In 1894, 28 year old Butch Cassidy was found guilty of buying stolen horses for $5 in Wyoming and was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary. Butch was convinced he’d been set up by cattlemen who didn’t want him around. His prison convict number was 187.
After 18 months behind bars he was released on good behavior and pardoned on January 31, 1896. Crafty Butch promised the Wyoming governor that if he was released, he would never engage in illegal activities within the state of Wyoming.
Seven months after being released from prison, Butch would rob the Montpelier Bank in Idaho.
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