Billy the Kid
Bil·ly the Kid
B0252500 (bĭl′ē)Billy the Kid
Bil′ly the Kid′
n.
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| 释义 | Billy the KidBil·ly the KidB0252500 (bĭl′ē)Billy the KidBil′ly the Kid′n. Billy the Kid
Billy the Kid,1859–81, American outlaw, b. New York City. His real name was probably Henry McCarty; he was known as William H. Bonney. His family moved to Kansas and then to New Mexico when he was a child. He frequented saloons and gambling halls and killed several men during his teens. In 1878 he led a gang in the Lincoln co. cattle war, killed two deputies, and engaged in large-scale cattle rustling. John S. ChisumChisum, John Simpson, 1824–84, American cattleman, b. Tennessee. In 1837 he moved with his family to Texas. He had no formal education but worked as a builder and contractor, building the first courthouse in Paris, Tex. ..... Click the link for more information. and other cattlemen secured (1880) the election of a new sheriff sworn to rid the country of the cattle thieves. Billy the Kid was captured, tried, and sentenced to death. He escaped but was again trapped and was shot by Sheriff Pat F. Garrett. BibliographySee biographies by P. F. Garrett (1882, repr. with introd. by J. C. Dykes 1967), R. N. Mullin (1967), C. A. Siringo (1967), and C. W. Breihan (1970). Billy the KidBilly the KidBilly the KidBilly the KidSee Bonney, William H. |
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