Billy the Kid is just a nickname, his presumed marital name is William Henry McCarty. He was born in 1859, in New York City and lived there until 14. PDF

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Who is Billy the Kid? Billy the Kid is really famous. He was the worst outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West Billy the Kid is just a nickname, his presumed marital name is William Henry McCarty. He was born in 1859, in New York City and lived there until 14. In fact, in 1873, he moved to New Mexico, his mother died when he was 15. So he used to be placed in a boarding house. In 1877, he killed for the first time during an altercation with a blacksmith. After that, he joined a gang called «the boys». John Tunstall proposed Billy to work for him. So, McCarty began to refer to himself by the name "William H. Bonney" In 1879, Tunstall was killed by Sheriff William Brady. Tunstall's murder ignited the conflict between the two factions that became known as the Lincoln County War. Because of this murder,Billy the kid has become the most wanted outlow in the West. He killed his enemies while avoiding the people who were looking for him. There were "wanted posters" everywhere. We could see on these posters details of his appearance, his weight, his height. So the poster promised $ 5,00 to anyone who brought Billy the kid back dead or alive. There's no longer this type of poster nowadays, and fortunately! It's a call for murder! By the way, I have the impression that the posters are meant to play down about the character. They discredited him by passing him off as a non-dangerous character. Billy was captured bu Sheriff Pat Garret and was sentenced to death, but he was so smart he escaped. He escaped from jail on April 28, killing two sheriff's deputies in the process and evading capture for more than two months. Garrett shot and killed McCarty, by then age 21, in Fort Sumner on July 14, 1881. During the following decades, legends grew that McCarty had survived, and a number of men claimed to be him....