September 23, 1875 - Billy the Kid arrested

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For the first time Billy got caught

On September 23, 1875 the most famous criminal of the wild Wild West - Billy the Kid - got arrested for first time by the police. It happened after stealing a basket of laundry - "funny" isn't it? Later he broke out of jail to earn the reputation as an outlaw and murderer and a rap sheet that allegedly included 21 murders.

Billy was born as William Henry McCarty in Indiana, 1861 and grew up in difficult circumstance, no relationship with his father and moving around with his family, he never really had a home. He reeally to crime after his mother died in 1874.

Source: National Geographic

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