisoners, to come to Bell's aid.^ Many details are uncertain, but Billy killed Deputy Bell with a pistol, then grabbed a ten-guage shotgun and waited for Deputy Ollinger to return from across the street.
  • Billy the Kid [1859-81] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.genordell.com [Source type: General]

 ^ I will of course return and to the others on this page who are so negative- maybe you should try again, maybe they have taken some suggestions or maybe you were there on a bad night.

 ^ After shooting Bell, Billy went upstairs and waited by the window, with the same shotgun that Ollinger was poking him with, the Kid knew that Ollinger would come running after hearing the shot.
  • Billy the Kid - William H. Bonney - Henry McCarty 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.badhombres.com [Source type: Original source]

 .As Ollinger came running into view, McCarty leveled the shotgun at him, called out "Hello Bob!"^ Bowdre came out, his pistol still hanging in front of him, but with his hands up.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ He passed into the hall, his cell was pointed out to him, the door of unpainted pine was standing open, he took a pencil from his pocket and wrote on it: .
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Conn came back in the 11th, dashing out of difficulty whenever the steadily advancing champion forced him into the ropes.
  • Sometimes A Great Notion: Pittsburgh's Billy The Kid - The Cyber Boxing Zone Message Board 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cyberboxingzone.com [Source type: General]

 and shot him dead.[2][104] .The Kid's escape was delayed for an hour while he worked free of his leg irons[105] with a pickax and then the young outlaw mounted a horse and rode out of town, reportedly singing.^ He rode this horse out of town bareback, going in a southerly direction.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Billy shot the second deputy, then cut the chain of his leg irons with an axe, and rode out of the terrified town at a leisurely pace.
  • Billy the Kid [1859-81] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.genordell.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The Kid rode out of Lincoln a free man and headed to the only place he could call home: Fort Sumner.

 [2] .The horse returned two days later.^ Two days later, he escaped by squeezing up the jailhouse chimney and fleeing to Arizona Territory.
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Two days later Jesse Evans and Bill Campbell easily escaped from the Fort Stanton guardhouse.
  • Gunslinger Sinners - Billy The Kid 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.jcs-group.com [Source type: General]

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Death

Tombstone at Billy the Kid's grave, Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
.Responding to rumors that McCarty was still lurking in the vicinity of Fort Sumner almost three months after his escape, Sheriff Garrett and two deputies set out on July 14, 1881, to question one of the town's residents, a friend of McCarty's named Pedro Maxwell (son of land baron Lucien Maxwell).^ Garrett had heard that Billy was still in the area, and he and two deputies stopped to question Maxwell, a known friend of Billy.
  • Billy the Kid [1859-81] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.genordell.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Garrett named one of his sons Oscar Lohmann Garrett (1904-1951).

 ^ Garrett and Maxwell ran out of the room and huddled outside with the two deputies and waited.

 [107] .Close to midnight, as Garrett and Maxwell sat talking in Maxwell's darkened bedroom, McCarty unexpectedly entered the room.^ Garrett was waiting in Maxwell's bedroom.
  • Billy the Kid - William H. Bonney - Henry McCarty 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.badhombres.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ But then later on Pat Garrett gunned him down in Pete Maxwells bedroom.
  • Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War a Luke and Jenny Adventure (book) by Gayle Martin on AuthorsDen 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.authorsden.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Poe, not knowing who the man was, tried to reassure him, but Billy backed through the open door into the darkened bedroom, where Garrett was talking with Maxwell, repeating his demands in Spanish.
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 [108] .There are at least two versions of what happened next.^ There are more than a couple versions as to what happened next.
  • Billy the Kid - William H. Bonney - Henry McCarty 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.badhombres.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ There are a couple, if not more, of versions as to what happened next, this is the one I think happened.
  • Billy the Kid - William H. Bonney - Henry McCarty 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.badhombres.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ That is to say, with the exception of a few changes, for the most part there are two versions of every scene.
  • Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid: Three Films, One Man's Opinion... Comparing The Three Different Cuts(Now With Screenshots) | Listology 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC listology.com [Source type: General]
.One version suggests that as the Kid entered, he failed to recognize Garrett in the poor light.^ Garrett recognized the Kids voice and fired his gun.

 ^ I think it's certain that Garrett knew the kid well enough to be able to recognize his voice....which lead to his killing.
  • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Let it be understood that for all his good intentions, Paul Seydor's version of PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID is neither definitive nor accurate nor in accord with Peckinpah's wishes.
  • Paul Seydor's PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID - Home Theater Forum Community 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.hometheaterforum.com [Source type: General]

 .McCarty drew his pistol and backed away, asking "¿Quién es?^ He got no answer and as he walked towards the bed, he saw Garretts silhouette and started to back away and asked in Spanish, Who's there?

 ^ Kid back-stepped, asking, "Quien es!?
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 ¿Quién es?" (Spanish for "Who is it? Who is it?").[108] .Recognizing McCarty's voice, Garrett drew his own pistol and fired twice, the first bullet striking McCarty just above his heart, killing him.^ Garrett recognized Billy's voice, and fired two rounds from his revolver.
  • Billy the Kid [1859-81] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.genordell.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Garrett recognized the Kids voice and fired his gun.

 ^ Jim Miller fired the bullet that killed Pat Garrett “(35) .

 [108] In a second version, McCarty entered carrying a knife, evidently headed to a kitchen area. He noticed someone in the darkness, and uttered the words, "¿Quién es? ¿Quién es?" at which point he was shot and killed in ambush style.
.Although the popularity of the first story persists, and portrays Garrett in a better light, many historians contend that the second version is probably the accurate one.^ It's a theme that makes ironic one of the first lines spoken in the play, by "Billy" (as played, for the moment, by Jay): "Not a story about me through their eyes then.
  • Dan Jemmett and Billy the Kid - A British theater maverick (who lives in Paris) tackles a Wild West legend ... as imagined by a Canadian poet - Main Feature - Main Feature - Pittsburgh City Paper 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws [Source type: General]

 ^ Poe asked me how many shots I fired; I told him two, but that I had no idea where the second one went.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ As an aside, the only film that comes close to an accurate portrayal of some of the events in Billy's life is Sam Peckinpah's " Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ".

 [109] .A markedly different theory, in which Garrett and his posse set a trap for McCarty, has also been suggested.^ Garrett formed a posse and set out on Billy's trail.
  • Billy the Kid [1859-81] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.genordell.com [Source type: General]

 .Most recently explored in the Discovery Channel documentary, Billy the Kid: Unmasked, this theory contends that Garrett went to the bedroom of Pedro Maxwell's sister, Paulita, and bound and gagged her in her bed.^ Garrett was waiting in Maxwell's bedroom.
  • Billy the Kid - William H. Bonney - Henry McCarty 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.badhombres.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The author delves into the legacy of a Western legend, exploring the possibility that Pat Garrett killed someone other than Billy the Kid in Fort Sumner and that the famous gunfighter in fact died in Hico, Texas, in 1950.
  • Gunslinger Sinners - Billy The Kid 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.jcs-group.com [Source type: General]

 ^ But then later on Pat Garrett gunned him down in Pete Maxwells bedroom.
  • Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War a Luke and Jenny Adventure (book) by Gayle Martin on AuthorsDen 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.authorsden.com [Source type: General]

 .When McCarty arrived, Garrett was waiting behind Paulita's bed and shot the Kid.^ Garrett may have deliberately been waiting in the dark to shoot the Kid.

 ^ Posted by: nathueil on August 25, 2003 3:46 AM Never believed Garrett shot Billy the Kid since I heard his own daughter had insisted that.
  • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The posse waiting outside didn't know what to think, until Garrett ran out of the house, yelling "I killed the Kid, I killed the Kid!".
  • Billy the Kid - William H. Bonney - Henry McCarty 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.badhombres.com [Source type: Original source]
.McCarty was buried the next day in Fort Sumner's old military cemetery, between his fallen companions Tom O'Folliard and Charlie Bowdre.^ Billy was buried the next day in the Fort Sumner Cemetery.
  • Billy the Kid [1859-81] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.genordell.com [Source type: General]

 ^ In the morning they buried him in the old military cemetery next to Tom O'Folliard and Charlie Bowdre.
  • Gunslinger Sinners - Billy The Kid 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.jcs-group.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Eventually Billy's body was moved to Fort Sumner and he was buried with two of his best friends, Charlie Bowdre and Tom O'Folliard.
  • Billy the Kid - William H. Bonney - Henry McCarty 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.badhombres.com [Source type: Original source]

 [7] .A single tombstone was later erected over the graves, giving the three outlaws' names (Billy's as "William H. Bonney") and with a one word epitaph of "Pals" also carved into it.^ When his mother remarried, he became Henry Antrim, later renaming himself William Bonney.
  • Dan Jemmett and Billy the Kid - A British theater maverick (who lives in Paris) tackles a Wild West legend ... as imagined by a Canadian poet - Main Feature - Main Feature - Pittsburgh City Paper 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws [Source type: General]

 ^ McSween and three men were killed, but Billy the Kid and the others escaped into the darkness.

 ^ No one in my family ever claimed to be related to Billy the Kid, whose name may have been William Henry McCarty, just as my grandfather's great grandfather.....Billy did sign his name W.H. Bonney and was known as a child as Henry McCarty and became known at various times as Henry Antrim, Kid Antrim, Billy Bonney, W. H. Bonney, Kid, Billy Kid and finally Billy the Kid.
  • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

 .The tombstone has been stolen and recovered three times since it was set in place in the 1940s, and the entire gravesite is now enclosed within a steel cage.^ Billy's tombstone was stolen in 1950, and not recovered until 1976, so the gravesite is now secured by a cage of heavy steel bars.
  • Billy the Kid [1859-81] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.genordell.com [Source type: General]

 ^ This is not the place to retype the entire text of three or four books, and I don't think my generalization is inaccurate.
  • Paul Seydor's PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID - Home Theater Forum Community 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.hometheaterforum.com [Source type: General]

 ^ And now, as night sets in the defenders have but one room, a kitchen at the back of the house, that is tenable, and this would furnish shelter but a short time.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 [110]

Notoriety, fact vs. reputation

.Like many gunfighters of the "Old West", Billy the Kid enjoyed a reputation built partly on exaggerated accounts of his exploits.^ I also liked the clips I watched of Billy the KId.
  • Look Me In The Eye: Billy the Kid - an Aspergian movie you should see 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC jerobison.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Billy the Kid is known as the Old West's favourite outlaw.

 ^ Billy and J.B. Matthews had had a run in before, on the streets of Lincoln, but to avoid a gunfight with the Kid, Matthews slipped away and hid in a building.
  • Billy the Kid - William H. Bonney - Henry McCarty 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.badhombres.com [Source type: Original source]

 [111] .While McCarty was credited with the killing of no less than 20 men, the actual number was much closer to four.^ Two hours later, a party of not less than thirty men, armed and mounted, rode up to the ranch.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Although he did participate in killings, the men he fought against were much worse than he ever was, and this was a tough territory in tough times where you had to rely on your own abilities to defend yourself.

 ^ Of the latter, no less than three have been foisted upon the public, any one of which might have been the history of any outlaw who ever lived, but were miles from correct as applied to "the Kid."
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 [2] .Some historians speculate that his image was created deliberately to distract the public's attention from the nefarious activities of the Dolan faction and their influential supporters in Santa Fe, notably regional political leader Thomas Benton Catron.^ There were also investors in Murphy-Dolan from Santa Fe, called the Sante Fe ring, which included, among others, the attorney general.
  • Billy the Kid - William H. Bonney - Henry McCarty 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.badhombres.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Curry lost his federal job as a result of his testimony in support of Fall so New Mexico created a job for him as state historian.

 ^ James J. Dolan was about delivering a herd of cattle to the agents of Thomas B. Catron.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 [111]
.The undeserved notoriety that McCarty gained during the Lincoln County War effectively doomed his appeals for amnesty.^ This became known as the Lincoln County War.
  • Billy the Kid - William H. Bonney - Henry McCarty 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.badhombres.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ As are Dodge City, Boot Hill, and the OK Corral, the Lincoln County War is emblematic of frontier lawlessness.
  • FrontierTimes - Outlaws - Billy The Kid 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.frontiertimes.com [Source type: General]

 ^ The feud would flare up and be famously known as the Lincoln County War.

 [112] .A number of the Regulators faded away or secured amnesty, but McCarty was in no position to accomplish either.^ Had we met unexpectedly, face to face, I have no idea that either one of us would have run away, and there is where the "square fight" would, doubtless, have come off.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 .His negotiations with Governor Lew Wallace (famed Civil War general and author of the novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ) for amnesty came to nothing.^ (Interesting fact: Lew Wallace's main claim to fame was that he wrote 'Ben Hur').

 ^ I n late 1878, retired Union general Lew Wallace became governor of New Mexico Territory.
  • Billy the Kid [1859-81] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.genordell.com [Source type: General]

 ^ In the aftermath of the Lincoln County War, Lew Wallace, the new territorial governor of New Mexico, published a wanted list which included the Kid, who was implicated in the murder of Sheriff Brady.
  • FrontierTimes - Outlaws - Billy The Kid 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.frontiertimes.com [Source type: General]

 His position was further undermined by a string of negative newspaper editorials that referred to him as "Billy the Kid".[112] When a reporter reminded Wallace that the Kid was depending on Wallace's intervention, the governor supposedly smiled and said, "Yes, but I can't see how a fellow like him can expect any clemency from me".[99]
One widely reported characteristic of Henry McCarty, a.k.a. .Billy the Kid, has stood the test of research: his personal charisma and popularity.^ With his gloriously written and popular 1925 book, The Saga of Billy the Kid , Walter Noble Burns became the Kid's biggest salesman.
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 ^ I have a vague suspicion that old Pat Garrett will be vindicated by DNA testing, but pilloried by those who prefer the notion that Billy the Kid eluded the law for decades.
  • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Billy the Kid appears to written history only at age 13, as Henry McCarty; researchers remain unsure even where he was born.
  • Dan Jemmett and Billy the Kid - A British theater maverick (who lives in Paris) tackles a Wild West legend ... as imagined by a Canadian poet - Main Feature - Main Feature - Pittsburgh City Paper 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws [Source type: General]

 .Various accounts recorded by friends and acquaintances describe him as fun-loving and jolly, articulate in both his writing and his speech, and loyal to those for whom he cared.^ He went out forever from the care, the love, and influence of a fond mother, for he was never to see her face again--she who had so lovingly reared him, and whom he had so tenderly and reverently loved.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ His encounters with those of the opposite party were frequent, and his dauntless courage and skill had won for him name and fame, which admiration, or fear, or both, forced his friends, as well as his enemies, to respect.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 [113] He was fluent in Spanish, popular with the Latina girls, an accomplished dancer, and thus especially well-loved within the territory's Hispanic community. There, he was regarded as a champion of the oppressed.[6] ."His many Hispanic friends did not view him as a ruthless killer but rather as a defender of the people who were forced to kill in self-defense", Wallis writes.^ The coroner's jury never saw the body The ones who viewed the body after Billy was supposedly killed, except for Pat Garrett and deputies who had never seen Billy before, were friends of Billy's [what better time to say, "Yep, that's Billy alright."
  • FrontierTimes - Outlaws - Billy The Kid 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.frontiertimes.com [Source type: General]

 ^ He was not with the posse who killed Tunstall, but denounced, in no measured terms, the killers of Morton, Baker, and Roberts.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ The killer confessed, but was nonetheless acquitted – Garrett was shot in the back of the head; the killer claimed self-defense.
  • Billy the Kid [1859-81] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.genordell.com [Source type: General]

 "In the time that the Kid roamed the land he chided Hispanic villagers who were fearful of standing up to the big ranchers who stole their land, water, and way of life".[106]

Left-handed or right-handed?

As originally posed for ferrotype.
.It was widely assumed throughout much of the 20th century that Billy the Kid was left-handed.^ In myth, Billy has been both: a cruel killer and escaped convict in the novels and newspapers of the 19th century, an idealized folk hero in the 20th.
  • Dan Jemmett and Billy the Kid - A British theater maverick (who lives in Paris) tackles a Wild West legend ... as imagined by a Canadian poet - Main Feature - Main Feature - Pittsburgh City Paper 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws [Source type: General]

 ^ Billy slapped his left hand to his right ear, as though he were reaching for a belligerent mosquito.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ J. B. Matthews, well known throughout the Territory as "Billy" Matthews, held the Kid in mortal aversion.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 .This perception was encouraged by the only documented photograph of McCarty (an undated ferrotype), in which he appears to be wearing a gun belt with a holster on his left side.^ It appears that Billy the Kid was left handed with his pistol holstered on his left hip, but this was another myth, caused by the fact the image is reversed in the ferrotype process.

 ^ It erupted into a five-day gun battle between the two sides and the enmity between those involved (and left alive) lasted for many years after.

 ^ Billy the Kid appears to written history only at age 13, as Henry McCarty; researchers remain unsure even where he was born.
  • Dan Jemmett and Billy the Kid - A British theater maverick (who lives in Paris) tackles a Wild West legend ... as imagined by a Canadian poet - Main Feature - Main Feature - Pittsburgh City Paper 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws [Source type: General]

 .(All Winchester 1873 rifles were made with the loading gate on the right side of the receiver: the "left-handed" photograph is a mirror image.^ Further proof is that the loading gate on the side of the Winchester rifle is on the wrong side in the picture.

 ^ Billy slapped his left hand to his right ear, as though he were reaching for a belligerent mosquito.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ From his step I could perceive he was either barefooted or in his stocking-feet, and held a revolver in his right hand and a butcher knife in his left.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ) .Indeed, the notion of a left-handed Billy became so entrenched that, in 1958, a film biography of "the Kid" (starring Paul Newman) was titled The Left Handed Gun.^ With his gloriously written and popular 1925 book, The Saga of Billy the Kid , Walter Noble Burns became the Kid's biggest salesman.
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 ^ On the soundtrack of Sam Peckinpah's 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid , Bob Dylan (who co-stars as an accomplice of The Kid's) sings, "Billy, they don't like ya to be so free."
  • Dan Jemmett and Billy the Kid - A British theater maverick (who lives in Paris) tackles a Wild West legend ... as imagined by a Canadian poet - Main Feature - Main Feature - Pittsburgh City Paper 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws [Source type: General]

 ^ Billy had the heel of his boot battered, his gun shot to pieces, and received a wound in the hand.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]
In 1954, however, western historians James D. Horan and Paul Sann wrote that McCarty was "right-handed and carried his pistol on his right hip".[114] More recently, in response to a story from The Guardian that used an uncorrected McCarty ferrotype, Clyde Jeavons, a former curator of the National Film and Television Archive, cited their work and added:
.
This particular reproduction error has occurred so often in books and other publications over the years that it has led to the myth that Billy the Kid was left-handed, for which there is no evidence.^ And there began the legend of Billy the Kid ...
  • Gunslinger Sinners - Billy The Kid 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.jcs-group.com [Source type: General]

 ^ With his gloriously written and popular 1925 book, The Saga of Billy the Kid , Walter Noble Burns became the Kid's biggest salesman.
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 ^ There is, in my eyes, too much similarity between Brushy Bill and Billy the Kid, and why would some 90 year old man want to make up such a story.
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 .On the contrary, the evidence (from viewing his photo correctly) is that he was right-handed: he wears his pistol on his right hip with the butt pointing backwards in a conventional right-handed draw position.^ It appears that Billy the Kid was left handed with his pistol holstered on his left hip, but this was another myth, caused by the fact the image is reversed in the ferrotype process.

 ^ With an oath, he raised his left arm in a threatening manner, his right hand still on his pistol.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

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Wallis wrote in 2007 that McCarty was ambidextrous.[116]

Personality traits according to first-hand accounts

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  • Frank Coe, who rode as a Regulator, recalled years after the Kid's death: "I never enjoyed better company.^ McCloskey and Middleton constantly rode behind the prisoners, as if to protect them; the others brought up the rear, except the Kid and Bowdre, who were considerably in advance.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ The fact that he would not meet in Washington with men, such as George Coe, who knew the kid is a third.
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     ^ He was warned of his danger by persons who knew the Kid and gang, but, unheeding, he rode boldly up and commanded them to desist.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     He was humorous and told me many amusing stories. He always found a touch of humor in everything, being naturally full of fun and jollity. Though he was serious in emergencies, his humor was often apparent even in such situations. .Billy stood with us to the end, brave and reliable, one of the best soldiers we had.^ Billy was riding a very superior animal, but made the race and bets on the inferior one ridden by his partner, against the best horse the Indians had.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ One night Billy got into a fight with an 18-year-old who had been drinking; the brawl ended with the older gang member stabbed to death.
    • Billy the Kid [1859-81] Page at 'Readers of the Purple Sage' 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.genordell.com [Source type: General]

     ^ The set was kick ass, and Billy is one of the best female guitarists I've ever met.
    • Billy The Kid Rocks the Rivoli 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.blogto.com [Source type: General]

     He never pushed in his advice or opinions, but he had a wonderful presence of mind. .The tighter the place the more he showed his cool nerve and quick brain.^ In the following rounds, he stood his ground more and placed his faith in his reflexes and quick punching.
    • Sometimes A Great Notion: Pittsburgh's Billy The Kid - The Cyber Boxing Zone Message Board 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cyberboxingzone.com [Source type: General]

     He never seemed to care for money, except to buy cartridges with. .Cartridges were scarce, and he always used about ten times as many as everyone else.^ Cocky Billy had said it many times in his training, taunting Louis with predictions about how the fight would go.
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     .He would practice shooting at anything he saw, from every conceivable angle, on and off his horse".[34]
  • George Coe, a cousin to Frank who also served as a Regulator, stated: "Billy was a brave, resourceful and honest boy.^ The gallant horses which had carried the boys so bravely were reeling in their tracks.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ The fact that he would not meet in Washington with men, such as George Coe, who knew the kid is a third.
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     ^ For instance, in the 30's Brushy was taken to Washington DC where he refused to meet with men who knew the kid, including George Coe.
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     .He would have been a successful man under other circumstances.^ The only circumstances under which we could have met on equal terms, would have been accidental, and to which I would have been an unwilling party.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ His cause for doubt seemed to be based on no evidence except the fact that the Kid was no fool, and no man in his senses, under the circumstances, would brave such danger.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ You know if I was I would not deny it to you nor any other man."
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     .The Kid was a thousand times better and braver than any man hunting him, including Pat Garrett".[34]
  • Susan McSween, widow of Alexander McSween, stated: "Billy was not a bad man, that is he was not a murderer who killed wantonly.^ Hardly an on-the-lam Billy the Kid having a shootout with Pat Garrett.
    • Dan Jemmett and Billy the Kid - A British theater maverick (who lives in Paris) tackles a Wild West legend ... as imagined by a Canadian poet - Main Feature - Main Feature - Pittsburgh City Paper 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws [Source type: General]

     ^ Pat Garrett was considerd a hero for the killing of the Kid.
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     ^ It was not a blueprint for Pat Garrett’s murder.

     Most of those he killed deserved what they got. .Of course I cannot very well defend his stealing horses and cattle, but when you consider that the Murphy, Dolan, and Riley people forced him into such a lawless life through efforts to secure his arrest and conviction, it is hard to blame the poor boy for what he did".[34]
  • Deluvina Maxwell, a friend of Billy the Kid, stated: "Garrett was afraid to go back in the room to make sure of whom he had shot.^ They were going to hang him so he shot the deputy while making his escape.
    • Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War a Luke and Jenny Adventure (book) by Gayle Martin on AuthorsDen 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.authorsden.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Sentenced to hang, Billy escapes in a hail of gunfire forcing Pat to hunt him down.
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     ^ He wasn't known as "Billy the Kid" till just months before taking two fatal shots, in July 1881, from the Colt .44 of Lincoln County Sheriff Patrick F. Garrett.
    • Dan Jemmett and Billy the Kid - A British theater maverick (who lives in Paris) tackles a Wild West legend ... as imagined by a Canadian poet - Main Feature - Main Feature - Pittsburgh City Paper 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws [Source type: General]

     .I went in and was the first to discover that they had killed my little boy.^ Yesterday, amidst my snottiness, I went on my first California hike at Runyon Canyon.
    • Billy the Kid - The Lost Cause: blog 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC billythekidonline.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ I went out contemplating the probability of being shot at, and the possibility of being hurt, perhaps killed; but not if any precaution on my part would prevent such a catastrophe.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Turning to the campers, the boys discovered that the little girl had received a fracture of the skull in an attempt, by an Indian brave, to brain her, and the mother had fainted.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     .I hated those men and am glad that I lived long enough to see them all dead and buried".[34]
  • Louis Abraham, who befriended the Kid in Silver City, New Mexico, stated: "The story of Billy the Kid killing a blacksmith in Silver City is false.^ Will Billy the Kid live up to his legend?
    • Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War a Luke and Jenny Adventure (book) by Gayle Martin on AuthorsDen 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.authorsden.com [Source type: General]

     ^ This entry in the long running Billy the Kid series of films, again stars Buster Crabbe as Billy the Kid and Al St John as his comic side-kick Fuzzy Q Jones.
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     ^ Now it was to be Billy Conn, the former light heavyweight champion who had given up his lighter crown to take on the heavyweight champion of the world, Joe Louis.
    • Sometimes A Great Notion: Pittsburgh's Billy The Kid - The Cyber Boxing Zone Message Board 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cyberboxingzone.com [Source type: General]

     Billy was never in any trouble at all. He was a good boy, maybe a little too mischievous at times. When the boy was placed in jail and escaped, he was not bad, just scared. .If he had only waited until they let him out he would have been all right, but he was scared and ran away.^ If not, the family wants to know where BTK went and what happened to him and they want to know if there are any other unknown family members out there.
    • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

     ^ If they were, I doubt that Garrett would be as ready to kill him....I sure wouldn't kill a friend, even if hew was a bad guy.
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     ^ They told him it was only going to be seen in Europe.
    • BILLY THE KID TRAILER | SPIKE 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.spike.com [Source type: General]

     He got in with a band of rustlers in Apache Tejo in part of the county where he was made a hardened character".[34]

People claiming to be Billy the Kid

.Legends grew over time that Billy the Kid had somehow cheated death, despite eyewitness accounts of his slaying.^ Will Billy the Kid live up to his legend?
  • Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War a Luke and Jenny Adventure (book) by Gayle Martin on AuthorsDen 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.authorsden.com [Source type: General]

 ^ BILLY THE KID TRAPPED: Buster Crabbe NEW SEALED DVD on eBay (end time 19-Feb-10 15:26:29 GMT) .
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 ^ Billy the Kid is a real first person account what it’s like to be an Aspergian teenager.
  • Look Me In The Eye: Billy the Kid - an Aspergian movie you should see 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC jerobison.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

 [117] .In 2004, researchers sought to exhume the remains of Catherine Antrim, McCarty's mother, "so her DNA could be tested and compared with DNA to be taken from the body buried under the Kid's gravestone".[117] Ultimately, the case was bogged down in the courts, "much to the delight of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who knows all too well the value of Billy as a cultural icon and a draw for tourists".[117] At least two men claimed to be McCarty, and they were successful in persuading a small segment of the public.^ Investigators are still pushing to dig up the Kid's mother's remains for DNA testing.

 ^ Should Billy the kid's body be exhumed ??

 ^ Richardson, however, thinks all the publicity has spurred tourist interest.

Brushy Bill

.In 1949, a paralegal named William Morrison located a man in West Texas named Ollie P. Roberts (nicknamed "Brushy Bill"), who claimed to be Billy the Kid and challenged the popular account of Billy's slaying at the hands of Pat Garrett in 1881. Most historians reject Brushy Bill's claim, although his argument was not entirely bereft of supporting evidence.^ Bob Boze Bell, executive editor of True West magazine, put it well in his book, The Illustrated Life and Times of Billy the Kid : "The Kid lived two-thirds of his life in circumstances that remain to this day almost entirely undocumented."
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 ^ With his gloriously written and popular 1925 book, The Saga of Billy the Kid , Walter Noble Burns became the Kid's biggest salesman.
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Their ambitious plans included exhuming Catherine Antrim, the Kid's mother, from her grave in Silver City, N.M., and using modern forensics to compare her DNA to Miller's, and to the DNA of Ollie "Brushy Bill" Roberts of Texas, who also claimed to be the Kid.
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 .Despite discrepancies in birth dates and physical appearance, the town of Hico, Texas (Brushy Bill's residence), has capitalized on the Kid's infamy by opening the Billy The Kid Museum.^ While the real Billy the Kid waltzed around town for the rest of his life as Brushy Bill?
  • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Posted by: Martin Powers on November 3, 2003 7:05 PM I have studied the Brushy Bill case immensely and have come to the conclusion that he was indeed Billy the Kid.
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 ^ Posted by: Chris on February 2, 2004 5:59 PM Notwithstanding other substantial and overwhelming evidence supporting the theory that Brushy Bill was indeed Billy the Kid, I believe a comparison of known photos of Brushy Bill to the tin type photo of Billy the Kid is evidence enough.
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John Miller

.Another individual who allegedly claimed to be Billy the Kid was John Miller, whose family supported his claim in 1938, some time after Miller's death.^ Some achievement indeed for a guy who was born in Pittsburgh in the rough old days of 1917 and got into scraps virtually from the time he could stand up.
  • Sometimes A Great Notion: Pittsburgh's Billy The Kid - The Cyber Boxing Zone Message Board 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cyberboxingzone.com [Source type: General]

 ^ When Sullivan and Sederwall's New Mexico plan hit the wall, they consulted their list of those who claimed to be the real Billy.
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 ^ They even saw some letters written by Billy the Kid himself.
  • Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War a Luke and Jenny Adventure (book) by Gayle Martin on AuthorsDen 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.authorsden.com [Source type: General]

 .Miller was buried at the state-owned Pioneers' Home Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona.^ To determine where Miller's plot should be, the investigators used a map provided by the Pioneers' Home, which pinpointed the location to within 20 square feet.
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Although the Prescott exhumation has raised some critical eyebrows, Gary Olson, superintendent of the Pioneers' Home, said Arizona law exempts the facility from normal procedures governing exhumations, and that the superintendent has sole authority over management of the home's cemetery.
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 ^ Miller arrived at the Arizona Pioneers' Home on March 14, 1937, after injuring his hip in a fall from a roof, and died there eight months later.
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 .Tom Sullivan, a former sheriff of Lincoln County, and Steve Sederwall, a former mayor of Capitan, disinterred the bones of John Miller in May 2005.[119] DNA samples from the remains were sent to a lab in Dallas, Texas, to be compared with traces of blood obtained from a bench that was believed to be the one upon which McCarty's body was placed after he was shot to death.^ You might remember the names of the two investigators--Tom Sullivan, a retired sheriff of Lincoln County, N.M., and Steve Sederwall, a former federal cop.
  • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

 ^ He had campaigned for Pat to be sheriff of Lincoln County and a few days before Garrett’s death George loaned Pat $50.

 ^ The Kid's efforts to induce Tom to join him in his Lincoln County enterprise were without avail.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 .The pair had been searching for McCarty's physical remains since 2003, starting in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and eventually ending up in Arizona.^ The Kid remained at Sumner but a few days, when he, Foliard, Bowdre, Wayt, Brown, and Middleton, took the horses stolen from Fritz and started up the Rio Pecos with the intention of adding to their herd before they drove them away.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Garcia lived twelve miles south of Fort Sumner, and started in that direction.
  • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

 ^ Garrett was a bartender at Beaver Smith's saloon in Fort Sumner at about the time that the Kid showed up in the region.
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 To date, no results of the DNA tests have been made public.

Selected references in popular culture

Billy the Kid has been the subject and inspiration for many popular works, including:

Literature

  • The Collected Works of Billy the Kid: Left-handed Poems, by Michael Ondaatje, 1970 Governor General's Award-winning biography in the form of experimental poetry.
  • Added as an immortal to Michael Scott's series Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel during the third book The Sorceress.
  • The Illegal Rebirth of Billy the Kid is a science fiction novel by Rebecca Ore, published in 1991.
  • Anything for Billy is a 1988 novel by Larry McMurty.
  • Lucky Billy: a novel about Billy the Kid is a 2008 novel by John Vernon, a professor at Binghamton University.

Film

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  • Billy the Kid, 1930 widescreen film directed by King Vidor and starring Johnny Mack Brown as Billy and Wallace Beery as Pat Garrett.^ This entry in the long running Billy the Kid series of films, again stars Buster Crabbe as Billy the Kid and Al St John as his comic side-kick Fuzzy Q Jones.
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     ^ Regardless, I keep seeing references to Pat Garrett's daughter insisting her father really did not kill Billy.
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     ^ I know pat garrett didn't do it, Billy and Garrett we're friends.
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  • Billy the Kid Returns, 1938: Roy Rogers plays a dual role, Billy the Kid and his dead-ringer lookalike who shows up after the Kid has been shot by Pat Garrett.
  • Billy the Kid, 1941 remake of the 1930 film, starring Robert Taylor and Brian Donlevy.
  • Buster Crabbe played Billy the Kid in a serial series during 1942 and 1943. The thirteen films included Blazing Frontier, The Renegade, Cattle Stampede, and Western Cyclone (1943).^ Will Billy the Kid live up to his legend?
    • Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War a Luke and Jenny Adventure (book) by Gayle Martin on AuthorsDen 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.authorsden.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Cherie Lee, coauthor of The Saga of Thundercloud and Dancing Star "See a snapshot of Billy the Kid's famous life and learn about Western history at the same time.
    • Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War a Luke and Jenny Adventure (book) by Gayle Martin on AuthorsDen 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.authorsden.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Lambert never said so but his mannerisms during our talks indicated to me that he did not think much of Pat Garrett.

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  • The Outlaw, Howard Hughes' 1943 motion picture featuring Jane Russell in her breakthrough role as the Kid's fictional love interest.
  • The Kid from Texas (1950, Universal International) film starring Audie Murphy--location of title character's place of origin changed to appeal to Texans and capitalize on Murphy association with that state.
  • The Law vs Billy the Kid (1954, Columbia Pictures Corporation) starring Scott Brady.
  • The Left Handed Gun, Arthur Penn's 1958 motion picture based on a Gore Vidal teleplay, starring Paul Newman as Billy and John Dehner as Garrett.
  • The Boy from Oklahoma (1954), with Tyler MacDuff in the role of Billy the Kid[122]
  • Chisum, 1970 movie starring John Wayne as John Chisum, dealing with Billy the Kid's involvement in the Lincoln County War.^ As if an actor on stage, hot-head Billy played his bloody part well, earning a conviction for murdering Lincoln County Sheriff William Brady, even though Brady died in a hail of bullets fired by numerous gunmen.
    • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

     ^ This entry in the long running Billy the Kid series of films, again stars Buster Crabbe as Billy the Kid and Al St John as his comic side-kick Fuzzy Q Jones.
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     ^ Shop home Christmas Dvd's Feature Films 1930's Movies 1940's Movies 1950's Movies 1960's Movies 1970's Movies 1980's Movies 1990's Movies 2000's Movies Action & Adventure Animated Cartoons Childrens Films Comedy Drama Horror Musicals Science Fiction Thrillers War Westerns Television Comedy Documentaries T.V. Movies .
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     Billy is portrayed by Geoffrey Deuel.
  • Dirty Little Billy,[123] Stan Dragoti's 1972 film starring Michael J. Pollard.
  • Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Sam Peckinpah's 1973 motion picture with Kris Kristofferson as Billy, James Coburn as Pat Garrett, and with a soundtrack by Bob Dylan, who also appears in the movie.
  • Young Guns, Christopher Cain's 1988 motion picture starring Emilio Estevez as Billy and Patrick Wayne, son of John Wayne as Pat Garrett* Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid,[124] Gore Vidal's 1989 film starring Val Kilmer as Billy and Duncan Regehr as Pat Garrett.
  • Young Guns II, Geoff Murphy's 1990 motion picture starring Emilio Estevez as Billy and William Petersen as Pat Garrett.
  • Purgatory (film), Uli Edel's 1999 made for TV movie starring Donnie Wahlberg as Deputy Glen/Billy The Kid.
  • Requiem for Billy the Kid, Anne Feinsilber's 2006 motion picture starring Kris Kristofferson.

Music

.
  • "Billy the Kid", a folk song in the public domain, was published in John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax's American Ballads and Folksongs,[125] and also their Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads.^ I'll have to check out the other Billy The Kid documentary.
    • Look Me In The Eye: Billy the Kid - an Aspergian movie you should see 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC jerobison.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Why would Billy the Kid ask John Poe and Thomas McKinnely questions in Spanish?
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     ^ Rather he looks exactly like the picture published in Bob Boze Bell's illustrated life of Billy the Kid.
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  • "Billy the Kid" folksong sung by Woody Guthrie, recorded by Alan Lomax in 1940 for the Library of Congress (#3412 B2), with a melody Guthrie later used for his song "So Long, it's Been Good to Know You". He also recorded it in 1944 for Moe Asch's Asch/Folkways label (MA67).^ Do you agree that record labels are becoming a thing of the past with all of the new production technology and networking tools?
    • Billy the Kid - The Lost Cause: blog 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC billythekidonline.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Kim will love you so long as you agree that the low functioning kids might be vaccine poisoned and in need of chelation and a dozen other quack treatments that she espouses.
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     ^ I could have gotten under the bed; but, you see, I did not know the Kid was coming.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

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  • Aaron Copland's Billy the Kid, a highly popular ballet he completed in 1939.
  • Bob Dylan's album Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, soundtrack of the 1973 film by Sam Peckinpah.
  • Jon Bon Jovi's album Blaze of Glory, used as part of the soundtrack for Young Guns II, and featured the song "Billy Get Your Gun".
  • Marty Robbins' song "Billy the Kid" from the album Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs Volume 3.
  • Marty Robbins' song "Fastest Gun Around" from the 1963 album Return of the Gunfighter.
  • Dave Stamey's "The Skies of Lincoln County", which features the deceased Bonney as narrator, answering historical distortions by Pat Garrett.
  • Ry Cooder recorded the folk song "Billy the Kid", on the album Into The Purple Valley,[128] with his own melody and instrumental.^ With his gloriously written and popular 1925 book, The Saga of Billy the Kid , Walter Noble Burns became the Kid's biggest salesman.
    • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

     ^ The mysterious Billy The Kid steps up to the plate with two dirty bangers, the first of which 'The Oz' uses film score strings and thumping drums to intro before dropping into some serious sci-fi bassline action!
    • Billy The Kid - The Oz / The Good The Bad The Ugly : G13 : Nu Urban Music : Drum and Bass Record Shop : Vinyl & MP3 DnB Store 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.nu-urbanmusic.co.uk [Source type: General]

     ^ As if an actor on stage, hot-head Billy played his bloody part well, earning a conviction for murdering Lincoln County Sheriff William Brady, even though Brady died in a hail of bullets fired by numerous gunmen.
    • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

     It was also on Ry Cooder Classics Volume II.[129]

Stage

Television and radio

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Early Life". aboutbillythekid.com. http://www.aboutbillythekid.com/early_life.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-05. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f Wallis (2007), p. 244.
  3. ^ a b c Wallis (2007), p. 129.
  4. ^ Rasch (1995), p. 126.
  5. ^ Utley (1989), p. 15.
  6. ^ a b Wallis (2007), pp. 244—245.
  7. ^ a b Wallis (2007), pp. 249—250.
  8. ^ a b c d Wallis (2007), p. 6.
  9. ^ a b c Utley (1989), p. 2.
  10. ^ McCarty, Daniel. William Henry McCarty AKA Billy the Kid "Billy the Kid". rockincherokee.com. http://www.rockincherokee.com/Billy.htm William Henry McCarty AKA Billy the Kid. Retrieved 2009-08-27. 
  11. ^ "The Ancestors of Mit Romney". wargs.com. http://www.wargs.com/political/romney.html. Retrieved 2008-08-03. 
  12. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 153—156.
  13. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 14.
  14. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 16.
  15. ^ Utley (1989), p. 1.
  16. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 52—56.
  17. ^ a b Wallis (2007), p. 78.
  18. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 55—56.
  19. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 64.
  20. ^ Utley (1989), p. 6.
  21. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 76.
  22. ^ Wallis (2007), 84—85.
  23. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 83.
  24. ^ a b Wallis (2007), p. 87.
  25. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 87—88.
  26. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 89.
  27. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 95.
  28. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 103.
  29. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 107.
  30. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 110—111.
  31. ^ Utley (1989), p. 16.
  32. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 114.
  33. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 115.
  34. ^ a b c d e f "Eulogy". aboutbillythekid.com. http://www.aboutbillythekid.com?Eulogy.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  35. ^ Wallis (s007), p. 116.
  36. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 119.
  37. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 128.
  38. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 123—131.
  39. ^ Heiskell Jones in Fort Stanton, New Mexico, in the Pecos Valley.
  40. ^ a b c Wallis (2007), p. 144.
  41. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 159.
  42. ^ Weiser, Kathy. "Josiah Gordon "Doc" Scurlock - Cowboy Gunfighter". Legends of America. http://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-docscurlock.html. Retrieved 2008-09-30. 
  43. ^ Wroth, William H.. "Billy the Kid". New Mexico Office of the State Historian. http://www.newmexicohistory.org/filedetails.php?fileID=508. Retrieved 2008-09-30. 
  44. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 193—196.
  45. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 196—197.
  46. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 197—198.
  47. ^ Utley (1989), p. 46.
  48. ^ Nolan (1965), p. 272.
  49. ^ Jacobsen (1994), pp. 87—90.
  50. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 198—199.
  51. ^ a b Wallis (2007), p. 199.
  52. ^ Jacobsen (1994), pp. 107—108.
  53. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 200.
  54. ^ a b Wallis (2007), pp. 200—201.
  55. ^ Jacobsen (1994), pp. 111—112.
  56. ^ Burns (1953/1992), pp. 89—90.
  57. ^ a b c d "Chronology of Billy the Kid". Shadows of the Past, Inc.. http://www.sptddog.com/sotp/billy.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  58. ^ Burns (1953/1992), p. 90.
  59. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 201.
  60. ^ Jacobsen (1994), pp. 44—45.
  61. ^ Jacobsen (1994), pp. 51—52.
  62. ^ "Sheriff William Brady". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc.. http://www.odmp.org/officer/2168-sheriff-william-brady. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  63. ^ "Deputy Sheriff George Hindman". The Officers Down Memorial Page, Inc.. http://www.odmp.org/officer/6526-deputy-sheriff-george-hindman. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  64. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 202.
  65. ^ a b c Jacobsen (1994), p. 133.
  66. ^ a b Wallis (2007), p. 203.
  67. ^ Burns (1953/1992), pp. 97—98.
  68. ^ Jacobsen (1994), pp. 144—145.
  69. ^ a b c Wallis (2007), p. 204.
  70. ^ a b c Wallis (2007), p. 205.
  71. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 206.
  72. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 205—206.
  73. ^ Caldwell, C.R. (2008). Dead Right - The Lincoln County War. Clifford, Caldwell. p. 108. ISBN 0615171524. http://books.google.com/books?id=HSysw_UbEIQC. 
  74. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 209—210.
  75. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 212.
  76. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 211.
  77. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 212—213.
  78. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 213—214.
  79. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 214.
  80. ^ "Billy the Kid". New Mexico Tourism. http://www.newmexico.org/western/learn/billy_the_kid.php. Retrieved 2008-09-30. 
  81. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 214—215.
  82. ^ a b Wallis (2007), p. 225.
  83. ^ a b c Wallis (2007), pp. 227—228.
  84. ^ Wallis (2207), pp. 228—229.
  85. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 229.
  86. ^ a b Wallis (2007), p. 233.
  87. ^ a b Wallis (2007), p. 234.
  88. ^ a b c Jacobsen (1994), pp. 217—218.
  89. ^ a b c d Wallis (2007), p. 236.
  90. ^ "Deputy Sheriff James Carlysle". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc.. http://www.odmp.org/officer/2797-deputy-sheriff-james-carlysle. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  91. ^ Jacobsen (1994), p. 222.
  92. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 237.
  93. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 235.
  94. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 236—238.
  95. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 238.
  96. ^ a b Jacobsen (1994), p. 226.
  97. ^ a b c Wallis (2007), p. 239.
  98. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 240—241.
  99. ^ a b c Wallis (2007), p. 241.
  100. ^ a b c Wallis (2007), p. 242.
  101. ^ Wallis (2007), pp. 243—244.
  102. ^ "Deputy Sheriff James W. Bell". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc.. http://www.odmp.org/officer/1713-deputy-sheriff-james-w.-bell. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  103. ^ "Deputy Marshal Robert Olinger". The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc.. http://www.odmp.org/officer/10157-deputy-marshal-robert-olinger. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  104. ^ Burns (1953/1992), pp. 248—249.
  105. ^ Jacobsen, p. 232.
  106. ^ a b Wallis (2007), p. 245.
  107. ^ Wallis (2007), p. 246.
  108. ^ a b c Wallis (2007), p. 247.
  109. ^ O'Toole, Deborah. "Billy the Kid: Myths and Truths". tripod.com. http://deborahotoole.tripod.com/Kid/. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  110. ^ "Tourist Attractions". Fort Sumner Chamber of Commerce. http://www.ftsumnerchamber.com/index.php/tourist.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  111. ^ a b Wallis (2007), p. 220.
  112. ^ a b Wallis (2007), pp. 236—237.
  113. ^ "Chronology of the Life of Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War, Part 2". angelfire.com. http://www.angelfire.com/mi2/billythekid/chronology2.html. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  114. ^ Horan and Sann (1954), p. 57.
  115. ^ Qtd. in Mayes, Ian (2001-03-03). "I kid you not". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2001/mar/03/1. Retrieved 2009-06-19. 
  116. ^ Goode, Stephen (2007-06-10). "The fact and fiction of America's outlaw". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 2009-06-20. http://www.webcitation.org/5hfNVN6Db. Retrieved 2009-06-20. "Billy loved to sing and had a good voice, those who knew him claimed. ... He was ambidextrous and wrote well with both hands." 
  117. ^ a b c Wallis (2007), p. xiv.
  118. ^ Texas Department of Transportation, Texas State Travel Guide, 2008, pp. 200-201
  119. ^ Banks, Leo W.. "A New Billy the Kid?". Tucson Weekly. http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=81013. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  120. ^ Wallis (2007), p. xvi.
  121. ^ Buster Crabbe's filmography at the Internet Movie Database
  122. ^ "Tyler MacDuff credits". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532057/. Retrieved January 9, 2010. 
  123. ^ "Dirty Little Billy". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068487/. Retrieved 2008-08-04. 
  124. ^ Billy the Kid at the Internet Movie Database
  125. ^ MacMillan, (1934), p. 137
  126. ^ MacMillan, (1938), pp. 140—141. From Jim Marby, recorded in 1911, Library of Congress E659098.
  127. ^ Liner notes, p. 63, number 3, "Billy the Kid" media.smithsonianfolkways.org. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
  128. ^ 1972 Reprise K44142
  129. ^ Japan 1992 P-Vine PCD 2541

References

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  • Burns, Walter Noble (1953/1992).^ With his gloriously written and popular 1925 book, The Saga of Billy the Kid , Walter Noble Burns became the Kid's biggest salesman.
    • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

     The Saga of Billy the Kid. New York: Konecky & Konecky Associates. ISBN 1568521782
  • Horan, James D.; Sann, Paul (1954). .Pictorial History of the Wild West: A True Account of the Bad Men, Desperadoes, Rustlers, and Outlaws of the Old West—and the Men Who Fought Them to Establish Law and Order. (6th Ed.^ Had our kids watch the Hollywood version of the whole story in YG2 last night, and now think they will become history buffs of the Old West too!
    • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

     ^ This is slightly off-topic, but last night the History Channel also had a documentary on the original Billy The Kid (i.e., the Old West outlaw) that hypothesized, among other things, that the historic Billy The Kid was a woman dressed as a man, who also worked as a prostitute.
    • Look Me In The Eye: Billy the Kid - an Aspergian movie you should see 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC jerobison.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     ^ I have a vague suspicion that old Pat Garrett will be vindicated by DNA testing, but pilloried by those who prefer the notion that Billy the Kid eluded the law for decades.
    • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

     ) .New York: Crown Publishers.
  • Jacobsen, Joel (1997).^ Hico dont want to talk about is the photo that was published in the New York Times and elswhere of Frnak Dalton laying in bed with his pal Brushy by his side.
    • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

     .Such Men as Billy the Kid: The Lincoln County War Reconsidered.^ The Kid's efforts to induce Tom to join him in his Lincoln County enterprise were without avail.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ The Kid's new-found friends, with Jesse, left for Lincoln County, and he waited, impatiently, the arrival of Segura.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ "The Lincoln County War," in which the Kid was now about to take a part, had been brewing since the summer of 1876, and commenced in earnest in the spring of 1877.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0803276060
  • Nolan, Frederick (1965). The Life & Death of John Henry Tunstall. .Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
  • Rasch, Philip J. (1995).^ W.C Field letterhead, 1908, U. S. Marshal Papers, Special Collections, Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico.

     ^ Western New Mexico University...
    • Billy the Kid Championship BBQ and Green Chili Cook-Off 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.silvercity.org [Source type: News]

     ^ Western New Mexico University .
    • Billy the Kid Championship BBQ and Green Chili Cook-Off 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.silvercity.org [Source type: News]

     Trailing Billy the Kid. Stillwater, OK: Western Publications. ISBN 0935269193
  • Utley, Robert M. (1989). .Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life.^ Rather he looks exactly like the picture published in Bob Boze Bell's illustrated life of Billy the Kid.
    • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

     ^ The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid Pat Garrett This page copyright 2001 Blackmask Online.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ End of The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid Pat Garrett a project of Arthur's Classic Novels .
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0803295588
  • Wallis, Michael (2007). Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride. New York: W. W. Norton. ISBN 0393060683

Further reading

  • Garrett, Pat F. (1882). .The Authentic Life of BILLY, THE KID.^ End of The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid Pat Garrett a project of Arthur's Classic Novels .
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ "Sattler in the Saddle : the Ubiquitous Artist on Yang, Billy the Kid, and Life in the Comics" / conducted by Jon B. Cooke ; transcribed by Jon B. Knutson.
    • Index to Comic Art Collection: "Billy" to "Bimrose" 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC comics.lib.msu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Rather he looks exactly like the picture published in Bob Boze Bell's illustrated life of Billy the Kid.
    • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

     .Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.^ Leon Metz’s Pat Garrett, The Story of a Western Lawman (The University of Oklahoma Press, 1974) is an excellent biography of the man.

     ISBN 1409910350. Library of Congress CCN: 54-10053
  • Klasner, Lily. (1972). My Girlhood Among Outlaws. University of Arizona Press. edited by Eve Ball. ISBN 0816503540
  • Nolan, Frederick (1998). ."The West of Billy the Kid". Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.^ Associated Press article about voice actor Billy West.
    • Index to Comic Art Collection: "Billy" to "Bimrose" 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC comics.lib.msu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Respected Kid historian Frederick Nolan, author of The West of Billy the Kid , declared the dig-up effort ridiculous, and its perpetrators ignorant of history.
    • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Leon Metz’s Pat Garrett, The Story of a Western Lawman (The University of Oklahoma Press, 1974) is an excellent biography of the man.

     ISBN 0806130822
  • Nolan, Frederick (2009). .The Lincoln County War, Revised Edition.Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press.^ "The Lincoln County War," in which the Kid was now about to take a part, had been brewing since the summer of 1876, and commenced in earnest in the spring of 1877.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ I have known "the Kid" personally since and during the continuance of what was known as "The Lincoln County War," up to the moment of his death, of which I was the unfortunate instrument, in the discharge of my official duty.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ Chapter VIII The Kid Joins his Companions--"The Lincoln County War"-The Rights of Property a Myth-The Kid Takes a Change of Base, on Principle .
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ISBN 978-0-86534-721-2
  • Nolan, Frederick (2007). Tascosa: Its Life and Gaudy Times. .Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press.
  • Trachman, Paul (1974).^ Leon Metz’s Pat Garrett, The Story of a Western Lawman (The University of Oklahoma Press, 1974) is an excellent biography of the man.

     The Old West: The Gunfighters. .New York: Time-Life Books.
  • Tuska, John (1983).^ New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson promised state help in the effort, and in June 2003, The New York Times played the investigation on its front page.
    • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Asperger's and autism are everywhere, it seems Me in The New York Times, upcoming events, and oth...
    • Look Me In The Eye: Billy the Kid - an Aspergian movie you should see 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC jerobison.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Hico dont want to talk about is the photo that was published in the New York Times and elswhere of Frnak Dalton laying in bed with his pal Brushy by his side.
    • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

     Billy the Kid, A Handbook. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0803294069
  • Utley, Robert M. (1987). High Noon In Lincoln. .Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press.^ W.C Field letterhead, 1908, U. S. Marshal Papers, Special Collections, Zimmerman Library, University of New Mexico.

     ^ So the chamber started the fund at the local branch of Citizens Bank of Clovis, NM. Donations have come in from New Mexico, Washington state and Texas.

     ^ Plus dig up the Kid's remain from his grave in Fort Sumner, NM. The New Mexico state Medical Investigator has withdrawn support for the effort.

     ISBN 0-8263-1201-2

External links

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  • Billy the Kid at Find a Grave
  • Billy the Kid Outlaw Gang
  • Billy the Kid song lyrics by Larry W. Jones - Kingwood Kowboy
  • About Billy the Kid
  • Court TV's Crime Library: Billy the Kid
  • Peterson, Barbara Tucker and Louis Hart.^ THE KID AND HIS desperate gang were now outlawed in Lincoln, yet they haunted the plaza by stealth and always found a sure and safe place of concealment at McSween's.
    • The Authentic Life of Billy, The Kid by Pat Garrett : Arthur's Classic Novels 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC arthursclassicnovels.com [Source type: Original source]

     ^ They don’t say anything about his condition in the film, but to me it was obvious that Billy is a young Aspergian, one with many similarities to me as a kid.
    • Look Me In The Eye: Billy the Kid - an Aspergian movie you should see 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC jerobison.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Or maybe you think if you can prove that Brushy ever in his life told a lie about anything, that means he lied about being Billy The Kid?
    • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

     ."Billy the Kid: The Great Escape." Wild West magazine.^ Was Sheriff Garrett, a known friend of the Kid, outraged at Billy's conviction in the Brady trial and somehow involved in helping Billy escape justice?
    • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Bob Boze Bell, executive editor of True West magazine, put it well in his book, The Illustrated Life and Times of Billy the Kid : "The Kid lived two-thirds of his life in circumstances that remain to this day almost entirely undocumented."
    • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Respected Kid historian Frederick Nolan, author of The West of Billy the Kid , declared the dig-up effort ridiculous, and its perpetrators ignorant of history.
    • A New Billy the Kid? | Feature | Tucson Weekly 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.tucsonweekly.com [Source type: General]

     August 1998.
  • Nolan, Frederick. ."The Hunting of Billy the Kid." Wild West magazine.^ Billy the Kid: the hunt continues .
    • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues .
    • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

     ^ There will be live music, a Billy the Kid and PANCHO VILLA Look-a-like contests, Wild West Shoot-Out, Arts and Crafts, food vendors and lots of fun in the newly named Billy the Kid Plaza .
    • Billy the Kid Championship BBQ and Green Chili Cook-Off 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.silvercity.org [Source type: News]

     .June 2003.
  • Turk, David S. "Billy the Kid and the U.S. Marshals Service." Wild West Magazine.^ Posted by: Martin Powers on November 3, 2003 7:05 PM I have studied the Brushy Bill case immensely and have come to the conclusion that he was indeed Billy the Kid.
    • Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.cronaca.com [Source type: General]

     ^ Call no.: PN6707.G5 1987 ----------------------------------------------------- Billy the Kid on Tall Butte / by Robert Marshall ; illustrated by Joe Naef.
    • Index to Comic Art Collection: "Billy" to "Bimrose" 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC comics.lib.msu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Call no.: PN6728.2.T56B5no.1 ----------------------------------------------------- Billy the Kid Adventure Magazine, no.
    • Index to Comic Art Collection: "Billy" to "Bimrose" 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC comics.lib.msu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     February 2007 (issued December 2006)
  • Billy the Kid National Scenic Byway
  • DesertUSA: "The Desert's Baddest Boy"
  • Works by or about Billy the Kid in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
  • Billy the Kid Territory - guide by New Mexico Tourism Department

Quotes

Up to date as of January 14, 2010

From Wikiquote

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.Henry McCarty (November 23, 1859 – July 14, 1881), better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William Harrison Bonney, was a 19th century American frontier outlaw and murderer who was a participant in the Lincoln County War.^ There are those who still question whether Henry McCarty or William H. Bonney, Jr. Billy the Kid's true name.
  • Billy the Kid (DesertUSA) 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.desertusa.com [Source type: General]
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 ^ He was usually known as just Billy the Kid.
  • Billy the Kid | Cowboys, Native American, American History, Wild West, American Indians | thewildwest.org 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC thewildwest.org [Source type: General]

 ^ William Bonney (1859-1881) also known has Billy the Kid is surely the most known and popular outlaw in the histroy of the Old west.
  • Billy The Kid Collection Framed Set - Western Guns - DarkSteelReplica.com 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC www.darksteelreplica.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

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  • I don’t blame you for writing of me as you have.^ I dont blame you for writing of me as you have.

     ^ More Well, I definitely don't blame you and I completely understand what you mean.
    • Billy the Kid Opens Today in NYC | doc it out 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC agnesvarnum.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ Well, for one thing the kid could have lactose intolerance which causes diarrhea and bloating, or the kid could have this overflow diarrhea and you don't need to blame chemicals or big pharma for it.
    • Look Me In The Eye: Billy the Kid - an Aspergian movie you should see 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC jerobison.blogspot.com [Source type: General]

     .You had to believe other stories, but then I don’t know if any one would believe anything good of me anyway.^ You know she doesnt believe in ghosts.
    • Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War a Luke and Jenny Adventure (book) by Gayle Martin on AuthorsDen 3 February 2010 14:37 UTC www.authorsden.com [Source type: General]

     ^ You had to believe other stories, but then I don’t know if any one would believe anything good of me anyway.
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    • Billy the Kid - Wikiquote 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC en.wikiquote.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ^ You had to believe other stories, but then I dont know if any one would believe anything good of me anyway.

     .
  • ¿Quién es?^ Billy the kid grave Facts about billy t...
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     ^ Get alerts about Billy the Kid .
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     ^ Billy the Kid — 2 comments .
    • Billy The Kid — Blogs, Pictures, and more on WordPress 10 February 2010 12:18 UTC en.wordpress.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]

     ¿Quién es?

Unsourced

  • Hello Bob! [shoots Deputy Bob Ollinger, killing him instantly] Goodbye Bob!
  • Born a saint, die a sinner, thats the way it's got ta be!
  • I'll Make You Famous

External links

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Simple English

William Henry McCarty, better know as Billy the Kid was a gunman who took part in the Lincoln County War. Legends tell us that Billy killed 21 men, but history tells us that he is only responsible for the death of four men of 1878.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Billy the Kid: How bad was he?". http://www.aboutbillythekid.com/btk_howbadwashe.htm. 
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