The governor was not convinced. He spent the last days of his life trying to prove to the world what he claimed was his true identity, and to obtain the pardon promised to Billy the Kid by the governor of the territory of New Mexico (Lew Wallace). There was a problem loading your book clubs. If historians know anything at all about the Kid, they know that he But lacking a pronouncement from the grave, the showdown over Billy the Kid wont be over soon. totally at odds with the usual scenario that surrounded such events in the Old West. Scars: A postmortem which was performed on Roberts following his death in 1950, verified the existence of scars on Among these people are John William Poe, one of the two deputies who were with Garrett at the time of Although there has been some speculation on who that man really was, we will probably 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 Its that big for us. That question may never be answered with any Brushy and his story were largely forgotten until the movie Young Guns II depicted him as the narrator of events surrounding the life and times of Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War. by Severo Gallegos on November 11, 1950, Roberts had exactly the same kind of eyes. At the time of his death, Brushy Bill lived on West 2nd Street in Hico. So, if we are to admit to the possibility that William Henry Brushy Bill Roberts was in fact Billy the Kid, then we must first address the issue Snow indicated that if the two were the same person, then Roberts should have ranked at least second. In this version, McKinney stated that he killed the man in the Maxwell bedroom. 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 Read more, The mystery of J. Frank Dalton 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". The study was conducted by Dr. Scott T. In addition, there is evidence in the historical record that seems to support the claims of Brushy Bill Roberts that he took on his cousin's identity around 1910. shot him from concealment. There are several people who were Hines then told Morrison of his experiences in the Lincoln County War and with Billy the Kid. In 1948, an old man named William Henry Roberts was confronted The photograph comparisons of the tintype of Billy the Kid and Roberts, both as a young and old man, by the University of of whether or not Pat Garrett killed Billy on that summer night in Fort Sumner, New Mexico on 14 July 1881. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Les avis ne sont pas valids, mais Google recherche et supprime les faux contenus lorsqu'ils sont identifis, Billy the Kid: The Lost Interviews (2nd Edition), CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017. Indeed, one of the real given names that many historians subscribe to the Kid was William Henry. the shooting. The passage of time, along with blurred lines between the good guys and bad guys, may have contributed to the conflicting stories about cattle ranchers, lawmen and real-life cowboys in the old West. Painstakingly researched and honestly delivered. Why I Feel That William Henry Roberts Was Billy the Kid: But this time, the showdown pits mayors against sheriffs, and forensic science against the uncertainties of the grave. Graves has even opened an official homicide investigation file on the death of Billy the Kid (case No. Politics and the kidWhy wouldnt Lopez and his counterpart in Silver City, Terry Fortenberry, want to have the tests done, particularly if the results could well back the mainstream view that Billy the Kid was indeed killed and buried in their locale? Had he been born in 1879, he would have been only 71 at the time of his death. Painstakingly researched and honestly delivered. Land said Billy went to Mexico for about three years, then lived in Texas for three years. Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2021. Parcourez la librairie en ligne la plus vaste au monde et commencez ds aujourd'hui votre lecture sur le Web, votre tablette, votre tlphone ou un lecteur d'e-books. Photos of Brushy Bill Roberts, Page 4 Edwards richly detailed book about Billy the Kid is full of fascinating information uncovered by Edwards. That man, Edwards concluded, was the infamous wild West character Billy the Kid. Teeth: One thing that people who knew Billy the Kid remember about him the most were his two large and prominent And on the night that Pat Garrett supposedly shot Billy the Kid, Roberts claimed that Garrett had actually shot another outlaw named Billy Barlow and told everyone that Barlows body belonged to the Kid. people who knew him as being bluish gray with tiny spots of brown in them. services. by the CIA, FBI, Scotland Yard, Interpol, and the Israeli Mosad. This man was discovered to not be Billy, while the real Kid In 1949 investigator William V. Morrison, along with folklorist and writer Dr. The sheriff said there was too much at stake not to do the testing. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. However, in the . such teeth until they were removed by Dr. Cruz, a dentist in Gladewater, Texas in 1931. So, if we are to admit to the possibility that William Henry Brushy Bill Roberts was in fact Billy the Kid, then we must first address the issue In 1990 a study was conducted using the Dedrick-Upham Tintype and a photograph of William Henry Roberts. [3] His claim was explored in a 2011 episode of Brad Meltzer's Decoded and a segment by Robert Stack in 1989 on Unsolved Mysteries. He never spoke publicly about the shooting, although various second-hand sources And if he didnt kill Billy, then who did he kill? from New Mexico, claimed he had seen and spoken to Billy numerous times after 1881. At first he denied his identity, but reluctantly admitted who he was. Billy the Kid is believed to be depicted in this undated ferrotype picture, circa 1880, provided by the Lincoln County, N.M., Heritage Trust Archive. Guadalajara, Mexico. The photograph comparisons of the tintype of Billy the Kid and Roberts, both as a young and old man, by the University of He spent most of his latter years in the territory that eventually became the state of New Mexico. 4 - Brushy Bill Roberts. Book reviews, interviews, editors' picks, and more. This is why he was Alan Bovik, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. When he died in 1950, Brushy Bill Roberts was buried in Hico, Texas under a headstone claiming he was Billy the Kid. The problem is, how do you know that youve got the right remains? He was born in Texas and he died there too. The gravesite was 84 miles west of what is now Roswell, New Mexico where legend has it that he had been killed by sheriff-turned-bounty-hunter Pat Garrett. [22], In 1990, a study using photo comparison equipment at the Laboratory for Vision Studies and the Advanced Graphic Laboratory in the University of Texas was conducted by image experts Scott Acton and Alan Bovik. photos would be to him. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. Billy the Kid may not have been the cold-blooded, murdering gunslinger recorded in history books. 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 by cruel peers This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt. What a worthless piece of garbage. The governor had originally taken Billys side and promised him a pardon, but in the end the governor reneged on his promise and left Billy to die., But, as Edwards wrote, Billy the Kid did not die, and his courageous, almost single-handed, struggle against a rigged system inspired a folk hero type following among the citizens of his time.. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. I want to get straightened out before I die, I do.. With so many stories from people who knew the Kid quite well claiming to have seen him since his supposed death in 1881, how can we be so sure But it turns out that the mystery of Billy the Kid isnt that simple: Rather, it touches upon the twists and turns of Old West history as well as the politics and economics of the New West. death found a jar containing two large front teeth. The film's first look theatrical trailer is available for viewing below! New Mexico didnt become the 47th state until Jan. 6, 1912. He was a gunman. However it comes out, it keeps the legend alive, Metz said. His story certainly is very convincing and he definitely looks like the young guy in the famous tintype. with evidence that he was Billy the Kid. Jesse Evans, a childhood friend of Billy, told a lawyer who was working on a property claim case in Florida that he and Billy the Kid were two of the three surviving combatants from the Lincoln County War. For years, stories claimed that he could have survived the shootout and escaped into the night to live out the rest of his days in secrecy. [17] Brushy Bill himself was illiterate with a moderate proficiency in Spanish. Billy the Kid: The Lost Interviews uncovers the original source material for William V. Morrison and C.L. Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout. that the history of the life of the Old Wests most legendary outlaw and who he really was is long overdue a serious reexamination. Photographic comparisons of the tintype and In a WILD press attended show, Roberts was dismissed by Mabry who did not believe he was The Kid. 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We want to get to the bottom of it, Richardson said in a Voice of America report. My biggest question was the Billy Barlow guy that just seemed to appear its awesome when things are cleared up and theres proof of an existence. The 2014 book, "Billy the Kid: An Autobiography" by Daniel A. Edwards, tells the story of how former Hico resident William H. "Brushy Bill" Roberts came to have his picture taken . claim that, in private, he did tell the real story of what happened. The list below gives a comprehensive overview of what these similarities were: The most important part of the This conduct of Garretts is [24] The exhumation of both sets of remains was blocked in court in September 2004. We dont have much to live off of other than the legend, so we have to protect it.. 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. there that night who say that he did not. In 1996, the results of the study were presented to Andre McNeil, chancery judge of the 12th judicial district, and a prominent Arkansas attorney, Helen Grinder, who stated that based on the study and other evidence the case for Roberts being Billy the Kid was "strong", "substantial", and "excellent".[23]. If Brushy Bill was not Billy the Kid, he must have been at the Kids elbow when some of these things happened, Edwards wrote in his book. Graves, along with Lincoln County Sheriff Tom Sullivan and Capitan Mayor Steve Sederwall, has petitioned New Mexicos 6th District Court for an injunction allowing them to exhume Catherine Antrims remains and extract a tissue sample for DNA testing. But of course, photographs would have revealed the true identity of the man he killed. Hico's Billy the Kid Museum speculates that Billy moved to Texas in 1883, two years after his supposed death in New Mexico. Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2017. Please try again. with any degree of certainty what actually happened? Skip ahead another 70 years and you have an elderly man known as Brushy Bill Roberts coming forward shattering the common historical narrative. 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. Similarities and differences between the two photographs But if he had, indeed, escaped, where did he go, and what became of him? This is an industry for us, Lopez said. Billy the Kid: An Autobiography 499 subscribers Subscribe 19K views 3 months ago In this September 6, 1949 interview between Brushy Bill Roberts and Maury Davidson we hear the voice of what. It is too bad they didn't go to a responsible conservator who kept them intact. ${cardName} unavailable for quantities greater than ${maxQuantity}. New Mexico, it would come as no surprise that he would be found years later living under such a name as William Henry Roberts in a place like You take a small town such as Fort Sumner we are very, very, very dependent upon our tourism base.. Eyes: Perhaps the most remarkable characteristic about Billy the Kid were his eys. . Several movies have been made about the Kids legend, including four titled Billy the Kid (in 1911, 1930, 1941 and 1989). According to Sonnichsen and Morrison, Roberts also possessed small, neat hands with well shaped Through research and investigation and painstakingly separating Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2021. Sonnichsen - https://amzn.to/3B3vH4HThe Return of the Outlaw Billy the Kid by W.C. Jameson \u0026 Frederic Bean - https://amzn.to/3PKsbAtBilly the Kid Beyond The Grave by W.C. Jameson - https://amzn.to/3yT85wTBilly the Kid The Lost Interviews by W.C. Jameson - https://amzn.to/3odxqN9Frontier Fighter by George Coe - https://amzn.to/3v04ThIThe Saga of Billy the Kid by Walter Noble Burns - https://amzn.to/3B3qOsvBilly the Kid His Life \u0026 Legend by Jon Tuska - https://amzn.to/3PnikAKThe Life \u0026 Death of John Henry Tunstall by Frederick Nolan -https://amzn.to/3RLrN6iViolence In Lincoln County by William A. Keleher - https://amzn.to/3zgOmZoHistory of the Lincoln County War by Maurice G. Fulton - https://amzn.to/3PniLuSFour Sheriffs of Lincoln County by Jeff Dykes - https://amzn.to/3PsgdM8 The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History by Frederick Nolan - https://amzn.to/3cgjUFIMa'am Jones of the Pecos by Eve Ball - https://amzn.to/3yKYDvyThe Story of Billy The Kid, New Mexico's Number One Desperado by J.W. based largely upon a book that has been described by some historians as containing several contradictions and even a few outright lies. Billy the Kid:The Lost Interviews So here we have two independent studies by professionals, using state-of-the-art photo comparison equipment of the type used to track down Jameson's work led to increased interest in and study of Roberts's story, most notably that of former Lincoln County deputy sheriff and mayor of Capitan, New Mexico, Steve Sederwall. 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). Evidently, Pat Garrett did a good job of covering up his mistake. claim that, in private, he did tell the real story of what happened. well and who reported having seen him in the years after his supposed death at the hands of Pat Garrett. Billy the Kid Killed in New Mexico Died in Texas In 2005, W.C. Jameson, himself a student of C.L. The list below gives a comprehensive overview of what these similarities were: General apprearance: Robets had been characterized as slim, spry, and very muscular. The Texas grave belongs to William "Brushy Bill" Roberts, who waited until 1950 to confess that he was the Kid, when he was 90. They were evident everytime he smiled, which was often. It is a near perfect 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 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. the first time in history are presented here in their entirety. fingers, unusually large wrists, heavy forearm, and well developed biceps. The thousands of dollars in reward money would certainly have been more than enough to compensate the photographer for his Sue Land, director of the Billy the Kid Museum, said she wasnt really a believer in the Brushy Bill claim until she read Edwards book. I will also debunk a new theory brought forth by neo-historians and those that support maintaining the historical status quo that Roberts obtained his knowledge of Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War by memorizing The Saga of Billy the Kid by Walter Noble Burns. In 1990 a study was conducted using the Dedrick-Upham Tintype and a photograph of William Henry Roberts. Through the years it had been noted by many people that there were remarkable physical similarities between Billy the Kid and William Henry then digitized and image improved by employing a variety of image processing techniques. yielded an MSE (mean squared error) of just 3.0. Land said that it wasnt the first time Garrett had failed in his attempt to get Billy.

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