No one doubts that the phrase he said and perpetrated hundreds of years ago that “crime does not pay” is something that, while extremely real, still affects many people who prefer to follow the anti-law path to take advantage of those who do. No. And, even in this sad scenario, photography has its story on record, proving that, unfortunately, some criminals also end up becoming a kind of celebrity. through auctions of images valued at millions and millions of dollars.
More than two centuries ago, a small child, with a typical expression attributed to the so-called?Rednecks? Americans would eventually join this unl honorable Outlaw Hall with a repeated name around the world: Henry McCarthy, William Henry Bonney or, as he became best known, Billy The Kid.
- According to the information historians have been able to gather in recent years.
- Not even Billy’s date of birth can be accurately specified.
- Most likely and accepted is that the shooter was born in New York in 1860.
- Having his family wave very strong.
- Of the violence that affected the Big Apple moved to the New Mexico area.
- Specifically the municipality of Silver.
- City.
With this and the death of his mother around 1874, the young man was absolutely alone in the world Is that where the story is?Billy The Kid and his mostly cattle thefts with the fundamental interest of selling to raise funds, even his first resume kills are supposed to have occurred shortly after the cattle were attacked, killing four people.
Following the recurring practice of crimes such as robberies and homicides, the fate of the bandit has become what almost everyone finds in this kind of life and in a very premature way: death. Or, at least, that’s what the official version of The Story tells us that Pat Garrett, the local sheriff at the time, tells us, first the arrest and, after escaping Billy The Kid, his execution.
Whether this or even the part that guarantees the fact that Pat Garrett actually concealed the death of an innocent person by blaming the murder of Billy The Kid, the criminal died decades later under another name in the city of Hico, Texas, the truth is that in 2011 this controversy was revived, this time in the world of photography.
This is because, according to the story, there is only one photographic recording of Billy The Kid in which he paid 25 cents (just over R$0. 80). At an auction where the original version of this image was sold, the finish surpassed the trifle. two million dollars.