Butch Cassidy’s folk hero image actually exceeded his outlawry. In 1898, a Chicago newspaper referred to him as the “King of the Bandits,” and the “worst man” in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Idaho. The article also claimed he was the leader of a gang of 500 outlaws, “subdivided into five bands.” It’s not certain how many train robberies Butch actually participated in but he wasn’t the notorious train robber of lore. He was recognized at the Tipton robbery, but his name was
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