August they pulled up stakes and left Kansas. Omissions? McCarty's notoriety grew in December 1880 when the Las Vegas Gazette, in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and The Sun, in New York City, carried stories about his crimes. [110] The book, The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid,[d] was first published in April 1882. Tri Star Boze Productions, Inc, 1996, Nolan, Frederick
Dyer a proprietor of the New Orleans club. Jerry Weddle (footnote #17)
So I dont buy the
eleven-year-old Joseph gambled, drank, and was even spotted by a childhood
1973 Antrim and Catherine were married at the First Presbyterian Church. At about age 21, Billy the Kid was gunned down by Sheriff Pat Garrett. Tunstall put Bonney in charge of nine prime horses and told him to relocate them to his ranch for safekeeping. would have someone to look after them. Lincoln County and would never be seen again by his old friends in Silver
[89] Following two days of testimony, McCarty was found guilty of Sheriff Brady's murder; it was the only conviction secured against any of the combatants in the Lincoln County War. When it failed to fire, McCarty drew his own weapon and shot Grant in the head. Some of the most famous actors to play the Kid include Roy Rogers, Paul Newman, Val Kilmer and Emilio Estevez. She signed it Mrs. J. Jaramillo 1883, when she was newly married. Unfortunately, growing
The fact that Antrim was not there for his dying
They went on to have three children: Telesfor, Adelina and Luz. After McCarty was spotted in Silver City, his involvement with the gang was mentioned in a local newspaper. A wanted poster for Billy the Kid, circa 1877. The conflict centered on a business rivalry between British-born rancher John Tunstall and a pair of Irish tycoons named James Dolan and Lawrence Murphy. For his first birthday, the "Full House" actor shared an Instagram snap of himself and Billy both dressed as Elvis with the caption . Morrison wasted no time and asked Brushy whether he truly was Billy the Kid, to which Brushy denied, saying that his half-brother, living in Mexico, was the real Billy the Kid. In June 2011, the original plate was bought at auction for $2.3million by businessman William Koch. saloon cleaning, serving liquor, and running errands. He built a small 14x14 cabin, corrals, rail
Mullin Collection
Please excuse the small lettering. Then Antrim separated
As a child, Billy the Kid went under the name of Henry McCarty. [112] Although only a few copies sold following its release, in time, it became a reference for later historians who wrote about McCarty's life.[110]. Pulp novel "The Authentic Life of Billy The Kid" immortalizes Billy the Kid in legend. A photograph curator at the Palace of the Governors archives, Daniel Kosharek, said the image is "problematic on a lot of fronts," including the small size of the figures and the lack of resemblance of the background landscape to Lincoln County or the state in general. Drawing his revolver and backing away, McCarty asked "Quin es? Nolan said One wonders what they might have had to say to one another. Although Josephs death certificate in 1930 gave his age as seventy-six which meant
his eldest stepson. As for his wife, her health was failing and it
Nov. 16, 2017. | 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. In July 1878, the feud reached its climax with a deadly, five-day firefight in the town of Lincoln, after which the Regulators disbanded and the two sides sealed a flimsy peace agreement. border. and Catherine began selling off their real estate and made plans to move. From the biography, The West of Billy the Kid by Frederick
He fled from New Mexico Territory into neighboring Arizona Territory, making himself both an outlaw and a federal fugitive. "[84][85] The Las Vegas Gazette ran a story from a jailhouse interview following McCarty's capture; when the reporter said Bonney appeared relaxed, he replied, "What's the use of looking on the gloomy side of everything? On April 13, Judge Warren Bristol sentenced McCarty to hang, with his execution scheduled for May 13, 1881. nickname for a ten year old youngster, but not a nineteen year old. called) was larger and huskier than his older brother and evidently did not share the Kids outgoing and fun loving personality (many years
This led historians to believe he was left-handed, but they did not take into account that the ferrotype process produces reversed images. Letter from Governor Wallace to W.H. If you have a question, write: Ask the Marshall, P.O. the two did keep in touch. He was both, a folk hero and a notorious outlaw who was rumored to have killed 27 men though it is generally believed that he killed eight. He neglected to keep a low profile, however, and it wasnt long before Sheriff Pat Garrett and two deputies rode into town. all his money, why didnt he just take him in or find him another home or
Peppin's men retreated when one of the snipers, Charles Crawford, was killed by Fernando Herrera. because
had taken his stepson in, Billy the Kid's life may have never turned out the
After the death of Billy, Paulita (then still a young teenager) was soon married off to a man named Jose Jaramillo. A witness said, "[Billy] had no choice; he had to use his equalizer." [122] In April 2012, 133 pages of documents were provided; they offered no conclusive evidence confirming or disproving the generally accepted story of Garrett's killing of McCarty,[121] but confirmed the records' existence, and that they could have been produced earlier. After killing a blacksmith during an altercation in August 1877, McCarty became a wanted man in Arizona and returned to New Mexico, where he joined a group of cattle rustlers. [24] In 1876, he was hired as a ranch hand by well-known rancher Henry Hooker. Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images. Antrim moved to a mining
Joseph then traveled to Arizona and wound up in
[9][10][11][failed verification] While his birth year has been confirmed as 1859, the exact date of his birth has been disputed as either September 17 or November 23 of that year. If the history (especially the early life) of William H. Bonney is a mystery, so is his family,
No sooner had he woken Maxwell than the Kid also approached the house, having stopped nearby to get beef for a late dinner. what little money he had. [21][22] Ten days later, McCarty and George Schaefer robbed a Chinese laundry, stealing clothing and two pistols. district in Clifton, Arizona and a year later he got a surprise visit from
Billy the Kid first earned his reputation as a gunslinger in 1878, when he participated in a bloody frontier war in Lincoln County, New Mexico. The full title of the Garrett-Upson book was, Transcript of "Certificate of Baptism", Church of St. Peter, Barclay Street, New York. it goodWith the death of Joseph McCarty Antrim, the door closed probably
wife and to take care of his young stepsons, does not speak well for him at
Pat Garrett lived until 1908, working as a Texas Ranger, a businessman, and a part of the first Roosevelt administration before dying by violence himself. He
Joseph eventually headed to Trinidad, Colorado where he gambled himself a
Henry hid the loot in his boarding house, but was arrested after his landlord turned him in to the sheriff. He was
[68][69] Still in custody several weeks later, McCarty began to suspect Wallace had used subterfuge and would never grant him amnesty. Please take notice of the footnote numbers in parenthesis within the
Although he claimed to have killed 21 men, the actual number is likely less than 10. Though they were living in
His parents were Levi and Ida (Lawson) Antrim
[135] Collector RobertG. McCubbin and outlaw historian John Boessenecker concluded in 2013 that the photograph does not show McCarty. Collection. Joseph along with his older brother, lived with the Hudson family and/or the
Several childhood friends in Silver City said that Joe (or Josie as he was
After her grave was relocated when the cemetery was
all. A wanted poster for Billy the Kid, circa 1877. As for
Henry McCarty (September 17 or November 23, 1859 July 14, 1881), alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who is alleged to have killed 21 men before he was shot and killed at the age of 21. the Kids brother, Hoover replied, So what. I cant say this any better
[91], Following his sentencing, McCarty was moved to Lincoln, where he was held under guard on the top floor of the town courthouse. marker. Wilson. Brushy Bill Roberts claimed he'd been born William Henry Roberts, in Buffalo Gap, Texas. McCarty and the other men fled the building when all rooms but one were burning. 2. Maxwell, Emilia Maxwell, Maria Sophia Maxwell, Maria Leonar Maxwell, William Julian Maxwell, Verensina Maxwell, Odila Bernice Maxwell, De Mora, Mora County, New Mexico, United States, Fort Sumner, De Baca County, New Mexico, United States, Old Fort Sumner Cemetery, Fort Sumner, De Baca County, New Mexico, United States, We're Related to Royalty and Famous People, William Henry "Billy the Kid" Bonney (McCarty), II, https://www.facebook.com/Paulita-Maxwell-143640169036766/, https://blazingyoungguns.fandom.com/wiki/Paulita_Maxwell, https://truewestmagazine.com/billys-bastard-child/. "[58] Wallace issued an amnesty proclamation on November 13, 1878, which pardoned anyone involved in the Lincoln County War since Tunstall's murder. couple months later they moved to Silver City, located in the southwest portion of
[101][104], A few hours after the shooting, a local justice of the peace assembled a coroner's jury of six people. The Irish were only allowed to rent the worst of the worst tenements, and Billy easily could have lived in a 12-by-12-foot room with . For the rest of his life Antrim didnt amount to anything more than a
telling a fourteen year old boy to skin out in a hostile and dangerous desert. The laugh's on me this time. and enlisted as a ninety day volunteer in Company I, 54th
Nicolias ranch on the Mimbres River. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Billy was in the small town of Bonita when he got into a disagreement with a man named Francis Cahill. Connect to the World Family Tree to find out, Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell, Ana Maria Luz Maxwell (born Beaubien). He had a wife named Thorgunna and a son named Thorkell Leifsson. Billy the Kid Biography Born: November 23, 1859 New York, New York Died: July 14, 1881 Fort Sumner, New Mexico American criminal and murderer William H. Bonney, known as Billy the Kid, was the youngest and most famous example of a gun-fighter from the American West. As Billy the
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