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Billy the Kid

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The Resume

    (November 23, 1859-July 14, 1881)
    Birth name was Henry McCarty
    Cattle Rustler/outlaw

Why he might be annoying:

    Nobody is exactly sure where Henry McCarty was born, possible places include New York City, Indiana, and Missouri.
    He and another youth, George 'Sombrero Jack' Shaffer, stole some clothes from a Chinese laundry, mostly as a prank, and were arrested.
    Some of his first killings include an unknown gunman in Coffeyville, even before he and his family left that town a few years later in 1882. He shot and killed three Apache braves near the Chiracachua Reservation, killed a blacksmith in Fort Bowie, three cardsharps in Mexico, and two more Indians in the Guadalupe Mountains, but most of these were in self defense.
    He stood about five-feet-ten-inches tall, had a receding chin, an overbite that made him appear to have exaggerated buck teeth.
    He had narrow squinting eyes of icy blue that were piercing to look into.
    He killed 6 deputies in Lincoln county in the late 1870s. He did this to get revenge for the murder of John Tunstall who had employed Billy as a ranch-hand.
    Many false stories have been added to the legend of 'Billy The Kid,' some include that he killed 21 men by the age of 21 and another says he fled into Mexico and lived there until he died an old man.
    He was killed in Fort Sumner, New Mexico by Patrick Floyd Garrett, a lawman.
    Billy's tombstone has been stolen many times from his grave site, and is now covered by an iron cage to keep it from being taken once more.
    There is only one known photograph of Billy The Kid (and we got it!).

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was not a cold blooded killer as he is often stereotyped.
    Billy was educated and wrote many letters to the then Governor of New Mexico, Lew Wallace (author of Ben Hur) asking him to keep his promise of a pardon.

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    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 16 Votes: 56.25% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
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    In 2015, Out of 54 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 55 Votes: 67.27% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 104 Votes: 63.46% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 48 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 74 Votes: 62.16% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 202 Votes: 44.06% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 286 Votes: 60.14% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 580 Votes: 66.72% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 667 Votes: 48.43% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2352 Votes: 57.61% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 48 Votes: 45.83% Annoying