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. The actor Richard Jaeckel played The Kid in a 1954 episode of Jim Davis's syndicated television series, Stories of the Century. The Antrim Family - About Billy the Kid On April 28, 1881 the Kid made his most daring escape (which would also be his last). Footnote 5: The Regulators were particular bitter towards Bill Morton, because he led the posse that murdered Tunstall and was one of those that shot him. When they tried to intimidate Tunstalls upstart operation, the Englishman enlisted the Kid and several other gunmen to protect his property. Abrana Garcia | BlazingYoungGuns Wiki | Fandom One particularly legendary gunfight unfolded in January 1880 at a New Mexico saloon. By 1871, Catherine was diagnosed with Tuberculosis and was told to move to a climate that was warmer and drier. He was an outlaw, of course he lied! [8], 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 (70 Allen Street). Little is known about Billy the Kids early days, but he was most likely born Henry McCarty in the Irish slums of New York City sometime in late 1859. [33] The coroner's inquest concluded that McCarty's shooting of Cahill was "criminal and unjustifiable." [7] "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. Billy the Kid was born Henry McCarty and spent his early life in New York. Billy The Kid Descendant Pushes For Pardon KOAT 91.3K subscribers Subscribe Like 22K views 12 years ago A woman who says she is a relative of Billy the Kid is urging Gov. Whatever happened, Bell staggered into the street and collapsed, mortally wounded. Omissions? When Tunstall realized he couldn't fight his enemies the legal way due to the bias Judge Bristol and Governor Sam Axtell, Tunstall decided to fight fire with fire and hired his own gunmen. History first traces the Kid as a youngster in Indiana in the late 1860s and then in Wichita, Kansas in 1870. Dave Stamey's "The Skies of Lincoln County", which features the deceased Bonney as narrator, answering historical distortions by Pat Garrett. [79] McCarty and the other Regulators fled, although McCarty is believed by some to have killed one "House" member named Bob Beckwith. Though he was serious in emergencies, his humor was often apparent even in such situations. The young gunslinger stole the occasional horse, but he never once held up a bank, train or even a stagecoach. At first the deputized Regulators tried to do things legally by serving warrants, but with the prejudice Sheriff Brady and the bias court system, they couldnt count on justice being served. [99] Wallace, however, refused to intervene,[99] and the Kid's trial was held in April 1881 in Mesilla. [80] McSween was shot down while fleeing the blaze, and his death essentially marked the end of the Lincoln County Cattle War. He is arrested and jailed in Lincoln County for possessing horses belonging to cattleman John Tunstall. Now fighting for the Tunstall side and in the hopes of a better future, the Kid changed his name to William H. Bonney, but his friends called him Kid. Tensions were high and the feud between Dolan and Tunstall escalated in to bloody violence. New Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett and his posse captured Billy the Kid at a place called Stinking Springs on December 23, 1880. Ms Kelly, the late Queen's confidante and stylist for more than 20 years, is leaving her grace-and-favour cottage in the grounds of Windsor Castle for a new life in the Peak District - 180 miles away. 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. John Tunstall was brutally murder by members of Sheriff Bradys posse and the Boys. He spun around before Grant could reach a loaded chamber. Young Guns, Christopher Cain's 1988 motion picture starring Emilio Estevez as Billy and Patrick Wayne, son of John Wayne as Pat Garrett. Thanks to Billy the Kid, New Mexico has a thriving business in tourism as a steady flow of tourists each year come to visit the Billy the Kid sites. 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". Of course the death was credited to the Kid and destroyed any ounce of sympathy the public had for him, not to mention, any chance for him to get things squared up with the governor to get his pardon. He got into an argument with a bully named Frank Windy Cahill, who had picked on him numerous times before. [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. In December 1880 he was captured by Garrett and stood trial for murder in Mesilla, New Mexico, in April 1881; he was found guilty and was sentenced to hang. Billy the Kid was quickly put on trial in Mesilla and was sentence to hang for the murder of Sheriff Brady. When he noticed the silhouette of one of Garretts deputies on the porch, the Kid drew his pistol and backed toward the door, shouting, Whos that? in Spanish. 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. 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". [111], The undeserved notoriety that McCarty gained during the Lincoln County War effectively doomed his appeals for amnesty. The Death Of Billy The Kid, 1881. According to one version of events, Carlyle heard a shot that had been fired accidentally outside. [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". By July of 1881, Garrett heard rumors that Billy the Kid was in the Fort Sumner area, so with two deputies he rode into Fort Sumner. [28] Sheriff Whitehill would later say that he liked the boy, and his acts of theft were more due to necessity than wantonness. During a trip to the outhouse, the Kid slipped out of his handcuffs, ambushed a guard and shot the man to death with his own pistol. Nashville Tennessean. The Kid then jerked Bell's pistol and told him to throw up his hands, but instead the deputy ran and the Kid had no choice but to shoot him. Billy the Kid (Billy Dean song) - Wikipedia [32] On August 17, Cahill reportedly attacked McCarty after a verbal exchange and threw him to the ground. "Billy the Kid's" Real Name was Not William H. Bonney - Today I Found Out On July 14, 1881 just before midnight, Pat Garrett waited till the town was quiet before he slipped into Pete Maxwells room to ask him about Billy the Kid. [101] The details of the escape are unclear. The ABC series Maverick featured an episode where Bret (James Garner) meets several outlaws, including Billy the Kid. Deputy James Carlyle, member of the posse that tried to capture Billy the Kid, Dirty Dave Rudabaugh, and Billy Wilson. Ry Cooder recorded the folk song "Billy the Kid", on the album Into The Purple Valley,[129] with his own melody and instrumental. After a year of no parental guidance and looking out for himself, the Kid quickly fell in with the wrong crowd. McCarty drew his pistol and backed away, asking "Quin es? This wise precautionary move saved the Kid's life, because Grant then pulled his gun on him and fired. This nineteen or twenty year old lived a short life but made a lasting impression. [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. Dave Paulson. On May 15, the Regulators tracked down Seven Rivers gang member Manuel Segovia, the suspected murderer of Frank McNab, and shot him to death. [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. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. 1. After the death of his father, he traveled west with his mother ending up in Silver City, New Mexico Territory in 1873. Reliable accounts suggest McCarty retaliated by drawing his gun and shooting Cahill, who died the next day. 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. Opinion | Don't Pardon Billy the Kid - The New York Times Other investigators have since theorized that the Kid lived to be an old man under the alias John Miller. Millers alleged remains were exhumed in 2005, but a plan to compare his DNA to the Kids never materialized. Later that evening, Grant pulled the same pistol on the Kid and tried to shoot him in the back. The Kid was the only one convicted and punished over the events of the war. On the run again and an outlaw, the Kid went back to making a living the only way he knew how rustling. He would practice shooting at anything he saw, from every conceivable angle, on and off his horse". The Kid assumes the alias William H. Bonney. On the night of July 14, 1881, Garrett went to the home of rancher Peter Maxwell to question him about the outlaws whereabouts. B illy The Kid was born in the slums of New York City in 1859. Billy is portrayed by Geoffrey Deuel. He never seemed to care for money, except to buy cartridges with. The Exhumation Of Billy The Kid: New Evidence Confirms His Death Quin es? Quin es?": Revisiting the Racial Context of the Billy the When the men began to run out of the burning house the Dolan side opened fire and all hell broke loose. But after some close calls, arrest, and escaping from custody, the Kid decided it was wiser to give up his new occupation. When Grant fired, nothing happened, and McCarty then shot him. Director: Oliver Drake | Stars: Anthony Dexter, Sonny Tufts, Marie Windsor, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers Votes: 147 15. After he escaped from prison in 1881, he'd adopted the name Oliver P. Roberts, which he lived under for the rest of his life until his death in 1950. [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 attack McSween's holdings. He was a good boy, maybe a little too mischievous at times. [9][10] 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. The Lincoln County War would have turned out exactly the way it did if Billy the Kid never took part in it. Cartridges were scarce, and he always used about ten times as many as everyone else. We strive for accuracy and fairness. 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. As for William McCloskey, he was a Regulator suspected for playing both ends of the table and tried to intervene in Morton and Bakers execution after the Regulators arrested them. The Death Of Billy The Kid, 1881 - EyeWitness to History According to legend, he killed 21 men, but he is generally accepted to have killed between four and nine. There are also rumors that she had two more children with him . The next morning, a cattle rustler named Charlie Bowdre stepped outside to feed his horse. Billy the Kid's real name was William Henry McCarty (1), when and where he was born, or who or what happened to his father is not known. The Law vs Billy the Kid (1954, Columbia Pictures Corporation) starring Scott Brady. Corrections? [109] A markedly different theory, in which Garrett and his posse set a trap for McCarty, has also been suggested. Billy the Kid tries to live in peace, under a new name and in a frontier town, but is approached by a preacher who asks for his help in freeing the town from a ruthless man and his gunman. American composer Mark Nichols (American Composer/Playwright) wrote a popular score for Michael Ondaatje play,"The Collected Works of Billy the Kid" in 1990. So they took the law in their own hands. Billy the Kid was born in 1859, most likely in New York City. [11] It is generally believed that McCarty's Mother was a survivor of the Great Irish Famine of the mid-19th century. [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". He said he had lived incognito for decades but. He took pleasure in tormenting the helpless prisoner and used his shotgun to intimidate him. Upon the Kid's release, however, the. The pair's first collaboration is Billy the Kid Makes It Big, a book for children aged 4-7.Inspired by Billy, written by Parton and illustrated by Mackenzie Haley, the story follows a (lightly . Footnote 6: Before the shooting, Billy the Kid sensed trouble from a man named Joe Grant and he casually went up to him and asked to see his gun. Beginning of a short life On November 23, 1859, Henry McCarty was born in New York City but moved to Kansas with his family when he was very young. He returned some stolen horses to the army to clear himself and got work as a ranch hand. Here are five facts to prove it. . A Billy the Kid Mystery Solved IHS owns most of Billy the Kid's more famous letters - including one in our collections that was previously unidentified. [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). Beginning with Garrett's account, Billy the Kid grew into a symbolic figure of the American Old West. at which point he was shot and killed in ambush style. It proved to be a wise move. 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. [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. Sensing trouble, the Kid casually approached Grant and remarked, Thats a mighty nice looking six-shooter you got. He then slipped Grants gun out of its holster, spun its cylinder so that its next shot would be an empty chamber, and handed it back. The Outlaw, Howard Hughes' 1943 motion picture featuring Jane Russell in her breakthrough role as the Kid's fictional love interest. All Rights Reserved. Since there were now two Billies in the household, the Kids mother referred to him by his middle name, he was now Henry McCarty-Antrim (2). [70] McNab was killed in a hail of gunfire, while Saunders was severely wounded and Frank Coe was captured. [110], Like many gunfighters of the "Old West", Billy the Kid enjoyed a reputation built partly on exaggerated accounts of his exploits. (by Dr. Denis Ismael HaLevi-Otero) ISBN-10: 1558852344 ISBN-13: 978-1558852341WHO ARE BILLY'S PARENTS?=. He neglected to keep a low profile, however, and it wasnt long before Sheriff Pat Garrett and two deputies rode into town. Brother of Joseph McCarty, Miguel Otero is one of my cousins, another Otero cousin helped make the coffin and buried Billy. [96] Mistaken for McCarty, he was shot down by the posse. 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. 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 the story goes, a drunk named Joe Grant was terrorizing the bars patrons and threatening to kill someone before the night was out. In the late 1940s, an elderly Texas man known as Brushy Bill Roberts even claimed to be Billy the Kid in the flesh, but his story was largely discredited after family records revealed his birthdate to be 1879. Billy used to lie about his identity often, including his age and birth to Census intakers. Find History on Facebook (Opens in a new window), Find History on Twitter (Opens in a new window), Find History on YouTube (Opens in a new window), Find History on Instagram (Opens in a new window), Find History on TikTok (Opens in a new window), Cowboys & Outlaws:The Real Billy the Kid, https://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-billy-the-kid, 9 Things You May Not Know About Billy the Kid. 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. The conflict centered on a business rivalry. Shot three times and killed on Nov. 27, 1880 , possibly by Billy the Kid, Dirty Dave and Wilson, possibly by his own posse. Henry McCarty, better known as Billy the Kid, but also known by the aliases Henry Antrim and William H. Bonney (reportedly November 23, 1859 July 14, 1881), was a 19th century American frontier outlaw and gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War. [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. Billy The Kid - Teenage Outlaw of the Southwest shed some light on who Billy the Kid's parents were, and where and what day he was born. Beginning with the 1911 silent film Billy the Kid, the gun-toting outlaws story has appeared on the big screen more than 50 times. Billy "The Kid" Emerson Death: What Happened To Billy "The Kid" Emerson? [66] Roberts, however, refused to be taken alive, even after he suffered a severe bullet wound to the chest. Footnote 3: The Silver City newspaper reported: Henry McCarty, who was arrested Thursday and committed to jail to await the action of the grand jury, upon the charge of stealing clothes from Charley Sun and Sam Chung, celestials, sans cue, sans Joss sticks, escaped from prison yesterday through the chimney. 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. Left in the care of an absentee stepfather, the future gunslinger spent the next year living in foster homes and boardinghouses. Billy The Kid shooting down his foe who had taken refuge behind a saloon bar.  Lincoln County Courthouse, site of Billy the Kids famous 1881 escape.  Movie poster for a 1925 Billy the Kid film. A tribute to the 1973 album Shotgun Willie. Pat Garrett became an Old West legend for killing Billy the Kid, yet as the years passed, rumors circulated that the Sheriff had either shot the wrong man or helped fake the outlaws death. One-Eyed Jacks (1961) is the only film directed by actor Marlon Brando, who also played its lead character, Rio. [12] By 1868, Catherine McCarty had moved with her two young sons, Henry and Joseph, to Indianapolis, Indiana. They retaliated by killing Bill Morton, Frank Baker and William McCloskey. 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 . The tighter the place the more he showed his cool nerve and quick brain. There are some exc. This was done to prevent an accidental discharge should the hammer be struck. After his escape from death row, the Kid spent several months hiding out on the frontier and taking refuge with sympathetic locals in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Little of substance is known about Billy's life during this period, and myth has replaced fact to shroud the early years of Billy . 2023, A&E Television Networks, LLC. 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". It was the newspapers who had given him a name that he would forever be known as Billy the Kid.. Check out nine facts about the brief and bloody life of the legendary outlaw. Finally on December 23, 1880 Garrett trapped the Kid and three other gang members at a cabin in Stinking Springs. Supporting Dolan was the powerful Santa Fe Ring (similar to a mafia) in which members consisted of the governor, politicians and attorneys. Then on September 16, 1874, the Kids mother died. If it werent for our attraction to Billy the Kid, the history of the Lincoln County War and its participants would've been long forgotten. Wallace simply lost interest and left the Kid to his fate. When Otero met Bonney in 1881, the Otero family and other prominent Hispanos of central and northern New Mexico shared little . Gore Vidal's Billy the Kid,[125] Gore Vidal's 1989 film starring Val Kilmer as Billy and Duncan Regehr as Pat Garrett. That same year, he adopted the alias William H. Bonney and became known as Billy the Kid or simply The Kid.. Billy the Kid, byname of William H. Bonney, Jr., original name Henry McCarty?, (born November 23, 1859?, New York, New York, U.S.died July 14, 1881, Fort Sumner, New Mexico), American outlaw who was one of the most notorious gunfighters of the American West. Lastly, they had a dramatic gunfight with Dolan gunman Buckshot Roberts, but during that shootout their leader Dick Brewer was killed. Footnote 1: There's a mystery with the last name of McCarty; it's speculated that it may be his father's name, mother's maiden name, or the last name of his half brother's father. As he approached, he saw Garretts two deputies on the porch and since he didn't recognizing the strangers, he backed cautiously into Maxwells room and asked Pete, who are those fellows outside? He got no answer and as he walked towards the bed, he saw Garretts silhouette and started to back away and asked in Spanish, Whose there? Garrett recognized the Kids voice and fired his gun. After some name-calling, Cahill rushed the Kid and slammed him down on the ground, then jumped on top of him and proceeded to slap him in the face. Following Tunstalls death, the Kid and several other former employees organized themselves into a vigilante group called The Regulators and swore revenge. Miller was buried at the state-owned Pioneers' Home Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. Lincoln is. There is only one known photograph of him. A large number of residents in the surrounding country and . Henry McCarty Billy the Kid (Henry Antrim) ( Henry McCarty) William H. Bonney Born 17 September 1859 - New York, NY Baptized 28 September 1859 - St. Peter's Church, Manhattan, New York, NY Deceased 14 July 1881 - Fort Sumner, DeBaca Co., NM,aged 21 years old Outlaw 2 files available Parents Patrick McCarty 1828-1869 Catherine Devine 1829-1874 Although he claimed to have killed 21 men, the actual number is likely less than 10. 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. There have been various books published with different information. It's not known Billy the Kids grave is in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Were Abrana Garcia and Billy the Kid MARRIED!!?? - YouTube The Kid wrote to the governor that he was tired of running and would surrender to authorities and testify against the Dolan side to have his murder charges dropped. [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. 4K views 3 years ago #BillyTheKid #Travel The Spirits of the Lincoln County War | Haunted Travels - In the heart of the state of New Mexico, lies the historic ghost town of Lincoln. There's also something fishy about this whole incident and there may have been more foul play then we're led to believe.

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