Captain Long Story, US Cavalry Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Did Butch Cassidy, the notorious Old West outlaw who most historians believe perished in a 1908 shootout in Bolivia, actually survive that battle and live to old age, peacefully and anonymously, in Washington state? And did he pen an autobiography detailing his exploits while cleverly casting the book as biography under another name? Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/15/old-text-new-wrinkles-did-butch-cassidy-survive/#ixzz1V7GDkwv9 Most scholars believe that the train and bank robber died in a shoot-out in Bolivia in 1908. His death was depicted by Hollywood in the classic 1969 Western film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. But according to the latest argument Cassidy escaped and returned to America, moving to Spokane in Washington state where he worked as a machinist called William T Phillips and died in 1937. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8702727/Butch-Cassidy-may-have-survived-to-old-age-and-been-his-own-biographer.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Hand Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Already posted a couple of hours ago. http://sassnet.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=174311&pid=2247938&st=0entry2247938 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Long Story, US Cavalry Posted August 15, 2011 Author Share Posted August 15, 2011 Funny, when I did a search on 'Cassidy' nothing came up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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