Lew Wallace are outraged that Gov. Bill Richardson is considering a pardon for Billy the Kid, saying Wallace never offered a pardon, and a petition seeking one is tainted because it comes from a ...

Billy spent some of his early childhood in Indianapolis, became the stepson of a Hoosier and, late in his short life, sought amnesty from then-New Mexico Territory Gov. Lew Wallace, an Indiana native.

Lew Wallace, author of “Ben-Hur,” devotes a good deal of attention to “Billy the Kid.” This celebrated outlaw, who has never before had a biographer of distinction, occupies several chapters.