Sundance Kid

Sundance Kid
The Sundance Kid and Etta Place before they left for South America (c. 1901)
Born
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh

1867 (1867)
DiedNovember 7, 1908(1908-11-07) (aged 40–41)
Cause of deathGunshot
Resting placeSan Vicente Cemetery
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Thief, bank robber, train robber, criminal gang leader
AllegianceButch Cassidy's Wild Bunch
Criminal chargeTheft (1887)
Penalty18 months in jail
Wanted by
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Partner(s)Ben Kilpatrick
Robert Leroy Parker
Will Carver
Harvey Logan
Wanted since≈1892
Time at large
1892–1908
Details
Span of crimes
1887–1908
CountryUnited States
State(s)Wyoming, Montana
PartnerEtta Place (1899–1906)
Parents
  • Josiah Longabaugh (father)
  • Annie G. Place Longabaugh (mother)
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Harry Alonzo Longabaugh (1867 – November 7, 1908), better known as the Sundance Kid, was an outlaw and member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch in the American Old West. He likely met Butch Cassidy (real name Robert LeRoy Parker) during a hunting trip in 1883 or earlier.[citation needed] The gang performed the longest string of successful train and bank robberies in American history.[citation needed]

Longabaugh fled the United States along with his consort Etta Place and Butch Cassidy to escape the dogged pursuit of the Pinkerton Detective Agency. The trio fled first to Argentina and then to Bolivia, where most historians believe Parker (Cassidy) and Longabaugh were killed in a shootout in November 1908.