Tycho
10-15-2003, 02:42 PM
OK, these have to be some of my top 20 favorite movies of all time.
I love the music on YGII (Allan Silvestri I believe).
If I could have chosen to live in other times, or had to pick the Old Wild West, I would have ridden with Billy the Kid's gang!
Man, the glory and gun battles!
In recent news (true story) the current Lincoln County Sheriff and Lincoln Town Marshall, want the body of Mrs. Anrtim, Billy's mother, exhumed, so they can do DNA testing to see if Bushy Bill Roberts who died in the 1950's, was in fact Billy the Kid.
Now Billy was supposedly:
Henry McCarty
William Antrim
William Bonnie (best known alias)
William Roberts
I think the details in the movie made it possible that Chavez is burried in Billy's grave, next to Charlie Bowdre.
Somehow, it's plausible that Pat Garret didn't shoot them, but they concocted a scheme to get Billy out of there, and not have the body identified except by those who would support their cover story (that Billy was gunned down dead).
I also wonder if he had any surviving decendents, from somewhere? Paulita Maxwell have kids? Lady Jane Greyhouse? It would be interesting to know if there was a well-kept family secret out there.
But it doesn't feel right exhuming the remains of Mrs. Antrim! Does that strike you wrong or what? And at the same time, we're darn curious.
Is exhuming the grave disrespectful? I mean I'm sure they'll put her back, but...
There are possibly many graves of famous people that are known. I'm not sure, but is George Washington's grave known? Are they going to exhume him and clone him one day?
What are the laws regarding exhuming bodies?
In criminal investigations, I can see how it applies. But with Billy the Kid, it's incredibly far-fetched that the present cronies running Lincoln County want to solve old murder cases from the 1800's. And if pardoning Bushy Bill Roberts (because he really was Billy) is feasible, I doubt the Lincoln County club has any interest in seeing that done. This is probably a stunt for tourist dollars. (I've been there and the whole town revolves around the legend of Billy the Kid - and that's why I went). But would Mrs. Antrim want her body's last resting place to be disturbed so that even her son could be identified? - and for what? Roberts is dead. What good is a pardon going to do him? Everyone and their immediate families that were harmed by the Lincoln County War is almost dead and gone (Sherrif Brady's son or grandchildren are still alive and supposedly still ticked that Billy murdered their dad - as if their dad didn't profit from the murder of John Tunstall!) But what good is it going to do? Bring Grandpa's long-dead killer to justice with new DNA evidence? That's going too far for little gain.
I'd almost say I'm 100% certain that leaving Billy's mother alone is the right thing to do!
I love the music on YGII (Allan Silvestri I believe).
If I could have chosen to live in other times, or had to pick the Old Wild West, I would have ridden with Billy the Kid's gang!
Man, the glory and gun battles!
In recent news (true story) the current Lincoln County Sheriff and Lincoln Town Marshall, want the body of Mrs. Anrtim, Billy's mother, exhumed, so they can do DNA testing to see if Bushy Bill Roberts who died in the 1950's, was in fact Billy the Kid.
Now Billy was supposedly:
Henry McCarty
William Antrim
William Bonnie (best known alias)
William Roberts
I think the details in the movie made it possible that Chavez is burried in Billy's grave, next to Charlie Bowdre.
Somehow, it's plausible that Pat Garret didn't shoot them, but they concocted a scheme to get Billy out of there, and not have the body identified except by those who would support their cover story (that Billy was gunned down dead).
I also wonder if he had any surviving decendents, from somewhere? Paulita Maxwell have kids? Lady Jane Greyhouse? It would be interesting to know if there was a well-kept family secret out there.
But it doesn't feel right exhuming the remains of Mrs. Antrim! Does that strike you wrong or what? And at the same time, we're darn curious.
Is exhuming the grave disrespectful? I mean I'm sure they'll put her back, but...
There are possibly many graves of famous people that are known. I'm not sure, but is George Washington's grave known? Are they going to exhume him and clone him one day?
What are the laws regarding exhuming bodies?
In criminal investigations, I can see how it applies. But with Billy the Kid, it's incredibly far-fetched that the present cronies running Lincoln County want to solve old murder cases from the 1800's. And if pardoning Bushy Bill Roberts (because he really was Billy) is feasible, I doubt the Lincoln County club has any interest in seeing that done. This is probably a stunt for tourist dollars. (I've been there and the whole town revolves around the legend of Billy the Kid - and that's why I went). But would Mrs. Antrim want her body's last resting place to be disturbed so that even her son could be identified? - and for what? Roberts is dead. What good is a pardon going to do him? Everyone and their immediate families that were harmed by the Lincoln County War is almost dead and gone (Sherrif Brady's son or grandchildren are still alive and supposedly still ticked that Billy murdered their dad - as if their dad didn't profit from the murder of John Tunstall!) But what good is it going to do? Bring Grandpa's long-dead killer to justice with new DNA evidence? That's going too far for little gain.
I'd almost say I'm 100% certain that leaving Billy's mother alone is the right thing to do!