Butch Cassidy – Wild West outlaw

Butch Cassidy started small; thieving a pair of jeans was no real hint that he would become one of the most famous of the old west outlaw breed, and celebrated in literature and film to this day.  His gang, known as the “Wild Bunch,” is often romanticized as non-violent, but in reality, they killed a number of people during their spree of bank robberies, which earned him a reputation as one of the most ruthless and successful of western outlaws.

Butch Cassidy stole many thousands of dollars throughout his career as a bank robber; he may have been one of the most successful of all Wild West outlaws.  He is said to have died in a shootout in South America in 1908, but his body has never been found, and some say that he returned to the United States and lived to a ripe old age.  We will never know the truth about this famous outlaw.

http://www.utah.com/oldwest/butch_cassidy.htm

Bonnie and Clyde – they died as they lived

Like Butch Cassidy, Bonnie and Clyde are most famous nowadays thanks to the Hollywood movie of the same name.  The famous outlaws terrorized the central USA during the Great Depression, robbing banks throughout the area and making many thousands of dollars in the process.  Controversy rages about just how big a part the diminutive Bonnie (she was only 4’11” tall) really played in their reign of terror.  What is not in doubt, however, is that these two American outlaws died in a hail of bullets on May 23rd, 1934, immortalized as renegades and famous outlaws both together and in their own right.

http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/outlaws/bonnie/1.html