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Butch Cassidy Research Paper

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Butch Cassidy was a well-known American outlaw participating in many robberies with his gang, the Wild Bunch. His real name actually was not Butch Cassidy; he was born under the name Robert Leroy Parker on April 13, 1866. He moved away from his home and soon would meet a rancher by the name of Mike Cassidy which was also an alias for another name. He formed a close bond with the man. Robert Parker worked as a butcher at the time which is where he got his nickname Butch. He would come to change his alias to Butch Cassidy in honor of his friend and his nickname. Butch cassidy started off in the McCarthy gang participating in horse and cattle theft, bank robberies, until getting arrested. He served only a little more than half of a 2 year sentence …show more content…

The Wild Bunch gang´s name was stolen from Doolin-Dalton. His gang would become mostly very well-known in the northern parts of Wyoming, where they committed crimes such as, railroad robberies, bank robberies, theft of cattle and horses. The biggest difference between the two gangs was Doolin-Dalton would kill lawmen. It is believed and has even been said by Butch that he’s never actually killed anyone. He tried using the point while speaking to a lawyer when he was about to go to trial again, but the lawyer simply told him it wouldn't matter. Butch Cassidy along with his best friend, Harry Longabaugh during what´s believed their final years travel down to South America where they continued their lifestyle of crime. He did this because of all the bounties looming over his head and with sheriffs and detectives still pursuing him, This went on until it is believed they were shot and killed in Bolivia by soldiers in 1908. It’s even thought that during the shootout, Butch shot Sundance Kid between the eyes then turned the gun on himself after both had been wounded. However, some don’t think that is the truth; there is a theory surrounding that instead of dying in South America they moved back to the United States and continued their lives under multiple aliases. In fact, they were never actually positively identified as it was only

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