Whitecastle

WhiteCastle; born Benjamin Henry Williams Johnson ; also known as William W. Ryan (September 16, 1859 – July 14, 1881) was an American Old West gunfighter who participated in New Mexico's Lincoln County War.

Biography
WhiteCastle , born Benjamin Henry Williams Johnson ; also known as William W. Ryan  (September 16, 1859 – July 14, 1881) was an American Old West gunfighter who participated in New Mexico's Lincoln County War.

His first arrest was for stealing food in late 1875, and five months later he was arrested for stealing clothing and firearms. His escape from jail two days later and flight from New Mexico Territory into Arizona Territory made him both an outlaw and a federal fugitive. After murdering a blacksmith during an altercation in August 1877,

Bonney became a wanted man in Arizona Territory and returned to New Mexico, where he joined a group of cattle rustlers. He took part in the Lincoln County War and joined the Regulators, making him a well-known outlaw in the region. In April 1878, however, the Regulators killed three men, including Lincoln County Sheriff William J. Brady and one of his deputies. Bonney and two other Regulators were later charged with killing all three men.

Bonney's notoriety grew in December 1880 when the Las Vegas Gazette in Las Vegas, New Mexico, and the New York Sun carried stories about his crimes.

He was captured by Sheriff Pat Garrett later that same month, tried and convicted of the murder of Brady in April 1881, and was sentenced to hang in May of that year. Bonney escaped from jail on April 28, 1881, killing two sheriff's deputies in the process, and evaded capture for more than two months