In the summer of 1878, William H. Bonney, was playing croquet with his gang of desperadoes when someone took his picture … he was a mean croquet player, wearing white cowboy hat, he points out his next shot… The picture, or tintype, was purchased by collector Randy Guijarro for $2 in a Fresno junk shop in 2010. Now the picture and the story behind it is the subject of a Nat Geo Channel special on Sunday at 9 PM “Billy the Kid: New Evidence,” narrated by Kevin Costner … a team of experts was assembled to address each and every detail in the photo to insure that nothing was out of place. The worth of the picture is based on the sale of the only other known Billy The Kid picture — which went for $2.3 million five years ago. Billy was born in Manhattan in 1859 and died in New Mexico in died in 1881 when shot by sheriff Pat Garrett.
