History

In April 1881, Henry McCarty was tried for murder in Mesilla, New Mexico. McCarty, aka William Bonney and best known as “Billy the Kid,” had been captured by a posse led by Sheriff Pat Garrett. It is unclear exactly how many men Billy had killed by then. Just before his death at… pic.twitter.com/fP5z27UWoQ

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