“People thought me bad before, but if ever I should get free, I'll let them know what bad means.”

—  Billy the Kid

in an interview with a reporter from the Daily New Mexican after his capture at Stinking Springs.
The West of Billy the Kid, by Frederick Nolan, page 323. ISBN 0-8061-3082-2

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