1. Lawrence was wrong and Wilson was hanged twice on December 10, 1875. He died in 1964, having spent his last 32 years in a mental institution. Horses were a great contribution to their cause. He was held for four months and then released to return to his unit. He sold his operation within less than a year but was paid in counterfeit bills. It was thought that no one could kill him. Harris Austin (18? Aragon shot him when tracked down by Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Jasper Corn on October 26, 1884. In 1954, the actor Douglas Kennedy played Longley in an episode of the syndicated western television series Stories of the Century. Wounded in the arm, he was taken back to Fort Smith, Arkansas, where the arm was amputated shortly before he was hanged on April 19, 1889. More soldiers, scouts and spies were set afield looking for bushwhackers. He is considered to have been one of the deadliest gunfighters in the Old West. They were taken to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D. C., where DNA tests were performed, along with a skull reconstruction. Bill caught on and slipped up hill in order to change locations. The Real Outlaw Josey Wales was Bill Wilson, a Confederate Bushwhacker from the Ozarks He was the last man hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on July 30, 1896. On April 19, 1909, a vigilante mob of 150-200 men stormed the jail and dragged out Allen, along with Jim Miller, Jesse West, and D.B. Eastern District of Virginia (703) 299-3700. 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. The saloon/bordello/gambling house in the movie would have been that belonging to Jim, Jim Crow Chiles. Captain Dave Poole stayed in Sherman and became a successful rancher, spending a lot of his time brokering pardons for many of the Rangers. Anthony Wright moved a few times and many years later died of old age in Oklahoma. He is a true folk hero. Longley, accompanied by a couple of friends, forced the three men at gunpoint into a dry creek bed. Here is the quote of the day. "Terrell County Texas, Its Past, Its People". There was quicksand between the two trails. 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. 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. He was killed in the line of duty in 1918. Bushwhacker Bill found out from a neighbor, Mary A. Arthur, that four Union soldiers had been by her place looking for him. "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. In that same year, as a result of an interview with Barbara Walters, several politicians and reporters recognized Carter as the anti-segregationist and former Klan leader. He sold a wagon load of apples in McKinney, Texas and was paid in greenbacks. He was convicted of murder in May 1882 and received a life sentence. ~ The Movie ~ William Walker (18? Soon all of the soldiers dreaded going after Mr. Wilson. Nelson Ellsworth Wyatt, aka: Zip, Dick Yeager, Wild Charlie (1864?-1895) An Oklahoma outlaw, Wyatt was a cattle rustler and post office robber, who also killed a deputy sheriff in Kansas. Bill Wilson lived near Sherman, Texas, and married an Indian woman named Mary Ann Noaks in April 1865. During the shootout, deputy sheriff Jimmy Carlyle was killed and their pursuers burned the hideout in frustration following their escape. 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. He again led away government horses. Zip Wyatt in Jail by the Police News, 1895. Sometimes Bill Wilson rode with Bushwhackers Dick Kitchen, Anthony Wright and Jim Jamison. He was killed by lawmen near Arapahoe, Oklahoma in 1896. 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. 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. William Brocius. Dick Kitchen moved to Evening Shade, Arkansas and ran a harness shop. Robbing stages between. Actually, Simp wasnt killed until one year after both Bob Lee and Bill Wilson were killed. A Mexican-American convicted of murdering his business partner on October 21, 1889. On March 31, 1875, Longley killed his childhood friend, Wilson Anderson, with a shotgun. They ended up in a running gunfight with soldiers. , Allison was appointed deputy sheriff of Conjos County, , but soon organized a band of outlaws. Accused of a murder he didnt commit, the Apache Kid fled and was soon blamed for virtually every unsolved crime in Arizona. In 1896, Pat Garrett helped him to obtain a presidential pardon. 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. Bill moved his family into a one room cabin on his mothers farm and started on his quest. Thompson and Blackmore over took him one mile north of Van Alstyne where now Highway 5 crosses a branch of Prong Creek. 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. Lay was the last man known to have been killed by Longley. He was a deadly shot and always had on both hips two .44-calibre six shooters. 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. And, here, we get into truly strange territory. 2. Neither Client Eastwood or his partner knew the authors real identity as a rabid segregationist and would not for some years. David Lawrence Anderson was a 19th-century American outlaw, better known under the alias Billy Wilson, who rode with Billy the Kid following the Lincoln County War. Bill would not take the oath, but did make many trips back to Missouri visiting his family. 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. Together they robbed settlers, and in one instance killed a freed slave named Paul Brice in Bastrop County, Texas, after which they stole his horses. William Alexander (18??-??) On one occasion, Bill rode his horse from a main trail to the Little Piney River and back several times. His daring deeds are still considered miracles due to his never being wounded once. 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. From February to May 1880, Anderson stole horses from the Mescalero Apache reservation as well as cattle from ranchers on the Colorado River to whom they sold for $10 a head to White Oaks businessman Thomas Cooper. Matt Warner See Willard Erastus Christianson. He is buried close to Cynthia Ann Parker, Quanah Parkers mother, and her family. The four were hanged in an abandoned barn behind the jail. After the war, there was a $300 bounty on bushwhackers. 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. Some outlaws migrated to the frontier to escape prosecution for crimes elsewhere. Dewey was a communist, failed teacher who pushed what are now clearly failed education theories. Encyclopedia of American Crime, Facts On File Inc., New York, 1982. 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. At 62 tall and 185 pounds with black curly hair and bright blue eyes, Bill was a very striking man. One of them was James Butler Hickok (Wild Bill). Many soldiers and horses were drowned that day. 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. Josey Wales was based on a real man and one that was reputedly as tough, violent and vengeful as Wales. Both were hanged at 1:00 p.m. on March 26, 1869 in Sherman, Texas. The movie, The Outlaw Josie Wales, was released in 1976. [emailprotected]. There they shot him several times, robbed him, and buried him in a shallow grave. He is remembered for his superior skill with revolvers and clever tactics in surprising his enemies. The National President and 26 other members and associates of the American Outlaw Association (Outlaws) motorcycle gang have been indicted by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. As these many outlaw tales were taking place on the American Frontier, those puritan folks in the east, longing for adventure and entertainment, greedily absorbed every word of the shocking newspaper headlines and the exaggerated tales in dime novels that were often published before an outlaw even had time to escape, was jailed, or was killed in a shoot-out. On October 11, 1878, Longley was executed by hanging in Giddings, Texas, only a few miles from his childhood home of Evergreen. Lawmen [ edit] Wilson became a wanted outlaw before leaving for Texas. 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. Some brokered pardons with the U.S. government, but Bill Wilson never did. He was hanged at Fort Smith on July 11, 1884. While the movie Josie Wales had minor historical inaccuracies, it had many parallels to the life of the Bushwhacker Bill Wilson. He deserted two weeks later, as he was unable to adapt to the strict lifestyle, but was captured and court-martialed. 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. One story ways that after the sentencing, he asked the judge to play a game of seven-up with him, double or nothing. 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 was released in 1890. According to legend, he clutched his cards so tightly in one hand that he was buried with them. His descendents would like to know. His family moved when he was two years old and he was raised on a farm near Old Evergreen, Texas, in present-day Lincoln, Lee County, Texas, where he spent a large part of his childhood learning to shoot. This happened five miles south of Bonham, Texas. [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. Carter spent the rest of his life denying his past. On June 22, 1870, Longley enlisted for a five-year commitment in the army, joining Company B of the U.S. 2nd Cavalry Regiment. This was not uncommon in the mountains at that time. Bill Wilson went to Texas and his wife received a letter stating that he was killed for his wealth. Dixon went south tracking Lewis Peacock, Bob Lees nemesis, and was killed near Fort Parker. 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! 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. Surrounded by a posse on April 25, 1895 in Mancos, Colorado and wounded, he committed suicide rather than be taken in. "The True Story Behind Josey Wales" was first published on Facebook on April 1, 2020. Bill was never without at least two forty-four caliber six shooters. Anthony hid food stuffs taken in a train robbery under his fathers house. Horses were a great contribution to their cause. Captain Dave Poole stayed in Sherman and became a successful rancher, spending a lot of his time brokering pardons for many of the Rangers. During the winter and when not active in Missouri, they were in North Texas. Some were simply men who took advantage of the wildness and lawlessness of the frontier to enrich themselves at the expense of others. Bill Wilson maintained a neutral stance until a confrontation with Union soldiers on his farm on Corn Creek near Edgar Springs, Missouri. His father, Sol Wilson, was a very well-to-do farmer who owned several slaves, but freed them before the Civil War. Gilbert Webb Arrested for complicity in the robbery of an Army paymaster at Fort Thomas, Arizona on May 11, 1889. They just couldnt catch Bill Wilson. 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. 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. The only way socialism has any chance in America is for the education system to push it in schools. Write a review. 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. He is remembered for his superior skill with revolvers and clever tactics in surprising his enemies. In the process, he became a wanted outlaw. They were all natives of the Ozark Mountains in Phelps County, Missouri. 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. This surprised attack was all the edge he needed. He was killed by a posse led by Juan Patron near Fort Sumner, New Mexico Territory on October 10, 1878. They just couldnt catch Bill Wilson. Sol remained neutral and advised his children to do the same. Killing Yankees had a side benefit: Bill confiscated their Army mounts and supplied the Quantrill Raiders with mounts for their many raids. Forced to go on the run, he joined Billy the Kid and his gang rustling cattle in the local area. As Baker was dead and his band dispersed at the time Longley claimed this happened, the story cannot be true. In his later years, he also served as a law enforcement officer and a U.S. customs inspector. In June 2001, it was officially reported that the remains from the grave site were indeed those of Bill Longley.[5]. Jesus Avott(a) Convicted of horse theft in October 1889, Avott was sentenced to a year in the Arizona Territorial Prison in Yuma. 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. Story of the Outlaw Study of the Western Desperado. The story does not end there. Also, there are no known pictures of Simp Dixon. Lawrence was wrong and Wilson was hanged twice on December 10, 1875. He was returned to Texas, tried in the Lee County Court, and sentenced to hang for the murder of Wilson Anderson. 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. After these men were caught, they confessed and were tried and convicted. Easy answer. Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated November 2022. More than a grainmore like a bushel basket. Bladder Allen An outlaw in Lincoln County, New Mexico, Allen was jailed for stabbing a man in White Oaks, New Mexico. All five pulled their revolvers and Bill killed the other four. They ended up in a running gunfight with soldiers. It was thought that no one could kill him. Billy Wilson, Outlaw, and Lawman 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. ?-1885) Cherokee Indians, Arcine and William Parchmeal killed a traveler named Henry Feigel as he was making his way through Indian Territory in 1872. 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. Fleeing again, Longley went to east Texas and became a sharecropper for a preacher, William R. Lay. Bill Wilson was probably living around Sherman, Texas after the war. Wild Bill Longley: A Texas Hard-Case, Frontier Press of Texas, Houston, 1953, Fuller, Henry Clay. 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. He continued to make trips back to Missouri to visit his family and was welcomed by the Ozark mountain people as a folk hero. 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 . Green Evans panicked and spurred his horse to escape. His name, they say: Mr. "Presenting a bill that would disenfranchise 5 million voters is both unconstitutional and unserious. Sometimes Bill Wilson rode with Bushwhackers Dick Kitchen, Anthony Wright and Jim Jamison. ?-1964) An outlaw and member of the Black Jack Ketchum gang, Atkins robbed trains throughout New Mexico, West Texas, and Arizona. Bill Wilson went to Texas and his wife received a letter stating that he was killed for his wealth. Charles Allen, aka Big Time Charlie After the turn of the century, Big Time Charlie ran one of the most illicit prostitution rings in Denver, Colorado. Quantrill and General Joe Shelby were in constant need of re-mounts. He was constantly in pistol practice and most of it from the back of a horse. When he was tracked down once again by Lincoln County Sheriff John Poe and a posse on January 27, 1885, the killer shot down Deputy Sheriff John Hurley. Longley drifted around Texas for a time, and while gambling in saloons he became acquainted with noted gambler Phil Coe[3] In 1869, Longley and his brother-in-law, John Wilson, embarked on a crime spree through southern Texas. 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. Afterward, he worked as a U.S. customs inspector before becoming the Terrell County Sheriff in 1905. Bill caught on and slipped up hill in order to change locations. Outlaw Billy Wilson, Arkansas Dave Anderson, or Buffalo Billy according to History, grew up 80 miles from Corry, PA in Trumbull County, Ohio. 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. During his time as sheriff, he was accused of corruption and selling whiskey to the Native Americans. William "Billy" Wilson - See David L. Anderson [12] Longley is the title character in The Texan, a television series starring Rory Calhoun which aired on CBS from 1958-1960, which portrayed Longley as a noble wanderer.[13]. Bloody Bill Longley, Henington Publishing Company, 1996. 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. Nicholas Aragon An outlaw who sometimes rode with Billy the Kid, Aragon was a cattle rustler and murderer. He was assassinated in Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1923. He was an uncle of President Harry Truman and had met Quantrill while a wagon master on the Santa Fe Trail. The Adventures of Bill Longley, Galveston Daily News, Nacogdoches (Texas), September 16, 1877, Sifakis, Carl. He is a true folk hero. Even when alone, Bill Wilson claimed to have three friends with him, his best horse and two six shooters. The young horse thief then cut loose one of the team horses and rode to the Riverside stage station near Kelvin, Arizona. There was an outlaw named Billy Wilson aka Dave Anderson that ran with the Kid. ?-1889) William Walker killed Calvin Church in the Choctaw Nation of Indian Territory in December 1888. He was hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on April 23, 1886. The two desperadoes were later caught, confessed and were hanged in Sherman on March 26, 1869. He and several others, including the Apache Kid, were to be transported by stagecoach from Globe to Casa Grande before being put on a train to Yuma. Shroyer shot Longley's horse out from under him, but Longley shot Shroyer dead. He hid and watched the trail. There is usually a grain of truth to most legends and so it is with Josey Wales. When they approached, he stepped onto the road, stopped them, drew both revolvers and killed all four of them. Bodies of Union soldiers started showing up everywhere.