Ebook: Cold case: Billy the Kid: investigating history's mysteries

The genesis of the outlaw Billy the Kid -- The genesis of the Lincoln County War: the killing of John Henry Tunstall -- The law gets in the way of the truth -- Revenge -- The evolution of an outlaw -- Blood and mud -- The shooting at Blazer's Mill -- The burning of the McSween house -- Counterfeit money -- The Stinking Springs incident -- Sentenced to hang -- Escape -- Lincoln County Courthouse crime scene investigation -- An escape plot -- A liar and a thief -- Reluctant pursuit -- Shooting at Fort Sumner -- Discrepancies -- Politics vs. truth -- Conclusions.;Cold Case: Billy the Kid tackles the myths and legends about the misadventures and eventual killing of the notorious outlaw one by one, considering the evidence surrounding his life, death, and crimes from contemporary sources and looking at the physical evidence still extant today to consider the veracity of historical claims and considering the evidence through the lens of a legal investigation. In this first book, the writers tackle the evolution of an outlaw in myth and lore, claiming that Billy the Kid as a notorious outlaw is a manufactured concept. They offer evidence that the Kid was little more than one of several small time cattle and horse thieves whose rustling netted him only a small amount of intermittent income. He killed no fewer, and probably no more, than four or five men. For the most part he worked on ranches, notably those of John Chisum and John Henry Tunstall. The Kid, as a cattle thief, was known to many in southern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle, along with a number of other troublesome rustlers.