Thomas Hall
English Composition
Billy the Kid
William H. Bonney, who was also known as Billy the Kid and also known as Henry Antrim, was born November 23, 1859. He had slim physique, blue eyes, and sandy blonde hair. These features along with his childish face are why he got the nickname “Kid”. Billy the Kid was a gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War and became a frontier outlaw in the Old American West. According to legend, he killed 21 men, but it is believed that he only killed between four and nine. He killed his first man at the age of 18. He was not a cold-blooded killer or a robber of trains or banks. He is one of the many who fought in the Lincoln County War and he wasn’t a leader but a follower. His wit kept him alive
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His name was Frank “Windy” Cahill and he attacked the Kid after a verbal conflict. The Kid shot Cahill in the gut with his revolver and he died the next day. The Kid then ran and met up with another outlaw named Jesse Evans who was the leader of a gang called “The Boys” and joined them. The gang then went on to Lincoln County where The Boys joined up with Jon Dolan. Jon Dolan was in a feud with an English entrepreneur named John Tunstall. This feud was known as The Lincoln County War. The conflict was over dry goods trade in the country. Jon Dolan was the owner of a dry goods monopoly in the area and when an English born man named John Tunstall and his business partner Alexander McSween came to the country with competing business the feud …show more content…
In the interview he said “I haven’t stolen any stock. I made my living by gambling but that was the only way I could live. They wouldn’t let me settle down; if they had I wouldn’t be here today” (aboutbillythekid.com). The Kid was then transported to Santa Fe and sentenced to hang after being found guilty of the murder of Sheriff Brady. He tried to get help from Governor Lew Wallace who he had made previous deals with but he never got a letter back. He was then sent to Lincoln to await his death. He was guarded by two men, James Bell and Robert Ollinger. He was able to slip out of his shackles and hit one of them in the head and take his gun. He told the guard to throw up his arms but he ran instead. The Kid shot him in the back and picked up a shotgun. The other guard ran across the street to see what was going on but was shot by the Kid. He had escaped and now headed for Fort
When he was 19 John surrendered to a sheriff, and was sent to jail. At the same age he broke out of jail and began stock raising. Every person he killed, his family hid the bodies.
Another duty that once belonged to the U.S. Marshals was to capture run-away slaves. Upon the passage of a law (The Fugitive slave law of 1850), the Marshals would hunt and capture run-aways and return them to their owners. If any marshal or deputy marshals was found to be negligent in performing his duties under this new law, they were imposed a severe financial penalty. In the “Old West “era the Marshals came in and with them they brought law and order. They captured, or killed outlaws such as Bill Doolin; the founder of the wild bunch, Doolin and his gang were bank robbers, Doolin was killed by a U.S. Deputy Marshal. Other outlaws captured by the marshals were Billy the Kid and Ned Christie. These outlaw’s faces were plastered all over asking
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.”
Sundance kid was considered the fastest gunslinger. For crime he spent two years in jail.upon his release he considered himself as a cowboy.he then joined a gang who call themselves the wild bunch going around America
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The last outlaw on the list is one that has a more unique story. Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl, or more commonly known as the Apache Kid, was a man of apache descent and was born to the white mountain apache tribe in the 1860’s. His unique name meaning, the tall man destined to come to a mysterious end, was an indian who wanted to become an American.
The civilian blacksmith at the camp, Frank would bullying Billy. On August 17 Frank attacked Billy after a argument and threw him to the ground. Billy pulled out his gun and shot Frank and he died the next day. Once again Billy was in was in jail. But he escaped again. Again on the run, Billy next turned up in the house of Heiskell Jones in Pecos Valley, New Mexico. Billy's horse was stolen so he had to walk to the nearest settlement. Which was Mrs. Jones’ house. She nursed the Billy back to health. The Jones’ family developed a strong attachment to Billy and gave him one of their
trauma because of the war. His mental instability led him to murder the sheriff and seeking
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Marvin G. Carter, also know as Uncle Buddy, was born in LaSalle Parish on June 10, 1954. He has two brothers Clint Carter, my uncle, and Charles Carter my dad. As a child he grew up in the little town of Urania,Louisiana which during the 50’s and 60’s the population of the town 1,000. Later on in 1973 he got married and moved to Caldwell Parish where he bought his wife’s grandparents old house and renovated it.
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the French and Indian War. When he was 21 he settled in New Haven. In time he
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Billy the Kid is one of the most famous outlaws in American history. He has been a widely told figure in American history as well as folklore. The have made movies from his history and have also wrote many books on him. Most of Billy the Kids life remains a heated controversy throughout America.