Sundance Kid

Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (1867 – November 7, 1908), better known as the Sundance Kid, was an outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch in the American Old West. He likely met Butch Cassidy (real name Robert Leroy Parker) during a hunting trip in 1883 or earlier. The "Wild Bunch" gang performed the longest string of successful train and bank robberies in American history. Longabaugh fled the United States along with his consort Etta Place and Butch Cassidy to escape the dogged pursuit of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The trio fled first to Argentina and then to Bolivia, where most historians believe Parker (Cassidy) and Longabaugh were killed in a shootout in November 1908. However, after digging up their remains and performing DNA testing, the remains were not a match to Butch and Sundance and there are some, including Butch's relatives and descendants, that believe Butch survived the shootout in 1908 and lived under the alias William T. Phillips, a successful business man in Spokane, Washington until his death in 1937.

Sundance Kid
The Sundance Kid and Etta Place before they left for South America (c.1901)
Born
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh

1867 (1867)
DisappearedFebruary 20, 1901 (aged 33–34) Alt: 1937
Buenos Aires, Argentina
DiedNovember 7, 1908(1908-11-07) (aged 40–41)
Cause of deathGunshot
Resting placeSan Vicente Cemetery
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Thief, bank robber, train robber, criminal gang leader
AllegianceButch Cassidy's Wild Bunch
Criminal chargeTheft (1887)
Penalty18 months in jail
Wanted by
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Partner(s)Ben Kilpatrick
Robert Leroy Parker
Will Carver
Harvey Logan
Wanted since≈1892
Time at large
1892–1908
Details
Span of crimes
1887–1908
CountryUnited States
State(s)Wyoming, Montana
PartnerEtta Place (1899–1906)
Parents
  • Josiah Longabaugh (father)
  • Annie G. Place Longabaugh (mother)
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