He did not stop there, in fact, the robbery had inflated him with the confidence and he even went on to do petty crimes too. Just after ten days of his first theft he along with his friend George Schaefer dared to steal clothes and guns kept in a Chinese laundry. However, the two could not run away further and soon got caught and jailed. The cops had not expected Billy to be so shrewd. The boy escaped the prison only after two days of his arrest.