He only found out that Jim Jamison guided Quantrill while the Rangers were in Missouri. He ended up walking free. William Walker (18? Maybe no five pistoleers alive that could kill him, but two ex-comrades in arms did get the drop on him. William Wilson During the Lincoln County War of New Mexico, the Dolan/Murphy faction paid Wilson $500 to kill one of his opponents, one Robert Casey, promising him that the law would look the other way. It was found by soldiers. Killing Yankees had a side benefit: Bill confiscated their Army mounts and supplied the Quantrill Raiders with mounts for their many raids. 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. Working as a cowboy during his late teens, he moved to White Oaks, New Mexico in 1880 where he became the owner of a local livery stable. Harris Austin (18? Convicted of murder, it is incredible that he only received five years in prison. Anthony Wright moved a few times and many years later died of old age in Oklahoma. "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. 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. 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. Bill Wilson robbed and burned many wagon trains by charging in. 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. He broke with the gang in 1898. After the Civil War, many of the men who had become accustomed to violence and often having lost their lands or fortunes turned quickly to the other side of the law. On another occasion, Bill was working with Bushwhacker Tom Brown. Bill would not take the oath, but did make many trips back to Missouri visiting his family. 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. Under increasing pressure from law enforcement, Longley fled from place to place and used several aliases to avoid arrest. Spillman and B.F. Jermagin. , Allison was appointed deputy sheriff of Conjos County, , but soon organized a band of outlaws. 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. Traditionally, Longley is said to have used a pair of Dance .44 revolvers; the Dance was a Texas-manufactured imitation of the Colt Dragoon. David L. Anderson, more commonly known as William Billy Wilson or Buffalo Bill, was an Old West outlaw who rode with Billy the Kid following the Lincoln County War in New Mexico. 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. Hearing of this, Bill immediately set up in a rock shed next to the road close to the Deem home. Mrs. Deem identified them and Bill removed them from her property, leading away four government horses. He was later the sheriff of Terrell County, New Mexico. He was to receive ten dollars and two quarts of whiskey for the crime. Jacob Ogles, Gray Rohrer, Jesse Scheckner, Christine Sexton, Andrew Wilson, Wes Wolfe . Some were simply men who took advantage of the wildness and lawlessness of the frontier to enrich themselves at the expense of others. He sold a wagon load of apples in McKinney, Texas and was paid in greenbacks. This surprise was their shock and his edge. "The True Story Behind Josey Wales" was first published on Facebook on April 1, 2020. As Baker was dead and his band dispersed at the time Longley claimed this happened, the story cannot be true. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. Bill caught on and slipped up hill in order to change locations. Bill Wilson went to Texas and his wife received a letter stating that he was killed for his wealth. In 1896, Pat Garrett helped him to obtain a presidential pardon. At a Union soldiers reunion, several years after the war, a favorite story was that of three soldiers trying to trap Bill. He died in 1964, having spent his last 32 years in a mental institution. On one occasion, Bill rode his horse from a main trail to the Little Piney River and back several times. They vouch for Josey, saying he is a local. ~ The Movie ~ 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. "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. Once three soldiers were guarding a mill house with Bill inside. ~ Quotable ~ One may wonder what the bushwhackers did with all the U.S. horses they stole. Then he became a speechwriter for George Wallace. Although given sole responsibility for the murder, Longley later claimed that he was not the only one shooting. Bodies started turning up everywhere. Genovevo Avila A Mexican native who was a member of Vicente Silvas White Caps Gang. 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. He was shot and killed by Sam Perry in Hillsboro, New Mexico Territory on July 16, 1879. He grew into a very tall, dark and handsome man62, with jet black curly hair and sparkling crystal blue eyes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. Bill Wilson went to Texas and his wife received a letter stating that he was killed for his wealth. 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. Legend says the Wild West outlaw Billy the Kidcattle rustler, gunslinger, murderer, escape artistkilled 21 people before he turned 21 years old, his age at death. A new reward was posted for Longley's capture. 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. Eastwoods partner read it and suggested buying the rights. ?-1875) A member of the Mes Gang, which competed with the John Kinney Gang in New Mexico. File it under truth is stranger than fiction.. He again led away government horses. This happened five miles south of Bonham, Texas. When the federal military reward was not forthcoming from state officials, however, Finney released Longley, possibly in exchange for a bribe from Longley's uncle, Alexander "Pres" Preston Longley, of California. One of them was James Butler Hickok (Wild Bill). Carl Adamson Adamson rode with Jim Millerand was allegedly involved in the killing of Pat Garrett in New Mexico on February 28, 1908. Sol remained neutral and advised his children to do the same. Mountain people of the Ozarks maintained a code of mind your own business. They didnt readily take anyone into their confidence. He was arrested by Heck Thomas and sentenced to life in prison. Jim Wilson A New Mexico outlaw, Wilson shot and killed Dane Williams in Central City, New Mexico on March 20, 1886. The saloon/bordello/gambling house in the movie would have been that belonging to Jim, Jim Crow Chiles. Nick Worthington A New Mexico and Colorado outlaw, Worthington stole horses and killed several men before he was shot and killed by civilians in Cimarron, New Mexico in June 1878. William Arnett (18? Joe Walker (1850-1898) An outlaw, Walker rustled cattle with various Utah outlaws before he joined with Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch and began to rob banks. Longley claimed to have killed thirty-two people, mostly of African American heritage. 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. Byways & Historic Trails Great Drives in America, Soldiers and Officers in American History, William E. Walters, aka: Bill Anderson, Billy Brown, Bronco Billy, Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas Declaring Independence, Stanley, Ks Extinct but Still Here (LOK), Black Bob Reservation in Johnson County (LOK). Carter spent the rest of his life denying his past. It was thought that no one could kill him. Dan Wallace, aka: Texas Dan Texas outlaw Wallace was captured after robbing and killing a rancher near San Antonio in the late 1880s. Bill was accused of the deed. He continued to make trips back to Missouri to visit his family and was welcomed by the Ozark mountain people as a folk hero. The story does not end there. This is the only known case in Longley's career where one of his victims returned fire. Death by hanging. He also served as a law enforcement officer and a U.S. customs inspector in his later years. In his later years, he also served as a law enforcement officer and a U.S. customs inspector. After robbing a stage near Globe, Arizona, on August 10, 1883, he was pursued and killed in a gunfight. He then changed his name and moved to Wyoming. 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. 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