Billy The Kid: Child Prodigy For Crime

The infamous outlaw of the west known as Billy the Kid was born in a poor Irish neighborhood on New York City’s East side (A). Before he died at the age of 21, he killed 27 people (A). Billy’s original name was Henry McCarty (A). At about 1865, Billy and his brother traveled to Indiana with their mother and step-father (A). By 1870 the family moved to Wichita, Kansas (A). Then they moved farther west to the New Mexico Territory in 1873 (A). Billy’s mother died of lung cancer in Silver City in 1874 (A).

Who was Billy the Kid as a child? His name at birth was William Henry Bonney. He was born November 23, 1859 in New York or Indiana. He was very skinny and he had girlish

Do you think billy the kid (Henry McCarty Jr.) took a stand?Most people wouldn't think he does because he kills and he robs places. But that’s why because people don't see the good side of him like how he stood up for his boss or how when he stole butter as a kid he did it for his city. Billy the Kid moved to Arizona briefly before joining up with a gang of gunfighters called The Boys to fight in the Lincoln County War. Known as “The Kid” Billy switched to the opposition to fight with John Tunstall under the name “The Regulators”. Barely escaping with his life, McCarty became an outlaw and a fugitive. He died on July 14th, 1881 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. He was born November 23, 1859, in New York City. Billy the kid had sandy blond hair and blue eyes and wore a signature sugar-loaf sombrero hat with a wide decorative band. He could be charming and polite one moment, then outraged and violent the next, a quixotic nature, he used to great effect during his heists and robberies.”

In Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member, Kody Scott tells the story of the struggle between two significantly large gangs. At the age of eleven he was initiated into the Crips, and committed his first murder. It was this day that began what would become a career for Kody: banging (Scott, 1993).

     Billy the Kid was born in New York City on November 23, 1859 to William and Kathleen McCarty Bonney and given the name William H. Bonney (There are other stories of his birth but this one is the most reliable). The first recorded killing committed by Billy the Kid was on August 17, 1877. This is also where he got his nickname “Kid';. The story has it that he got

to Garrett, “That’s him!” “Quickly as possible I drew my revolver and fired, threw my body aside, and fired again” claimed Garrett.(p.3) The Kid was dead. Pat Garrett was with John Poe, Thomas McKinney, and Pete Maxwell when he shot Billy the Kid.

Henry McCarty, born around 1859 in the Manhattan area of New York, was more commonly known as Billy the Kid or William Bonney. His mother, Catherine, was an immigrant from Ireland who worked odd jobs to support their family. Soon after the death of her husband, Catherine, Henry, and her younger son Joseph moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, where she met her future husband William Antrim. The family accompanied Antrim to Kansas, and then New Mexico after Catherine was diagnosed with tuberculosis and advised to seek a warmer, drier climate. Antrim and Catherine were married soon after the move to New Mexico.

Although the Kid was back on his own, he was still a wanted man. Pat Garrett, a local lawmen, tracked down the Kid and found him visiting his sweetheart in Fort Sumner. Garrett waited in a bedroom of Pete Maxwell, a long time friend of Billy’s. The Kid opened the door with a butcher’s knife in hand looking for a side of beef when Garrett put an end to the most notorious outlaw in the west with a single shot to the heart. On July 14, 1881, Billy the Kid became a part of history.

Clockers Consider the socially-endorsed goals that the main character(s) is seeking to achieve? The Characters: Ronald “Strike” Dunham; he was a young kid living in the ghetto and deep down inside he was trying to break free from the guns and drug. He was doing what every other young kid was doing in the ghetto selling drugs and sitting on a park bench. It was thought be that he shoot another young man several time just so he could get ahead because he felt that Darryl was a treat and he was competition. He was not always a bad kid he liked electric model trains and he also had helped a local cop Andre get gym mates for the kids in his community. He also tried to mentor another kid Tyrone “Shorty” Jeter. Strike was teaching

In cities like Baltimore, Maryland, and Chicago, the worst cities for urban youth, teen crime is not extraordinary. The poverty-ridden towns further provide reason and excuse for crime. Now this can be caused by many things, but the key ones are for money to provide basic needs and a way to obtain material goods that could not be obtained lawfully. In “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore, two impoverished teens growing up in Baltimore experience very different lives, one will find himself on top of the world, and the other far below in a state prison.

In gangs, there are many jobs that must be done. The jobs in the gang can be done by any ages, such as adolescents, young adults, or even children. The children that work in gangs can be so young that they are still in elementary school (AACAP). The kids do easy and dangerous jobs that would not bring any attention to them. For instance, being a lookout for cops on the corner would most likely be a job a child does. These jobs put them in harm's way. They could be arrested, or they could be killed by another member of rival gangs. children are small in size and do not look threatening, which in turn keeps them out of the police sites. This also makes them a good asset on a team since they can get away with more than an adult can. Having children in gangs is a big issue, even today and the book The Other Wes Moore shows an insight of how children in gangs work and how they act to each other.

3 Juvenile kids serving time in Jdc’s all get a once in a lifetime to leave and live a real life as a kid. All of them committed horrible crimes that got them in there but one person wants them out of there his name is Douglas Healy. Douglas took these kids in and saved them. The kids are Gecko Fosse young thug charged with grand theft auto but in reality he is not a young thug he is just a kid who got mixed with the wrong and Gecko has no father kinda like the next person but he had a father just not a very good one this kids name is Terrence Florian his dad was always abusive he even chased him with a shovel this is the reason why I picked these people These kids deserved it.

The cases of Lionel Tate, and brothers Derek and Alex King bring into focus the problems that society has in addressing how to handle criminal cases involving deadly violence by under-age juveniles. Lionel Tate, a 12 year old in Florida was convicted of killing a 6-year-old playmate while Alex and Derek King, 12 and 13 years old respectively, were convicted of killing their father. Interestingly, Lionel Tate, who happens to be black, was sentenced to life in prison while the King boys, who are white, both received minimal terms.

From an online article published by KARE11 News station, in October in 2016, a 17-year-old boy decided to commit murder to a man and a harmless 7-month-old baby without even thinking.

That is when he began dealing drugs. He then got caught and now resides in maximum- security jail.