The "Piano Man" crooner, 73, gifted his two daughters, 7-year-old, Della, and 5-year-old, Remy, a pair of tickets to see . Company Credits He became well known in the region when he joined the Regulators and took part in the Lincoln County War of 1878. Paulita married Jose F. Jaramillo. what little money he had. Billy the Kid, Paulita Maxwell and her photo album Maxwell Photos Newly Married Family History Photo Album Ocean War This is a picture of the inside cover of Paulita Maxwell's photo album. [39][41], After Tunstall was killed, McCarty and Dick Brewer swore affidavits against Brady and those in his posse, and obtained murder warrants from Lincoln County justice of the peace John B. [47] Warrants were issued for several participants on both sides, and McCarty and two others were charged with killing Brady, Hindman and Roberts. In a four-year span between 1877 and 1881, the baby-faced outlaw was involved in the shooting deaths of some nine men, at least four of whom he killed singlehandedly. In the early 1600's, Polish king Zygmunt III Waza ordered a Armenian merchant (Sefer Muratowicz) to purchase a number of watered steel blades from Isfahan, Persia due to their value and reputation (Muratovich et al, 1777). McCarty met with Wallace in Lincoln on March 17, 1879. Grant handed it over. The suit asked the court to order the state's Office of the Medical Investigator to officially certify McCarty's death under New Mexico state law. Check out nine facts about the brief and bloody life of the legendary outlaw. [5] [144], In 1940, stone cutter James N. Warner of Salida, Colorado, made and donated to the cemetery a new marker for Bonney's grave. Secondly, the Meanwhile, Sheriff Brady assembled a large posse to seize Tunstall's cattle. Letter from Rev. Letter from Governor Wallace to W.H. Brushy Bill Roberts (August 26, 1879 - December 27, 1950; claimed date of birth December 31, 1859) also known as William Henry Roberts, Ollie Partridge William Roberts, Ollie N. Roberts, or Ollie L. Roberts, was an American man who attracted attention in the late 1940s and the 1950s by claiming to be Western outlaw William H. Bonney, also known as Billy the Kid (who actually died in 1881). again this would imply he was born in 1863. [76][77], A few weeks after the Greathouse incident, McCarty, Rudabaugh, Wilson, O'Folliard, Charlie Bowdre, and Tom Pickett rode into Fort Sumner. 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) at age 17 [2] Henry McCarty (September 17 or November 23, 1859 - July 14, 1881), better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who is alleged to have killed 21 men before he was shot and killed at the age of 21. This is backed up by convincing evidence: first, in a 1885 J. Conron. A witness said, "[Billy] had no choice; he had to use his equalizer." BILLY THE KID'S WIFE is a time travel romance short by bestselling novelist R. Barri Flowers. Box 8008,Cave Creek, AZ 85327 or e-mail him atmarshall.trimble@scottsdalecc.edu, Bob Olinger was Billy the Kids last victim, but he was also deadly himself. McCarty waited at the upstairs window for Olinger to respond to the gunshot that killed Bell and called out to him, "Look up, old boy, and see what you get." Billy The Kid shooting down his foe who had taken refuge behind a saloon bar.  Lincoln County Courthouse, site of Billy the Kids famous 1881 escape.  Movie poster for a 1925 Billy the Kid film. [33], McCarty stole a horse and fled Arizona Territory for New Mexico Territory,[34] but Apaches took the horse from him, leaving him to walk many miles to the nearest settlement. . The two men soon began stealing horses from local soldiers. Born into one of the wealthiest families in New Mexico. shop and also hired himself out as a carpenter, but he spent most of his time mining at Chloride [106][107], Five days after McCarty's killing, Garrett traveled to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to collect the $500 reward offered by Governor Lew Wallace for his capture, dead or alive. Mother of Adelina Jaramillo; Luz Jaramillo and Telesfor Jose Jaramillo Carlysle later attempted to escape by jumping through a window but he was shot three times and killed. Marshals Service", Letter, 15 March 1879, Lew Wallace to W. H. Bonney, Letter, 20 March 1879, W. H. Bonney to Lew Wallace, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Billy_the_Kid&oldid=1148597740, William H. Bonney, Henry Antrim, Kid Antrim, This page was last edited on 7 April 2023, at 04:48. Meanwhile, his girlfriend was living in Before returning the pistol, which he noticed contained only three cartridges, McCarty positioned the cylinder so the next hammer fall would land on an empty chamber. Please take notice of the footnote numbers in parenthesis within the Although the author appears as Pat Garrett, a newspaper journalist ghostwrites the book, which is more. [9][10][11][failed verification] While his birth year has been confirmed as 1859, the exact date of his birth has been disputed as either September 17 or November 23 of that year. After his escape from death row, the Kid spent several months hiding out on the frontier and taking refuge with sympathetic locals in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The Kid left the war with a reputation as one of the Wests most skilled gunmen, but he remained wanted for the murder of Sheriff Brady. [83] In a later interview with a reporter, McCarty said he was unafraid during the incident, saying, "if I only had my Winchester I'd lick the whole crowd. tightwad Antrim would not have given the Kid all the money he had. Antrim But his horse became sick and by the time he got Joseph eventually headed to Trinidad, Colorado where he gambled himself a All Rights Reserved. Dyer a proprietor of the New Orleans club. If you have a question, write: Ask the Marshall, P.O. The image shows McCarty wearing a vest under a sweater, a slouch hat and a bandana, while holding an 1873 Winchester rifle with its butt resting on the floor. theft back in Silver City, he told him, If thats the kind of boy you 23 Nov 1859. Although both markers are behind iron fencing, a group of vandals entered the enclosure at night in June 2012 and tipped the stone over.[147]. He sold or leased out his cabin, then he and his . "[90] According to the historical record, he did not speak after the reading of his sentence. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History In 1877, he began to call himself "William H. Billy the Kids grave is in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. A theory suggests that he was born on September 17, 1859, in New York City. Around midnight, the pair sat in Maxwell's darkened bedroom when McCarty unexpectedly entered. Billy the Kid, byname of William H. Bonney, Jr., original name Henry McCarty?, (born November 23, 1859?, New York, New York, U.S.died July 14, 1881, Fort Sumner, New Mexico), American outlaw who was one of the most notorious gunfighters of the American West. When he learned that the Kid got into trouble for petty it goodWith the death of Joseph McCarty Antrim, the door closed probably In 1883 Joseph was back in Silver City where he prevented a lynching of Doc Tunstall and his business partner and lawyer Alexander McSween were opponents of an alliance formed by Irish-American businessmen Lawrence Murphy, James Dolan, and John Riley. [94], While McCarty was on the run, Governor Wallace placed a new $500 bounty on the fugitive's head. ll), Emilia Abreu (born Beaubien), Maria Sophia Jarmaillo (born Beaubien), Maria Leonar Maxwell, William Julian Maxwell, Odila Bernice Ab Dec 17 1929 - Fort Sumner, DeBaca, New Mexico, United States, Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell, Maria de la Luz Maxwell (born Beaubien), Adelina Welborn (born Jaramillo), Luz Flanner (born Jaramillo), Maria De La Luz Jaramillo, Luz Flanner, Telesfor Jose Jaramillo. Cahill repeatedly mocked and bullied the younger man, until Billy replied by insulting Cahill back. son NN daughter Barboncito father Deluvina Maxwell - Jaramillo mother Florentina Yerby, alleged daught. After making a trip to visit prove otherwise. Antrim gave his stepson all the money he had and told him to skin out.". ***********************************************, Catherine Antrim's grave maker eighty. Another hypothesis is that Billy the Kid was in fact Ollie L. (Brushy Bill) Roberts, who escaped, lived in Mexico and the U.S. Southwest, rode in Wild West shows, and died in 1950 in Hico, Texas. departed. Hico's Billy the Kid Museum speculates that Billy moved to Texas in 1883, two years after his supposed death in New Mexico. By June of 1871 Catherine was Guijarro and his wife, Linda, spent the next five years researching and collecting evidence to prove it. Partner of Henry McCarty "Billy The Kid" [108] Over the next few weeks, the residents of Las Vegas, Mesilla, Santa Fe, White Oaks, and other New Mexico cities raised over $7,000 in reward money for Garrett. Henry Newton Brown, Dick Smith, and George Coe defended a nearby adobe bunkhouse. noticed he had matured and there was now a toughness about him due to his He was both, a folk hero and a notorious outlaw who was rumored to have killed 27 men though it is generally believed that he killed eight. [142][143], In 1931, CharlesW.Foor, an unofficial tour guide at Fort Sumner Cemetery, campaigned to raise funds for a permanent marker for the graves of McCarty, O'Folliard, and Bowdre. Outside of his gunfighting days with the Regulators, his main criminal enterprise was rustling cattle on the New Mexico plains. the times to come (2). [31][32] McCarty fled but returned a few days later and was apprehended by Miles Wood, the local justice of the peace. Daughter of Lucien Bonaparte Maxwell and Ana Maria De La Luz Maxwell Chuck Sawyer Phoenix, Arizona I believe Pat Garrett, With all this talk going around about another Billy the Kid photo I submit to. Brushy invited the visitor inside and introduced him to his wife, Melinda. When Olinger looked up, McCarty shot and killed him. [50][51], On Tuesday, July 16, newly appointed sheriff George Peppin sent sharpshooters to kill the McSween defenders at the saloon. During the meeting and in subsequent correspondence, Wallace promised McCarty protection from his enemies and clemency if he would offer his testimony to a grand jury. McCarty was detained and held in the Camp Grant guardhouse but escaped before law enforcement could arrive. He moved in with Prescott, Arizona Some experts think so. 1949, Hamilton Co, TX. other around town and in school. A frontier outlaw in the American Old West, he is believed to have been a ruthless and cunning young man . [128] In 1954, western historians James D. Horan and Paul Sann wrote that McCarty was right-handed and carried his pistol on his right hip. During the decades following his death, legends grew that McCarty had survived, and a number of men claimed to be him. would also be the last time. The McCarty family moved with Antrim to Wichita, Kansas, in 1870. Paulita Jaramillo (Maxwell), alleged girlfriend of Billy the Kid was born on May 17, 1864 in Mora, Mora County, New Mexico, USA. In my opinion he was selfish and Paulita Maxwell was Billy the Kid's favorite squeeze, and she was pregnant at the time he was killed, so she probably was carrying his baby. When Antrim would return to Silver City periodically, Later someone asked Joseph what happened, Joseph remarked that he [100] Maxwell, son of land baron Lucien Maxwell, spoke with Garrett the same day for several hours. Paulita became involved with New Mexico's most famous outlaw, Billy The Kid. Once in control of the courthouse, the Kid collected a small arsenal of weapons, cut his leg shackles with a pickaxe and fled town on a stolen horse. McCarty located his stepfather and stayed with him until Antrim threw him out; McCarty stole clothing and guns from him. when he calmed tempers Wife of Jose F. Jaramillo Collection. Other investigators have since theorized that the Kid lived to be an old man under the alias John Miller. Millers alleged remains were exhumed in 2005, but a plan to compare his DNA to the Kids never materialized. Oliver Roberts married Malinda Elizabeth Murrell, widow of James Thomas Allison. tents. "[58] Wallace issued an amnesty proclamation on November 13, 1878, which pardoned anyone involved in the Lincoln County War since Tunstall's murder. [105] In July 2015, Stahl filed suit in the New Mexico Supreme Court. [25][26] During this time, McCarty became acquainted with John R. 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