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Billy the Kid delinquent legend from Lincoln County War
AP report recalls Billy the Kid, William S. Bonney, as a famous juvenile delinquent whose legend outlives debates over his crimes. The Lincoln County War pitted rival frontier factions. after betrayals, killings, and a courthouse jail ambush, Billy was slain by Sheriff Pat Garrett on July 14, 1881.
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Lincoln
N. MM
West
William S. Boney
Billy the
Billy
Brooklyn
New Mexico
Lincoln County
Hollywood
Frontier Rangers
John Tunstall
Tunstall
Territorial
Lew
Wallace
Gov
Pat Garrett