Billy The Kid Story

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The short life of billy the KIdd a hero and an outlaw was one of the youngest criminals in his time. When he was a young orphan he would go off on adventures by himself. When Billy the Kid see a nice store with close he will go in it and rob it. The first time he got arrested BIlly stole from a clothing store in 1875. Billy the Kid was born on november 23, 1859 in New York City. Records say that his full name was Kid or Henry McCarty or maybe William Bonney. Those are the only names that people have seen in his records in the past and present day. What i have also researched is that Billy the Kid speaks fluent spanish and american his family came from mexico and they moved into the united states for a better life than in Mexico.

The first person that Billy the Kid killed was a man named Frank Cahill he was a blacksmith out of new mexico.
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He would also give food to the homeless. Billy would never rob a bank or train. He would not hurt radom people. He would only kill the ones that put lethal force on him.

Billy the Kid was involved in at least nine murders. The only reason he killed these people was because he was trying to do something good in his life. What he was trying to do was give back to people. He thought it would be a good thing to do.

Now Billy the Kid Lives in fort sumpter. This is where he had died. He lived in fort sumter to have a nice home for once or a better life. He was good friends with the person who had killed Billy the Kid. HIs names was Pat Garrett. Pat Garrett was the man who had killed Billy the kid. Pat Garrett was Billy the kid's best friend. How he killed Billy was he saw him walk into fort sumter and go into his room. What Pat Garrett had done was he snuck up behind him with his sneaky skills and shot him in the head with a 1876 45 colt. That was the end of billy the kid and his

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