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1 *• ' _Billy the Kid Was Born in Indiana; His Name Was Not William Bonney, Our Writer BelievesBilly the Kid, the old Wests most notorious outlaw, was a Hoosler, bom at Anderson, Ind., it was indicated today bynew :oforma nan uncovered isSilver Cf).For mate than three^uar-Ic't of a century, femonam be.rvrd tnc Kd * ft*e name to be a,.t.am H. Bonney and they though; h* b rlhpiate 10 be New York City, or Brooklyn.Hus vmita of the outlaw j» life bis been accepted because it appeared first m a book published by Sher-ff Pat Garrett, fuayer of Bdly the Kid. n Apt il. 1IS2 Oarwt shot the on the night of July II. IBM. on the old Manrrtl Ranch ta New Mn»c *»«r ' S'Garretf. ta h.f bonk. * The Authentic Lile of R.ilv the Kid.” admit* he hn noih.su of BIV* early life mcept hearsay and gives hit birth* place at New York and the date Nov 21. lii? Both ha^e been suspect because year* of research has faded to tors opa birth certificate or other supporting evidence.Bill McGaw. newspaperman and western researcher, gives an entirely different account in his copyrighted column. Out of the West.** appearing today in The Herald-Post-A i* nMcGaw. quoting an interview* w;th an old ? me sheriff who knew the Kid and his family intimately, contends Blily the K.d was born at Anderson and iu* accepted name was Henry Milan .The sheriff .1 Haney White* hill, who arrested the Kid for fca f rs: rnme a* Silver City, Grant Count). N. M and the interview fms appeared 121 the Silver C lt;v Enterprise, ed.fioo of Jan 2 Im Wh.teh-.I w** iher.ff o. Grant Count 1 4 during the : meBill) the Kid lived there a* a chid and teen-ager and aivo knew* the Kid * mother, Kathleen hi* brother. Joe. and his stepfather Wi.liam Antr.m :n* Uiwtfl'The ftorv 1 fur Her normh-orated by Mrs Robert K Bed.octogenenan daughter of Sheriff Whttchiil. still ltvrng n Silver City.It has been known for the last two or three yean that Billy the Kid was known as Henry McCarty during his boyhood in Silver C.ty.Robert N. Mu !.n and Ph.. p J Rasch. western author .tics, were the first to blow-up many of Garrett * fables, when thev discovered the Santa he mar-iiage certificate between “William H Aatr.m and Mrs. Catn* erme McCarty.” who were rnarned on March I. 1573. bv Rev. D F McFarland at the First Presbyterian Church Among the Witnesses *enr tie hr de’* von*. * Henry and hr* older brother Joe Mm *r\Garrett ha* *ne K d moi mg .4 *n hv tam-.v frv.r. V** York tn Coffe vnl. Kan* . i 15S2 Mu.ho Rasch and Ramon F Adam*, w.sose book. A F -tmg Death for Billy the Kid. * is now ;n the bookstores, pomt out that there was no such place a* CoffeyviHe. Kan* . at that timeA search of Madison County and Anderson. Ind., records likewise fails to bring to light a birth certificate for “Henry McCarty** in JBS9. according to Earl J. McCarel, deputy health officer. However, all sources there have not been investigated. for :t .* pcss b.c Me- 1 Cart was the K d s mother's . ma den name and 1! is I sled j under Bonnev. or McCarty 1 coAd be a Cathoiic name and it could be n the parish records jH * * jAnother possibility is that the K d was born carhe: than 1S59. as contemporary newspaper stones of the Kid at the time of h s death gave his age a* 24 wh ch would place his j brth in ISM instead of 1SF» jHerbert M Kennedy, a writ- j er for *n^ Anderson Bi!te! n. ; ha* *:ga.f;cd an interest ani | .t .s . keU a search for dcvu- | mentafnn of the Kid * b rth j w ;; cont.nueAt any rate, the best evidence to dale place* the Kid s birth at .Anderson, and h* name as Henry* McCarty, not William H. Bonney from Brooklyni1
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El Paso Herald Post
El Paso, Texas, US
Sat, Nov 05, 1960
Page 2
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