Lily Casey was 14 when she met Billy the Kid in New Mexico. She was impressed: “The Kid was active and graceful as a cat. At Seven Rivers he practiced continually with pistol or rifle, riding at a run and dodging behind the side of his mount to fire, as the Apaches did. He was very proud of his ability to pick up a handkerchief or other object from the ground while riding at a run.”
Her older brother Robert was a bit harsher: “He was nothing but a kid and a bum when I knowed him
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