Redigerer Butch Cassidy (avsnitt)

=== Bakgrunn ===
Robert Leroy Parker kom fra en [[mormoner]]familie i [[Utah]], som den eldste av tretten barn. Han vokste opp i [[Circleville (Utah)|Circleville]]. Faren var Maximillian Parker og moren Ann Campbell Gillies.<ref>{{cite web|title=Butch Cassidy|url=http://www.biography.com/people/butch-cassidy-9240908#early-years|website=Biography.com|accessdate=27. februar 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Butch Cassidy: Facts Summary|url=http://www.historynet.com/butch-cassidy|website=History.net|accessdate=27. februar 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History of Butch Cassidy – Leroy Parker|url=http://www.utah.com/oldwest/butch_cassidy.htm|website=Utah.com|accessdate=27. februar 2015|archive-date=2007-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517114231/http://www.utah.com/oldwest/butch_cassidy.htm|url-status=yes}}</ref> Familiene Parker og Gillies hadde konvertert til [[mormonerne|mormon]]sk tro mens de fortsatt bodde i England og Irland. Maximillian Parker var 12 år gammel da hans familie ankom [[Salt Lake City]] i 1856 som mormonske pionerer;<ref>{{cite web |title=Daniel D. McArthur Company |url=https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/companyPioneers?lang=eng&companyId=195 |website=Pioneer Overland Travel |publisher=LDS Church |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100626/https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/companyPioneers?lang=eng&companyId=195 |archivedate=2015-04-02 |df= |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2015-02-28 |arkivurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100626/https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/companyPioneers?lang=eng&companyId=195 |arkivdato=2015-04-02 |url-status=død }} {{Kilde www |url=https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/companyPioneers?lang=eng&companyId=195 |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2018-03-11 |arkiv-dato=2015-04-02 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402100626/https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/companyPioneers?lang=eng&companyId=195 |url-status=unfit }}</ref> Ann Gillies ble født og levde i [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Tyneside]], i nordvestre England, og hun kom til Amerika med sin famile i 1859 som 14-åring.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ann Campbell Gillies |url=https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/pioneerDetail?lang=eng&pioneerId=58265 |website=Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel |publisher=LDS Church |accessdate=28. februar 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125730/https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/pioneerDetail?lang=eng&pioneerId=58265 |archivedate=2. april 2015 |df= |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2015-02-28 |arkivurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125730/https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/pioneerDetail?lang=eng&pioneerId=58265 |arkivdato=2015-04-02 |url-status=død }} {{Kilde www |url=https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/pioneerDetail?lang=eng&pioneerId=58265 |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2018-03-11 |arkiv-dato=2015-04-02 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125730/https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/pioneerDetail?lang=eng&pioneerId=58265 |url-status=unfit }}</ref><ref name=cassidy>{{cite news| last = Armstrong| first = Jeremy| title = Outlaw's mum born & bred on Tyneside| quote = Geordie lass Ann Sinclair Gillies who was born and bred on Tyneside...| publisher = Daily Mirror| date = 2008-12-10| url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-190265260.html| accessdate = 2008-12-10| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20181122051719/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-190265260.html| url-status = dead}} {{Kilde www |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-190265260.html |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2018-03-11 |arkiv-dato=2018-11-22 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122051719/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-190265260.html |url-status=yes }}</ref><ref name=cassidy2>{{cite news| last = Knapton| first = Sarah| title = Outlaw Butch Cassidy had Geordie roots| quote = American outlaw Butch Cassidy may be a US hero but newly discovered records show he had Geordie heritage.| publisher = Telegraph.co.uk| date = 9. desember 2008| url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3698026/Outlaw-Butch-Cassidy-had-Geordie-roots.html| accessdate = 10. april 2015}}</ref> Paret giftet seg i juli 1865.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hatch |first=Thom |date=2013 |title=The Last Outlaws: The Lives and Legends of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |publisher=New American Library (Penguin)}}</ref>

Roberts første tyveri var av et par bukser, og han hadde lagt igjen en lapp i butikken hvor det stod at han skulle betale tilbake senere, men det er uklart om han noen gang gjorde det.