Billy the Kid The Story - The Trial

During the late 1870s, the Lincoln County War raged in the southeastern part of the New Mexico Territory. The most notorious character in this saga was a young man called "Billy the Kid." Much has been written about his short, turbulent life & the part he played in this war. These stories have grown over time, obscuring factual information & resulting in a legend based on widely conflicting versions of his life & times. Born in New York City in 1859 as Henry McCarty, he was later to become known as "Billy the Kid." The historical debate has always centered around whether or not Billy the Kid was an unrepentant bandit or an impressionable teenager caught between powerful factions in a war in which he was destined to become the scapegoat. IN ADDITION TO THE STORY OF THE KID'S EXPLOITS IN THE LINCOLN COUNTY WAR...Contained in this book are copies of the original court documents which record the events which transpired during the Lincoln County War. The author discovered these documents in 1969 stored in a small, dusty cardboard box at the Dona Ana County Court Clerk's office in Las Cruces, New Mexico, where they had been misplaced since the 1881 trial.Russell, Randy is the author of 'Billy the Kid The Story - The Trial' with ISBN 9780964447639 and ISBN 0964447630.