BUTCH CASSIDY THE SUNDANCE KID

摘要

For stealing a $5 horse, Butch Cassidy spent two years in the Wyoming State Prison. He learned his lesson, though. He never got caught stealing horses again. Instead, he turned to robbing trains. Butch figured they'd pay better. He was right. A square-jawed, stocky, tow-headed cowboy with gray eyes and a winning smile, Butch loved women. When he had the money, he spent lavishly and he was known in brothels from Miles City, Mont., to San Antonio, Texas. Paper dollars, bank certificates, and silver and gold coins slipped through his grasp, yet Butch and his cohorts never robbed railroad passengers. Just as railroads reached their pinnacle of power across the American West in the 1890s and early 1900s, Butch developed a fondness for railway express cars. And he knew how to open safes with dynamite.