Butch Cassidy
Robert LeRoy Parker (alias Butch Cassidy) poses in the Wild Bunch group photo, Fort Worth, Texas, 1901
Born	13 April 1866 Beaver, Utah
Died	c. Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventeenth-largest city in the United States. Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common November 1908 outside San Vicente, Bolivia (assumed)
Status	Shot by Bolivian police
Occupation	Criminal
Parents	Maximillian Parker and Ann Campbell Gillies

Butch Cassidy (13 April 1866 - c. Events in November All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day a Christian holy day is celebrated on November 1, the day after Halloween Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. In the sociological field, crime is the breach of a rule or Law for which some governing authority or force may ultimately prescribe a Punishment Events 1111 - Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. 1204 - The Fourth Crusade sacks Constantinople Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common November 1908), born Robert LeRoy Parker,^[1] was a notorious train, bank robber and leader of the Hole in the Wall Gang. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Train robbery is a type of Robbery, in which the goal is to steal Money or other valuables being carried aboard Trains They were more common in the past Bank robbery is the Crime of robbing a Bank. It is also called a bank heist, especially in the United States. Hole-in-the-Wall Gang, was the name given to a gang in the American Wild West, which took its name from the Hole-in-the-Wall Pass in

Contents 1 Early life 2 Life as a criminal 2.1 1880—1887 — first incidents, becoming a robber 2.2 1889—1894 — early robberies, going to prison 2.3 1896—1897 — Leaving prison and forming the wild bunch. 2.4 Failed attempt at amnesty 3 1901 — media exposure, travel to South America 4 1905 And his last years—his biggest robbery, evading the law 5 Death 6 Aliases 7 Alleged friends 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

Early life

Parker was born in Beaver, Utah in Beaver County, to Maximillian Parker and Ann Campbell Gillies, English and Scottish Mormon immigrants, respectively, who came to the Utah Territory in the late 1850s. Beaver County is a County located in the US state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 6005 a 26% increase over the 1990 figure of 4765 England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. TalkMormon#Latter Day Saint vs Latter-day Saint --> Mormon ^[2] His parents had been residents of Victoria Road, Preston, Lancashire. Preston ( ˈprɛstən is a city and local government district in Lancashire, England, located on the River Ribble. He was the first of 13 children born to the Parkers. He grew up on his parents' ranch near Circleville, Utah, 215 miles (346 km) south of Salt Lake City, Utah. Circleville is a town in Piute County, Utah, United States. The population was 505 at the 2000 census. Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U

Parker left home during his early teens, and while working at a dairy farm, he fell in with Mike Cassidy, a horse thief and cattle rustler. ^[1] He subsequently worked at several ranches in addition to a brief stint as a butcher in Rock Springs, Wyoming, when he acquired the nickname "Butch", to which he soon appended the surname Cassidy^[1] in honor of his old friend and mentor. Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States.

Life as a criminal

1880—1887 — first incidents, becoming a robber

Parker's first brush with the law was a petty affair. Around 1880, he made a long journey to a clothier's shop in another town only to find the shop closed. He entered the shop and removed a pair of jeans, leaving an IOU that he would pay for it upon his next visit. However, the clothier took down the details which Parker had included in the IOU and reported him. After a stubborn resistance to the resultant charges in court, he was acquitted.

He continued to do ranch work until 1884 when he briefly moved to Telluride, Colorado, ostensibly to find work but possibly to deliver stolen horses to buyers there. The Town of Telluride is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous town of San Miguel County in the southwestern He then returned to ranch work, in Wyoming and in Montana, before returning again to Telluride in 1887, where he then met Matthew Warner, the owner of a race horse. The State of Wyoming ( is a sparsely populated state in the western region of the United States. Montana ( is a state in the Western United States. One-third of the state in the western part contains numerous mountain ranges (approximately 77 named of the northern Together the two raced the horse at various events, dividing the profits between them. Through this line of enterprise he soon met, again in Telluride, William and Thomas McCarty, who may have been instrumental in introducing Parker to the ideas and strategies of train and bank robbery.

Parker, Warner and Thomas McCarty may have been responsible for the robbery, on November 3, 1887, of a train near Grand Junction, Colorado, where the train's safe-master had assured them that nobody aboard had the safe's combination, and so, gathering together what other spoils they could, they had made off with a modest $150. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The City of Grand Junction is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and the most populous city of Mesa County, Colorado,

1889—1894 — early robberies, going to prison

The same trio, together with an unknown fourth man, was responsible for the robbery on June 24, 1889, of the San Miguel Valley Bank in Telluride in which they stole approximately $21,000, after which they fled to the Robbers Roost, a remote hideout in southeastern Utah. Laramie is a city in and the County seat of Albany County in the U Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Robbers Roost was an Outlaw hideout in southeastern Utah used mostly by Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch gang in the closing years of the

In 1890, Parker purchased a ranch near Dubois, Wyoming. Dubois (pronounced doo-boys is a town in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. This location is close to the notorious Hole-in-the-Wall, a natural geological formation which afforded outlaws much welcomed protection and cover, and so the suspicion has always existed that Parker's ranching, at which he was never economically successful, was in fact a façade which operated to conceal more clandestine activities, perhaps in conjunction with Hole-in-the-Wall outlaws. Hole-in-the-Wall is a remote hideout located in the Big Horn Mountains of Johnson County in northern Wyoming. ^[3]

In early 1894, Parker became involved romantically with female Old West outlaw and rancher Ann Bassett. Ann Bassett ( May 12, 1878 - May 8, 1956) also known as Queen Ann Bassett, was a prominent female Rancher of the Bassett's father, rancher Herb Bassett, did business with Parker, supplying him with fresh horses and beef. That same year, Parker was arrested at Lander, Wyoming, for stealing horses and possibly for running a protection racket among the local ranchers there. Lander is a city in and the County seat of Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. Imprisoned in the state prison in Laramie, Wyoming, he served 18 months of a two-year sentence and was released in January 1896, having promised Governor William Alford Richards that he would not again offend in that state in return for a partial remission of his sentence. Laramie is a city in and the County seat of Albany County in the U William Alford Richards ( March 9, 1849 July 25, 1912) was an American surveyor, Rancher and Politician Upon his release, he became involved briefly with Ann Bassett's older sister, Josie, then returned to his involvement with Ann. Josie Bassett ( January 17, 1874 – 1964 was a female rancher

1896—1897 — Leaving prison and forming the wild bunch.

Upon his release he associated himself with a circle of criminals, most notably his closest friend Elzy Lay, Harvey "Kid Curry" Logan, Ben Kilpatrick, Harry Tracy, Will "News" Carver, Laura Bullion, and George Curry, who, together with others, formed a gang known as the Wild Bunch, and with this his criminal activity increased considerably. Elzy Lay ( November 25, 1868 - November 10, 1934) was an Outlaw of the Old West best known as being a member of Butch Harvey Logan, (1867 - June 17, 1904) also known as Kid Curry, was a notorious Outlaw and gunman who ran with Butch Cassidy Ben Kilpatrick (1877-March 12th 1912 was an Outlaw during the closing days of the American Old West. Harry Tracy (1875-1902 was an Outlaw in the closing days of the Old West. Will Carver ( 12 September, 1868 - April 1, 1901) was an Outlaw during the closing years of the Old West, and a member of Laura Bullion ( 1876 - December 2, 1961) was a female Outlaw of the Old West. George Sutherland Curry ( 1864 - April 17, 1900) was a robber of the Wild West. Despite the Wild Bunch often being portrayed as mostly non-violent, in reality the gang was responsible for numerous killings during their robbery activities.

On August 13, 1896 Parker, Lay, Kid Curry and an unknown fourth man robbed the bank at Montpelier, Idaho, escaping with approximately $7,000. Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Montpelier is a city in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States. Shortly thereafter he recruited Harry Longabaugh, alias "The Sundance Kid", a native of Pennsylvania, into the Wild Bunch. Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (1867 - c November 1908? sometimes spelled Longbaugh, born in Mont Clare Pennsylvania, also known as The Sundance Kid, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern

In early 1897, Parker was joined at "Robbers Roost" by his off and on girlfriend Ann Bassett, Elzy Lay, and Lay's girlfriend Maude Davis. The four hid out there until early April, when Lay and Parker sent the women home so that they could plan their next robbery. On April 21, 1897, in the mining town of Castle Gate, Utah, Parker and Lay ambushed a small group of men carrying the payroll of the Pleasant Valley Coal Company from the railroad station to their office, stealing a sack containing $7,000 in gold, with which they again fled to the Robber’s Roost. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Castle Gate is a Ghost town located in Carbon County in eastern Utah, USA

On June 2, 1899, the gang robbed a Union Pacific overland flyer near Wilcox, Wyoming, a robbery that became famous and which resulted in a massive man hunt. Events 455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Many notable lawmen of the day took part in the hunt for the robbers, but they were not found.

During one shootout with lawmen following that robbery, both Kid Curry and George Curry shot and killed Sheriff Joe Hazen. Noted killer for hire and contract employee of the Pinkerton Agency, Tom Horn, obtained information from explosives expert Bill Speck that revealed that they had shot Hazen, which Horn passed on to Pinkerton detective Charlie Siringo. "We Never Sleep" the famous motto of the Pinkerton Agency redirects here Tom Horn ( November 21, 1860 &ndash November 20, 1903) was an American Old West lawman scout, Soldier Charles Angelo Siringo (February 7 1855 — October 18 1928 was an American Author, lawman and famous detective and agent for the Pinkerton National Detective The gang escaped into the Hole-In-The-Wall. Siringo was assigned the task of capturing the outlaw gang. He became friends with Elfie Landusky, who was by then going by the last name Curry alleging that Lonny Curry, Kid Curry's brother, had gotten her pregnant. Through her, Siringo intended to locate the gang.

On July 11, 1899, Lay and others were involved in a train robbery near Folsom, New Mexico, which Parker may have planned and may have been directly involved in, which led to a shootout with local law enforcers in which Lay, arguably Parker’s best friend and closest confidante, killed Sheriff Edward Farr and posseman Henry Love, leading to his imprisonment for life in the New Mexico State Penitentiary. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Folsom is a village in Union County, New Mexico, United States. Posse comitatus refers to the Common law authority wielded by the County Sheriff to conscript any able-bodied male eighteen or older to assist

The Wild Bunch would usually split up following a robbery, heading in different directions, and later reunite at a set location, such as the Hole-in-the-Wall hideout, "Robbers Roost", or Madame Fannie Porter's brothel, in San Antonio, Texas. Fannie Porter ( February 12, 1873 - c1940 was a well known Madame of the 19th century For the 2008 film of this name see The Brothel. For the television series of this name see Cathouse The Series.

Failed attempt at amnesty

Perhaps as a consequence of the loss of Lay, Parker appears to have approached Governor Heber Wells of Utah, which had joined the Union in 1896, to negotiate an amnesty, but Wells appears to have recoiled from this, advising Parker to instead approach the Union Pacific Railroad to persuade them to drop their criminal complaints against him. Heber Manning Wells ( August 11, 1859 – March 12, 1938) was an American politician and the first Governor of the State of Utah The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Possibly because of bad weather, however, this meeting never took place. The Union Pacific Railroad, under chairman E. H. Harriman, did subsequently attempt to meet with Parker, through Parker's old ally Matthew Warner, who had been released from prison. Edward Henry Harriman ( February 20 1848 &ndash September 9 1909) better known as E On August 29, 1900, however, Parker, Longabaugh and others robbed a Union Pacific train near Tipton, Wyoming, violating Parker's earlier promise to the governor of Wyoming not to offend again in that state, and effectively ending the prospects for amnesty. Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar

Meanwhile, on February 28, 1900, lawmen attempted to arrest Kid Curry's brother, Lonny Curry, at his aunt's home. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Lonny was killed in the shootout that followed, and his cousin Bob Lee was arrested for rustling and sent to prison in Wyoming. A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of On March 28, Kid Curry and Bill Carver were pursued by a posse out of St. Johns, Arizona, after being identified as passing notes possibly from the Wilcox, Wyoming, robbery. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. St Johns ( Navajo: Tsézhin Deezʼáhí) is a city in and the County seat of Apache County, Arizona, United States. The posse caught up with them and engaged them in a shootout, during which Deputy Andrew Gibbons and Deputy Frank LeSueur were killed. Carver and Curry escaped. On April 17, George Curry was killed in a shootout with Grand County, Utah, Sheriff John Tyler and Deputy Sam Jenkins. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Grand County is a County located in the US state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 8485 and by 2005 had been estimated at 8743 On May 26, Kid Curry rode into Moab, Utah, and killed both Tyler and Jenkins in a brazen shootout, in retaliation for their killing of George Curry, and for the death of his brother Lonny. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place For other instances of Moab, see Moab (disambiguation. Moab is a city in Grand County, in eastern Utah, in

Parker, Longabaugh ,and Bill Carver traveled to Winnemucca, Nevada, where on September 19, 1900, they robbed the First National Bank of $32,640. Winnemucca (Win-ah-muc-ah is the County seat of Humboldt County in the U Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar In December, Parker posed in Fort Worth, Texas for the now-famous Fort Worth Five Photograph,^[4] which depicts Parker, Longabaugh, Harvey Logan (alias Kid Curry), Ben Kilpatrick and William Carver. Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventeenth-largest city in the United States. The Pinkerton Detective Agency obtained a copy of the photograph and began to use it for its latest wanted posters. "We Never Sleep" the famous motto of the Pinkerton Agency redirects here

Kid Curry rejoined the gang, and together with Parker and Longabaugh they robbed another Union Pacific train near Wagner, Montana. This time, they took over $60,000 in cash. Again the gang split up, and gang member Will Carver was killed by one pursuing posse led by Sheriff Elijah Briant. On December 12, 1901, gang member Ben Kilpatrick was captured in Knoxville, Tennessee, along with Laura Bullion. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting On December 13, during a shootout with lawmen, Kid Curry killed Knoxville policemen Willian Dinwiddle and Robert Saylor, and escaped. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Curry, despite being pursued by Pinkerton agents and other law enforcement officials, returned to Montana, where he shot and killed rancher James Winters, responsible for the killing of his brother Johnny years before. ^[5]

1901 — media exposure, travel to South America

As Rural Bandits Parker and Longabaugh then fled east to New York City, and on February 20, 1901, together with Ethel "Etta" Place, Longabaugh’s female companion, they departed to Buenos Aires, Argentina, aboard the British steamer Herminius, Parker posing as James Ryan, Place’s fictional brother. The City of New York Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Etta Place (c1878 — ? was a companion of the American Outlaws Butch Cassidy (real name Robert LeRoy Parker and the Sundance Kid (Harry Alonzo Longabaugh Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. There he settled with Longabaugh and Place in a four-room log cabin on a 15,000-acre (61 km²) ranch that they purchased on the east bank of the Rio Blanco near Cholila, Chubut province in west-central Argentina, near the Andes. The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U Chubut ( Spanish: Provincia del Chubut Welsh: Talaith Chubut a Province in the southern part of Argentina, that lies between the The Andes form the world's longest exposed Mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America.

1905 And his last years—his biggest robbery, evading the law

On February 14, 1905, two English-speaking bandits, who may have been Parker and Longabaugh, held up the Banco de Tarapacá y Argentino in Río Gallegos, 700 miles (1,130 km) south of Cholila, near the Strait of Magellan. Events 842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Río Gallegos is the capital of the Patagonic province of Santa Cruz, Argentina. The Straits of Magellan (rarely referred to as the Magellanic Straits) comprise a navigable sea route immediately south of mainland Chile and north of Isla Grande Escaping with a sum that would be worth at least US $100,000 today, the pair vanished north across the bleak Patagonian steppes.

On May 1, the trio sold the Cholila ranch because the law was beginning to catch up with them. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. The Pinkerton Agency had known their location for some time, but the rainy season had prevented their assigned agent, Frank Dimaio, from traveling there and making an arrest. Governor Julio Lezana had then issued an arrest warrant, but before it could be executed Sheriff Edward Humphreys, a Welsh Argentine who was friendly with Parker and enamored of Etta Place, tipped them off.

The trio fled north to San Carlos de Bariloche where they embarked on the steamer Condor across Lake Nahuel Huapi and into Chile. San Carlos de Bariloche is a city in the, situated on the foothills of the Andes, surrounded by lakes ( Nahuel Huapi, Gutiérrez Lake, Moreno Nahuel Huapi Lake ( Lago Nahuel Huapi) is a Lake of the lake region of northern Patagonia between the provinces of Río Negro and Neuquén Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the However by the end of that year they were again back in Argentina; on December 19, Parker, Longabaugh, Place and an unknown male took part in the robbery of the Banco de la Nacion in Villa Mercedes, 400 miles (650 km) west of Buenos Aires, taking 12,000 pesos. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Pursued by armed lawmen, they crossed the Pampas and the Andes and again reached the safety of Chile. Laguna de Gomezjpg|thumb|left|240px|Lake Gomez near Junín in the heart of the Pampas grain belt The Andes form the world's longest exposed Mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America.

On June 30, 1906, Etta Place decided that she had had enough of life on the run and was escorted back to San Francisco by Longabaugh. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Parker, under the alias James "Santiago" Maxwell, obtained work at the Concordia Tin Mine in the Santa Vela Cruz range of the central Bolivian Andes, where he was joined by Longabaugh upon his return. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Their main duties included guarding the company payroll. Still wanting to settle down as a respectable rancher, Parker, late in 1907, made an excursion with Longabaugh to Santa Cruz, a frontier town in Bolivia's eastern savannah, and from here Parker wrote to friends at Concordia, saying that he had found "just the place I’ve been looking for 20 years". Santa Cruz de La Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the capital city of the Santa Cruz department in eastern Bolivia.

At 41, he seemed to be burdened with regret. In the same document he laments, "Oh God, if I could call back 20 years . . . I would be happy. " He marveled at the affordability of good land with plenty of water and grazing, and made a prediction: "If I don't fall down I will be living here before long. "

Death

The facts surrounding Parker’s death are uncertain. On November 3, 1908, near San Vicente in southern Bolivia, a courier for the Aramayo Franke y Cia Silver Mine was conveying his company’s payroll by mule when he was attacked and robbed by two American bandits. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. The bandits then proceeded to San Vicente where they lodged. Three nights later, on November 6, their lodging house was surrounded by a small group comprising the local mayor and some of his officials, and two soldiers. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with A gunfight then ensued. During a lull in the firing, a single shot was heard from inside the house, followed by a man screaming, and then another single shot. The locals kept the place surrounded until the next morning when, cautiously entering, they found two dead bodies, both with numerous wounds to the arms and legs, one with a bullet hole in the forehead and the other with a hole in the temple. Both bodies were removed to the local San Vicente cemetery where they were buried close to the grave of a German miner named Gustav Zimmer. Although attempts have been made to find their unmarked grave, notably by the American forensic anthropologist Clyde Snow and his researchers in 1991, no remains with DNA matching the living relatives of Parker and Longabaugh have yet been discovered. Forensic anthropology is the application of the science of Physical anthropology and human Osteology (the study of the Human skeleton) in a legal setting Clyde Snow (b January 7, 1928 in Fort Worth Texas) is a well known U Deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) is a Nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known

However, there were claims, such as by Parker’s sister Lula Parker Betenson, that he returned alive to the United States and lived in anonymity for years. In her biography Butch Cassidy, My Brother, Betenson cites several instances of people familiar with Parker who encountered him long after 1908, and she relates a detailed impromptu "family reunion" of Parker, their brother Mark, their father, and Lula, in 1925.

In 1974 or 1975, Red Fenwick, a diligent, reliable senior citizen columnist at The Denver Post, told writer Ivan Goldman, then a reporter at the Post, that he was acquainted with Parker's physician, a woman. The Denver Post is a daily Newspaper and online website published in Denver Colorado. Fenwick said she was a person of absolute integrity. She told Fenwick that she had continued to treat Parker for many years after he supposedly was killed in Bolivia. There is no mystery as to why Parker's father might deny he had been visited by his fugitive son after 1908.

There is anecdotal and circumstantial evidence that Longabaugh also returned to the United States and died in 1937. ^[6]

In his Annals of the Former World, John McPhee repeats a story told to geologist David Love (1913-2002) in the 1930s by Love's family doctor, Francis Smith, M. Annals of the Former World is a book on geology written by John McPhee and published in 1998 by Farrar Straus and Giroux, won the 1999 John Angus McPhee (born March 8, 1931) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning writer widely considered one of the pioneers of narrative nonfiction D. , when Love was a doctoral student. Smith stated that he had just seen Parker, that Parker told Smith that his face had been altered by a surgeon in Paris, and that he showed Smith a repaired bullet wound that Smith recognized as work he had previously done on Parker. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city ^[7]

Western historian Charles Kelly closed the chapter "Is Butch Cassidy Dead?" in his 1938 book, Outlaw Trail, by observing that if Parker "is still alive, as these rumors claim, it seems exceedingly strange that he has not returned to Circleville, Utah, to visit his old father, Maximillian Parker, who died on July 28, 1938, at the age of 94 years. Several individuals may use the name Charles Kelly: Charles Kelly (historian, American historian and superintendent of Capitol Reef National Park " Kelly is thought to have interviewed Parker's father, but no known transcript of such an interview exists.

All correspondence from both Parker and Longabaugh ceased after the San Vicente incident.

Aliases

• Butch Cassidy
• George Parker^[8]
• George Cassidy^[1]
• Lowe Maxwell^[1]
• James "Santiago" Maxwell^[9]
• James Ryan^[9]

Alleged friends

• William T. Phillips claimed to have known Butch Cassidy since childhood. William T Phillips (1863 &ndash 1937 was a Spokane Washington author best remembered for The Bandit Invincible, a biography of the outlaw Butch Cassidy ^[10] Some have speculated that Phillips was Butch Cassidy, but no evidence supports the claims.

See also

• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch
• Sundance Kid

References

External links

• Did Butch Cassidy return?
• History of Butch Cassidy, LeRoy Parker
• Was Henry Long Harry Longabaugh?
• Robert LeRoy Parker on ButchandSundance.com
• http://www.butchandsundance.com/players/logan2.htm
• Wanted Notice for Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and Camilla Hanks, hosted by the Portal to Texas History
• Butch Cassidy's Surrender Offer article by Richard Patterson

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