He was shot and killed by Sam Perry in Hillsboro, New Mexico Territory on July 16, 1879. Arnett was playing in a local saloon when confronted, but choosing to shoot it out, he was killed. Fleeing again, Longley went to east Texas and became a sharecropper for a preacher, William R. Lay. A spy gained his confidence and killed him with one of his own guns. They ended up in a running gunfight with soldiers. Easy answer. Out on bail, he escaped and would not be recaptured until 1911. Anderson later escaped from custody in Santa Fe and escaped to Texas where he lived under his birth name David L. Anderson. Anthony hid food stuffs taken in a train robbery under his fathers house. The transaction was observed by John Thompson and William O. Blackmore, both ex-Missouri Partisan Rangers. Both were hanged at 1:00 p.m. on March 26, 1869 in Sherman, Texas. 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. Gilbert Webb Arrested for complicity in the robbery of an Army paymaster at Fort Thomas, Arizona on May 11, 1889. Charles Allen An outlaw, Allen robbed and killed a group of people in Virginia City, Montana, and was hanged by vigilantes. He hired a shrewd lawyer and though found guilty, was one few spared from the hanging gallows at Fort Smith, Arkansas. 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. Learn how your comment data is processed. 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; William Wilson (Illinois jurist) (1794-1857), Chief Justice of the Illinois . The Great Bushwacker had, himself, been bushwacked in the end. He was an uncle of President Harry Truman and had met Quantrill while a wagon master on the Santa Fe Trail. He sold a wagon load of apples in McKinney, Texas and was paid in greenbacks. When the War ended, there was a $300 bounty on him, an immense amount at that time. Bill Wilson was immediately regarded as a suspect. Alamosa Bill An outlaw allegedly involved with Billy the Kid sometimes, who was killed in El Paso, Texas, in April 1888. Bill Wilson was born around 1830 in Phelps County, Missouri. Bill Wilson became, The Bushwhacker.. He was convicted of murder in May 1882 and received a life sentence. They reportedly also killed a freed slave woman in Evergreen. 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. He is remembered for his superior skill with revolvers and clever tactics in surprising his enemies. Two years later, he was arrested in Montana for a Texas murder and was extradited. Quantrill and General Joe Shelby were in constant need of re-mounts. He was hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on August 30, 1889. The only way socialism has any chance in America is for the education system to push it in schools. His unit was stationed at Camp Stambaugh. Longley shot at him several times, killing him. Longley's lies appear to have been motivated partly by his desire to rival John Wesley Hardin's reputation as a killer. Jack Womankiller Outlaw in the Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory, Womankiller was convicted of killing a settler. They were taken to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D. C., where DNA tests were performed, along with a skull reconstruction. Although given sole responsibility for the murder, Longley later claimed that he was not the only one shooting. We make every attempt to respect the rights of others. On June 13, 1876, Longley rode out to his landlord's farm, found him milking a cow, and murdered him with a shotgun. Corral, Brocious attempted to kill Virgil Earp and succeeded in assassinating Morgan Earp. One may wonder what the bushwhackers did with all the U.S. horses they stole. Bladder Allen An outlaw in Lincoln County, New Mexico, Allen was jailed for stabbing a man in White Oaks, New Mexico. On November 29, Anderson and Billy the Kid were traveling in the open country near White Oaks when they were suddenly pursued by a local 8-man posse. William Wilson - During the Lincoln Cou n ty 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. His grave and a state historical marker are in the Giddings City Cemetery. In March, 1865 Dave Poole, Arch Clement, Jim Anderson and 144 other Quantrill Rangers moved to Sherman, Texas. Maybe no five pistoleers alive that could kill him, but two ex-comrades in arms did get the drop on him. Everyone believed that this was contrived to allow the Bushwhacker to change his name and avoid bounty hunters. After the war, there was a $300 bounty on bushwhackers. [6] There is no contemporaneous evidence to back claims that Longley murdered a black militiaman in Old Evergreen in 1866 for insulting his father, or that he shot eight black people in Lexington in 1867 to avenge the loss of a horse racing bet. Bill did stop in 1934, but it was not due to the efforts of his wife. ?-1895) A train robber in Arizona, Wheeler was pursued by ex-Tombstone lawman and railroad detective, Billy Breakenridge into Colorado. Jim Jamison was pardoned by Governor Crittenden and became a peace officer in Kansas and finally a Texas Ranger. The young horse thief then cut loose one of the team horses and rode to the Riverside stage station near Kelvin, Arizona. Bill always talked about telling Tom not to try that due to there being too many, but it may have been that Tom didnt have enough horse or that his horse had already taken bullets. Killing Yankees had a side benefit: Bill confiscated their Army mounts and supplied the Quantrill Raiders with mounts for their many raids. This is the only known case in Longley's career where one of his victims returned fire. Ham White A murderer and stage robber on the road between San Antonio and Austin, Texas. Longley is a major character in The Pistoleer, a novel by James Carlos Blake (Berkley Books, NY, 1995). It is unknown how many he killed on this raid, but it was said to be his highest number yet. 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. Sol remained neutral and advised his children to do the same. Some versions of Evan's killing claim he was a member of the Texas State Police; the TSP only existed from 1870 to 1873. The men had with them six excellent horses but little or no supplies, which seemed a little odd to the locals. 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. A spy gained his confidence and killed him with one of his own guns. Wilson.. ~ Quotable ~ Due to his love for turkey hunting, they slipped as close to the Bushwhackers camp as they dared and started making turkey sounds. Many soldiers and horses were drowned that day. This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. He was killed in the line of duty in 1918. Sometimes disguised as a Union soldier, sometimes alone, sometimes in the company of other bushwhackers, Bill was always a very dangerous man. Ellen Watson, a/k/a Cattle Kate(1861-1889) An alleged cattle rustler by those involved in the Johnson County War of Wyoming, Watson was actually innocent. 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He and the others were tracked to a ranch house 40 miles away by a 12-man posse but they managed to escape. He moved his family to a small cabin on his parents farm and began a campaign of blood vengeance that would become legend in the Ozark Mountains, then the entire country. Senate Bill 5453 would outlaw female genital mutilation, or FGM, the cutting or removal of female genitalia for non-medical reasons. [1] In 1875, he opened a saloon in Dodge City, Kansas, and in 1878, he became the town's deputy sheriff. Lawrence was wrong and Wilson was hanged twice on December 10, 1875. He was an amiable fellow, good-natured, clever, and skilled at playing the violin, so he was always in demand for weddings and parties. Both were hanged at 1:00 p.m. on March 26, 1869 in Sherman, Texas. During the shootout, deputy sheriff Jimmy Carlyle was killed and their pursuers burned the hideout in frustration following their escape. 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 . One of them was James Butler Hickok (Wild Bill). Horses were a great contribution to their cause. 602 799 8214 Even though the author grew up in Phelps County, he never found out that these bushwhackers were associated with Partisan Rangers under Colonel William Clarke Quantrill. Jim Wilson A New Mexico outlaw, Wilson shot and killed Dane Williams in Central City, New Mexico on March 20, 1886. U.S. Attorney's Office June 15, 2010. They were all natives of the Ozark Mountains in Phelps County, Missouri. Longley and his friends went through the dead man's pockets, as Pryer Evans and Ned rode away. 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. Jesus Avott(a) Convicted of horse theft in October 1889, Avott was sentenced to a year in the Arizona Territorial Prison in Yuma. He again led away government horses. Mrs. Deem identified them and Bill removed them from her property, leading away four government horses. He was a sure-shot at a stand-still but also practiced assiduously shooting on the run from the back of his horse. The story does not end there. Library of Congress Card Number: 78-56979, This page was last edited on 20 May 2022, at 05:24. Lawmen [ edit] There is usually a grain of truth to most legends and so it is with Josey Wales. He was later the sheriff of Terrell County, New Mexico. At the time of this writing, Ronnie Atnip was 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. Longley then fled northward, accompanied by his brother, James Stockton Longley, who was later tried and acquitted of Anderson's murder. In seinen spteren Jahren war er auch als Strafverfolgungsbeamter und US . Bushwhacker Bill found out from a neighbor, Mary A. Arthur, that four Union soldiers had been by her place looking for him. Charlie Bowdre. On March 31, 1875, Longley killed his childhood friend, Wilson Anderson, with a shotgun. The Bushwhacker said, You are looking at him.. Despite its ignoble origin, the film was a great commercial and artistic success and has become a cult classic. Some outlaws migrated to the frontier to escape prosecution for crimes elsewhere. Thomas Willis (18? 1. His name, they say: Mr. 2. The motive was theft. George Red Buck Weightman (18? Dick Kitchen moved to Evening Shade, Arkansas and ran a harness shop. Redman hid behind a saloon taking shots at the deputy as several local citizens ran into the street, chasing the fugitives out of town. Bill Longley was born on Mill Creek in Austin County, Texas, the sixth of ten children of Campbell and Sarah Longley. Numerous myths and legends have grown up about Longley that cannot be verified by any contemporary source. Longley left Texas and moved north to avoid the authorities and by May 1870, he had joined a gold-hunting party in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Green Evans panicked and spurred his horse to escape. The bill passed 48-0. In mid-December 1868, three former slaves named Green Evans, Pryer Evans, and the third known only as Ned, rode through Evergreen, intending evidently to visit friends farther south. Anthony Wright was the son of former Presiding Justice Lewis F. Wright. Reporting what had happened, Avott was pardoned by Governor Lewis Wolfley and did no time in prison. Copyright Kettle Moraine, Ltd. 2017 2022. And, in another strange twist of fate, despite the concealed but reprehensible ideology of its author, in 1996, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.. Outlaw Billy Wilson, Arkansas Dave Anderson, or Buffalo Billy according to History, grew up 80 miles from Corry, PA in Trumbull County, Ohio. Blue Duck (outlaw) Dan Bogan. His nimble fingers were not only quick on the fiddle, however. Soon all of the soldiers dreaded going after Mr. Wilson. And, in another strange twist of fate, despite the, in 1996, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.. Jack Armstrong An outlaw of Las Vegas, New Mexico, who killed a bartender over the price of a drink. Bill caught on and slipped up hill in order to change locations. Under sina senare r tjnstgjorde han ocks som brottsbekmpare och amerikansk tullinspektr. And, here, we get into truly strange territory. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Bill Wilson became known as The Great Bushwacker because he ambushed his many victims. Donaciano Aguilar An outlaw sentenced to life imprisonment in New Mexico on November 24, 1909. ?-1876) Sinker Wilson murdered a sheep drover named Datus Cowan in 1867. Starting a ranch in Uvalde County, Texas, he eventually married and had two children. Then the New York Times broke an expose about him. "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. In his later years, he also served as a law enforcement officer and a U.S. customs inspector. Later, about 1869, he was selling a wagon load of apples in McKinney, Texas, when two ex-Missouri Qauntrill Raidershis old comrades!spied him. 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. Josey Wales was based on a real man and one that was reputedly as tough, violent and vengeful as Wales. 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. Both their horses were killed during the chase however they were both able to escape on foot. He was later the sheriff of Terrell County, New Mexico. On November 30, 1880, Billy the Kid's Gang, David Anderson, aka Billy Wilson, and Dirty Dave Rudabaugh rode into White Oaks, New Mexico, and ran into Deputy Sheriff James Redman. The story of Bill Wilson has been told throughout the Ozark Mountains since he began his bloody career in 1861 to the present day. Ginger marked it as to-read Jan 25, 2022. new topic. Jacob Ogles, Gray Rohrer, Jesse Scheckner, Christine Sexton, Andrew Wilson, Wes Wolfe . While admitting his role in the murder, Walker claimed that he had been hired by another man to kill Church. Carter spent the rest of his life denying his past. He was killed by a posse led by Juan Patron near Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory on October 10, 1878. 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. He was born William Bill Wilson in the Ozarks in Missouri of a well-to-do family. Horses were a great contribution to their cause. He is remembered for his superior skill with revolvers and clever tactics in surprising his enemies. , Allison was appointed deputy sheriff of Conjos County, , but soon organized a band of outlaws. 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. Bill Longley was allegedly hanged for the first time when he was caught traveling with a horse or cattle thief. Afterward, he disappeared into history. 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. The last scene of The Outlaw Josey Wales, has a sweet resonance and resolution, and a little inside joke for history lovers. Henry Antrim See William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid. At a Union soldiers reunion, several years after the war, a favorite story was that of three soldiers trying to trap Bill. The two desperadoes were later caught, confessed and were hanged in Sherman on March 26, 1869. and New Mexico, he was captured in 1881 by Sheriff Matt Kyle and sent to prison. Bill was never without at least two forty-four caliber six shooters. Dan Wallace, aka: Texas Dan Texas outlaw Wallace was captured after robbing and killing a rancher near San Antonio in the late 1880s. [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. Later, about 1869, he was selling a wagon load of apples in McKinney, Texas, when two men spied him. He was the last man hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on July 30, 1896. governor of Alabama on a segregationist ticket, but finished fifth of five candidates. He was assassinated in Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1923. This surprised attack was all the edge he needed. While the movie Josie Wales had minor historical inaccuracies, it had many parallels to the life of the Bushwhacker Bill Wilson. They have also lived in Houston, TX and Humble, TX. With both of his revolvers drawn, he surprised them on the road and killed all four. grandfather, a man named Walesthe very name of his outlaw hero! He started calling. On the second day of the trip, November 2, 1889, all but two prisoners were set out to walk up a steep ascent. He was arrested, convicted and sentenced that year, but escaped jail and remained at large for nine years until captured early in 1876. Approximately one year later, deputy Matt Shelton confirmed the encounter.