Elzy Lay

Elzy Lay

William Ellsworth "Elzy" Lay (November 25, 1868 – November 10, 1934) was an outlaw of the Old West best known as being a member of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch, gang, operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall Pass in Johnson County, Wyoming. Lay was Cassidy's best friend and assisted Cassidy in leading the Wild Bunch gang.

Read more about Elzy Lay:  Early Life, Outlaw Life, The Wild Bunch Gang, Killing of Sheriff Farr, Deputy Kearney and Deputy Love, Captured, Convicted and Pardoned, Retirement From Crime, The End of The Wild Bunch

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