Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2021. When he proclaimed to Hines that the Kid had met his death at Teeth: One thing that people who knew Billy the Kid remember about him the most were his two large and prominent Brushy Bill claimed to have been born William Henry Roberts in Buffalo Gap, Texas, near Abilene, on December 31, 1859, but was known to use several other aliases during his life. Evidently, Pat Garrett did a good job of covering up his mistake. Sue Land, the museums director, said Billy decided to talk to Morrison so he could help him get the pardon he had long wanted. In 2015, television personality Bill OReilly mentioned Brushy Bill Roberts in a book of his own and claimed that the amount of evidence supporting Roberts claim outweighed the amount that didnt. I find evidence like that Billy the Kid: The Lost InterviewsHistorian and professional treasure hunter W.C. Jameson has had many adventures, but none more exciting than the discovery of the original tapes of William H. "Brushy Bill" Roberts, who went before the Governor of New Mexico in 1950 seeking a pardon for crimes committed as the notorious outlaw Billy the Kid. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. the man in the tintype is indeed amazing. Later, in 1998, a similar study using the same technology was made by Dr. James J. Jurkanin of the His story certainly is very convincing and he definitely looks like the young guy in the famous tintype. Its no different from Intel, or Sandia Labs, or Kirtland Air Force Base. 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, (who actually died in 1881). Although at first listen this does seem more likely than the versions Garrett and Poe told, on closer inspection it Prospector, also known as William Henry Roberts, Ollie Partridge William Roberts, Ollie N. Roberts, or Ollie L. Roberts, attracted . Grey. Mrs. Syd Boykin, of Lincoln, also claimed to have seen the Kid after his supposed death in 1881. There were no photographs made of the dead body of the Wests most notorious outlaw! death found a jar containing two large front teeth. It is too bad they didn't go to a responsible conservator who kept them intact. Lopez and other opponents of the testing, however, say theres more to be lost than to be gained. Wikimedia CommonsA disputed photo that may depict Billy the Kid (center). Despite the discrepancies noted above, the Hico Chamber of Commerce has capitalized on his claim by opening the "Billy the Kid Museum" in the historic Western section of Hico. General apprearance: Robets had been characterized as slim, spry, and very muscular. able to slip out of handcuffs so easily. In November 1950, Morrison filed a petition on behalf of Brushy Bill. One of the biggest problems I have with believing that Billy the Kid was killed that night, are the stories of numerous witnesses who knew Billy The study was conducted by Dr. Scott T. It's a guide to the Wicked movie. photos of Roberts show a remarkable similarity. J. H. Wood, of Seven Rivers, who claimed she served Billy a dinner on July 17, 1881, just three days after he supposedly died at the hands of When Garrett came running out of the darkened room from which he had just fired the fatal shot, he remarked, That was the Kid in Ultimately, both Poe and McKinney agreed with Garrett, but McKinney recanted years later and claimed like Poe before him that Garrett had killed someone else. Giudicissi helms the project as writer and director while Royd McCargish steps in as Executive Producer. McDaniels, along with Severo Gallegos, Martile Able[13][14] and Jose Montoya, all of whom had known Billy the Kid, signed affidavits verifying their belief that Roberts was, in fact, Billy the Kid. Copyright 2015-2017 Creative Texts Publishers, LLC, , , , , Copyright 2014-2021 Creative Texts Publishers, LLC. J. H. Wood, of Seven Rivers, who claimed she served Billy a dinner on July 17, 1881, just three days after he supposedly died at the hands of At the time of his death, Brushy Bill lived on West 2nd Street in Hico. he had shown such a propensity for adopting alias for most of his life. Manuel Taylor, who was a boyhood friend of Billys when he lived in Silver City, claimed to have seen him in 1914 at a bullfight in Morrison claimed that other outlaws (whose identities were known) agreed that Roberts was the Kid. there and I think I got him. Upon a moment of reflection, Poe was said to have replied, Pat, you shot the wrong man. Source: Fair use. [21] O'Reilly followed up his book with an episode on the subject during his national television broadcast purportedly depicting the events that occurred during the alleged killing of the Kid from Brushy Bill's perspective. So persuasive was Morrisons book that even former president Harry Truman was convinced. 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 Roberts even went so far as to identify Jesse James as a man named J. Frank Dalton, claiming to know him well. According to some McKinney relatives, he told a different story from the one he reportedly told His final hurrah came in 1881 when he escaped from a New Mexico prison and spent two days on the run after killing two sheriffs deputies. document.writeln("&c=" + Math.random()*10000 + "">n"); The governor was not convinced. Photos of Brushy Bill Roberts, Page 1 people who knew him as being bluish gray with tiny spots of brown in them. The thousands of dollars in reward money would certainly have been more than enough to compensate the photographer for his What a worthless piece of garbage. In the midst of attempting to claim land belonging to his deceased brother, Hines told his lawyer that he was, in fact, Jesse Evans, a famous Wild West outlaw who had disappeared after being released from prison in 1882 and had been living in secret all that time. A photograph of Brushy Bill at age 71 was a 93% match. The very letter in Brushy's hand, when . Photos of Brushy Bill Roberts, Page 2 The Texas grave belongs to William "Brushy Bill" Roberts, who waited until 1950 to confess that he was the Kid, when he was 90. the shooting. Meanwhile, the real Billy the Kid, Roberts claimed, slipped into the night and vanished. There was a problem loading your book clubs. his body that were in the same position as were those known by history to have existed on Billy the Kid. that the history of the life of the Old Wests most legendary outlaw and who he really was is long overdue a serious reexamination. Circa 1879-1880. Then the writer states, As with the slaying of Tunstall, the only witnesses were the killers themselves., Land said, I always tell everybody to research it yourself. Photos of Brushy Bill Roberts, Page 5 And that means a fascination with New Mexico.. being slim, muscular, wiry, and erect, weighing 135 pounds and standing about five feet seven inches tall without boots. The study corrected for the facial positioning and used the same facial recognition system used by the FBI, CIA, and Interpol, which are claimed to provide a "significant level of statistical validity". Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2021. Manuel Taylor, who was a boyhood friend of Billys when he lived in Silver City, claimed to have seen him in 1914 at a bullfight in there that night who say that he did not. Surely, Pete Maxwell would not have permitted his sister to be abused in such manner, and, even if he did, Paulita herself Morrison vouchsafed that upon examination of Roberts's stripped body, he showed 26 bullet and knife scars. The only thing that worries me is that I have been to Catherines grave, and she has a nice marker on her grave, and I assume thats her grave but is it?, Over the decades, remains have been moved and gravestones have been shuffled to such an extent that its not crystal-clear that Antrim is buried precisely where her markers now stands. <script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --> (i[r].q=i[r . I dont believe that were the only town in the world, and the world is very interested in this, he said. This later day comparison According to Sonnichsen and Morrison, Roberts also possessed small, neat hands with well shaped photos would be to him. document.write("