A banknote said to have been taken from Billy 's body

[MissyS]

While researching something, I stumbled across this interesting little tidbit, snipit, or whatever about a banknote supposedly found on Billy after he died by his pal Yginio Salazar? It looks like the article is over a year old, but I didn't see it posted. I thought it interesting

www.thevintagenews.com/2017/02/15/ten-cent-banknote-recovered-from-billy-the-kids-dead-body-could-bring-500-or-more-at-auction-2/

[mckinley412]

He never had thousands of dollars worth of stock that anyone knows of. This is becoming a game to see who has something Billy owned or touched, etc. and the Ft. Sumner Museum started it. I don't think Ynigio Salaszar was around the area at the time when he was killed. If anyone found a bank note on his body they would have left it there or spent it.

[MissyS]

I believe your right Mckinley, I don't recall ever reading about Yginio being present when that happened? I imagine that banknote would have been hard to prove, I can't find any info of how much it sold for.

[Lee B]

I own the banknotes.Provenance will be extremely hard to prove but I have a lot of interested parties. The typed letter with the note has been tested and is consistent with the time of the kids death. It is also quite possible that yginio paid his respects to the kid.

[Texas Truth Teller]

Oct 1, 2018 4:23:21 GMT -5 Lee B said:

I own the banknotes.Provenance will be extremely hard to prove but I have a lot of interested parties. The typed letter with the note has been tested and is consistent with the time of the kids death. It is also quite possible that yginio paid his respects to the kid.

The first commercial typewriters were introduced in 1874, but did not become common in offices until after the mid-1880s. The typewriter quickly became an indispensable tool for practically all writing other than personal handwritten correspondence. It was widely used by professional writers, in offices, and for business correspondence in private homes.

[Lee B]

Thanks for the history of the typewriter. Not sure that it has anything to do with the topic?

[MissyS]

Oct 1, 2018 4:23:21 GMT -5 Lee B said:

I own the banknotes.Provenance will be extremely hard to prove but I have a lot of interested parties. The typed letter with the note has been tested and is consistent with the time of the kids death. It is also quite possible that yginio paid his respects to the kid.

Lee B,
Welcome to the board. You own a very interest item, and thanks for sharing the info about it. I can imagine the banknotes you own would draw a lot of interested parties, not only from Old West Collectors but Coin and Currency collectors as well. I read that Billy visited with Yiginio Salazar after his escape from jail before he went to Fort Sumner, perhaps he rode along with Billy to Fort Sumner? Yiginio also stated in a statement about Billy later that he at one time lived in Fort Sumner, I don't know when that was? but there is possibilities. I remember seeing an article in True West about a rifle that had Billy 's name on it, but in the stock of it a paper was found that had Yiginio's name written, so  your banknote wouldn't be the first time an item that belonged to Billy the Kid was passed to Yiginio. It's interesting and I'm sure it would be fun to research it all. 

[leeb]

I can't seem to attach an image but if anyone could Google Billy the kid banknote and let me know their thoughts it would be appreciated

[MissyS]

There is a discrepancy in the typed note it states Billy was killed at Whiteoaks, instead of Fort Sumner, and I believe  the town of White Oaks is two words. 

[leeb]

Around what year did the kids story reach superstar status?

[leeb]

I've seen that the kids story really took off about 20years after his death. That means whoever typed the letter and put it together with the shinplaster would have no financial gain whatsoever. Also I sure that someone faking such an item would have made sure that the story in the letter was 110% watertight. That little whiteoaks reference makes it even more intriguing!

[mckinley412]

I think it was Whiteoaks, all one word. I know someone that might have a history on it. I sold them the book but I never read it.

[buckdanny]

Definitely two words : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Oaks,_New_Mexico www.newmexico.org/places-to-go/true-trails/ghost-towns/white-oaks/

[leeb]

It seems that around the 1880's it was whiteoaks. It changed as time went on.

[nmjames]

I think it has always been White Oaks. I have never seen it Whiteoaks. A newspaper from Nov. 3, 1879 has it White Oaks. N.M.