- Billy the Kid
1. (William H. Bonney) 1859-81, U.S. outlaw.2. (italics) a ballet (1938) choreographed by Eugene Loring, with musical score by Aaron Copland.
* * *born Nov. 23, 1859/60, New York, N.Y., U.S.died July 14, 1881, Fort Sumner, N.M.U.S. criminal.As a child he migrated with his family to Kansas, then lived in New Mexico from с 1868. His career of lawlessness throughout the Southwest began early; by the time he was captured by Sheriff Pat Garrett in 1880 he had allegedly killed 27 men. Convicted in New Mexico in 1881 and sentenced to hang, he escaped from jail, killing two deputies, and remained at large until Garrett tracked him down and killed him.
* * *▪ American outlawbyname of William H. Bonney, Jr., original name Henry McCarty?born Nov. 23, 1859/60, New York, N.Y., U.S.died July 14, 1881, Fort Sumner, N.M.one of the most notorious gunfighters of the American West, reputed to have killed at least 27 men before being gunned down at about age 21.Born on New York City's East Side, Billy as a child migrated with his parents to Kansas; his father died there, and the mother and her two boys moved to Colorado, where she remarried. The family moved to New Mexico, and, in his early teens, Billy fell into a career of thievery and lawlessness, wandering throughout the Southwest and northern Mexico, often with gangs. In December 1880 he was captured by Sheriff Patrick Floyd Garrett (Garrett, Pat) and stood trial for murder in Mesilla, N.M., in April 1881; he was found guilty and sentenced to hang. He escaped jail on April 30, however, killing two deputies, and remained at large until tracked down and ambushed by Garrett, who shot him dead on the evening of July 14 at the ranch home of Pete Maxwell. Billy the Kid's grave is in Fort Sumner, N.M.As a child, Billy the Kid went under the name of Henry McCarty. Scholarly opinion is divided over whether that or William H. Bonney, Jr. (the name he used later, as in the trial), was his true name. 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.
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Billy The Kid — Henry McCarty (23 novembre 1859 14 juillet 1881), mieux connu sous le nom de Billy the Kid, est probablement le plus célèbre hors la loi du Wild West américain. Possédant plusieurs alias (William Harrison Bonney, Henry Antrim … Wikipédia en Français
Billy the Kid — en 1880 Nom de naissance Henry McCarty Surnom William H … Wikipédia en Français
Billy the kid — Henry McCarty (23 novembre 1859 14 juillet 1881), mieux connu sous le nom de Billy the Kid, est probablement le plus célèbre hors la loi du Wild West américain. Possédant plusieurs alias (William Harrison Bonney, Henry Antrim … Wikipédia en Français
Billy the Kid — (1859 81) a famous criminal in the southwest US who killed many people and stole cattle until he was finally caught and killed … Dictionary of contemporary English
Billy the Kid — Billy the Kid, amerikansk kvægtyv og morder, hed oprindeligt William H. Bonney. Han blev født i 1859 og skudt ned i 1881 … Danske encyklopædi
Billy the Kid — (name for William H. Bonney) 1859 81; U.S. outlaw … English World dictionary
Billy the Kid — Infobox Person name = Henry McCarty a.k.a. William H. Bonney a.k.a. Billy the Kid image size = 250px caption = Billy the Kid. (Reversed ferrotype photograph) birth date = birth date|1859|11|23 birth place = New York City, New York, United States… … Wikipedia
Billy the Kid — La exactitud de la información en este artículo o sección está discutida. En la página de discusión puedes consultar el debate al respecto. Billy the Kid ( … Wikipedia Español
Billy the Kid — Henry McCarty, auch William H. Bonney, Henry Antrim oder auch Kid Antrim (* vermutlich 23. November 1859 in New York oder Indiana; † 14. Juli 1881 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico), besser bekannt als Billy the Kid, ist eine der bekanntesten… … Deutsch Wikipedia
BILLY THE KID — (1859?–1881) Possibly no fact of Billy the Kid’s true life is without dispute. What his real name was, where he was really born, how old he was, even facts surrounding his actual death are questions historians have never settled. Only one… … Westerns in Cinema