[82] In an effort to restore peace to Lincoln County, Wallace proclaimed an amnesty for any man involved in the Lincoln County War who was not already under indictment. [107] Close to midnight, as Garrett and Maxwell sat talking in Maxwell's darkened bedroom, McCarty unexpectedly entered the room. They were now viewed as the bad guys and warrants were put out for their arrest. [72] The only casualty was Dutch Charley Kruling, a Dolan man wounded by a rifle slug fired by George Coe at a distance of 440 paces. Blyth previously appeared in Benediction. I hated those men and am glad that I lived long enough to see them all dead and buried". Scholarly opinion is divided over whether that or William H. Bonney, Jr. (the name he used later, as in the trial), was his true name. 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 . Later that evening, Grant pulled the same pistol on the Kid and tried to shoot him in the back. Billy the Kid was unable to settle down, so he made his living by gambling and rustling cattle. On May 15, the Regulators tracked down Seven Rivers gang member Manuel Segovia, the suspected murderer of Frank McNab, and shot him to death. Young Guns II, Geoff Murphy's 1990 motion picture starring Emilio Estevez as Billy and William Petersen as Pat Garrett. How Did Billy the Kid Die? - History But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! All we know is he had a mother named Catherine (maiden name unknown) and a younger brother named Joseph (middle and last name unknown), and absolutely nothing is known of his biological father. New Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett and his posse captured Billy the Kid at a place called Stinking Springs on December 23, 1880. The Antrim Family - About Billy the Kid Billy The Kid - Living Along The Ancient Way 1. The feud would be famously known as the Lincoln County War (4). Please take notice of the footnote numbers in parenthesis within the summary, you will find the footnotes at the end of the paragraph in italics. 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. [14] In 1873, after several years of moving around the country, the two were married at the First Presbyterian Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico,[15] and settled further south in Silver City. Dolan sent for Colonel Dudley at Fort Stanton for assistance. 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Bonney", "Henry Antrim", "Kid Antrim", Cattle rustler, cowboy and ranch hand, gambler horse thief, outlaw, September 17 or November 23, 1859 (disputed) - New York City, United States, Died July 14, 1881 (aged 21) - Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory, Cause of death Gunshot wound - Resting place Old Fort Sumner Cemetery - 342413N 1041137W, Other names William H. Bonney, Henry Antrim, Kid Antrim, Occupation: Cattle rustler, cowboy and ranch hand, gambler, horse thief, outlaw, Martin Garcia, alias he used when he allegedly married Abrana S. Garcia. On the night of July 14, 1881, Garrett went to the home of rancher Peter Maxwell to question him about the outlaws whereabouts. For the next year-and-a-half, McCarty survived by rustling, gambling, and taking defensive action. [66] Roberts, however, refused to be taken alive, even after he suffered a severe bullet wound to the chest. [111], The undeserved notoriety that McCarty gained during the Lincoln County War effectively doomed his appeals for amnesty. The crime only carried a minor sentence, but rather than face punishment, the wiry youth escaped the jailhouse by shimmying up a chimney. 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. The Charlie Daniels Band recorded the song "Billy The Kid" (Daniels, Dean, Wilson) on their 1976 album High Lonesome (Charlie Daniels album). I went in and was the first to discover that they had killed my little boy. As Ollinger came running into view, McCarty leveled the shotgun at him, called out "Hello Bob!" The Kid didnt stick around to face murder charges and left Arizona and returned to New Mexico. Wherever they were living, history picks up the family's trail in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the First Presbyterian Church . Or, possibly,. Henry "Billy the Kid" Bonney (McCarty), II (1859 - 1881) - Geni [60] Catron cooperated closely with the Murphy-Dolan faction, which was perceived as part of the notorious "ring". But in 1950, a Texas man named "Brushy Bill" Roberts claimed that he was the real Billy the Kid and that someone else had been shot in his place. Billy the Kid - DesertUSA Antrim didnt want to be burden with two small boys, so he separated them and placed them in foster homes and left Silver City for Arizona. Billy the Kids real name was William Henry McCarty (1), when and where he was born, or who or what happened to his father is not known. Lastly, they had a dramatic gunfight with Dolan gunman Buckshot Roberts, but during that shootout their leader Dick Brewer was killed. Corrections? Billy the Kid is something of a phantom figure. Instead he was a gunfighter in a feud between two factions in which both sides stole from each other and killed. Sarah Brown, the owner of a boarding house, gave him room and board in exchange for work. (by Dr. Denis Ismael HaLevi-Otero) ISBN-10: 1558852344 ISBN-13: 978-1558852341WHO ARE BILLY'S PARENTS?=. There are also rumors that she had two more children with him . In what became known as the Lincoln County War, the Regulators assassinated Sheriff Brady and spent the next several months shooting it out with The Houses forces. There's also something fishy about this whole incident and there may have been more foul play then we're led to believe. [91] At some point in the evening, Carlyle evidently decided the outlaws were stalling. [26] According to some accounts, he eventually found work as an itinerant ranch hand and shepherd in southeastern Arizona. He was born on December 21, 1925, and he passed away on April 25, 2023. )[114] Indeed, the notion of a left-handed Billy became so entrenched that, in 1958, a film biography of "the Kid" (starring Paul Newman) was titled The Left Handed Gun. Contemporaries described him as a "neat" dresser who favored an "unadorned Mexican sombrero". On April 28, 1881 the Kid made his most daring escape (which would also be his last). [24] In April, 1875, McCarty was arrested by Grant County Sheriff Harvey Whitehill, after McCarty stole some cheese. 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". 9 Things You May Not Know About Billy the Kid - History "Billy the Kid", a folk song in the public domain, was published in John A. Lomax and Alan Lonax's American Ballads and Folksongs,[126] and also their Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads. During this time, McCarty became acquainted with John R. Mackie, a Scottish-born ex-cavalry private with a criminal bent. A wanted poster for Billy the Kid, circa 1877. [130], Billy Joel's song The Ballad of Billy the Kid, a historically inaccurate re-telling of Billy the Kid's life, off of his 1973 album Piano Man. 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. 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. As for Billy the Kid's biological father, there is absolutely nothing known about him -not even a name. Tunstall noticed something different about this rustler, he wasnt rough like the other men, but just a boy who got a bad start in life and was looking for place to belong. Take your pick. Wallace simply lost interest and left the Kid to his fate.