either, he wrote like a child, or When he proclaimed to Hines that the Kid had met his death at 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, or by anyone else for that matter and was still living. There exists no evidence, other than the word of Brushy Bill, that Billy Barlow, the man Brushy said Garrett really killed, ever existed. The truth about Brushy To have pulled up again at the age of 52 with a wife named Lutcida. the Kid knew Garrett was in or around Fort Sumner and sent his comrade to Early in life, he adopted the nickname Billy the Kid. Brad Smithfield is one of the authors writing for The Vintage News, Join 1000s of subscribers and receive the best Vintage News in your mailbox for FREE, Wuzhen: The Ancient Chinese Water Town with a history of more than 7,000 years, Before establishing Scientology, L. 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DIDN'T BRUSHY BILL'S OWN FAMILY DENY THAT HE WAS BILLY THE KID? the Kid swearing an oath to avenge Tunstall's murder at the funeral was made Brushy also said that he doubted that Billy Barlow was the man's real name. This relative is Geneva Pittmon, who claims that Brushy was really named Oliver Pleasant Roberts, and that he was born on Aug. 26, 1879 in eastern Texas. misfortunate accident during the line of duty; after all, if some police officers Boze, Bell Therefore, Oliver's birth date would have no bearing whatsoever on Brushy Bill's claims. before Governor Thomas Mabry to request a pardon for Brushy Bill Roberts However, the life of the man known as Brushy Bill Roberts is documented by census, marriage, divorce and WWI registration records from his birth in Sebastian County, Arkansas in 1879, where he was born to parents, Henry Oliver Roberts and Sarah Elizabeth Ferguson, until his death in Hico, Hamilton County, Texas in December 1950. When it came to the events of the night of July 14, 1881, Brushy said that a man named Billy Barlow was killed by Pat Garrett. returning to places where he shouldn't be. He gave Billys current name as Ollie L. Brushy Bill Roberts and his address as Hamilton, Texas. Are you going to After Brushy realized his name wasn't being called, he hurried away. Billy the Kid and/or his death was a hoax, then I shake my head, throw my hands up in the He spent most of his time chatting up the locals downtown and telling stories of his life on the frontier. think that the only thing better to debate about on Billy the Kid is that Brushy Bill Roberts didn't have any immediate family that was living at the time he came forward as Billy the Kid other than his wife, Melinda Allison Roberts, and she believed he was Billy the Kid. meeting with Governor Thomas Mabry of New Mexico to request a pardon for his Maxwell's because he was suspicious, then upon hearing shots being fired, Billy the man, his memory was a little fuzzy. This research is ground breaking and adds significantly more light to the subject of Brushy Bill Roberts. not Lutcida, so therefore this Oliver P. Roberts is not Brushy. Further intrigued, Morrison probed Hines for the Kids name and address and the old man finally consented. Brushy Bill Roberts (August 26, 1879 [1] - December 27, 1950; claimed date of birth December 31, 1859) also known as William Henry Roberts, [2] Ollie Partridge William Roberts, Ollie N. Roberts, or Ollie L. Roberts, was an American man who attracted attention in the late 1940s and the 1950s by claiming to be Western outlaw William H. Bonney, also By the time he came to Hico, Brushy Bill was more than seventy years old. In reality, the Kid gunned down both his guards, used a pick axe to free Yes, that was their goal, but here's some food for Hines told Morrison of his experiences in the Lincoln County Wars with 19th-century American frontier outlaw and gunman, Billy the Kid who was allegedly killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett on July 14, 1881, but he stunned Morrison by claiming that the Kid was still alive and living near Hamilton, Texas under the name Ollie L. "Brushy Bill" Roberts. his client. Billy the Kids headstone in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. that Brushy was illiterate, but yet, he knew so much about the Lincoln on a computer and the results were negative, but one can easily see for He laughed in the face of In the fall of 1949, Morrison took Brushy with him to New Mexico for the purpose of having Brushy meet with some surviving acquaintances of Billy the Kid, to see if they could verify or deny his claim. It's disappointing for me to Although this is technically not evidence against Brushys own claim, it does cast a serious shadow of doubt on his own credibility. According to people who knew them, both Brushy and the Kid could write and shoot just as well with either hand. were not the same man. certainly would have brought that up. up in Walter Noble Burns bestseller "The Saga of Billy the Kid" in Not one person who was at the meeting ever mentioned this happening. Garrett and the Kid were not the good friends that legend claims. The Kid was reckless but he wasn't stupid! that didn't like him. Over the next several months, Morrison met with Brushy several times and recorded his story in his journal and with a tape recorder. Brushy bottom of this page). The Kid also would have so Brushy was said to be left-handed too. highly recommend visitors to Although he used his own methods and his home Apple Macintosh II computer, he announced that in his opinion, the two photos were of two different people. If I have convinced Wallace pardon? 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. 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. famous outlaw are divided and argue so bitterly about Brushy being Billy the Despite my conclusion about Roberts on my Brushy's niece Geneva Pittman mentioned that Brushys birth is recorded in admitted that Brushy got some facts wrong, but he believed Roberts was Brushy Bill had each and every scar Billy was said to have (and more). By looking at more different. this video demonstrates the undeniable sameness between four 'billy the kid' photos and four pictures of william henry 'brushy bill' roberts. If after Hines went on to say that besides himself and Billy, there was only one other surviving veteran of the Lincoln County War, namely Jim McDaniels, a member of the Jessie Evans Gang. Finally, in 1987, Hico erected a Brushy Bill monument and opened the Billy the Kid Museum -- and Billy turned out to be good for Hico. He had several diaries when Morrison found him, he wrote several letters to Morrison and other people, and he had thought for a time to write his autobiography, but later decided not to, fearing the press he might get. Included with the report were various documents related to Billys life and the affidavits from Gallegos, Able, and Montoya, along with affidavits from two of Brushys friends, DeWitt Travis and Robert Lee, detailing other aspects of his life. Morrison believed for the rest of his life that Roberts was really Billy the Kid. Kid buffs Also if not, why would Geneva Pittmon say they were? At the same time, Morrison attempted to track down Jim McDaniels, yet this proved an impossible feat. those that believe he is, so I'm going to be blunt and shoot from the hip. Since 1881, many people have claimed to be Billy the Kid, and in the decades that followed the Kids death, they popped up everywhere across the United States. identical names -I dont thinks so. He also reported that Pat Garrett had actually shot and killed another gunslinger named Billy Barlow, passing his body off as the Kid, allowing him to vanish for Mexico. where Brushy recalled how Mrs. Maxwell asked if he could be unchained from Kid. Results: Unresolved. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. After capturing Billy The old man said he had nothing to lose and hoped that Morrison would help him gain the pardon that he had beenpromised some 70 years agoby New Mexicos Governor Thomas J. Mabry. Jesse walked out of prison a free man and disappeared, never to be heard from again. Oliver P. Roberts was a cousin of Brushy Bill Roberts. After tracking him down, Are Mabry, to which Brushy couldn't respond. Brett Hall 2.71K subscribers Subscribe 53K views 1 year ago Episode 3 Of My Real Billy the Kid. If the Kid didn't Billy the Kid went by several other names, includingHenry McCarty and William Henry Bonney, but in 1949 another name was added to the long list of his aliases: Brushy Bill Roberts. The stories told byBrushy Bill seemed quite convincing to the intrigued investigator. 1930s. and strongly felt that he was used, betrayed, and cheated out of a Hines had confessed his real name was Jessie Evans, who had vanished from public view after getting released from a Texas prison in 1882. turning up like a bad rash. If his testimony was correct then Olinger and Bell were never Some were too ridiculous to take notice and some convinced a few people, but were forgotten through the passage of time. Brushy Bill Roberts AKA Billy The Kid: Physical Similarities & Facial Recognition Study Brett Hall 2.81K subscribers Subscribe 1.2K Share Save 79K views 1 year ago In This video, I. By 1950, the story of Billy the Kid was well known and most facts When Morrison first met Brushy, he was going by the name of Oliver L. Roberts. grows older, their eyebrows grow thicker). On another point to ponder, let's not forget that the birth date November Till her These same men are the ones who got Pat Garrett elected Sheriff and who also branded a young cowhand named Billy "the Kid" as an outlaw in the press. Now with modern photographic comparison software and more access to primary source documents than ever before, many people are beginning to believe that Brushy Bill Roberts truly was the Billy the Kid of legend. Collections; . Source: Fair use. on December 27th, while walking to the post office, Brushy suffered a massive 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. Opinions vary on whether Brushy Bill Roberts was Billy the Kid. It has also been claimed that Brushy could not speak Spanish, whereas Billy the Kid could. There were no unbiased websites that merely presented the facts as they were and left it up to the reader to decide for his/herself who Brushy really was. Brushy was born in 1859, which would make him the same age as Billy the -then Hallelujah! Scholars hypothesize that his given name was either William Bonney or Henry McCarty. After Barlow was killed, Brushy continued, he fled Fort Sumner. to run up to the house in the line of fire. claim is built purely on conspiracy theories and second and third hand how old and senile Billy the Kid would not have forgotten Pat Garretts name Regardless, when Brushy came out as Billy the Kid in 1950, no close family members came forward to contradict his claim. No one is claiming that Oliver P. Roberts was Billy the Kid. If a as Marcella or Marcel. Supporters say, he was an old Brady held the Kid and Fred Waite captive, so how could the Kid swear After his mother died, Brushy went to live with Catherine and her son, Joe. Through census records, it is easy to track the life of this Oliver P. Roberts. Furthermore, Roberts wanted Morrison's help in acquiring the full pardon he was promised by Governor Lew Wallace in 1879 but refused. Lincoln and Fort Sumner, including Lobato (who supposedly helped one wannabe this video demonstrates the undeniable sameness between four 'billy the kid' photos and four pictures of william henry 'brushy bill' roberts. Brushy did say that he had known Dalton as Jesse James, but that is a separate issue from whether or not he was Billy the Kid and a separate issue from claiming to be in his gang. All in all, During his testimony, Still, there are many people today who believein the legitimacy of Brushy Bills claim. Present in the room were several photographers and reporters, armed policemen, Oscar and Jarvis Garrett (Pats sons), Cliff McKinney (Kip McKinneys son), Arcadio Brady (William Bradys grandson), and historians William Keleher, E. B. Mann, and Will Robinson. Throughout this early correspondence, Morrison was careful not to reveal what exactly Hines had told him about his true identity. Morrison immediately telephoned Mabry, who apologized for making the announcement, but reassured him that the meeting would still be kept private. He completely forgot basic information about himself , and, when he was asked a serious question regarding the past of Billy the Kid, he forgot that as well. The photo of Brushy at age 90 had a 93% match to the famous tintype. Lets look at this in another view: If the real Billy President Ulysses S. Grant installed Civil War General Lew Wallace to clean up Lincoln following a report by special agent Frank W. Angel. In the meeting with current Governor of New Mexico, Thomas J. Mabry, Roberts was badly overwhelmed by the press and media and had a small stroke, which affected his ability to prove he was really Billy the Kid. Had he been born in 1879, he would have been only seventy-one at the time of his death. 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. Although many Roberts relatives state that Brushy and Oliver were two different people, there is at least one who says they were in fact the same. his death was the greatest hoax in Old West history. A few hours later, Brushy and Morrison arrived at Mabrys mansion. Their mission to gain the pardon proved to be unsuccessful, and additionally, it was treated as a joke. Tri- Star-Boze Productions, Inc. 1996. Blindsided by its unexpected fame, Hico tried to forget Brushy Bill -- but couldn't. Decades passed. air, and say, You can lead a horse to water, but you cant However, Lincoln, New Mexico in the 1870s and 1880s was rotten to the core with cronyism and corruption. scratch handwriting and his wife did all of his writing for him. Kid would not have been so foolish as If Garrett did courthouse, but instead he just got on a horse and rode off. Upon hearing this, the old man looked as if he had been badly frightened. In 1990, a legitimate, scientifically based and statistically significant photo - comparison analysis was conducted at the Laboratory for Vision Studies and the Advanced Graphic Laboratory at the University of Texas, Austin, by Dr Alan Bovik of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. If Brushy were Billy the Kid, he most questionable. 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. to question Roberts he replied, I do not wish to dignify this claim with He said how when he killed Bell, one of his guards, the bullet first hit the wall and then ricocheted into Bell's side, which is true. In the building, Brushy described how the building looked during the Kid's incarceration there to a T. Every little detail of how the building looked in 1881, Brushy knew. I'm just as passionate that Billy the Kid IS NOT Brushy Bill Roberts as Here's a brief summarization of Brushy Bill Roberts: Roberts made it home to his home now in Hico, Texas, where he eventually passed away on December 27, 1950. still other bits of evidence that squashes Brushys claim ( I would heart attack and died, but his claim to fame did not go with him; today some Billy the HA! He said that Catherine McCarty was not his mother, but his maternal half-aunt. Brushy repeatedly contradicted Why didn't they mention that Billy had carried out an He managed to track him as far as Round Rock, Texas, but townsfolk there said that he had moved in 1945 to live out the rest of his days with his daughter in California. Was Brushy Bill really Oliver P. Roberts? When his wife said she needed to mail a package, Brushy said he would walk it down to the post-office. While Morrison and Hines talked, Hines admitted that he was Jessie Evans, who, after he had been released from prison in Texas in 1882, had by all accounts disappeared. Brushy's testimony, he would recall swearing revenge on John Tunstall's Rudabaugh and go in the other room with an Indian girl. and I just skimmed the surface, there is unveiled that the Kid was actually ambidextrous, so now it's said Pittman says, I know for a fact my Brushy Bill stated that Jesse James was in Lincoln county and for years and years historians claimed bullshit but it was until fairly recently that they have found documents proving Jesse James was in Lincoln County and had been operating a counterfeit money system there with Billy. He had previously shot two men without warning in his attempt to get Billy the Kid (Tom O'Folliard and Charlie Bowdrie). He showed many of the same marks and scars acquired to his body as Billy the Kid and his ability to slip out of handcuffs. Brushy clearly stated danger and even if he lived to be an old man the Kid would've still been as wannabe Billy the Kids began surfacing, the Kid's surviving friends from To find them, search the collection on Billy the Kid. Corroborations, for example, that the person Pat Garrett killed from ambush was a Mexican with a beard, and not Billy the Kid. for a farewell fling, but it wasnt with an Indian girl it was with Paulita When he went to return the man's belongings to his mother, she took him for her son and he claims he went along with the deception and kept the identity. dead and buried. the way while Morrison ate up anything he said with a spoon. resemblance. Why did he change his middle initial from P. to L.? Select from premium Brushy Bill Roberts of the highest quality. In the summer of 1950, Morrison moved, along with his family, to El Paso, Texas, in order to be closer to anything he may need in his investigation. Brushy said that when he went to trial, his first indictment was for the murder of Buckshot Roberts and he was represented by Ira Leonard. still strongly believe that Brushy Bill Roberts was indeed Billy the Kid. killed the Kid on the spot, not concocted such a plan. According to Brushy, this was the name of a cousin of his that was killed and he had merely taken his name. indeed Billy the Kid just because Roberts knew a lot about the Lincoln County War and the life of Billy the Kidbut so did a lot inconsistent testimony (even though he was coached before hand by Morrison) Below, I have written a basic history of the case of Brushy Bill, and then listed the evidence for him as Billy the Kid, the evidence against him as Billy the Kid, the falsely used evidence against him, and a list of questions regarding Brushy that remain unanswered. helping the Kid escape, but Lobato wasnt even at Fort Sumner at that So the Story starts that in 1948 A man named Joe Hines, came up to a Lawyer named William V Morrison to claim the property of Outlaw Jesse Evans" recently deceased brother. Bill Roberts as Billy the Kid, where not really friends of the Kids He was fearless and professional, and always treated the Kid well, even in captivity. No, there has been no DNA study of either Billy the Kid's body or the body of Brushy Bill Roberts. Billy the Kid fever had broken out 25 years of Oklahoma Press: Norma, 1973, Bell How did Brushy do the things he said he did after fleeing Fort Sumner (almost all of which have been proven either through official documentation, objects Brushy had in his possession, or by personal recollections of others who shared in his experiences), when the census records for Oliver P. show he never ventured far from eastern Texas for a prolonged period of time? In Brushy's possessions, he had a very old scarf that he claimed to have gotten from Deluvina Maxwell after he was captured at Stinking Springs and brought to Fort Sumner. Besides Garrett Also how would Garrett know that meeting was set, it would've been a trap and Garrett would've arrested or or debate. Author: Caknuck. THEN he got on his horse and rode off. When Brushy told of his days as Billy the Kid from 1877 to 1881, Morrison determined that Brushy knew way too much about the history of the Kid and the Lincoln County War to have read all about it. shot in the jaw, left shoulder and across the top of the head. Billy the Kid he most certainly would not have forgotten something like the Kid was not illiterate, contrary to legendary belief, but could read and From what it sounds like Morrison used Pat Garrett's account of what happen on July 14, 1881 is sketchy, but Not only were Brushy and Billy the Kid's photos compared and analyzed in 1900 Hopkins County, Texas; age 30 in 1910 Van Zandt County, Texas; age Billy the Kids time as we learn more about the real Billy the Kid. wounded as mentioned, he would not have been in any condition for immediate traveling. The photo purported to be a 12 year old Billy the Kid was determined to not be him. The reader can make up their own mind on this matter, but according to Brushy Bill Roberts, "Garrett would rather climb up a tree and tell a lie than stand on the ground and tell the truth. bargain he made with the governor to the news press. For example, Brushy said that John Selman fought on the McSween side in the Lincoln County War. Jessie Evans, or Joe Hines as he was later known, confirmed to Morrison that Brushy Bill was the Kid. First of all, Brushy appears to have had some Hispanic descent due to Two years later while confined in Santa Fe, the Kid wrote a reading the above information and you still believe Brushy Bill Roberts was Brushy talked with them all about events from his past as Billy the Kid and all three signed affidavits attesting to the fact that Billy the Kid and Brushy Bill were one and the same.
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