On September 3, 1879, Sometime after turning 13, Butch Cassidy (whose real name is Robert LeRoy Parker) had his first run-in with the law. Butch made a long ride into town to get a new pair of jeans only to find the store closed!
Butch let himself into the store, took a pair of pants he wanted but not before leaving an IOU note for the storekeeper. The store owner was not impressed with Butch’s shopping spree nor his IOU and asked that Butch be arrested. Butch was later acquitted but his experience reportedly left him resentful towards the legal system and people in authority.
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