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William Henry McCarty Jr., aka Billy the Kid, born in 1859, was killed in an ambush by Sheriff Pat Garrett in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, in 1881. Wikimedia Commons. Lincoln County, New Mexico Sheriff Pat Garrett would later claim that on the night he shot down Billy the Kid, the notorious outlaw was holding a gun.
Oct 13, 2023 · Billy the Kid turned to a life of crime mostly out of necessity after becoming an orphan at the age of 15. His first crimes were petty theft for food as well as burglary in a Chinese laundry for which he was charged with theft and jailed. Billy, still going by Henry McCarty at the time, escaped from jail only two days later and became a ...
Rock. Years active. 2014 – present. Members. Bill Kreutzmann. Tom Hamilton Jr. Reed Mathis. Aron Magner. Billy & the Kids is an American rock band formed in 2014 by Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann, Joe Russo's Almost Dead guitarist Tom Hamilton, Tea Leaf Green bassist Reed Mathis and the Disco Biscuits keyboardist Aron Magner .
May 14, 2020 · MPI/Getty Images. Western outlaw Billy the Kid met his demise at about 12:30 a.m. on July 14, 1881, when he went to his friend Pete Maxwell’s home in Fort Sumner, New Mexico in search of a slice ...
Depictions of Billy the Kid in popular culture fluctuated between the poles of cold-blooded murderer without a heart and sentimental hero fighting for justice. Kent Ladd Steckmesser wrote: "There are two Billy the Kids in legend. The first is a tough little thug, a coward, a thief, and a cold-blooded murderer.
Feb 9, 2010 · The infamous Western outlaw known as “Billy the Kid” is mostly likely born in a poor Irish neighborhood on New York City’s East Side on November 23, 1859. (Much about his early life is ...
Died. Died July 14, 1881 (age 21) Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Henry McCarty (November 23, 1859 [1] – July 14, 1881) was better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William Harrison Bonney. He was a nineteenth century American frontier outlaw and gunman who was a participant in the Lincoln County War.
