 "Matt Braun has a
genius for taking real characters out of the
Old West and
giving them flesh
and immediacy."
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 Old
West Q & AQ:
Was Butch Cassidy really killed in Bolivia?
A:
By the early 1900's the Wild Bunch was subjected to relentless
pursuit by the law. In 1902, Butch Cassidy and the
Sundance Kid ( Harry Longabaugh) fled the USA and sailed to
South America.
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in 1908, the bandits were trapped by a troop of
Bolivian soldiers. The Sundance Kid was killed,
but historians believe that Cassidy escaped and
returned to the USA. He adapted the alias
William Phillips, establishing a company in Spokane,
Washington, and manufactured business equipment.
The boldest robber of the Old West turned out to be an
engineering wizard. He dies in 1937 at the age
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Matt
Braun writes a twice-a-year
newsletter called WESTERNLORE.
Entertaining and informative, WESTERNLORE
explores topics of interest about the
Old West and presents the truth of a
bygone time.
WESTERNLORE
is available, free of charge, to
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