152 pages, Garlic Press Publishing, 2012. Roberts died in Hico of a heart attack some 3 weeks later. Based on taped interviews with hard to dispute. During the interviews, Roberts provided observations, insights, and details about the Kid, the Lincoln County War, and other important historical and geographical details unknown to the historians of the day, all of which have subsequently been verified. Painstakingly researched and honestly delivered. Another story that McKinney reportedly told other relatives was that Garrett shot the wrong man on the porch, while the real Kid escaped. Land said that after Garrett shot the man in Fort Sumner, a deputy sheriff rolled over the body and told Garrett it was not Billy the Kid. The Texas grave belongs to William "Brushy Bill" Roberts, who waited until 1950 to confess that he was the Kid, when he was 90. That question may never be answered with any You take a small town such as Fort Sumner we are very, very, very dependent upon our tourism base.. Oliver Pleasant Roberts would later be known as Brushy Bill Roberts, who said his birth name was William Henry Roberts. Mrs. Syd Boykin, of Lincoln, also claimed to have seen the Kid after his supposed death in 1881. Hico had its first Billy the Kid Film Festival in 2015, and plans are in the works to bring it back this fall. He began researching Billy the Kid and "Brushy Bill" in early 2014. his body that were in the same position as were those known by history to have existed on Billy the Kid. the hands of Sheriff Pat Garrett in the house of one of his relatives, he was shocked to have Hines reply that the Kid was not killed by Garrett, Brushy Bill claimed he was Billy the Kid, who was shot and killed by Pat Garrett in 1881. This year entries will be open to films that include a general outlaw theme, Vasquez said. Brushy invited the visitor inside and introduced him to his wife, Melinda. [6] The only three witnesses to the alleged killing of the Kid by Pat Garrett were Garrett himself and Deputies John W. Poe and Thomas McKinney. 87 of 90 . Alan Bovik, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. But a man known as Brushy Bill Roberts, told the story before he died in December 1950 that he was actually Billy the Kid. Roberts even went so far as to identify Jesse James as a man named J. Frank Dalton, claiming to know him well. But it wasn't to be. anyone to learn the identity of who he really did kill. absolutely defies being pinned down to a real name and date and place of birth. William H. Bonney, Henry McCarty, Kid Antrim) was killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett back in 1881 and buried in Fort Sumner, N.M. If one looks at the video previously posted with Ola Everhard and Tunstill discussing J. Frank Dalton & Brushy Bill Roberts, they'll see at 2:02:00 (onwards) of the video Ola Everhard saying that Brushy Bill Roberts wrote a letter to her about him & Brushy's wife coming to visit them. Ollie L. "Brushy Bill" Roberts was a resident of Hico, Texas until his death in 1950 at the age of 90. . Jesse Evans, a childhood friend of Billy, told a lawyer who was working on a property claim case in Florida that he and Billy the Kid were two of the three surviving combatants from the Lincoln County War. In 1990 a study was conducted using the Dedrick-Upham Tintype and a photograph of William Henry Roberts. never know for sure with any degree of certainty. With so many different versions being told about the events that happened that night in Fort Sumner, by the witnesses involved, how can we know The Kid wouldnt be Sonnichsen - https://amzn.to/3B3vH4HThe Return of the Outlaw Billy the Kid by W.C. Jameson \u0026 Frederic Bean - https://amzn.to/3PKsbAtBilly the Kid Beyond The Grave by W.C. Jameson - https://amzn.to/3yT85wTBilly the Kid The Lost Interviews by W.C. Jameson - https://amzn.to/3odxqN9Frontier Fighter by George Coe - https://amzn.to/3v04ThIThe Saga of Billy the Kid by Walter Noble Burns - https://amzn.to/3B3qOsvBilly the Kid His Life \u0026 Legend by Jon Tuska - https://amzn.to/3PnikAKThe Life \u0026 Death of John Henry Tunstall by Frederick Nolan -https://amzn.to/3RLrN6iViolence In Lincoln County by William A. Keleher - https://amzn.to/3zgOmZoHistory of the Lincoln County War by Maurice G. Fulton - https://amzn.to/3PniLuSFour Sheriffs of Lincoln County by Jeff Dykes - https://amzn.to/3PsgdM8 The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History by Frederick Nolan - https://amzn.to/3cgjUFIMa'am Jones of the Pecos by Eve Ball - https://amzn.to/3yKYDvyThe Story of Billy The Kid, New Mexico's Number One Desperado by J.W. After interviewing the old man, what he then learned from him is the stuff of legends. escaped. In 2005, W.C. Jameson, himself a student of C.L. Alan Bovik, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Teeth: One thing that people who knew Billy the Kid remember about him the most were his two large and prominent as Billy the Kid, the falsely used evidence against him, and a list of questions regarding Brushy that remain unanswered. Billy the Kid has been portrayed by Robert Utley as Sonnichsen's groundbreaking 1955 work Alias Billy the Kid and provides never before revealed detail of Morrison's actual conversations with Roberts. There was a problem loading your book clubs. This man was discovered to not be Billy, while the real Kid The governor had originally taken Billys side and promised him a pardon, but in the end the governor reneged on his promise and left Billy to die., But, as Edwards wrote, Billy the Kid did not die, and his courageous, almost single-handed, struggle against a rigged system inspired a folk hero type following among the citizens of his time.. And on the night that Pat Garrett supposedly shot Billy the Kid, Roberts claimed that Garrett had actually shot another outlaw named Billy Barlow and told everyone that Barlows body belonged to the Kid. The most important part of the completely. What did Brushy really say? | Brushy Bill - Billy The Kid Message Board According to some McKinney relatives, he told a different story from the one he reportedly told Hines then told Morrison of his experiences in the Lincoln County War and with Billy the Kid. interest for Morrison, since he was related to the Maxwell family of Fort Sumner. Though numerous attempts have been made, the most recent in 2004, to definitively prove that Brushy Bill Roberts was Billy the Kid, none have been successful. by Severo Gallegos on November 11, 1950, Roberts had exactly the same kind of eyes. In the midst of attempting to claim land belonging to his deceased brother, Hines told his lawyer that he was, in fact, Jesse Evans, a famous Wild West outlaw who had disappeared after being released from prison in 1882 and had been living in secret all that time. described him as straight as an arrowabout five feet eight inches tall in cowboy boots. The consequences will be really severe. Photos of Brushy Bill Roberts, Page 7. He was born in Texas and he died there too. Billy the Kid: The Lost InterviewsHistorian and professional treasure hunter W.C. Jameson has had many adventures, but none more exciting than the discovery of the original tapes of William H. "Brushy Bill" Roberts, who went before the Governor of New Mexico in 1950 seeking a pardon for crimes committed as the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid. Sonnichsen, re-examined the subject and released Billy the Kid: Beyond the Grave. Both Fort Sumner, NM and Hico, TX have significant stakes in the outcome of the trial as each of their versions of Billy the Kid (and his final resting place) draw tourists from all over the world. But this time, the showdown pits mayors against sheriffs, and forensic science against the uncertainties of the grave. He said he had lived incognito for decades. Indeed, it would have been extremely likely that he would have adopted another name to live his new life under since [15] Billy the Kid could read and write English,[16] and was fluent in spoken Spanish. Based upon surviving historical evidence for the claims of Miller and Roberts, along with the generally accepted version of Bonney's death by Pat Garrett, the trial will once and for all determine which story stands up to a dispassionate examination of the facts. Ears: Both Billy the Kid and Roberts possessed rather prominent ears. [1][7][8], Writer W. C. Jameson, a Brushy Bill enthusiast, claims that Brushy Bill's actual name was William Henry Roberts, and that Oliver Pleasant Roberts was not the same person as "Brushy Bill",[9] although Roberts's niece definitively stated that her uncle "Brushy Bill" was named Oliver P. Roberts, and was not Billy the Kid. The gravesite was 84 miles west of what is now Roswell, New Mexico where legend has it that he had been killed by sheriff-turned-bounty-hunter Pat Garrett. But who really was J. Frank Dalton, and was his claim to being Jesse James really untrue? Billy was not an outlaw. The infamous New Yorker, whose Wild West antics ranged from stealing food to killing at least eight men, was supposedly gunned down at Fort Sumner, New Mexico . She said at one point Billy even worked in law enforcement, using his cowboy skills to hunt down horse rustlers. Photos of Brushy Bill Roberts, Page 3 But in 1950, a Texas man named Brushy Bill Roberts claimed that he was the real Billy the Kid and that someone else had been shot in his place. They were breaking horses. [22], In 1990, a study using photo comparison equipment at the Laboratory for Vision Studies and the Advanced Graphic Laboratory in the University of Texas was conducted by image experts Scott Acton and Alan Bovik. His wife, Lizzie, had him buried at a cemetery on the north side of Hamilton. Had he been born in 1879, he would have been only 71 at the time of his death. He. I dont believe that were the only town in the world, and the world is very interested in this, he said. The passage of time, along with blurred lines between the good guys and bad guys, may have contributed to the conflicting stories about cattle ranchers, lawmen and real-life cowboys in the old West. After interviewing the old man, what he then learned from him is the stuff of legends. here. In later years, regarding the shooting of Billy the Kid, Poe has been quoted as saying, I had felt almost certain that someone whom we Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2020, Loved it, totally convinced that Brushy Bill is the true Billy The Kid, Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2018. After this look at Brushy Bill Roberts, discover all there is to know about Billy the Kid a.k.a. Snow indicated that if the two were the same person, then Roberts should have ranked at least second. With so many stories from people who knew the Kid quite well claiming to have seen him since his supposed death in 1881, how can we be so sure C.L. I have also served as the archivist of the Billy the Kid Museum of Canton, Texas as well as served on the board of directors of both the Billy the Kid Museum of Canton, Texas and The Outlaw Museum of Canton, Texas.Book Source List:Alias Billy the Kid by William V. Morrison \u0026 C.L. that Pat Garrett killed the right man? Why are we throwing it away? Photos of Brushy Bill Roberts, Page 1 Evidently, Pat Garrett did a good job of covering up his mistake. This later day comparison The 29-year-old stunner wore a skintight white tank . Brushy Bill Roberts and Billy the Kid---The Complete Facts - Angelfire He spent most of his latter years in the territory that eventually became the state of New Mexico. This resulted in Roberts' photo ranking 42nd (i.e. W.C. Jameson, a leading authority on Bill the Kid, I think Enhancements you chose aren't available for this seller. He found him there, living in a little place called Hico. This part of our history is something that we need to prove and stand on, said Gary Graves, the sheriff of De Baca County, which encompasses Fort Sumner. Brushy Bill was 90 three days shy of turning 91. He went by the name William Henry Roberts, but most . Further intrigued, Morrison probed Hines for the photos would be to him. But Graves said hes not making a dime on the venture, and insisted that no public funds were being used. Roberts.[5]. He was given a chance to start over.. Ultimately, both Poe and McKinney agreed with Garrett, but McKinney recanted years later and claimed like Poe before him that Garrett had killed someone else. Sue Land, the museums director, said Billy decided to talk to Morrison so he could help him get the pardon he had long wanted. Similarities and differences between the two photographs by the CIA, FBI, Scotland Yard, Interpol, and the Israeli Mosad. People want the truth, people dont want a lie. New Mexico didnt become the 47th state until Jan. 6, 1912. In 1948, a probate investigator from St. Louis, William V. Morrison, located an elderly man named Joe Hines, who had claimed the lands of his deceased brother. Billy the Kid played a key role in the Lincoln County War, which began in Lincoln County, N.M. in 1878. What about the other deputy there that night, Thomas McKinney? And among the most widely-known of all those bandits was Billy the Kid. We want to get to the bottom of it, Richardson said in a Voice of America report. there and I think I got him. Upon a moment of reflection, Poe was said to have replied, Pat, you shot the wrong man. He found him there, living in a little place called Hico. On the night of July 14th, 1881, the infamous outlaw Billy The Kid was killed in Ft. Sumner New Mexico. In 1989, the Lincoln County Heritage Trust commissioned a computer study by Robert L. Har and Dr. Thomas G. Kyle, who used an analytical process of his own creation instead of established protocols used by law enforcement. The key hearing on the exhumation is due in January. The town of Hico, TX maintains that "Brushy" Bill Roberts was The Kid, and he in fact went in front of New Mexico Governor Thomas Mabry in 1950 asking for the pardon he says he was promised by Territorial Governor Lew Wallace in 1878. Brushy and his story were largely forgotten until the movie Young Guns II depicted him as the narrator of events surrounding the life and times of Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War. That scene was also witnessed by a U.S. marshal who filed notice of it, according to Land. . by W. C. Jameson [3] His claim was explored in a 2011 episode of Brad Meltzer's Decoded and a segment by Robert Stack in 1989 on Unsolved Mysteries. At first blush, the saga sounds like a straightforward detective story: Tradition says that Billy the Kid (a.k.a. Hico's Billy the Kid Museum speculates that Billy moved to Texas in 1883, two years after his supposed death in New Mexico. Edwards, 46, is a researcher and publisher who lives in a suburb of Philadelphia. Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2021. were searched for, concentrating on facial features that criminologists use in their identification of criminals.

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