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Henry McCarty, also called William Bonney, was best known as Billy the Kid. A killer from the age of 12, he was notorious throughout the Wild West for cattle rustling, hold-ups and robberies. He was finally caught by Sheriff Pat Garrett in 1881 and accused of killing 21 men - 1 for each year of his short life.
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