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Did Billy the Kid Serve as an Interpreter for Irish Immigrants?

by | Jun 14, 2019 | Ask the Marshall, Departments

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Did Billy the Kid serve as an interpreter for Irish immigrants? Marcil d’Hirson Garron Newhall, California Being of Irish ancestry on both sides of my family, I don’t get why the Irish would need an interpreter unless it was to have somebody translate Spanish for them. And Billy spoke Spanish. I asked award-winning author Michael Wallis, an expert on the Kid, and he says, “Like you, I never heard of the Kid acting as an ‘interpreter.’ I agree with your theory, but even that is dubi


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