billy the kid has h from orphan to petty thief. now on the run in need of transportation, billy takes another step in his evolution as a criminal. billy s got no basis of support, no direction whatsoever. so he does what a desperate person does in petty crime. so he resorted to horse thieving. in the west, men count on their mounts for their very survival. the penalty is the same as it is for murder. both can get you lynched without a trial.
in the old west, when people were armed sometimes fights result in gunfire. but this is where billy the kid goes genuinely on the run. hi cahill, being convinced i m about to die do make the following my final statement. damn kid shot me. a coroner s jury is convened and a warrant for murder is issued. at just 17, the orphan boy is now a wanted killer. billy flees to the familiar surroundings of fort sumner, new mexico. here he has many friends and feels at home in the hispanic community. billy looks for a new family
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murphy, the new deputies the sheriff who organized the murder of tunstal. then all hell breaks loose. it turns into an insurrection. no one can get control of this. you ve got justices who are deputizing men right and left. it s legal murder. billy and the regulators are ambushed at the home of alexander mcsweeney. tunstal s lawyer and business partner. pinned down for four days, the standoff ups the death count to nearly two dozen. the kid and a few others who were holed up in the house managed to escape. from that point on, the kid was on the run.
weeks after billy the kid gets a start as a cattle guard is murdered before his eyes by the rival dolan murphy cartel. i ll get every son of a bitch who helped kill john if it s the last thing i do. billy wasn t the only one who was determined to avenge tunstal s murder. a former of his former employees form their own gang and call themselves the regulators. while billy is a regulator, deputized by a justice of the peace, he s still a kid in this fight. the rest of the regulators and all of the boys are seasoned outlaws. billy is simply a loyal follower who s willing to put his life on the line to avenge the murder of the only man who gave him a break in life. unable to get near dolan and