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Introduction. William H. Bonney alias Billy the Kid is probably the most misunderstood historical figure of the Old West. He was not a cold-blooded killer, nor was he a robber of trains or banks. Instead he was a gunfighter in a feud between two factions in which both sides stole from each other and killed.
Mar 30, 2017 · 60 Articles. 344 Places. History tells us that the outlaw known as Billy the Kid (aka Henry McCarty, aka William Bonney) was gunned down—at the ripe old age of 21—by Sheriff Pat Garrett on ...
William H. Bonney, aka Billy the Kid or Henry McCarty, would become the best known, mostly because news accounts attached his name to everything the Regulators did. The Lincoln County War brought him to the front, but several of the other Regulators were actually the driving force behind the events, and had a history of killing alongside one ...
Jun 29, 2023 · That hesitation was a fatal mistake. An unseen man by Pete’s bed fired his own pistol. Billy fell as the man fired a second but unnecessary shot. He died on the spot, ending the 4-year career of the young outlaw from the Irish slums of New York City – born Henry McCarty, but remembered by the alias William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid.
Billy the Kid - 1859-1881 - a.k.a. 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.
Jan 18, 2023 · Henry – known as Kid Antrim, or just the ‘Kid’, and also William H Bonney – was now a murderer. Facing prison, he fled the territory (making sure to return the prize horse first) and headed back to New Mexico, where he joined a gang of violent rustlers called the Boys, led by outlaw Jesse Evans.
The dramatic aspects of William Bonney's short life and violent death still appealed to popular taste, as they had in the heyday of the dime novels, but eventually an idealized image of Billy the Kid, as one who defends the underdog and fights against social injustice, came to the fore.
