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I’ve read that Billy the Kid had a brother. What happened to him?

by | Aug 21, 2004 | Inside History

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I've read that Billy the Kid had a brother. What happened to him? Dennis Bagwell Anaheim, California Billy had a brother, or perhaps a half brother, named Joseph. He left Arizona about 1880 and was in Trinidad, Colorado, making his living as a professional gambler. Some newspaper gossip claimed he planned to shoot Pat Garrett for killing his half brother, but Joe denied it, saying he and Garrett had discussed the killing and parted amicably. Joe wound up in Denver, where he plied his trade as a


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