While admitting his role in the murder, Walker claimed that he had been hired by another man to kill Church. 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. Easy answer. By 1867, Texas was fully under the control of the Union due to the Reconstruction Act. He is considered to have been one of the deadliest gunfighters in the Old West. After getting some service at welder's station, Bill's car erupted in flames after his exhaust ignited some spilled fuel while he drove through the pits. Was he exhumed and buried in a cemetery or left by the road covered with a little dirt and brush? It was thought that no one could kill him. He was sent to prison but escaped and was later killed by a pursuing posse. Due to his love for turkey hunting, they slipped as close to the Bushwhackers camp as they dared and started making turkey sounds. Lawmen [ edit] Because of his fun loving personality and skill at playing the violin, he was always in demand for weddings and parties. Billy Wilson (Gechteter) - Billy Wilson (outlaw) David Lawrence Anderson (1862 - 4. 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. The most clearly false story Longley told was of being captured and lynched in 1869 alongside one of Cullen Baker's outlaw gang, surviving when a lucky shot severed the rope he had been hanged from, and then joining Baker's riders. He shaved his long beard to change his appearance. During the shootout, deputy sheriff Jimmy Carlyle was killed and their pursuers burned the hideout in frustration following their escape. More soldiers, scouts and spies were set afield looking for bushwhackers. Dick Kitchen moved to Evening Shade, Arkansas and ran a harness shop. This was his edge. Longley and his friends went through the dead man's pockets, as Pryer Evans and Ned rode away. Aragon shot him when tracked down by Lincoln County Deputy Sheriff Jasper Corn on October 26, 1884. Williams with the help of John Billee in the Kiamichi Mountains of Oklahoma. When outlaw cattle rustler was captured near Hillsboro, New Mexico, he was lynched around 1877. From 1861 to 1865, war-torn Missouri produced its share of guerrillas and brigands. The real Josey Wales was a Confederate guerilla fighter, a bushwacker, an associate of the bloody Quantrill Raiders, horse rustler, deadly shot, and killer of many. His father, Sol Wilson, was a very well-to-do farmer who owned several slaves, but freed them before the Civil War. Out on bail, he escaped and would not be recaptured until 1911. 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 was captured in Chicago, Illinois. He deserted again in May 1872. He rode with both Quantrill and General Joe Shelby. In the summer of 1861, some horses were stolen from the U.S. Government by a guerilla gang. Outlaw Billy Wilson, Arkansas Dave Anderson, or Buffalo Billy according to History, grew up 80 miles from Corry, PA in Trumbull County, Ohio. Nasario Alarid An New Mexico outlaw, he was finally captured and sentenced to 99 years in prison on September 17, 1906. Easy answer. In his later years, he also served as a law enforcement officer and a U.S. customs inspector. When the soldiers arrived, they asked him if he had seen Bill Wilson. He was hanged at Fort Smith, Arkansas on October 12, 1875. Burton Alvord (1866-1910) An Arizona lawman who turned outlaw in the 1890s when he began to drink too much. James Wasson (18? FAIR USE NOTICE: This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. William Billy Wilson See David L. Anderson. The movie portrays Native Americans and especially an old Cherokee man as very sympathetically and fellow renegades and free spirits, like Wales. Byways & Historic Trails Great Drives in America, Soldiers and Officers in American History, David L. Anderson, aka William Billy Wilson, Buffalo Bill, Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas Declaring Independence, Stanley, Ks Extinct but Still Here (LOK), Black Bob Reservation in Johnson County (LOK). 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. Bill Wilson was born around 1830 in Phelps County, Missouri. Discuss This Book. On another occasion, Bill was working with Bushwhacker Tom Brown. Actually, Simp wasnt killed until one year after both Bob Lee and Bill Wilson were killed. He was killed by lawmen near Arapahoe, Oklahoma in 1896. Later meeting up with Dave Rudabaugh, the three rode into White Oaks the following day and attempted to gun down deputy sheriff James Redman but were forced to flee after a crowd of 30 or 40 local residents took to the streets. ?-1886) The leader of the Archer Brothers Gang, who terrorized Indiana in the mid-1880s, he and three of his brothers were hanged when they were finally caught. 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. [1] He received an average education for the time. ?-1896) Thought to have hailed from Texas, Weightman was a noted horse thief and killer before joining the Doolin Gang. Box 579 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. Jim Wilson A New Mexico outlaw, Wilson shot and killed Dane Williams in Central City, New Mexico on March 20, 1886. The transaction was observed by John Thompson and William O. Blackmore, both ex-Missouri Partisan Rangers. 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. The Apache Kid and the others quickly fled, leaving Avott behind. He also served as a law enforcement officer and a U.S. customs inspector in his later years. Genovevo Avila A Mexican native who was a member of Vicente Silvas White Caps Gang. ?-1885) Cherokee Indians, Arcine and William Parchmeal killed a traveler named Henry Feigel as he was making his way through Indian Territory in 1872. Corral, Brocious attempted to kill Virgil Earp and succeeded in assassinating Morgan Earp. He continued to make trips back to Missouri to visit his family and was welcomed by the Ozark mountain people as a folk hero. He wrote Wallaces infamous pro-segregation 1963 line: "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever." Wilson.. P.O. and New Mexico, he was captured in 1881 by Sheriff Matt Kyle and sent to prison. "Mr. Accused of a murder he didnt commit, the Apache Kid fled and was soon blamed for virtually every unsolved crime in Arizona. Only after he was shot and wounded did he finally surrender. They were all innocent. At a Union soldiers reunion, several years after the war, a favorite story was that of three soldiers trying to trap Bill. Excerpts of those notes are included in Susan Cheever's biography of Wilson, My Name is Bill. In 1958, he quit the Klan group he had founded after shooting two members over finances. List of people pardoned or granted clemency by the president of the United States, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Billy_Wilson_(outlaw)&oldid=1088799160, Downie, Alice Evans. Thinking it was a turkey answering them, the soldiers were drawn in. He knew that they had to come back the same route to get to their headquarters at Rolla, Missouri. He rushed them, killing all three. Wade Alsup A Texas outlaw, Alsup was lynched by 15 masked men in Blue, Texas, on June 27, 1877. "The True Story Behind Josey Wales" was first published on Facebook on April 1, 2020. The motive was theft. Jump to: Outlaw Summaries (name begins with) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. Grant Wheeler (18? On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Many soldiers and horses were drowned that day. 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 watched and when one started lighting his pipe, Bill decided that this distraction was all the edge he needed. Was he exhumed and buried in a cemetery or left by the road covered with a little dirt and brush? ?-1896) On May 15, 1895, Wilson killed his traveling companion, Zachariah W. Thatch, with an ax. 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. Both were hanged at 1:00 p.m. on March 26, 1869 in Sherman, Texas. 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. Bodies started turning up everywhere. Once three soldiers were guarding a mill house with Bill inside. All the Rangers frequented his place while in Sherman. The story of Bill Wilson has been told throughout the Ozark Mountains since he began his bloody career in 1861 to the present day. Captain Dave Poole stayed in Sherman and became a successful rancher, spending a lot of his time brokering pardons for many of the Rangers. [10] However, he used a shotgun to kill both Wilson Anderson and William Lay, his only murders for which his weapon is definitely known. [7] Furthermore, Longley would have been 14 and 15 years old respectively at the time of the alleged incidents. Anthony Wright moved a few times and many years later died of old age in Oklahoma. 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. According to legend, he clutched his cards so tightly in one hand that he was buried with them. He was held for four months and then released to return to his unit. Due to his love for turkey hunting, they slipped as close to the Bushwhackers camp as they dared and started making turkey sounds. 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. 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! ?-1890) An outlaw operating in Indian Territory, Willis robbed and murdered W.P. Dewey was a communist, failed teacher who pushed what are now clearly failed education theories. Quantrill and General Joe Shelby were in constant need of re-mounts. Bushwhacker Jim Deem and his father were killed by soldiers. Also, there are no known pictures of Simp Dixon. They were taken to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D. C., where DNA tests were performed, along with a skull reconstruction. Anthony hid food stuffs taken in a train robbery under his fathers house. Quantrill and General Joe Shelby were in constant need of re-mounts. Thompson and Blackmore over took him one mile north of Van Alstyne where now Highway 5 crosses a branch of Prong Creek. Bill Applegate Applegate led a gang of rustlers in New Mexico during the 1870s. His descendents would like to know. David Atkins (18? ?-1875) A member of the Mes Gang, which competed with the John Kinney Gang in New Mexico. The next morning he continued north through Van Alstyne. Eastwoods partner read it and suggested buying the rights. Mountain people of the Ozarks maintained a code of mind your own business. They didnt readily take anyone into their confidence. Pursued by lawmen in Oklahoma, he was wounded at the time of his capture on August 4, 1895. On October 11, 1878, Longley was executed by hanging in Giddings, Texas, only a few miles from his childhood home of Evergreen. Jim Jamison was pardoned by Governor Crittenden and became a peace officer in Kansas and finally a Texas Ranger. Afterward, he disappeared into history. 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. Then he became a speechwriter for George Wallace. He was later the sheriff of Terrell County, New Mexico. He sold a wagon load of apples in McKinney, Texas and was paid in greenbacks. A Mexican-American convicted of murdering his business partner on October 21, 1889. He knew that they had to come back the same route to get to their headquarters at Rolla, Missouri. He was assassinated in Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1923. . One may wonder what the bushwhackers did with all the U.S. horses they stole. The four were hanged in an abandoned barn behind the jail. He and the others were tracked to a ranch house 40 miles away by a 12-man posse but they managed to escape. The best result we found for your search is Bill Wayne Outlaw age 80+ in Kingwood, TX in the Kingwood neighborhood. A spy gained his confidence and killed him with one of his own guns. They have made attempts to locate his burial site in order to relocate anything found to a family cemetery in Missouri. Encyclopedia of American Crime, Facts On File Inc., New York, 1982. Carter sent the book to Clint Eastwoods office as an unsolicited submission. Here is the quote of the day. Wilson You may find these related posts interesting: https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/the-true-story-of-katie-elder, https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/happy-father-s-day, https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/daniel-boone-frontier-icon. That was the end of Bills neutrality.. 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. Willis Arrington A Texas outlaw, Arrington was charged with rustling cattle in 1881. In the process, he became a wanted outlaw. "I hope that Dixie Highway reinforces the notion that the Outlaws still matter, and that southern rock will always matter," he says. Charles Allen An outlaw, Allen robbed and killed a group of people in Virginia City, Montana, and was hanged by vigilantes. grandfather, a man named Walesthe very name of his outlaw hero! After questioning Anthonys father and four brothers, and not learning anything, all five were shot in front of Anthonys mother. The transaction was observed by John Thompson and William O. Blackmore, both ex-Missouri Partisan Rangers. He then changed his name and moved to Wyoming. Bill Wilson went to Texas waiting on things to settle down. Anthony Wright moved a few times and many years later died of old age in Oklahoma. He was constantly in pistol practice and most of it from the back of a horse. Bill Wilson became known as "The Great Bushwacker" because he ambushed his many victims. Sol remained neutral and advised his children to do the same. Neither Client Eastwood or his partner knew the authors real identity as a rabid segregationist and would not for some years. Eastern District of Virginia (703) 299-3700. [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. Longley, accompanied by a couple of friends, forced the three men at gunpoint into a dry creek bed. Later, about 1869, he was selling a wagon load of apples in McKinney, Texas, when two men spied him. 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. Tom Welsh A New Mexico outlaw Welsh killed Joe Hickson in Good Hope, New Mexico on October 28, 1884. ?-1883) Almer was the leader of the Red Jack Gang who preyed on Arizona stagecoaches during the early 1880s. He was a sure-shot at a stand-still but also practiced assiduously shooting on the run from the back of his horse. Justin Anjo A California outlaw, Anjo was lynched for shooting a man to death on July 12, 1877. All the Rangers frequented his place while in Sherman. 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. So ends the Great Bushwhacker Bill Wilson. Doroteo Arango Armbula, aka Francisco Pancho Villa (1877-1923) Outlaw, cattle rustler, and Mexican revolutionist, Pancho made numerous successful raids along the U.S. border. ?-1876) Sinker Wilson murdered a sheep drover named Datus Cowan in 1867. They just couldnt catch Bill Wilson. For about 60 years, Bill Wilsons legend continued to survive in the South. 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. His nimble fingers were not only quick on the fiddle, however. Joseph Allen (18? He also served as a law enforcement officer and a U.S. customs inspector in his later years. William B. ?-1889) An outlaw and alleged leader of the Missouri Bald Knobbers a gang of over 400 members. On the second day of the trip, November 2, 1889, all but two prisoners were set out to walk up a steep ascent. There, he served as a crooked lawman when the Dodge City Gang was in control. After he killed Almarine Watkins in Oklahoma, he was finally captured. 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. The first victims were the four Union soldiers who had raided his farm. One story ways that after the sentencing, he asked the judge to play a game of seven-up with him, double or nothing. One of them was James Butler Hickok (Wild Bill). When the War ended, there was a $300 bounty on him, an immense amount at that time. There was quicksand between the two trails. The Real Outlaw Josey Wales was Bill Wilson, a Confederate Bushwhacker from the Ozarks The writings and movie about Josie Wales are based on the real bushwhacker, Bill Wilson. He wrote Wallaces infamous pro-segregation 1963 line: "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."
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