Following the siege at Stinking Springs (near present-day Taiban, New Mexico), he was arrested with the rest of Billy the Kids gang after surrendering to Pat Garrett,convicted in December 1880, andsent to prison in Santa Fe. During the winter and when not active in Missouri, they were in North Texas. On March 31, 1875, Longley killed his childhood friend, Wilson Anderson, with a shotgun. In March, 1865 Dave Poole, Arch Clement, Jim Anderson and 144 other Quantrill Rangers moved to Sherman, Texas. Following that, he returned to live with his father's family in Bell County, Texas. ?-1890) A murderer in the Chickasaw Nation of Indian Territory, Austin was captured by U.S. Deputy William Carr and executed at Fort Smith, Arkansas, on January 16, 1890. However, he escaped in 1884, and reverting to his real name, David L. Anderson, he returned to Texas, where he began ranching, married, and started a family in Sanderson. Bill caught on and slipped up hill in order to change locations. Corral, Brocious attempted to kill Virgil Earp and succeeded in assassinating Morgan Earp. Bill is related to Kerrie Jan Bloh . After the war, rewards were posted for Anthony, Dick, Jim and Bill. [2] Longley was outraged when he found he was to be put to death, while Hardin had only been sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Although given sole responsibility for the murder, Longley later claimed that he was not the only one shooting. Sometimes Bill Wilson rode with Bushwhackers Dick Kitchen, Anthony Wright and Jim Jamison. He only found out that Jim Jamison guided Quantrill while the Rangers were in Missouri. He sold a wagon load of apples in McKinney, Texas and was paid in greenbacks. They were all natives of the Ozark Mountains in Phelps County, Missouri. At a Union soldiers reunion, several years after the war, a favorite story was that of three soldiers trying to trap Bill. By Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated December 2021. The Apache Kid and the others quickly fled, leaving Avott behind. The real Josey Wales was a Confederate guerilla fighter, a bushwacker, an associate of the bloody Quantrill Raiders, horse rustler, deadly shot, and killer of many. They just couldnt catch Bill Wilson. They have also lived in Houston, TX and Humble, TX. 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. Nasario Alarid An New Mexico outlaw, he was finally captured and sentenced to 99 years in prison on September 17, 1906. Encyclopedia of American Crime, Facts On File Inc., New York, 1982. Photo of Billy the Kid playing cards with his gang - just the second known picture of the notorious gunman - is set to fetch $1m at auction after family of fellow outlaw Billy Wilson decided to . In 1972, he wrote The Rebel Outlaw: Josey Wales. Carter sent the book to Clint Eastwoods office as an unsolicited submission. He was an uncle of President Harry Truman and had met Quantrill while a wagon master on the Santa Fe Trail. Wilson became a wanted outlaw before leaving for Texas. Frank Wheeler A member of Selmans Scouts following the turmoil of the Lincoln County War in New Mexico. This was not uncommon in the mountains at that time. 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. He started calling. 56,376 views / 11,293 likes / 4,835 shares, (And the Bizarre Story Behind the Legend! 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Sometimes disguised as a Union soldier, sometimes alone, sometimes in the company of other bushwhackers, Bill was always a very dangerous man. Charles Knox Polk Wells (1851-1896) An admitted outlaw and murderer originally from Missouri, Wells robbed banks and trains and allegedly killed over thirty men including an uncle and a jailer. He was released in 1890. In March, 1865 Dave Poole, Arch Clement, Jim Anderson and 144 other Quantrill Rangers moved to Sherman, Texas. In 1939 a book, Bushwhacker - A True History of Bill Wilson, Missouris Greatest Desperado was written by a descendent of friends and neighbors of the famous bushwhacker. On October 11, 1878, Longley was executed by hanging in Giddings, Texas, only a few miles from his childhood home of Evergreen. ?-1875) Black outlaw Aaron Wilson killed James Harris with an ax and then shot and killed Harris 12-year-old son. Bill moved his family into a one room cabin on his mothers farm and started on his quest. A few days later, while he was away from home, a group of Union soldiers, Jayhawkers and Red Legs rode to his house, ejected his family, took everything he had, and set fire to his house, barn and outbuildings. Charlie Bowdre. Write a review. Thinking it was a turkey answering them, the soldiers were drawn in. Captain Dave Poole stayed in Sherman and became a successful rancher, spending a lot of his time brokering pardons for many of the Rangers. They were all innocent. This militant crowd is comprised of uninformed and misinformed people looking at themselves as unfortunate, underpaid, underappreciated victims of capitalism, overwhelmed with jealousy that there are people who are everything they are not. You are going to have to take ownership over the education of your children ~ Rosemary Stein, MD, Kettle Moraine, Ltd. James Wheeler New Mexico outlaw Wheeler shot and killed Adolph Davidson in Chance City, New Mexico in April 1886. 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. On November 29, Anderson and Billy the Kid traveled in the open country near White Oaks when a local eight-man posse suddenly pursued them. Eugenio Alarid A crooked lawman and outlaw, Alarid was a member of the Las Vegas, New Mexico police force and a member of Vicente Silvas White Caps Gang. John Joshua (J.J.) Webb (1847-1882) Both a lawman and an outlaw, Webb served as a Dodge City, Kansas Deputy Marshal before moving on to Las Vegas, New Mexico. On August 8, 1875, Aguirre, Jesus Mes, Pas Mes, and Tomas Madril were ambushed and killed by the John Kinney Gang and Jesse Evans near the San Augustin Ranch. Bodies started turning up everywhere. The movie portrays Native Americans and especially an old Cherokee man as very sympathetically and fellow renegades and free spirits, like Wales. He grew into a very tall, dark and handsome man62, with jet black curly hair and sparkling crystal blue eyes. Sent to prison, he committed suicide in prison in 1885. Starting a ranch in Uvalde County, Texas, he eventually married and had two children. 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. ?-1895) A train robber in Arizona, Wheeler was pursued by ex-Tombstone lawman and railroad detective, Billy Breakenridge into Colorado. He was a deadly shot and always had on both hips two .44-calibre six shooters. Arnett was playing in a local saloon when confronted, but choosing to shoot it out, he was killed. David Lawrence Anderson (1862 June 4, 1918) was a 19th-century American outlaw, better known under the alias Billy Wilson, who rode with Billy the Kid following the Lincoln County War. Anthony Wright was the son of former Presiding Justice Lewis F. Wright. Red River Tom Whealington A New Mexico outlaw, Whealington was shot and killed with Dick Rogers while attempting to break a friend out of jail in Springer, New Mexico on March 13, 1885. Billy Wilson (fuorilegge) - Billy Wilson (outlaw) David Lawrence Anderson (1862 - 4 giugno 1918) stato un fuorilegge americano del XIX secolo, meglio conosciuto con lo pseudonimo di Billy Wilson, che cavalc con Billy the Kid dopo la guerra della contea di Lincoln. After Mrs. Arthur identified the soldiers, Bill removed them from her property and led away four government horses. Longley and his friends went through the dead man's pockets, as Pryer Evans and Ned rode away. Approximately one year later, deputy Matt Shelton confirmed the encounter. He was the last man hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on July 30, 1896. The best result we found for your search is Bill Wayne Outlaw age 80+ in Kingwood, TX in the Kingwood neighborhood. The "real Josey Wales" was a Confederate guerilla fighter, a "bushwacker," an associate of Quantrill's raiders, deadly shot, and killer of many. After getting some service at welder's station, Bill's car erupted in flames after his exhaust ignited some spilled fuel while he drove through the pits. Remember, the father of their modern education Elite beliefs is John Dewey. Longley fled to Louisiana. [1] In 1875, he opened a saloon in Dodge City, Kansas, and in 1878, he became the town's deputy sheriff. At 62 tall and 185 pounds with black curly hair and bright blue eyes, Bill was a very striking man. They were taken to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D. C., where DNA tests were performed, along with a skull reconstruction. They reportedly also killed a freed slave woman in Evergreen. Maximo Apodaca (18? After he killed Almarine Watkins in Oklahoma, he was finally captured. Bill Warderman Member of the Black Jack Ketchum Gang. After these men were caught, they confessed and were tried and convicted. It was found by soldiers. His name, they say: Mr. Charles G. Walrath After shooting and killing William Shook, Walrath was hanged. In 1954, the actor Douglas Kennedy played Longley in an episode of the syndicated western television series Stories of the Century. 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. Bill was never without at least two forty-four caliber six shooters. Despite its ignoble origin, the film was a great commercial and artistic success and has become a cult classic. During the summer they also stole cattle from rancher John Newcomb and sold them along with an additional 20 beef cattle to butcher John Singer in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Fred Amos An outlaw and highwayman in California in the late 1860s, Amos was captured and sentenced to ten years in prison for a holdup. 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. Still today, those tales of gunfighters, outlaws, and lawmen remain popular more than a century after their deaths. B. Wilmeth. William Brazelton. Fred lost and got 20 years in San Quentin. Martin Amador A New Mexico outlaw, Amador was hanged for murder in Deming on January 13, 1908. and New Mexico, he was captured in 1881 by Sheriff Matt Kyle and sent to prison. For about 60 years, Bill Wilsons legend continued to survive in the South. Together they did much damage to the Union army in the area. He and the others were tracked to a ranch house 40 miles away by a 12-man posse but they managed to escape. James Arcine (or Arcene) (18? Tom Welsh A New Mexico outlaw Welsh killed Joe Hickson in Good Hope, New Mexico on October 28, 1884. In 1867 the Longley family farm was just one mile from the Camino Real, an old Spanish royal highway that joined San Antonio and Nacogdoches, Texas. Has hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on September 8, 1876. Jahrhunderts, besser bekannt unter dem Pseudonym Billy Wilson, der nach dem Lincoln County Krieg mit Billy the Kid ritt . ?-1889) Wanted for gunning down two men in July 1888 in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory; Allen was involved in a vicious gunfight with Deputy Marshal McAlester and his posse. 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. All the Rangers frequented his place while in Sherman. ?-1964) An outlaw and member of the Black Jack Ketchum gang, Atkins robbed trains throughout New Mexico, West Texas, and Arizona. He rode with both Quantrill and General Joe Shelby. Lawrence was wrong and Wilson was hanged twice on December 10, 1875. (The same book was later re-released by the publisher with a new name, "Gone to Texas," and that is the title that is credited in the movie credits.) Easy answer. But, unlike the movie, the real man did not have as his driving force a vengeance for losing his family to murder by Union soldiers. Here is the quote of the day. This was his edge. More soldiers, scouts and spies were set afield looking for bushwhackers. David Arguello Convicted of murdering Colorado peace officer Francisco Garcia on October 19, 1905, Arguello was legally hanged in Raton, New Mexico, on May 25, 1906. So ends the Great Bushwhacker Bill Wilson. All three men were eventually arrested for the murder of Maes and sentenced to life in prison. (The same book was later re-released by the publisher with a new name, "Gone to Texas," and that is the title that is credited in the movie credits.) Wilson was probably one of this group. They have made attempts to locate his burial site in order to relocate anything found to a family cemetery in Missouri. Bill did stop in 1934, but it was not due to the efforts of his wife. Horses were a great contribution to their cause. The saloon/bordello/gambling house in the movie would have been that belonging to Jim, Jim Crow Chiles. There they shot him several times, robbed him, and buried him in a shallow grave. He again led away government horses. [11] In 1958, Steve McQueen played Longley in Season 2, Episode 23 of Tales of Wells Fargo. Blue Duck (outlaw) Dan Bogan. More soldiers, scouts and spies were set afield looking for bushwhackers. Billy Wilson (Gechteter) - Billy Wilson (outlaw) David Lawrence Anderson (1862 - 4. Richard West, aka: Little Dick (1860-1898) Richard Little Dick West was an outlaw who rode withBill Doolin and the Oklahombresin Oklahoma. But his family was rousted from their house and their homestead burned to the ground by Union soldiers. Billy the Kid Teenage Outlaw of the Southwest, Byways & Historic Trails Great Drives in America, Soldiers and Officers in American History, Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas Declaring Independence, Stanley, Ks Extinct but Still Here (LOK), Black Bob Reservation in Johnson County (LOK). The movie, The Outlaw Josie Wales, was released in 1976. A few days later, while he was away from home, a group of Union soldiers, Jayhawkers and Red Legs rode to his house, ejected his family, took everything he had, and set fire to his house, barn and outbuildings. Bodies of Union soldiers started showing up everywhere. There was quicksand between the two trails. But, unlike the movie, the real man did not have as his driving force a vengeance for losing his family to murder by Union soldiers. Bill caught on and slipped up hill in order to change locations. The one big surprise came towards the end of the movie when Jim Crow Chiles told the two police officers who were on the great outlaw roundup, that Josies name was Mr. He got several soldiers after him on the road, took the trail, and then left it, tricking the soldiers into riding into the quicksand. He shaved his long beard to change his appearance. Grant Wheeler (18? He and the others were tracked to a ranch house 40 miles away by a 12-man posse, but they managed to escape. 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. ?-1883) Almer was the leader of the Red Jack Gang who preyed on Arizona stagecoaches during the early 1880s. 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. Spillman and B.F. Jermagin. Bill Wilson was born around 1830 in Phelps County, Missouri. The Ozarks were full of men who took to. Justin Anjo A California outlaw, Anjo was lynched for shooting a man to death on July 12, 1877. According to legend, he clutched his cards so tightly in one hand that he was buried with them. He knew that they had to come back the same route to get to their headquarters at Rolla, Missouri. Quantrill and General Joe Shelby were in constant need of re-mounts. Nei suoi ultimi anni, ha anche lavorato come ufficiale delle forze dell . Henry Antrim See William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid. Tom slowed down and killed several, but his horse took too many bullets and Tom was killed. Even when alone, Bill Wilson claimed to have three friends with him, his best horse and two six shooters. Some brokered pardons with the U.S. government, but Bill Wilson never did. All the Rangers frequented his place while in Sherman. When Simp Dixon left North Texas, a Missouri Partisan Ranger, Sam Stone, let him set up an ambush in Stones woodlot to kill Judge Hardin Hart. 2. Joe Asque (18??-1877?) 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. See the video clip below of one of the movie's most iconic scenes: SPOILER ALERT: The last scene of The Outlaw Josey Wales, has a sweet resonance and resolution, and a little inside joke for history lovers. The 12-count indictmentwhich was returned on June 10, 2010 . They ended up in a running gunfight with soldiers. 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. Thomas Archer (18? Some of these stories are probably false, while others could be true but lack any contemporary corroborating evidence. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. 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. Much like today, outlaws have never been uncommon in history; however, few criminals get the recognition of those that lived in Americas Old West. He was later the sheriff of Terrell County, New Mexico. Later, Carter ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor of Alabama on a segregationist ticket, but finished fifth of five candidates. 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 They vouch for Josey, saying he is a local. Longley claimed to have killed thirty-two people, mostly of African American heritage. When outlaw cattle rustler was captured near Hillsboro, New Mexico, he was lynched around 1877. Lawrence was wrong and Wilson was hanged twice on December 10, 1875. Deputy sheriff Jimmy Carlyle was killed during the shootout, and their pursuers burned the hideout in frustration following their escape. Wanted for robbery and murder, he was captured by U.S. Deputy Marshals, Will Ayers, James Wilkerson, and Perry DuVall and taken to Fort Smith, Arkansas where he was hanged on January 16, 1890. 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 was constantly in pistol practice and most of it from the back of a horse. Later, about 1869, he was selling a wagon load of apples in McKinney, Texas, when two men spied him. Neither Client Eastwood or his partner knew the authors real identity as a rabid segregationist and would not for some years. Eastern District of Virginia (703) 299-3700. Epeminto Aguelari An outlaw who killed Jose A. Samora at Wallace, New Mexico, on April 20, 1884. Killing Yankees had a side benefit: Bill confiscated their Army mounts and supplied the Quantrill Raiders with mounts for their many raids. Ronnie Atnip is a twenty year member of the Fannin County Historical Commission, a hobby historian and member of the Bob Lee Camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Bonham, Texas. Was he exhumed and buried in a cemetery or left by the road covered with a little dirt and brush? The original work on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 US License. Thomas Willis (18? Bill was accused of the deed. 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. He died in 1964, having spent his last 32 years in a mental institution. The men had with them six excellent horses but little or no supplies, which seemed a little odd to the locals.
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