Pursued by lawmen in Oklahoma, he was wounded at the time of his capture on August 4, 1895. Longley next possibly went to Grayson County, Texas, where two of his friends, Jim and Dick Sanders, were in jail. "Curly Bill" Brocious (1845-1882) - An outlaw leader of the Clanton Gang of Arizona, Curly Bill was a vicious, drunken gunman, cattle rustler, and murderer. Stability eluded him again, however, when he became a rival, with Lay's nephew, for the affections of a young woman. They reportedly also killed a freed slave woman in Evergreen. Bodies started turning up everywhere. Written by Ronnie Atnip and published by NTXE-News ~ August 9, 2011. The motive was theft. Excerpts of those notes are included in Susan Cheever's biography of Wilson, My Name is Bill. In the summer of that year, Mason County Sheriff, J. J. Finney, arrested Longley for murder and took him to Austin to collect a reward. On one occasion, Bill rode his horse from a main trail to the Little Piney River and back several times. He watched and when one started lighting his pipe, Bill decided that this distraction was all the edge he needed. He was captured in Chicago, Illinois. Remember, the father of their modern education Elite beliefs is John Dewey. Thirteen years later, they were finally arrested, convicted, and hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas, on June 26, 1885. In the summer of 1861, some horses were stolen from the U.S. Government by a guerilla gang. Burrell. Pete Whitehead An Oklahoma murderer, Whitehead killed Jack Bullard and a deputy in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. ?-1875) Black outlaw Aaron Wilson killed James Harris with an ax and then shot and killed Harris 12-year-old son. All three men were eventually arrested for the murder of Maes and sentenced to life in prison. He is a true folk hero. Longley's lies appear to have been motivated partly by his desire to rival John Wesley Hardin's reputation as a killer. The Ozarks were full of men who took to the bush and waged a single man to a small gang warfare on the union soldiers, red legs, jayhawkers and spies for the Union. Longley, accompanied by a couple of friends, forced the three men at gunpoint into a dry creek bed. In March, 1865 Dave Poole, Arch Clement, Jim Anderson and 144 other Quantrill Rangers moved to Sherman, Texas. He then rode up stream, crossed the river, came back down, and rode back and fourth to the river across from his original tracks. In 1954, the actor Douglas Kennedy played Longley in an episode of the syndicated western television series Stories of the Century. His unit was stationed at Camp Stambaugh. There was an outlaw named Billy Wilson aka Dave Anderson that ran with the Kid. The murder was alleged to have been instigated by Longley's uncle, Caleb B. Longley, who had blamed Anderson for the death of his son, Cale, and urged Longley to take revenge. In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. During the shootout, deputy sheriff Jimmy Carlyle was killed and their pursuers burned the hideout in frustration following their escape. David L. Anderson, aka William "Billy" Wilson, Buffalo Bill (1862-1918) - Most commonly known as "Billy Wilson," he was a member of Billy the Kid's Gang of rustlers. Bill Wilson went to Texas waiting on things to settle down. At 62 tall and 185 pounds with black curly hair and bright blue eyes, Bill was a very striking man. He was six feet (183cm) tall with a thin build, jet black hair, and was just reaching adulthood when the American Civil War ended in 1865. David Lawrence Anderson was a 19th-century American outlaw, better known under the alias Billy Wilson, who rode with Billy the Kid following the Lincoln County War. Early Years [ edit] Wilson You may find these related posts interesting: https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/the-true-story-of-katie-elder, https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/happy-father-s-day, https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/daniel-boone-frontier-icon. Later meeting up with Dave Rudabaugh, the three rode into White Oaks the following day and attempted to gun down deputy sheriff James Redman but were forced to flee after a crowd of 30 or 40 local residents took to the streets. [3] The character Fletcher is loosely based on Capt. The writings and movie about Josie Wales are based on the real bushwhacker, Bill Wilson. Quantrill and General Joe Shelby were in constant need of re-mounts. Grant Wheeler (18? House Bill 23-1202 passed its first committee hearing Wednesday on an 8-3 vote after hours of testimony and now heads to a vote of the entire chamber. Thinking it was a turkey answering them, the soldiers were drawn in. Longley had converted to Catholicism shortly before his death, as reported by the. Convicted of murder, it is incredible that he only received five years in prison. So ends the Great Bushwhacker Bill Wilson. The Ozarks were full of men who took to. Because of his fun loving personality and skill at playing the violin, he was always in demand for weddings and parties. The young horse thief then cut loose one of the team horses and rode to the Riverside stage station near Kelvin, Arizona. Green Evans panicked and spurred his horse to escape. "I hope that Dixie Highway reinforces the notion that the Outlaws still matter, and that southern rock will always matter," he says. Nei suoi ultimi anni, ha anche lavorato come ufficiale delle forze dell . Longley's account of this murder differs from that of his later killings, where he was more inclined to brag about shooting men than to try to divert blame to others. Some individuals, like Jesse James, became outlaws after serving in the Civil War. Later, about 1869, he was selling a wagon load of apples in McKinney, Texas, when two men spied him. In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Then one of his descendants, George Clinton Arthur, wrote a biography about Wilson in 1938: Bushwacker: Missouris Most Infamous Desperado., It would be another 30 years before another book would be written about Bill Wilson and this one would lead to the famous movie. He knew that they had to come back the same route to get to their headquarters at Rolla, Missouri. He is considered to have been one of the deadliest gunfighters in the Old West. Senate Bill 5453 would outlaw female genital mutilation, or FGM, the cutting or removal of female genitalia for non-medical reasons. Dixon went south tracking Lewis Peacock, Bob Lees nemesis, and was killed near Fort Parker. In 1972, he wrote The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales. Carter sent the book to Clint Eastwoods office as an unsolicited submission. He hired a shrewd lawyer and though found guilty, was one few spared from the hanging gallows at Fort Smith, Arkansas. The men had with them six excellent horses but little or no supplies, which seemed a little odd to the locals. Approximately one year later, deputy Matt Shelton confirmed the encounter. Both their horses were killed during the chase; however, they could both escape on foot. Spillman and B.F. Jermagin. While admitting his role in the murder, Walker claimed that he had been hired by another man to kill Church. 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Some outlaws migrated to the frontier to escape prosecution for crimes elsewhere. James Wheeler New Mexico outlaw Wheeler shot and killed Adolph Davidson in Chance City, New Mexico in April 1886. William Wilson (British Columbia politician), William Wilson (New Brunswick politician), William Wilson (footballer, born November 1915), Billy Wilson (Australian rules footballer), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Wilson&oldid=1139117879, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Bill Wilson, mayor of Santa Clara, California, founder of the, Bill Wilson, founder of US firearms manufacturer, William E. Wilson, British railway civil engineer, first employer of, "William Wilson", a song from The Smithereens' 1989 album, Agent Bill Wilson, also known as CIA, a character in, This page was last edited on 13 February 2023, at 13:06. His appeal was denied in March 1878. Four days later, on August 25, two men from Elk City, Idaho, also arrived in Goldcreek saying that they had trailed the three men from the Idaho gold camps, where the horses had been stolen. Sometimes disguised as a Union soldier, sometimes alone, sometimes in the company of other bushwhackers, Bill was always a very dangerous man. "Female genital mutilation is an extreme form of gender-based violence that is unfortunately still practiced in our state," said bill sponsor Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines, in a news release. This is the only known case in Longley's career where one of his victims returned fire. Wilson suffered a terrible misfortune at OCFS on June 16, 1979. If passed and signed into law, the bill would give local governments the authority to allow the operation of so-called overdose prevention centers, sometimes known as safe injection sites. Although there were a lot of these men, if someone said, The Bushwhacker, The Great Bushwhacker, or the Famous Bushwhacker, everyone knew that they were talking about Bill Wilson. His wife did re-marry, but soon moved back to the home that Bill bought just before going to Texas. Wild Bill Longley: A Texas Hard-Case, Frontier Press of Texas, Houston, 1953, Fuller, Henry Clay. Thanks in part to the efforts of Pat Garrett and others, Anderson received a presidential pardon from President Grover Cleveland in 1896 and worked as a U.S. customs inspector for a time. Mr. Chiles was burnt out in Missouri before the war and moved his family to Sherman, Texas. Bill Longley was born on Mill Creek in Austin County, Texas, the sixth of ten children of Campbell and Sarah Longley. Some brokered pardons with the U.S. government, but Bill Wilson never did. Tom slowed down and killed several, but his horse took too many bullets and Tom was killed. All the Rangers frequented his place while in Sherman. Charles Allison A lawman turned outlaw, Allison was appointed deputy sheriff of Conjos County,Colorado, but soon organized a band of outlaws. Bill Wilson was probably living around Sherman, Texas after the war. This made it look like a crossing. They ended up in a running gunfight with soldiers. He was hanged in May 1889 at Ozark, Missouri. ?-1876) Sinker Wilson murdered a sheep drover named Datus Cowan in 1867. Bill Wilson lived near Sherman, Texas, and married an Indian woman named Mary Ann Noaks in April 1865. At a Union soldiers reunion, several years after the war, a favorite story was that of three soldiers trying to trap Bill. Bill Wilson maintained a neutral stance until his wife and children were brutalized by renegade Union soldiers on his farm on Corn Creek near Edgar Springs, Missouri. He rushed them, killing all three. They have also lived in Houston, TX and Humble, TX. Easy answer. But his family. Malachi Allen (18? He was to receive ten dollars and two quarts of whiskey for the crime. A spy gained his confidence and killed him with one of his own guns. The only way socialism has any chance in America is for the education system to push it in schools. He again led away government horses. This surprised attack was all the edge he needed. Miller, Rick. Much like today, outlaws have never been uncommon in history; however, few criminals get the recognition of those that lived in Americas Old West. The deeds of many Missourians who rode "under the black flag""Bushwhacker Bill" Wilson, Cole Younger, and "Little Arch" Clement, to name just a fewfell far outside the bounds of what were considered the "acceptable" rules of conduct during wartime. Convicted of murder, he was sentenced to life in prison. His daring deeds are still considered miracles due to his never being wounded once. Bodies of Union soldiers started showing up everywhere. They were all innocent. It is unknown how many he killed on this raid, but it was said to be his highest number yet. They decided to rob him and ambushed him north of the small frontier town of Van Alstyne, shot him many times to ensure he was dead, robbed him and buried him in a shallow grave. Charles G. Walrath After shooting and killing William Shook, Walrath was hanged. The next morning he continued north through Van Alstyne. He and several others, including the Apache Kid, were to be transported by stagecoach from Globe to Casa Grande before being put on a train to Yuma. Lay was the last man known to have been killed by Longley. In 1896, Pat Garrett helped him to obtain a presidential pardon. William Preston Longley (October 6, 1851 October 11, 1878), also known as Wild Bill Longley, was an American Old West outlaw and gunfighter noted for his ruthless nature, speed with a gun, quick temper, and unpredictable demeanor. Redman hid behind a saloon taking shots at the deputy as several local citizens ran into the street, chasing the fugitives out of town. There, he served as a crooked lawman when the Dodge City Gang was in control. Note: One datum in support of this conclusion was that the grave contained a Catholic medallion (The Miraculous Medal, an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary) that Longley was reportedly wearing on the day he was hanged. Aragon shot him when tracked down by Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Jasper Corn on October 26, 1884. "Terrell County Texas, Its Past, Its People". Tom slowed down and killed several, but his horse took too many bullets and Tom was killed. Once three soldiers were guarding a mill house with Bill inside. Afterward, he disappeared into history. He was held for four months and then released to return to his unit. Two years later, he was arrested in Montana for a Texas murder and was extradited. Bill moved his family into a one room cabin on his mothers farm and started on his quest. As these many outlaw tales were taking place on the American Frontier, those puritan folks in the east, longing for adventure and entertainment, greedily absorbed every word of the shocking newspaper headlines and the exaggerated tales in dime novels that were often published before an outlaw even had time to escape, was jailed, or was killed in a shoot-out. Josey Wales was based on a real man and one that was reputedly as tough, violent and vengeful as Wales. B. Wilmeth. Bladder Allen An outlaw in Lincoln County, New Mexico, Allen was jailed for stabbing a man in White Oaks, New Mexico. After dissolution of his political dreams, Asa Earl Carter receded into the background, changed his name after a famous Confederate General, moved to Texas, and under an alias, posed as the Cherokee writer, Forrest Carter. Longley later claimed that Wilson was killed by outlaws in 1870 in Brazos County, Texas, although conflicting evidence suggests he was actually killed in 1874 in Falls County, Texas. He is a true folk hero. Forrest Carter, born Asa Earl Carter, was a KuKluxKlan leader. Sheriff Anderson was well liked by the public, and was buried in Brackettville, Texas, after a very emotional funeral at which many Sanderson citizens were in attendance. "Mr. Afterward, he worked as a U.S. customs inspector before becoming the Terrell County Sheriff in 1905. Start your review of Bushwhacker: A True History of Bill Wilson -- Missouri's Greatest Desperado. High Fives Gang. Neither Client Eastwood or his partner knew the authors real identity as a rabid segregationist and would not for some years. He later died in the Enid, Oklahoma jail on September 7, 1895. and New Mexico, he was captured in 1881 by Sheriff Matt Kyle and sent to prison. When the men who have been hunting Wales, finally think they have found him in a bar in Santa Rio, a prostitute and other locals cover for the outlaw, saying that Wales was killed in a shoot-out in Monterrey. Bill is related to Kerrie Jan Bloh . More than a grainmore like a bushel basket. Has hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on September 8, 1876. He then changed his name and moved to Wyoming. When he grew up, he worked as a cowboy before moving to White Oaks, New Mexico, and buying a livery stable in 1880. As legend has it, the lynching party rode off, firing several wild shots, as the pair of men were still hanging. Wounded in the arm, he was taken back to Fort Smith, Arkansas, where the arm was amputated shortly before he was hanged on April 19, 1889. He was returned to Texas, tried in the Lee County Court, and sentenced to hang for the murder of Wilson Anderson. In his later years, he also served as a law enforcement officer and a U.S. customs inspector. Many of these legends trace back to tall tales that Longley himself told while imprisoned in Giddings in 1877. Longley figures prominently in Louis L'Amour's 1959 novel The First Fast Draw, a highly fictionalized version of Cullen Baker's life. Around this time, Longley dropped out of school and began living a wild life, drinking, and running in the company of others of a similar disposition.[2]. In March, 1865 Dave Poole, Arch Clement, Jim Anderson and 144 other Quantrill Rangers moved to Sherman, Texas. Closing his business the following year, he apparently received counterfeit money from the sale and was eventually indicted for passing the money in Lincoln County. He was sentenced to two years hard labor, strapped to a ball and chain, and imprisoned at Camp Stambaugh. He was a deadly shot and always had on both hips two .44-calibre six shooters. He was the last man hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on July 30, 1896. Bill was accused of the deed. The number of Union soldiers Wilson killed is unknownaccording to the legend, possibly dozens. And, here, we get into truly strange territory. San Angelo, Texas: Rangel Printing, 1978. Discuss This Book. Wilson was probably one of this group. Zip Wyatt in Jail by the Police News, 1895. All five pulled their revolvers and Bill killed the other four. Fleeing again, Longley went to east Texas and became a sharecropper for a preacher, William R. Lay. Martin Amador A New Mexico outlaw, Amador was hanged for murder in Deming on January 13, 1908. For about 60 years, Bill Wilsons legend continued to survive in the South. They just couldnt catch Bill Wilson. This happened five miles south of Bonham, Texas. By Kathy Weiser-Alexander, updated September 2020. Top 3 Results for Bill Outlaw. Bill Warderman Member of the Black Jack Ketchum Gang. The two desperadoes were later caught, confessed and were hanged in Sherman on March 26, 1869. ?-1886) Wasson was wanted for the 1872 murder of a man named Henry Martin, but eluded capture until 1884. David Lawrence Anderson (1862 - 4 juni 1918) var en amerikansk outlaw frn 1800-talet, bttre knd under aliaset Billy Wilson, som cyklade med Billy the Kid efter Lincoln County War. Sinker Wilson (18? This was not uncommon in the mountains at that time. He and the others were tracked to a ranch house 40 miles away by a 12-man posse but they managed to escape. Bill Wilson was probably living around Sherman, Texas after the war. In the process, he became a wanted outlaw. Eastwoods partner read it and suggested buying the rights. Jump to: Outlaw Summaries (name begins with) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. After the war, there was a $300 bounty on bushwhackers. Longley's travels for the rest of 1872 are unknown, but by February 1873 he had returned to Texas, where he was accused of murdering another freedman in Bastrop County. Lawrence was wrong and Wilson was hanged twice on December 10, 1875. He was later the sheriff of Terrell County, New Mexico. But Bills grave was never found. According to legend, he clutched his cards so tightly in one hand that he was buried with them. His daring deeds are still considered miracles due to his never being wounded once. The story does not end there. In 1972, he wrote The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales.. William Walker (18? When they approached, he stepped onto the road, stopped them, drew both revolvers and killed all four of them. Mrs. Deem identified them and Bill removed them from her property, leading away four government horses. He briefly found work on a cotton farm, but he was forced to run again in November 1875, after murdering a hunting buddy named George Thomas with whom he had had a fistfight. In June 2001, it was officially reported that the remains from the grave site were indeed those of Bill Longley.[5]. He rushed them, killing all three. His descendents would like to know. Billy Wilson (outlaw) (1862-1918), American outlaw who rode with Billy the Kid; Bill Wilson (convict) (born 1880), convicted of murdering two individuals who were later found alive; Billy Roy Wilson (William Roy Wilson Jr., born 1939), United States federal judge When the War ended, there was a $300 bounty on him, an immense amount at that time. Mrs. Deem identified them and Bill removed them from her property, leading away four government horses. Jahrhunderts, besser bekannt unter dem Pseudonym Billy Wilson, der nach dem Lincoln County Krieg mit Billy the Kid ritt . As Baker was dead and his band dispersed at the time Longley claimed this happened, the story cannot be true. William Henry Whitley, aka: Bill, Will (1864-1888) The co-leader of a gang sometimes referred to as the Bill Whitley Gang, and at other times, the Brack Cornett Gang, Whitley was a bank and train robber in Texas during the late 1880s. Leonard Alverson A thief and smuggler, Alverson was accused, with two other men, of robbing a post office at Steins Pass, New Mexico, on December 9, 1897. Horses were a great contribution to their cause. ?-1895) A train robber in Arizona, Wheeler was pursued by ex-Tombstone lawman and railroad detective, Billy Breakenridge into Colorado. 1. However, the outlaw was able to cut himself down from the hangmans noose and escape. In the movie, Josie Wales, Josie arrives in Texas, goes into a store, is shown a death picture of Simp Dixon and is told that Bob Lee is still fighting in Fannin County. Thompson and Blackmore over took him one mile north of Van Alstyne where now Highway 5 crosses a branch of Prong Creek. On June 13, 1876, Longley rode out to his landlord's farm, found him milking a cow, and murdered him with a shotgun. Archie Wolfe An outlaw in the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory, Wolfe was a friend of ned Christie. This surprised attack was all the edge he needed. James Allen An outlaw, Allen killed James Moorehead in Las Vegas, New Mexico, allegedly over a dispute about eggs on March 2, 1880. After the Gunfight at the O.K. The writings and movie about Josey Wales are based on the real bushwhacker, Bill Wilson. Duped, he began to pass the money and was arrested and indicted. After he killed Almarine Watkins in Oklahoma, he was finally captured. When the soldiers arrived, they asked him if he had seen Bill Wilson. Bill would not take the oath, but did make many trips back to Missouri visiting his family.
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