Fotografía: estudio de John Schwartz. 1900 / Wikimedia Commons.
La fotografía muestra a los cinco miembros del "Wild Bunch" (también conocido como los "Fort Worth Five").
Primera fila de izquierda a derecha: Harry A. Longabaugh, alias Sundance Kid, Ben Kilpatrick, alias the Tall Texan, Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy; De pie: Will Carver y Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry; Fort Worth, Texas, 1900.
Todos ellos formaron parte de la famosa banda de forajidos dedicados al robo y asalto de trenes, diligencias, tiendas y bancos en los tiempos del viejo Oeste en los Estados Unidos.
Esta fotografía es la única que se conserva de la banda de Butch Cassidy. La Agencia Nacional de Detectives Pinkerton, encargada de su búsqueda, la utilizó para imprimir los carteles de "Se busca" que se distribuyeron por todo el país.
La historia oficial señala que ya disuelta la banda, Butch Cassidy y Sundance Kid se retiraron a la Patagonia en Argentina donde llevaron una vida tranquila durante unos años. Tras volver a cometer atracos por falta de dinero, se establecieron en Bolivia, donde finalmente resultaron muertos en un enfrentamiento con el ejercito bolivariano en San Vicente, el 6 de noviembre de 1908 en circunstancias aún objeto de discusión.
La leyenda dice que, según una hermana de Cassidy, Butch pudo regresar a los EE.UU., donde vivió sin ser reconocido hasta su muerte natural en 1937.
This photo shows the five members of the "Wild Bunch" (also known as the "Fort Worth Five").
Front row, left to right: Harry A. Longabaugh, a.k.a. the Sundance Kid, Ben Kilpatrick, a.k.a. the Tall Texan, Robert Leroy Parker, a.k.a. Butch Cassidy; standing: Will Carver and Harvey Logan, a.k.a. Kid Curry; Fort Worth, Texas, 1900.
They were all part of the famous gang of outlaws who robbed trains, stagecoaches, stores and banks during the days of the Old West in the United States.
This is the only surviving photograph of Butch Cassidy's gang. The Pinkerton National Detective Agency, which was in charge of their search, used it to print the "Wanted" posters that were distributed throughout the country.
The official story is that after the gang was broken up, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid retired to Patagonia, Argentina, where they lived a quiet life for a few years. After returning to robbery for lack of money, they settled in Bolivia, where they were eventually killed in a confrontation with the Bolivarian army in San Vicente on November 6, 1908, under circumstances that are still being debated.
Legend has it that, according to Cassidy's sister, Butch was able to return to the U.S., where he lived unrecognized until his natural death in 1937.
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