Henry McCarty

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - PBS's BILLY THE KID: THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE Premieres Tonight

On April 28, 1881, 21-year-old Henry McCarty, a.k.a. Billy the Kid, just days from being hanged for murder, outfoxed his jailors and electrified the nation with the latest in a long line of miraculous escapes. An outlaw with a deadly reputation, the young man was finally gunned down by the ambitious sheriff Pat Garrett just a few weeks later.