Billy The Kid: Texas Outlaw

Some people may not like Texas outlaws and I didn’t think I did either. The most interesting Texas outlaw in my opinion is Billy the Kid. The reason I think he is so interesting is that he was such a young outlaw and committed many of his crimes at a young age. Billy the Kid was a young outlaw that is known as one of the most iconic outlaws of the West. He is best known for robbing banks as well as other crimes involving money. Billy the Kid real name was William Henry McCarty and he was born on November 23, 1859. On September 16, 1874, Billy the Kid’s mother died. Billy the Kid’s sister’s husband then separated Billy and his brother and placed them in foster homes. From there on Billy had to earn his keep ,so he was put to work washing dishes

After a year of no parental guidance and looking out for himself, Billy the Kid quickly fell into the wrong crowd. One of his troublemaking friends stole some laundry from a laundry cleaner and told Billy to hide the laundry. Billy the Kid was then caught and arrested ,but the county sheriff decided to just leave him in jail for a couple of days just to scare him. Billy the Kid ended up escaping and running away. He ended up fleeing to where his stepfather was living ,but his stepfather didn’t want him and told him to leave. Billy the Kid then began searching for a job as a ranch hand. For the next two years he worked as a ranch hand and a gambler. One day as he was at a saloon in Camp Grant, Arizona he met up with a bully named Frank Cahill. They ended up getting into an argument and it ended up turning into a fight. After Frank tackled him onto the ground and began to repeatedly slap him in the face, Billy the Kid pulled out his revolver and shot him in the gut. From there on Billy the Kid wasn’t able to find work and turned

They are known for killing policemen, busting out of jail, and escaping the police. Bonnie and Clyde met in Dallas, Texas on January, 1930. At the time that they met Clyde was twenty-one and the young Bonnie was only nineteen. This was Bonnie’s second married after she married a imprisoned murderer. Not long after Bonnie and Clyde met Clyde got sent to prison for a burglary. Bonnie smuggled a gun to Clyde and Clyde escaped using the gun Bonnie brought him. In 1932, Bonnie and Clyde soon began traveling with young gunman by the name of Raymond Hamilton. After several months of them traveling together Raymond Hamilton soon left them. On November 22, 1933, a trap was set to capture the two young criminals. The trap was set by the Dallas, Texas sheriffs department and their deputies in an attempt to capture the couple near Grand Prairie, Texas. The couple ended up escaping the officers gunfire and help an attorney at gunpoint and took his car. They fled to Miami, Oklahoma where the held another citizen at gunpoint and robbed him. On January 16, 1934 Bonnie and Clyde helped five prisoners escape by shooting two guards with automatic pistols. One of the prisoners that escaped was Raymond Hamilton that was supposed to be serving a lifetime in prison. The prisoners got the two automatic pistols from a ditch that Bonnie concealed them in. As the prisoners escaped Clyde held off the guards with heavy machine gun fire.