Billy the Kid, William Bonney, Patrick Henry McCarty

Born: September 17, 1859 in New York City
Died: July 13, 1881 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico

Billy the Kid was killed by Pat Garrett, sheriff of Lincoln County after he escaped from Pat Garrett's jail while he was awaiting his hanging

Billy the Kid is one of the most famous outlaw in the history of the Old West. He has been described as both a cold-blooded killer and as a romatic Robin Hood. He was extremely loyal to all of his many friends, and extremely dangerous to anyone he considered an enemy. It is said that Billy have been involved in twenty murders in his lifetime.

 

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