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Post by kerry on May 27, 2021 15:16:27 GMT -5
It is proven fact of life that truth can be stranger than fiction - Brushy's version of his escape from Lincoln jail and Fort Sumner no one else thought of -or imagined...because he was there -it was his reality.We are the ones that can only imagine what happened.
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Post by devorerd on May 27, 2021 15:20:52 GMT -5
He also somehow miraculously managed to fill in the gaps and correct the parts where Saga got things wrong. Thats not bad for an illiterate old peasant. If, on the other hand, since Brushy was about 2 years old during the Lincoln County war, the "gaps" he filled came from his imagination. Man, this Brushy guy get more creative and smarter every time we bring his name up! The guy could sure use the right brain effectively. |
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Post by Wayne Land on May 27, 2021 21:32:39 GMT -5
Well, I wouldn't question the intelligence of Billy The Kid. He may or may not have been of superior intellect. Right brain wise, that is.
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Post by tboor74 on Jun 6, 2021 10:32:35 GMT -5
Anyone ever heard / looked into the rumour Brushy used the alias William Tucker and was married to a woman from Fredericksburg, and lived in Topeka, Kansas for a while?
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Post by cassandra jane on Jun 7, 2021 7:56:08 GMT -5
Anyone ever heard / looked into the rumour Brushy used the alias William Tucker and was married to a woman from Fredericksburg, and lived in Topeka, Kansas for a while? Looking into it on a census site and there’s a few William Tuckers listed with birthplaces including Missouri (b. 1876), Kentucky (b. 1865, ), Indiana (no birth year that I can see), Kansas (b. 1860), Iowa (b. 1861, married April 1884 Springfield Township), and another Missouri birth in 1860. There are a fair few more to go through but those are ones that (on first glance at least) don’t have dates of death listed. |
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Post by Texas Truth Teller on Aug 29, 2021 12:35:44 GMT -5
Let's see if we can find some clues within these couple of dozen articles about Brushy Bill: Aug 29, 1935, Grand Saline Sun Brushy Bill's skill won him many tough jobs texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1015857/m1/3/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=3&lat=6380.839761663605&lon=1667.1594922869217----- July 22, 1937 Grand Saline Sun Brushy Bill recalls narrow escape from death texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1016104/m1/8/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=2&lat=5422.689111816642&lon=3693.0219335751085----- July 5, 1940 Stamford American Brushy Bill, Indian Scout attends show texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth972601/m1/4/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=2&lat=6951.450357164172&lon=3593.8415601619217----- March 31, 1944 The Dublin Progress Old Timer visits Dublin texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth593122/m1/6/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=1.5&lat=3568.234083832586&lon=865.3020963989768----- June 15, 1944 Grand Saline Sun Ill at home of her son in Grand Saline texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1003745/m1/2/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=3&lat=6485.757801479451&lon=3687.7819978475136----- July 27, 1944 Grand Saline Sun Pioneer Texas Ranger visits Grand Saline Friends Recently texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1003264/m1/2/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=2&lat=6639.412274204307&lon=3757.8108830979572----- June 6, 1947 Stephenville-Empire Tribune Brushy Bill Roberts here texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1120196/m1/3/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=1.5&lat=4943.164182863265&lon=2945.2804453961744----- June 13, 1947 Stephenville-Empire Tribune Traildriver, scout will be at Carlton Homecoming today texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1121004/m1/12/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=2&lat=5867.799324094323&lon=3148.385556746389----- August 1, 1947 Stephenville-Empire Tribune Indian Scout who knew Frank Dalton now is living in Hico texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1120507/m1/19/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=4&lat=5779.919292405232&lon=1539.4578140014792----- August 29, 1947 Stephenville-Empire Tribune Brief mention in article texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1120470/m1/9/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=2&lat=5009.739449194562&lon=908.0904773907882----- July 16, 1948 Stephenville-Empire Tribune To appear in rodeo texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1134627/m1/9/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=2&lat=6812.628824471037&lon=743.953260244167----- August 19, 1949 The Dublin Progress Brushy Bill Roberts to attend rodeo texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth532333/m1/10/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=2&lat=5437.261220364975&lon=1835.2222039506169----- January 10, 1950 Baytown Sun Here it is again, another Jesse James "O. L. Roberts, Brushy Bill Roberts, Hico, Texas" texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1027324/m1/11/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=2&lat=5632.862789010591&lon=1899.5782419302031----- January 10, 1950 Sweetwater Reporter Jesse James, 102 "O. L. Brushy Bill Roberts, 90 of Hico, Texas." texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth290410/m1/6/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=2&lat=2294.880077152058&lon=1833.5621585906547----- January 12, 1950 Gladewater Daily Mirror Claims he's Jesse James "Other man, Brushy Bill Roberts, 90, claims to have been a member of the James Gang." texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1008106/m1/12/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=3&lat=5311.132224039867&lon=2072.2406631522----- December 28, 1950 Baytown Sun Brushy Bill dies with boots on texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1027616/m1/1/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=3&lat=1434.351246437609&lon=1354.5944695994958----- December 18, 1950 Breckenridge American Billy the Kid surely dead now with boots on texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth133860/m1/1/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=4&lat=3344.5&lon=3536----- December 18, 1950 Stephenville Daily Empire Brushy Bill ends colorful careet texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1133360/m1/1/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=4&lat=5289.169593920001&lon=2594----- December 28, 1950 Sweetwater Reporter Brushy Bill dies Claimed he was Billy the Kid texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth750058/m1/8/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=4&lat=5468.707299057533&lon=841.6485272321131----- December 29, 1950 Gladewater Daily Mirror Mam Claiming to be Billy the Kid, dies texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1008541/m1/4/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=4&lat=6071.831373842098&lon=2023.1303819132295----- December 29, 1960 The Orange Leader Man who claimed he was Billy the Kid dies with his boots on in Texas town texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth557264/m1/6/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=3&lat=4328.812973043121&lon=3134.4372972672327----- December 31, 1950 Gladewater Daily Mirror Attorney insists O. L. Roberts was Billy the Kid "Brushy Bill recently said that he was 90, although he had told friends he was 73 in 1941". [born in ca 1868]. texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1008839/m1/6/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=2&lat=6816.804469684123&lon=739.2160158083637----- January 5, 1951 Stephenville-Empire Tribune Says Brushy Bill could not have been the Kid texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1133148/m1/3/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=4&lat=6069.443945903864&lon=1007.9665763783762----- 5 January 1951 Stephenville-Empire Tribune Brushy Bill is gone, but his stories will live on Who knows the answer texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1133148/m1/11/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=3&lat=6026.084218396128&lon=902.6948709161873----- March 9, 1951 The West News Taps sounded for man who claimed to be The Kid texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth589245/m1/7/zoom/?q=%22brushy%20bill%22&resolution=3&lat=3387.832870855269&lon=1918.7308694365279----- Outstanding! Stamford American, Friday July 5, 1940. "Colorful Figure, 72 Years Old, Striking Physical Specimen" Seems as if 1940 minus Brushy's current age of 72 years might indicate that Brushy was born about 1868. What happened to his 1859 birth? |
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Post by Wayne Land on Aug 29, 2021 13:19:58 GMT -5
TTT,
Why do you continue to pose questions you already know the answer to?
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Post by RonBk on Aug 29, 2021 15:57:32 GMT -5
 In this interview from 1935 Brushy details some aspects of his life story. From this information we can establish Brushy was cetainly not Oliver Pleasant. Roberts. |
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Post by cassandra jane on Aug 29, 2021 17:31:02 GMT -5
Also, how would a broke man living barely on the breadline know anything about Shetland, let alone that it existed, unless he'd been there or had some sort of connection (familial or otherwise) to it? It's almost off the map it's so remote. That's what makes me believe there's credibility to his story.
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Post by WhisperingBillyBarlow on Apr 18, 2023 21:01:27 GMT -5
View AttachmentIn this interview from 1935 Brushy details some aspects of his life story. From this information we can establish Brushy was cetainly not Oliver Pleasant. Roberts. Wrong. All it means is a man told similar stories in earlier life as he did in later life. And the older he got the more embellished they got. But, it is cool to see him featured in articles decades prior to him coming out allegedly as Billy The Kid. For a man supposedly wanting to remain hidden because of who he allegedly was he seemed to be quite the attention seeker. |
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