On the subject of Billy The Kid, Jesse James et al... Perhaps it would be wise to keep in mind the following when mythologizing persons of this particular ilk.... The primary function of their activity was to enrich themselves at the expense of others. In doing this they murdered many people including innocent bank employees, railway passengers, bystanders, small town law officers and railway guards. Also, mental derrangement does not mean a lack of intelligence, in many cases it implies a lack of conscience. I belive the facts will bear out that many off these so-called heroes were nothing more than sociopaths who were worshipped for all the wrong reasons. To depict them as Gun toting socialists out to seek economic revenge on behalf of the suffering masses is just historical manipulation. What is wrong with much of revisionist history is that it is often an attempt to bend the facts to suit current sociology. These were bad men..they killed people for money...it is that simple.