[5] His legend survived and grew long after his death. William Henry McCarty. another? Please take notice of the footnote numbers in parenthesis within the [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]. 1930 at the age of sixty-six. Marshal John Sherman informed newly appointed Territorial Governor and former Union Army general Lew Wallace that he held warrants for several men, including "William H. Antrim, alias Kid, alias Bonny [sic]" but was unable to execute them "owing to the disturbed condition of affairs in that county, resulting from the acts of a desperate class of men. again this would imply he was born in 1863. He would spend the rest of his life on the run from the authorities. plot and build a better house, but until then his wife Catherine was able to make a Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). [3] [4] He also fought in New Mexico 's . For years, this was the only photograph scholars and historians agreed showed McCarty. Illustrated Life and Times of Billy the Kid by Bob Boze Bell. couple months later they moved to Silver City, located in the southwest portion of other around town and in school. [27][28] McCarty became known as "Kid Antrim" because of his youth, slight build, clean-shaven appearance, and personality. At a flea market six years ago, a North Carolina lawyer named Frank Abrams unknowingly bought a rare photograph that experts say shows Billy the Kid relaxing with the man who would . [81] Deputy Sheriff Romero, backed by the angry group of men, demanded custody of Dave Rudabaugh, who during an unsuccessful escape attempt on April 5, 1880 shot and killed deputy Antonio Lino Valdez in the process. different homes, Joseph and his brother Billy would see each A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. [33], McCarty stole a horse and fled Arizona Territory for New Mexico Territory,[34] but Apaches took the horse from him, leaving him to walk many miles to the nearest settlement. The Kids killer, Sheriff Pat Garrett, figured Paulita had told the Kid about her pregnancy, and that was why the outlaw came to Fort Sumner, instead of hightailing it out of New Mexico Territory. This led historians to believe he was left-handed, but they did not take into account that the ferrotype process produces reversed images. Ollie Roberts tells William V. Morrison that he is Billy the Kid. The crime only carried a minor sentence, but rather than face punishment, the wiry youth escaped the jailhouse by shimmying up a chimney. Tunstall put Bonney in charge of nine prime horses and told him to relocate them to his ranch for safekeeping. by Marshall Trimble | Jan 13, 2015 | Uncategorized. [38][39], On February 18, 1878, Tunstall learned of the posse's presence on his land and rode out to intervene. 2023, A&E Television Networks, LLC. [115], John Miller, an Arizona man, also claimed he was McCarty. Billy was in the small town of Bonita when he got into a disagreement with a man named Francis Cahill. "[73][74], In 1880, McCarty formed a friendship with a rancher named Jim Greathouse, who later introduced him to Dave Rudabaugh. Sarah Brown, the owner of a boarding house, gave him room and board in exchange for work. In June of 1863, twenty-one year old Antrim moved to Indianapolis A wanted poster for Billy the Kid, circa 1877. Grant suddenly pointed his pistol at McCarty's face and pulled the trigger. and express company clerk. Footnote 2: After his mothers death 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. Prescott, Arizona Some experts think so. As he entered Maxwells darkened bedroom, he spotted the shadowy outline of Garrett and once again asked, Whos that? Upon recognizing the Kids voice, Sheriff Garrett drew his six-shooter and fired off two rounds in his direction. His parents were Levi and Ida (Lawson) Antrim He walked up to Grant, told him he admired his revolver, and asked to examine it. Dale McGarrigle at April 24, 2022 11:05 pm. New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA. Antrim is My Stepfathers Name: The Boyhood of Billy the Kid He spent most of his time chatting up the locals downtown and telling stories of his life on the frontier. 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. A voting registration form that Joseph filled out on He neglected to keep a low profile, however, and it wasnt long before Sheriff Pat Garrett and two deputies rode into town. In 1877, he began to call himself "William H. Billy the Kid expert Fred Nolanand I don't know anybody who knows the subject more than he doessays Brushy Bill was not Billy the Kid. The fact that Antrim was not there for his dying The two men soon began stealing horses from local soldiers. way it did (2). They may have gone to Denver, The small cabin would tie them over until Antrim could buy a town noticed he had matured and there was now a toughness about him due to his coming and going at will, Antrim was ready for a permanent move but he wanted to unload This was unsupported by his family until 1938, some time after his death. [67] However, after McCarty's testimony, the local district attorney refused to set him free. stepdaughter Alexander Montoya stepson view all Abrana Garcia, alleged wife of BTK's Timeline The Kid left the war with a reputation as one of the Wests most skilled gunmen, but he remained wanted for the murder of Sheriff Brady. During this time, his notoriety with newspapers increased, and they dubbed him "Billy the Kid," and the most important outlaw of New Mexico. outlaw. Another hypothesis is that Billy the Kid was in fact Ollie L. (Brushy Bill) Roberts, who escaped, lived in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest, rode in Wild West shows, and died in 1950 in Hico, Texas. he has 2 children, a daughter, Tyla Rose and a son, Jake Does Christopher Columbus have a. WATCH: Cowboys & Outlaws:The Real Billy the Kid on HISTORY Vault. $1.99. The conditions would have been horrific. After the death of Billy, Paulita (then still a young teenager) was soon married off to a man named Jose Jaramillo. Cahill died the following day. seemed the sicker Catherine got, the longer Antrim was absent. Miller's body was buried in the state-owned Arizona Pioneers' Home Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona; in May 2005, Miller's teeth and bones[116] were exhumed and examined,[117] without permission from the state. As for Joseph was probably sorry to hear of his As Billy the wife and to take care of his young stepsons, does not speak well for him at married Antrim in the first place, was after she 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. who lived a few blocks away, Catherine McCarty, a widow and single mother of Did he tramp around? Billy the Kid is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed in widescreen by King Vidor about the relationship between frontier outlaw Billy the Kid (Johnny Mack Brown, billed as "John Mack Brown" during his brief career peak) and lawman Pat Garrett (Wallace Beery).In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to . Joseph then traveled to Arizona and wound up in harsh life in the violent and lawless desert. 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. tents. [129] The opinion was confirmed by Clyde Jeavons, a former curator of the National Film and Television Archive. the times to come (2). Omissions? The pardon considered was to fulfill Governor Lew Wallace's 1879 promise to Bonney. Her parents were Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell and Ana Maria De La Luz Maxwell (Beaubien). about the early From time to time, he would share with some that he "had a secret . [a][13][14][15] Census records indicate his younger brother, Joseph McCarty, was born in 1863.[16]. The three billy goats buenos by susan middleton elya Web latest breaking news, including politics, crime and celebrity. Wilson. He had also gained survival The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History [46] On the morning of April 4, 1878, Buckshot Roberts and Dick Brewer were killed during a shootout at Blazer's Mill. Billy the Kids grave is in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. [101][104], A few hours after the shooting, a local justice of the peace assembled a coroner's jury of six people. If the history (especially the early life) of William H. Bonney is a mystery, so is his family, House in Trinidad. Despite lack In the early 1600's, Polish king Zygmunt III Waza ordered a Armenian merchant (Sefer Muratowicz) to purchase a number of watered steel blades from Isfahan, Persia due to their value and reputation (Muratovich et al, 1777). The young gunslinger stole the occasional horse, but he never once held up a bank, train or even a stagecoach. Creator Michael Hirst Stars Tom Blyth Daniel Webber Eileen O'Higgins See production, box office & company info Watch on MGM+ Billy the Kid was a 19th-century gunman who participated in the Lincoln County War. Following Tunstalls death, the Kid and several other former employees organized themselves into a vigilante group called The Regulators and swore revenge. that prevented a gunfight. [124], As of 2021[update], only one authenticated photograph showing Billy exists; others thought to depict him are disputed. The jury members interviewed Maxwell and Garrett, and McCarty's body and the location of the shooting were examined. Despite the controversy, historical records show that the Kids body was positively identified by several different people the day after his shooting, leading most historians to conclude that Sheriff Garrett got the right man. year old Joseph be quite old enough to fend for himself, instead of the two did keep in touch. Evidence against Brushy Bill Roberts as Billy the Kid; Sheriff Pat Garrett said he killed . In 1948, a central Texas man, Ollie P. Roberts, also known as Brushy Bill Roberts, began claiming he was Billy the Kid and went before New Mexico Governor Thomas J. Mabry seeking a pardon. Original Name. Along the trail, the wagon driver attempts to rape her, and Billy pulls a gun on him. On the evening of April 28, 1881, while Garrett was in White Oaks collecting taxes, Deputy Bob Olinger took five other prisoners across the street for a meal, leaving James Bell,[92] another deputy, alone with McCarty at the jail. Pittman says, "I know for a fact my uncle was born in 1879 in east Texas, and Billy the Kid was supposed to have been shot by Pat Garrett in 1881 and that would have made him two years old.". [98] The ferrotype survived because McCarty's friend Dan Dedrick kept it after the outlaw's death. [citation needed] Most of these claims were easily disproven, but two have remained topics of discussion and debate. The full title of the Garrett-Upson book was, Transcript of "Certificate of Baptism", Church of St. Peter, Barclay Street, New York. [135] Collector RobertG. McCubbin and outlaw historian John Boessenecker concluded in 2013 that the photograph does not show McCarty. theft back in Silver City, he told him, If thats the kind of boy you Some of the most famous actors to play the Kid include Roy Rogers, Paul Newman, Val Kilmer and Emilio Estevez. of information on these three, here are short biographies on Catherine, Joseph, and in the barn, when they spotted three strangers, two being Indians, riding a replacement and arrived in Lincoln, the Kid was long gone. either away for long periods of time mining or in the saloons gambling away [93], McCarty, with his legs still shackled, broke into Garrett's office and took a loaded shotgun left behind by Olinger. Brushy Bill Roberts claimed he'd been born William Henry Roberts, in Buffalo Gap, Texas. 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. James B. Roberts, Church of St. Peter, New York City, to Jack DeMattos, March 24, 1979. Photo from R.N. On November 2, 1880, Garrett was elected sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, having defeated the incumbent, Sheriff George Kimball, by a vote of 320 to 179. Secondly, the [47] Warrants were issued for several participants on both sides, and McCarty and two others were charged with killing Brady, Hindman and Roberts. By the Fall of 1880, Billy was still trying to convince the governor of a pardon, although continuing his outlaw activities. are, get out! The youngster then disappeared to fend for himself. brothers arrest, but was cheering for him when he learned he had escaped. The Kid was a celebrity in his own time, but his legend only grew after his death thanks to dime novels, television shows and Hollywood films. Some experts think so. In late 1880, Lincoln County Sheriff Pat Garrett tracked the Kid to a cabin in Stinking Springs, New Mexico, and forced his surrender. [105] In July 2015, Stahl filed suit in the New Mexico Supreme Court. Some speculate if the two may even have been secretly married and the night Billy was killed he was bidding his last farewells to his wife and children before going into hiding. Paulita Jaramillo (Maxwell), alleged girlfriend of Billy the Kid was born on May 17, 1864 in Mora, Mora County, New Mexico, USA. The three men had wielded an economic and political hold over Lincoln County since the early 1870s, due in part to their ownership of a beef contract with nearby Fort Stanton and a well-patronized dry goods store in the town of Lincoln. A year and four days after McCarty's death, the New Mexico territorial legislature passed a special act to grant Garrett the $500 bounty reward promised by Governor Wallace. Jose Patrocinio Garcia McCarty. Regiment and would be honorably discharged the following September. prove otherwise. examined it. A theory suggests that he was born on September 17, 1859, in New York City. Jerry Weddle (footnote #17) [102] Recognizing McCarty's voice, Garrett drew his revolver and fired twice. district in Clifton, Arizona and a year later he got a surprise visit from the City Hall on Thursday evening, December 30, 1875 (1). Ill also throw Although both markers are behind iron fencing, a group of vandals entered the enclosure at night in June 2012 and tipped the stone over.[147]. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted. Although Josephs death certificate in 1930 gave his age as seventy-six which meant Baker and Morton were killed while allegedly trying to escape. As a result of his efforts, a stone memorial marked with the names of the three men and their death dates beneath the word "Pals" was erected in the center of the burial area. By February 1878, McSween owed $8,000 to Dolan, who obtained a court order and asked Lincoln County Sheriff William J. Brady to attach nearly $40,000 worth of Tunstall's property and livestock. would also be the last time. nickname for a ten year old youngster, but not a nineteen year old. [123] The lawsuit ultimately cost Lincoln County nearly $300,000. Henry McCartys first run-in with the law came in 1875, when he assisted a local street tough known as Sombrero Jack in stealing clothing from a Chinese laundry. 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. Billy the Kid is synonymous with the Wild West, a New Yorker who forged a brief, bloody career as an outlaw, reputedly killing 21 men before being gunned down by Lincoln County sheriff Pat. Dolan and Murphys outfitknown as The Househad long held a monopoly over the dry goods and cattle trades in Lincoln County. Though they were living in She bore him a Son. News of the brazen escape was soon reprinted in newspapers across the country, making the Kid the most wanted man in the West. Chuck Sawyer Phoenix, Arizona I believe Pat Garrett, With all this talk going around about another Billy the Kid photo I submit to. saloon cleaning, serving liquor, and running errands. [89] According to legend, upon sentencing, the judge told McCarty he was going to hang until he was "dead, dead, dead"; McCarty's response was, "you can go to hell, hell, hell. 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. For the rest of his life Antrim didnt amount to anything more than a Silver City is anyones guess. Henry hid the loot in his boarding house, but was arrested after his landlord turned him in to the sheriff. there for a while, but the hills were calling him, so he went off to prospect. ***********************************************, Catherine Antrim's grave maker Joseph and Garrett sat alone in the establishment and 70 Plum Street while working in a variety of jobs as a laborer, a teamster, biography Antrim is My Stepfathers Name: The Boyhood of Billy the Kid by [76][77], A few weeks after the Greathouse incident, McCarty, Rudabaugh, Wilson, O'Folliard, Charlie Bowdre, and Tom Pickett rode into Fort Sumner. Henry Newton Brown, Dick Smith, and George Coe defended a nearby adobe bunkhouse. McCarty was 14 years old when his mother died. Joseph eventually headed to Trinidad, Colorado where he gambled himself a and he had seven brothers and sisters: Orleana Jane, Thomas, Albert, Levi, fencing, and plowed the fields. census in Arapahoe County, Colorado, Joseph gave his age as twenty-one, 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. The documentary No Ordinary Man reexamines Tipton, using contemporary trans performers to take a deeper look at his life and legacy. Historical Monograph No. Antrim's relationship with Catherine was steady enough for her to buy land adjacent He has been a feature of more than 50 movies and several television series. Please excuse the small lettering. [44], McCarty then joined the Lincoln County Regulators; on March 9 they captured Frank Baker and William Morton, both of whom were accused of killing Tunstall. As for the other Women that it is said he had Relations with, it has Never really been proven. living and when he learned of his brothers death, he vowed to shoot Pat The Kid stayed and visited with Joseph that night and left for He was scheduled for a date with the hangman, but on the evening of April 28, 1881, he engineered the most daring getaway of his criminal career. [48], On the night of Sunday, July 14, McSween and the Regulatorsnow a group of fifty or sixty menwent to Lincoln and stationed themselves in the town among several buildings. He went by the name William Henry Roberts, but most . The life and likeness of Billy the Kid have been frequently represented in comics, literature, film, music, theater, radio, television, and video games. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. [16] Shortly before McCarty's mother, Catherine, died of tuberculosis, then called "consumption", on September 16, 1874,[20] William Antrim abandoned the McCarty boys, leaving them orphans. Corrections? City. the Silver City newspaper reported that Joseph Antrim was among the "[90] According to the historical record, he did not speak after the reading of his sentence. would have someone to look after them. 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) at age 17 [2] Henry McCarty (September 17 or November 23, 1859 - July 14, 1881), 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. than Billy the Kid biographer Bob Boze Bell: Billy aficionados around the border. Another group led by Marin Chavez and Doc Scurlock positioned themselves on the roof of a saloon. On December 13, 1880, Governor Wallace posted a $500 bounty for McCarty's capture. would relocate together in 1869 to Wichita, Kansas. It was in Denver that Joseph lived out the remainder [109], Because people had begun to claim Garrett unfairly ambushed McCarty, Garrett felt the need to tell his side of the story and called upon his friend, journalist Marshall Upson, to ghostwrite a book for him. Early in life, he adopted the nickname Billy the Kid. After her grave was relocated when the cemetery was him -not even a name. J J Arb Billy the Kid, Paulita Maxwell and her photo album Emilio Estevez Real Life Heros up in such an environment without any parental supervision or guidance, money, but the records show he did little to support his family. All of the indictments, except McCarty's, were later quashed. town. later a Denver reporter would find Joseph to be a colorless character). Over time, legends grew claiming that McCarty was not killed, and that Garrett staged the incident and death out of friendship so that McCarty could evade the law. Meanwhile, his girlfriend was living in Produced by Ron Ormond, the film was co-written by Ormond's wife June Carr who also plays a lead role in the film.This film was not part of the 11-film Marshal Lash LaRue movie series, although it was made simultaneously with the series. [61][62] McCarty wrote to Governor Wallace on March 13, 1879, with an offer to provide information on the Chapman murder in exchange for amnesty. horse thief. He moved in with | voice called out Hold on Joe, dont you know your own brother? Chauncey 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. Lastly, 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. Once in control of the courthouse, the Kid collected a small arsenal of weapons, cut his leg shackles with a pickaxe and fled town on a stolen horse. a legend. [6] Sheriff Pat Garrett captured McCarty later that month. Unbeknownst to McCarty and his companions, a posse led by Pat Garrett was waiting for them. [7] Billy the Kid remains one of the most notorious figures from the era, whose life and likeness have been frequently dramatized in Western popular culture. University of Oklahoma Press, [131][132][133][134], A 4-by-6-inch (100mm 150mm) ferrotype purchased at a memorabilia shop in Fresno, California, in 2010 has been claimed to show McCarty and members of the Regulators playing croquet. He worked [110] The book, The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid,[d] was first published in April 1882. So in August of 1882, the two would finally met at Armijo children who spoke at the Christmas Tree and New Years Eve Festival held in He escaped from jail on April 28, killing two sheriff's deputies in the process, and evaded capture for more than two months. Who is the man James Arness shoots every week in the introduction to Gunsmoke. During the confusion, McSween was shot and killed by Robert W. Beckwith, who was then shot and killed by McCarty. If he had been Billy the Kid, he would have to have been 90 years old. No one claimed his body, so his corpse was New Mexico Governor Bruce King arranged for the county sheriff to fly to California to return it to Fort Sumner,[146] where it was reinstalled in May 1981. Recently, however, a second confirmed image has popped up. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. relatives in California, Antrim decided to settle there. 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