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What was Billy the Kid's name?

a) William G. Bonney.
b) Kid Antrim.
c) Henry McCarthy.
d) Shaggy Bill Roberts.

Billy the Kid - born Henry McCarthy from New York City. William G. Bonnie is just one of the aliases the famed mobster used when his death warrant was read to him.

Henry's mother, Katherine, was a New York native and a widow. In 1870, she moved with Henry and his brother Joe to the town of Wichita, Kansas. It was a wild place with cruel customs, the center of the cattle trade. In Wichita, according to one of the newspapers of the time, pistols were "as dark as brambles."

By November 1870, Wichita had 175 houses and about 800 people. Mrs. McCarthy was well known in town for the laundromat the woman ran on North Main Street. The family later moves to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Henry's mother marries a second time, William Antrim, a homesteader.

It is here, in the deserts of New Mexico, that Billy begins to trade in cattle rustling and becomes famous as a wonderful shooter and the greatest of bandits. In 1879, when the guy was already at least seventeen murders on his conscience, Lou Wallis, the governor of the New Mexico Territory (better known as the author of the novel "Ben Hur" - the best-selling American book of the XIX century), offers "Kid" Billy an amnesty.

At first, Billy decides to give up, but then changes his mind and escapes from prison. Sheriff "Pat" Garrett starts chasing Billy and in 1881 kills him during arrest. Before that, the famous bandit manages to send several letters to Wallis asking him to fulfill the promise of an amnesty. But they all remain unanswered.

Despite the execution of the death sentence, there were persistent rumors that the Kid survived. In 1903, Wallis's successor as governor of New Mexico orders the case to be reopened to find out if Kid is really dead and deserves a pardon. The investigation was never completed.

In 1950, Buffalo Bill's "Wild West" Buffalo Slayer show participant, known as "Shaggy" Bill Roberts, claimed on his deathbed that Billy the Kid was him.

It is believed that Billy the Kid is a real historical person. The most films in Hollywood history have been made about him - Billy the Kid appears in at least forty-six films.

Karta/Antrim/Bonnie became known as Billy the Kid only towards the end of the last year of his life. Until then, the famous bandit was simply called Kid (Kid).

Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

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