Billy The Kid, His Real Name Was ....
He was gunned down at the tender age of twenty- or was he?\ \ You've probably heard the legend of William H. Bonney, a.k.a. Billy the Kid, at one time or another. Most folks have. But when it comes to the Kid, few things are completely certain - not his real name, not his parents' names, not even where he was born or just how many people he killed. Sheriff Pat Garrett is commonly credited with killing Billy. He even wrote a wildly popular and somewhat sensational book about it. But there are...
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He was gunned down at the tender age of twenty- or was he?You've probably heard the legend of William H. Bonney, a.k.a. Billy the Kid, at one time or another. Most folks have. But when it comes to the Kid, few things are completely certain - not his real name, not his parents' names, not even where he was born or just how many people he killed. Sheriff Pat Garrett is commonly credited with killing Billy. He even wrote a wildly popular and somewhat sensational book about it. But there are many scholars who dispute the claim of this bartender and former buffalo hunter because the details of Garrett's story just don't add up. Add to this the fact that throughout the following decades old men from Mexico all the way to England were declaring themselves to be the real Billy the Kid, having cheated death that warm night in New Mexico. Among these many claimants, however, are two men with somewhat credible stories: John Miller and Brushy Bill. Both men seemed to be the right age, the right size, and had stories that certainly sounded authentic. But only one of these men could possibly be the real Billy the Kid. Author Jim Johnson has made an in-depth study of the outlaw's life, and presents here two very plausible accounts. Did Billy the Kid grow to be an old man, or was he killed by Pat Garrett? Read the evidence, and judge for yourself.
"Who was Billy the Kid? That is a question that no one has ever answered for sure. There have been a lot of speculations and ‘facts’ that have been printed, but nothing that anyone seems to want to hang their hat on. Most historians and authors seem to think his real name was Henry McCarty and that he was born in New York in 1859." \ "One thing that most people seem to agree on is that William Bonney was killed by Pat Garrett the night of July 14, 1881 at Pete Maxwell’s house at Fort Sumner, New Mexico. But, was he?"\ "Over the years, since the supposed killing of Billy the Kid by Pat Garrett on July 14, 1881, there have been many old time cowboys that have claimed to be Billy the Kid. Somehow, according to these claimants, Billy was able to escape death, and lived and died in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Old Mexico, or even England."\ “Pat Garrett, in the company of his deputies, McKinney and Poe, learned the kid was in Fort Sumner, holed up at the house of Pete Maxwell. They sneaked up to the house in the dead of night, and Garrett knocked on the door. A Mexican youth with a gun in his hand answered the knock and queried, “Quien es?’ Sheriff Garrett pushed the door open and fired. The Mexican youth fell dead, and Garrett told the Kid and his girl who was there with him, to pack and leave Lincoln County forever.”\ "What a cast of characters we find in 1880 Georgetown. Coincidence? You be the judge. Could this 21 year old William McCarty be Henry McCarty as in William Henry McCarty alias Billy the Kid?"\ "As the story goes, “Joseph and Garrett sat alone in the establishment and talked for almost two hours; they rose from their chairs, shook hands and departed. Later, someone asked Joseph what happened. Joseph remarked that he now had a better understanding of what happened." What was it that Joseph better understood?"
