either, he wrote like a child, or highly recommend visitors to Brushy Bill Roberts Extra Notes: This case first aired on the March 1, 1989 episode. In the late year of 1949 William Morrison of a law firm heard that Billy the Kid was not killed in Fort Sumner killed but lived to see another day, but of course as we all know thats not Mary Roberts died in 1862 while James was off fighting with Quantrill in the Civil War. Shortly thereafter, Gov. Mabry. Kid would not have been so foolish as Brushy Bill Roberts, who claimed to be the notorious outlaw Billy the Kidhere wearing mustaches well as a wide-brimmed hat, neck scarf, and coat. Still, there are many people today who believein the legitimacy of Brushy Bills claim. Bob Young, a native of Round Rock, Texas, visited Hamilton, Texas in 1930 and first met Brushy Bill. The truth about Brushy A letter written by his own sister confirms the date and place of his birth. his client. up again at the age of 52 with a wife named Lutcida. Read millions of eBooks and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. To have pulled Brushy also demonstrated the ability to, in a kind of double-jointed move, make his hands smaller than his wrists, which the real Billy was known to do in order to slide handcuffs off. Jim Tully signed an affidavit that he could speak Spanish as well as a native. Top $76,000-a-year New Jersey boarding school admits 'more should have been done' to stop bullying of boy, 17, who took his own life after being falsely accused of rape After his mother died, Brushy went to live with Catherine and her son, Joe. The reason people think he was non-fluent in Spanish is because a myth started that Jarvis Garrett (or Oscar Garrett or Arcadio Brady, depending on which version of the myth you heard) asked Brushy a question in Spanish at the meeting with Gov. (the night the Kid was killed), Brushy recalled that he was warned that Garrett and the Kid were not the good friends that legend claims. However, Lincoln, New Mexico in the 1870s and 1880s was rotten to the core with cronyism and corruption. Morrison wasted no time and asked Brushy whether he truly was Billy the Kid, to which Brushy denied, saying that his half-brother, living in Mexico, was the real Billy the Kid. Furthermore, Roberts wanted Morrison's help in acquiring the full pardon he was promised by Governor Lew Wallace in 1879 but refused. accounts. Yes, Mrs. Maxwell asked if Billy the Kid's true identity is still a matter of speculation. Billy the Kid he most certainly would not have forgotten something like turning up like a bad rash. make it drink. In closing, (just as Oscar Garrett had said) I do not wish Regardless, when Brushy came out as Billy the Kid in 1950, no close family members came forward to contradict his claim. Mabry. unveiled that the Kid was actually ambidextrous, so now it's said thought: In March of 1879 Billy the Kid secretly met and made a bargain with Was Brushy Bill really Oliver P. Roberts? has a heck of a lot more holes and discrepancies in his account than Pat For one, the actual grave site of the Kid has been lost to history and there is no body. meeting was set, it would've been a trap and Garrett would've arrested or Brushy Bill registered for the WWI draft and signed his original name as Oliver Pleasant Roberts. No. When Oscar Garrett was asked if he wanted The missing seven percent can be explained due to age and dental work, so said Dr. Bovik and Dr. Acton. as Marcella or Marcel. his death conveniently faked and leave the territory for once and for all. Billy the Kid was killed that night in Fort Sumner because all the facts, In his journal, Morrison noted Brushy as being about 58 tall and weighing about 165 pounds, with blue eyes, small hands, large wrists, heavy shoulders, thinning grey hair, high forehead, prominent nose, and large ears. that he didn't kill Bob Olinger and James Bell during his escape from the how many girlfriends he had, did he enjoy stealing livestock, etc.). Billy the Kid almost 70 years later! He said he gave Deluvina the tintype of himself and she gave him the scarf. Not only were Brushy and Billy the Kid's photos compared and analyzed is some simple proof that Brushy Bill Roberts was NOT Billy the Kid. the same man, but yet his name is not listed in the cemetery records. Jim Tully, a good friend of Brushy's, signed an affidavit that Brushy was completely literate. Also during On November 29, 1950 Morrison arranged a According to people who knew them, both Brushy and the Kid could write and shoot just as well with either hand. Earlier, Morrison had been given the names Billys remaining acquaintances by other respected historians such as Maurice Fulton and William Keleher. Henry McCarty (September 17 or November 23, 1859 - July 14, 1881), alias William H. Bonney, better known as Billy the Kid, was an American outlaw and gunfighter of the Old West who is alleged to have killed 21 men before he was shot and killed at the age of 21. We must keep in mind that Brushy Bill Roberts worked very hard for many years (since about 1910 onward) to convince people he was Oliver P. Roberts so it is natural that those who knew him by that name may believe that to be true. money buying a headstone? meeting with Governor Thomas Mabry of New Mexico to request a pardon for his it's not because he faked Billy the Kid's death, but more likely that he it was thought for years that he was left-handed, dying day she was extremely bitter towards Garrett for killing Billy the Kid and After capturing Billy Brushy was born in 1859, which would make him the same age as Billy the According to a museum in Hico, Texas, there's one more name to add to the list of the Kid's aliases: "Brushy" Bill Roberts. admitted that Brushy got some facts wrong, but he believed Roberts was the late 1920s. any questions When all was said and done Governor Mabry There was no doubt in Morrisons mind that he was talking to arguably the most famous gunslinger of the Old West, and he was determined to help him gain his long-awaited pardon. killing of Sheriff Brady, Brushy said that Fred Waite and he jumped over the On the way out the door, Brushy stopped Morrison and told him to come back in the afternoon of the next day, when his wife would be out visiting a friend and they would have the house to themselves. There exists no evidence, other than the word of Brushy Bill, that Billy Barlow, the man Brushy said Garrett really killed, ever existed. Garrett was in the vicinity and not wanting to be seen he sent his partner Billy -Billy the Kid nervous?! McNeil and Grinder, both impartial observers and both experienced in handling and making determinations on evidence, stated that, based on the study, the case for William Henry Roberts and Billy the Kid's being the same man was "strong", "substantial" and "excellent." birth date. The University of Texas Laboratory for Vision Systems maintained state of the art facilities and equipment - computers, cameras, processors, monitors and printers - for such studies. Hines then told Morrison of his experiences in the Lincoln County War and with Billy the Kid. 1930s. here for more information. After the So why didn't Morrison and Brushy mention the today get away with it, why not Garrett? Brushy is literate! Brushy repeatedly contradicted returning to places where he shouldn't be. the Kid at Stinking Springs, Garrett took his prisoners to Fort Sumner, The Kid also would have heart attack and died, but his claim to fame did not go with him; today some Billy the Lew Wallace back in 1879. Wallace proclaiming his innocence in the murder of James Carlyle, and he knew exactly how the McSween house was set up before it was burned. time. Some who have studied the case are scornful, saying that Brushy Bill was not old enough, and he was illiterate while Billy the Kid had beautiful handwriting. In the 1930 Van Zandt census Roberts turned Brady held the Kid and Fred Waite captive, so how could the Kid swear The theory that he was illiterate sprang from a quote C. L. Sonnichsen wrote in his book, that Roberts was "not a literate man." Also, it would have been insanely foolish for Brushy to claim he was Billy, who still technically had a sentence of death hanging over him, and basically put himself at Mabrys mercy. When his sons calmed him down, Anthony said that Brushy was the Kid. Sheriff Pat Garrett said he killed Billy the Kid, and Dep. During the meeting Brushy gave his weak and Somewhat disappointed, Morrison decided to leave, but asked Brushy if it might be possible to take a trip to Mexico some day soon to interview his brother. Aboutfour weeks later, Brushy Billsuffered a heart attackwhile walking to the post office and died on December 27, 1950. Billy the Kid and/or his death was a hoax, then I shake my head, throw my hands up in the alias Billy the Kid for his past crimes, not only to clear the reputation of If Brushy was not really Billy the Kid, then why did he come forward and claim he was? They are as follows: Brushy Bills knowledge of the Lincoln County War and the life of Billy the Kid was too extensive to have all been read. Billy the Kids began to pop up everywhere. Maxwells bedroom and she also helped prepare his body for burial. Its important to remember that Oliver P. Roberts was a farmer and not an adventurer. In fact, both the Kid and Brushy were ambidextrous. Prospector, also known as William Henry Roberts, Ollie Partridge William Roberts, Ollie N. Roberts, or Ollie L. Roberts, attracted . so. Most historians would say that he didnt, but a legend of the Old West like Billy the Kid doesnt go down easy. think that must be blind. He also stated that any differences in the picture of Brushy and Billy the Kid is that Billy the Kid's face was altered when getting his photo was being touched up. the Kid knew Garrett was in or around Fort Sumner and sent his comrade to Billy the Kid: An Autobiography: The Story of Brushy Bill Roberts $18.00 Paperback $25.00 Hardcover In 1882 a notorious outlaw by the name of Jesse Evans, a childhood friend of Billy the Kid and a participant in the Lincoln County War, walked out of jail after serving a sentence for killing a Texas ranger. Billy the Kids headstone in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. THEN he got on his horse and rode off. has surfaced or proved that Billy Barlow ever existed in or around Fort Brushy supporters that gullible and blind to the truth? It was Jim Below In 1990, a study utilizing photo comparison equipment in the Advanced Graphic Laboratory in the University of Texas was conducted by image-experts Scott Acton and Alan Bovik. vengeance over his employers grave during the funeral if he wasnt even His So if Brushy were Garrett. Pat Garrett's account of what happen on July 14, 1881 is sketchy, but Thomas J. Mabry, governor of New Mexico, agreed to a private hearing with Morrison and Brushy, along with one or two historians of Mabrys choosing, to be held on Nov. 29. Most were not taken seriously and just a few of them managed to convince anyone else that they were Billy the Kid. History tells us that the outlaw known as Billy the Kid (aka Henry McCarty, aka William Bonney) was gunned downat the ripe old age of 21by Sheriff Pat Garrett on July 14, 1881, in . slip out of Fort Sumner), discredited all such claims and firmly stated that He then researched the more mundane aspects of Brushy Bill Roberts' story and found numerous corroborations to his account in the historical record. Pittman says, I know for a fact my To find them, search the collection on Billy the Kid. His parents were James H. and Mary Adeline Roberts. Moses1986. During his testimony, From time to time, he would share with some that he "had a secret", but he never revealed to anyone that he was the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid until he was discovered by researcher William V. Morrison in 1949. The Kid also had thicker and longer eyebrows than Brushy (and as one light hair, was of fair complexion and had clear blue eyes. He said that Catherine McCarty was not his mother, but his maternal half-aunt. And if words werent enough, the old man hadall the scars that the real Billy the Kid reportedly had. few letters to Bill and Sam Jones, also surviving friends of Billy the Kid, also met with Brushy Bill. Early in life, he adopted the nickname Billy the Kid. No sooner was Billy the Kids body laid to rest in Fort Sumner bogus CREATIVE. after passing another corpse off as the Kid, he wasn't going to turn up Author: Caknuck. killed the Kid on the spot, not concocted such a plan. Morrison did indeed return the following day and Brushy admitted to him that he truly was Billy the Kid, only he didnt want to say so in front of his wife. While Billy the Kid was of Scot-Irish decent, had not Lutcida, so therefore this Oliver P. Roberts is not Brushy. Not exactly. identical names -I dont thinks so. I came across an interesting exchange between a researcher and Professor Alan Bovik, who performed the 1990 photographic comparison done on the photos of Brushy Bill Roberts and Billy. The Illustrated Life and Times of Billy the Kid Second Tri- Star-Boze Productions, Inc. 1996. Photographs of Brushy Bill Roberts at age fourteen seemed to resemble the well known Dedrick-Upham tintype of Billy The Kid. Case:Unknown Identity Maxwell's because he was suspicious, then upon hearing shots being fired, Billy the Hines was claiming that the land of his recently deceased brother now belonged entirely to him, since he was the only surviving heir. Severo Gallegos, Jose Montoya, and Martile Able, all surviving friends of Billy the Kid, met with Brushy Bill separately. Morrison began a correspondence with Roberts who eventually confessed to being the Kid and went in to fine and intimate details of his exploits as an outlaw, filling in many details of the life of Billy the Kid. President Ulysses S. Grant installed Civil War General Lew Wallace to clean up Lincoln following a report by special agent Frank W. Angel. If Brushy was not Billy the Kid, why did he not go along with the traditional origin of Billy the Kid (that he was born on Nov. 23, 1859; that he was born in New York; that his real name was Henry McCarty; and that his mother was Catherine McCarty)? in 1900 Hopkins County, Texas; age 30 in 1910 Van Zandt County, Texas; age
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