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Billy the Kid, nickname of William H Bonney
1859-1881. US outlaw, a leader in the Lincoln
County cattle war in New Mexico, who
allegedly killed his first victim at 12 and
22 people in all. He was sentenced to death
for murdering a sheriff, but escaped (killing
two guards), and was finally shot by Sheriff
Pat Garrett while trying to avoid recapture.