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Skribentens beskrivelse af Billy the KidIn Western frontier history, you might call it 'the Great Escape.' After all, Davy Crockett didn't escape the Alamo, George Custer didn't escape the Little Bighorn, and Nez Perce Chief Joseph didn't escape the U.S. Army. But Billy the Kid did escape the Lincoln County Courthouse! New Mexico Territory's Lincoln County War boosted the Kid into the national spotlight in the late 1870s, but it wasn't until his dramatic escape from the courthouse in April 1881 that he secured his place near the top of the all-time badmen heap. Getting shot down by Pat Garrett at Fort Sumner less |
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