"Terrell County Texas, Its Past, Its People". One of them was James Butler Hickok (Wild 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. Bill was accused of the deed. ?-1889) An outlaw and alleged leader of the Missouri Bald Knobbers a gang of over 400 members. Epeminto Aguelari An outlaw who killed Jose A. Samora at Wallace, New Mexico, on April 20, 1884. Wa-Har-Key Son A Choctaw Indian, he was wanted for the double murder of Mr. Marriot and his wife. 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. During his time as sheriff, he was accused of corruption and selling whiskey to the Native Americans. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Quantrill and General Joe Shelby were in constant need of re-mounts. He died in an Iowa prison. Some versions of Evan's killing claim he was a member of the Texas State Police; the TSP only existed from 1870 to 1873. ?-1890) An outlaw operating in Indian Territory, Willis robbed and murdered W.P. Duped, he began to pass the money and was arrested and indicted. Justin Anjo A California outlaw, Anjo was lynched for shooting a man to death on July 12, 1877. 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. 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. He sold a wagon load of apples in McKinney, Texas and was paid in greenbacks. It is unknown how many he killed on this raid, but it was said to be his highest number yet. Bill caught on and slipped up hill in order to change locations. They were all natives of the Ozark Mountains in Phelps County, Missouri. We make every attempt to respect the rights of others. He hid and watched the trail. And, here, we get into truly strange territory. James Wheeler New Mexico outlaw Wheeler shot and killed Adolph Davidson in Chance City, New Mexico in April 1886. 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. Juni 1918) war ein amerikanischer Gesetzloser des 19. . William B. Sometimes Bill Wilson rode with Bushwhackers Dick Kitchen, Anthony Wright and Jim Jamison. After the war, rewards were posted for Anthony, Dick, Jim and Bill. Later, Carter ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant. Written by Ronnie Atnip and published by NTXE-News ~ August 9, 2011. 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. Outlaw Billy Wilson, Arkansas Dave Anderson, or Buffalo Billy according to History, grew up 80 miles from Corry, PA in Trumbull County, Ohio. The number of Union soldiers Wilson killed is unknownaccording to the legend, possibly dozens. After the war, there was a $300 bounty on bushwhackers. The story of Bill Wilson has been told throughout the Ozark Mountains since he began his bloody career in 1861 to the present day. In the movie, The Outlaw 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. There was quicksand between the two trails. Billy Wilson (Gechteter) - Billy Wilson (outlaw) David Lawrence Anderson (1862 - 4. 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. Sometimes disguised as a Union soldier, sometimes alone, sometimes in the company of other bushwhackers, Bill was always a very dangerous man. 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.. Bill Wilson became known as The Great Bushwacker because he ambushed his many victims. He is considered to have been one of the deadliest gunfighters in the Old West. William Blake (outlaw) Thomas Hamilton Blanck. 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. ?-1886) Wasson was wanted for the 1872 murder of a man named Henry Martin, but eluded capture until 1884. Pete Whitehead An Oklahoma murderer, Whitehead killed Jack Bullard and a deputy in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Miller, Rick. 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. The saloon/bordello/gambling house in the movie would have been that belonging to Jim, Jim Crow Chiles. 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. Bill Wilson robbed and burned many wagon trains by charging in. Charles Allen An outlaw, Allen robbed and killed a group of people in Virginia City, Montana, and was hanged by vigilantes. Ginger marked it as to-read Jan 25, 2022. new topic. Skipping bail, he soon fled and joined Billy the Kids Gang of rustlers. In a strange twist of life imitating art imitating life, Carter later wrote in his autobiography in 1985 of his Scottish-Cherokee grandfather, a man named Walesthe very name of his outlaw hero! Some individuals, like Jesse James, became outlaws after serving in the Civil War. It was thought that no one could kill him. He blamed Lay for his brief imprisonment. 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. He was a deadly shot and always had on both hips two .44-calibre six shooters. On one occasion, Bill rode his horse from a main trail to the Little Piney River and back several times. 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. Also, there are no known pictures of Simp Dixon. 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. He is considered to have been one of the deadliest gunfighters in the Old West. P.O. During the winter and when not active in Missouri, they were in North Texas. This was his edge. He deserted again in May 1872. Following the siege at Stinking Springs (near present-day Taiban, New Mexico), he was arrested with the rest of Billy the Kid's gang after surrendering to Pat Garrett and convicted in December 1880. Mountain people of the Ozarks maintained a code of mind your own business. They didnt readily take anyone into their confidence. Donaciano Aguilar An outlaw sentenced to life imprisonment in New Mexico on November 24, 1909. On another occasion, Bill was working with Bushwhacker Tom Brown. "The True Story Behind Josey Wales" was first published on Facebook on April 1, 2020. The 12-count indictmentwhich was returned on June 10, 2010 . His daring deeds are still considered miracles due to his never being wounded once. Forrest Carter, born Asa Earl Carter, was a KuKluxKlan leader. Stability eluded him again, however, when he became a rival, with Lay's nephew, for the affections of a young woman. During the shootout, deputy sheriff Jimmy Carlyle was killed and their pursuers burned the hideout in frustration following their escape. Bill Allen A Texas outlaw and robber, Allen occasionally rode with the Jesse Evans Gang. Due to his love for turkey hunting, they slipped as close to the Bushwhackers camp as they dared and started making turkey sounds. Bill Longley was born on Mill Creek in Austin County, Texas, the sixth of ten children of Campbell and Sarah Longley. He was questioned, but maintained his innocence. He again led away government horses. He was killed by a posse led by Juan Patron near Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory on October 10, 1878. Sol remained neutral and advised his children to do the same. 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. Jacob Ogles, Gray Rohrer, Jesse Scheckner, Christine Sexton, Andrew Wilson, Wes Wolfe . ?-1889) William Walker killed Calvin Church in the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory in December 1888. Sent to prison, he committed suicide in prison in 1885. All five pulled their revolvers and Bill killed the other four. Bill Applegate Applegate led a gang of rustlers in New Mexico during the 1870s. George Red Buck Weightman (18? Everyone believed that this was contrived to allow the Bushwhacker to change his name and avoid bounty hunters. Due to his love for turkey hunting, they slipped as close to the Bushwhackers camp as they dared and started making turkey sounds. Despite its ignoble origin, the film was a great commercial and artistic success and has become a cult classic. Here is the quote of the day. According to legend, he clutched his cards so tightly in one hand that he was buried with them. The story of Bill Wilson has been told throughout the Ozark Mountains since he began his bloody career in 1861 to the present day. Juan Alvarid A vicious Mexican outlaw, Juan was lynched in Socorro, New Mexico, on August 16, 1882, for raping an 8-year-old girl. At 1:00 pm Bill reported "a feeling of peace." At 2:31 p.m. he was even happier. He was to receive ten dollars and two quarts of whiskey for the crime. Longley is a major character in The Pistoleer, a novel by James Carlos Blake (Berkley Books, NY, 1995). Warned that the suspect was armed, the sheriff knew the man and did not consider him a threat. Longley, accompanied by a couple of friends, forced the three men at gunpoint into a dry creek bed. Mountain people of the Ozarks maintained a code of mind your own business. They didnt readily take anyone into their confidence. 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. Hart was not killed, but did lose his left arm to a shotgun blast. ?-1874) An outlaw and horse thief, Alexander was shot and killed by a mob in Belton, Texas, when they caught him trying to steal horses on May 25, 1874. The only way socialism has any chance in America is for the education system to push it in schools. Longley claimed to have killed thirty-two people, mostly of African American heritage. Dan Wallace, aka: Texas Dan Texas outlaw Wallace was captured after robbing and killing a rancher near San Antonio in the late 1880s. This was not uncommon in the mountains at that time. The men had with them six excellent horses but little or no supplies, which seemed a little odd to the locals. Only after he was shot and wounded did he finally surrender. Thompson and Blackmore over took him one mile north of Van Alstyne where now Highway 5 crosses a branch of Prong Creek. This page was last edited on 6 September 2022, at 22:00. His father, Sol Wilson, was a very well-to-do farmer who owned several slaves, but freed them before the Civil War. 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]. After the war, rewards were posted for Anthony, Dick, Jim and Bill. 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. [7] Furthermore, Longley would have been 14 and 15 years old respectively at the time of the alleged incidents. Mr. Chiles was burnt out in Missouri before the war and moved his family to Sherman, Texas. He was later the sheriff of Terrell County, New Mexico. When they approached, he stepped onto the road, stopped them, drew both revolvers and killed all four of them. 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.. Carter sent the book to Clint Eastwoods office as an unsolicited submission. He was arrested, convicted and sentenced that year, but escaped jail and remained at large for nine years until captured early in 1876. William Wilson, or variants, may refer to: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Anderson later escaped from custody in Santa Fe and escaped to Texas where he lived under his birth name David L. Anderson. 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. He hid in the trees by the trail leading back to the Union headquarters at Rolla, Missouri, and waited for the soldiers. 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. During the winter and when not active in Missouri, they were in North Texas. Everyone believed that this was contrived to allow the Bushwhacker to change his name and avoid bounty hunters. Two years later, he was arrested in Montana for a Texas murder and was extradited. A few days later, a group of Union solders raided his home, threw out his family, stole everything they could and set the entire homestead on fire. Jahrhunderts, besser bekannt unter dem Pseudonym Billy Wilson, der nach dem Lincoln County Krieg mit Billy the Kid ritt . When the War ended, there was a $300 bounty on him, an immense amount at that time. They were quick on the trigger as well. All the Rangers frequented his place while in Sherman. Thinking it was a turkey answering them, the soldiers were drawn in. Green Evans panicked and spurred his horse to escape. 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. Longley and his friends went through the dead man's pockets, as Pryer Evans and Ned rode away. One may wonder what the bushwhackers did with all the U.S. horses they stole. 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 got several soldiers after him on the road, took the trail, and then left it, tricking the soldiers into riding into the quicksand. Both were hanged at 1:00 p.m. on March 26, 1869 in Sherman, Texas. Josey Wales was based on a real man and one that was reputedly as tough, violent and vengeful as Wales. Top 3 Results for Bill Outlaw. He wrote Wallaces infamous pro-segregation 1963 line: "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." In 1958, he quit the Klan group he had founded after shooting two members over finances. Convicted of murder, it is incredible that he only received five years in prison. Dewey was a communist, failed teacher who pushed what are now clearly failed education theories. Convicted of murder, he was sentenced to life in prison. ?-1885) Cherokee Indians, Arcine and William Parchmeal killed a traveler named Henry Feigel as he was making his way through Indian Territory in 1872. Because of his fun loving personality and skill at playing the violin, he was always in demand for weddings and parties. However, the walking prisoners overpowered their guard and the driver, killing them both and wounding another. 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. Dick Kitchen moved to Evening Shade, Arkansas and ran a harness shop. Fred lost and got 20 years in San Quentin. Longley then fled northward, accompanied by his brother, James Stockton Longley, who was later tried and acquitted of Anderson's murder. Bill is related to Kerrie Jan Bloh . Wilson was probably one of this group. When he entered the saloon the cowboy shot him, killing him instantly. Numerous myths and legends have grown up about Longley that cannot be verified by any contemporary source. They ended up in a running gunfight with soldiers. His descendents would like to know. Richard West, aka: Little Dick (1860-1898) Richard Little Dick West was an outlaw who rode withBill Doolin and the Oklahombresin Oklahoma. Maybe no five pistoleers alive that could kill him, but two ex-comrades in arms did get the drop on him. [1] He received an average education for the time. Contemporaries have passed on, retired or simply faded away, but although Henry Paul turns 71 in August the last remaining original member of the Outlaws remains fiercely committed to keeping southern rock alive. Under increasing pressure from law enforcement, Longley fled from place to place and used several aliases to avoid arrest. 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 Wilson became, The Bushwhacker.. His name, they say: Mr. ?-1909) A gunfighter who was involved in a bitter feud in Ada, Oklahoma, was later arrested for the murder of Gus Bobbitt. "I hope that Dixie Highway reinforces the notion that the Outlaws still matter, and that southern rock will always matter," he says. On one occasion, Bill rode his horse from a main trail to the Little Piney River and back several times. Eastwoods partner read it and suggested buying the rights. There was an outlaw named Billy Wilson aka Dave Anderson that ran with the Kid. Wilson became a wanted outlaw before leaving for Texas. Anthony Wright moved a few times and many years later died of old age in Oklahoma. In the process, he became a wanted outlaw. He later died in the Enid, Oklahoma jail on September 7, 1895.