On September 23, 1875, Billy the Kid was arrested for the first
time after being involved in the stealing of a basket of clothes
from a Chinese laundry. It was a result of a 15-year-old’s prank,
gone wrong.

He later broke out of jail and roamed the American West,
eventually earning a reputation as an outlaw and murderer
with a rap sheet that allegedly included 21 murders.

The exact details of Billy the Kid’s birth are unknown, other
than his name, William Henry McCarty. He was probably born
sometime between 1859 and 1861, in Indiana or New York.

 

An old photo purchased from a California antique shop shows the
infamous outlaw Billy the Kid, apparently taking part in a game of
croquet. The image could be worth up to $5 million. It took more
than a year of careful inspection to confirm the authenticity of
the photo.

MIKE GRACIA

Richard Benjamin Speck
(December 6, 1941 – December 5, 1991)

SANDY KOZEL

Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004)

On October 6, 1866, the brothers John and Simeon Reno staged the
first train robbery in American history, making off with $13,000 from
an Ohio and Mississippi railroad train in Jackson County, Indiana.

Of course, trains had been robbed before the Reno brothers’ holdup 
but, these previous crimes had all been burglaries of stationary
trains sitting in depots or freight yards.

On September 23, 1875, Billy the Kid was arrested for the first time
after stealing a basket of laundry. He later broke out of jail and
roamed the American West, eventually earning a reputation as
an outlaw and murderer and a rap sheet that allegedly included
21 murders.