Butch Cassidy recruited Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, also known as "The Sundance Kid", a native of Pennsylvania, into the Wild Bunch. In early 1897, Cassidy was joined at Robbers Roost by Ann Bassett, Elzy Lay, and Lay's girlfriend Maude Davis. The four hid there until early April, when Lay and Cassidy sent the women home so that the men could plan their next robbery. On April 22, 1897, in the mining town of Castle Gate, Utah, Cassidy and Lay ambushed a small group of men carrying the payroll of the Pleasant Valley Coal Company, stealing a sack containing $7,000 in gold, with which
Jack Cassidy Cassidy married singer and actress Shirley Jones. Cassidy and Jones had three sons, Shaun, Patrick, and Ryan. Cassidy's eldest son David later starred with Jones in the musical sitcom "The Partridge Family." Son Shaun also became a teen idol in the late 70's, starring in "The Hardy Boys" series, and producing four Top 40 records. Jones and Cassidy divorced in 1974. In his 1994 autobiography, "C'Mon, Get Happy", Cassidy's eldest son David wrote that he became increasingly concerned about his father in the last years of his life. The elder Cassidy suffered from bipolar disorder and was an alcoholic who