Post by dhj on Feb 1, 2024 4:46:48 GMT -5
Hello,
I am new to this forum. I live in England (United Kingdom).
I have been trying to find evidence of William H Roberts - Brushy Bill Roberts - through history and recently came across the following documented articles and thought you might also find them interesting .
From what I have read so far I believe that it is highly likely that Pat Garrett did not kill BTK and that he actually “Killed the wrong man”.
And I believe that Brushy Bill’s real name was William Henry Roberts and he did live a very long and very interesting life.
I would be very interested to learn what other documented evidence people have found of a William H Roberts (Brushy Bill) through history.
The First Reference:
Frontier Times, Vol. 1, No. 1 October, 1923 (Link blog.wilkinsonranch.com/2013/05/23/rangers-meet-at-menard/)
Old Texas Rangers Reunion in Menard, Texas 1923
The article reads:
The ex-state rangers met at Menard, Friday, September 6, in their annual session. The officers of the organization are W. M. Green. Major commanding, Meridian; J. B. Gillett, Captain, Marfa; Norman Rogers, First Lieutenant, Post; W. W. Lewis, Second Lieutenant, Menard; A. T. Richie, Adjutant, Comanche; Henry Sackett, Orderly Sergeant and Secretary, Coleman; W. H. Roberts, color bearer, Llano; John O. Allen, chaplain, Cookville. The ex-rangers, organized two years ago at Weatherford, held their second meeting at Comanche and met this year at Menard.
These towns are the scenes of one or more Indian engagements, of which these men are last survivors. The organization is limited to men who saw service more than thirty years ago, and, therefore, includes only those who helped to clear Texas of Indians and bad white men of the days of Sam Bass and Nep Thornton. There has probably never existed in the American continent a group of men so famous for individual courage and fighting ability as the Texas rangers.
The full article is available to read at blog.wilkinsonranch.com/2013/05/23/rangers-meet-at-menard/
The Second reference is that of a Mr Will H Roberts acting as an absent witness in a Murder Case in 1910 (Referenced below)
Ripley v. the State, 58 Tex. Crim. 489, 126 S.W. 586 (Tex. Crim. App. 1910) No. 337. Decided March 16, 1910.
There is a long discussion about the evidence provided by a Mr Will H Roberts recorded within this case file. Perhaps this is evidence of Brushy Bill working a as a police officer or possible a reluctant witness who does not want to attend a court room in person
Link casetext.com/case/ripley-v-the-state-1
I would be very interested to learn what other documented evidence people have found of a William H Roberts (Brushy Bill) through history - Which might further help to verify Brushy Bill's part in history.
Thank you,
Derek
I am new to this forum. I live in England (United Kingdom).
I have been trying to find evidence of William H Roberts - Brushy Bill Roberts - through history and recently came across the following documented articles and thought you might also find them interesting .
From what I have read so far I believe that it is highly likely that Pat Garrett did not kill BTK and that he actually “Killed the wrong man”.
And I believe that Brushy Bill’s real name was William Henry Roberts and he did live a very long and very interesting life.
I would be very interested to learn what other documented evidence people have found of a William H Roberts (Brushy Bill) through history.
The First Reference:
Frontier Times, Vol. 1, No. 1 October, 1923 (Link blog.wilkinsonranch.com/2013/05/23/rangers-meet-at-menard/)
Old Texas Rangers Reunion in Menard, Texas 1923
The article reads:
The ex-state rangers met at Menard, Friday, September 6, in their annual session. The officers of the organization are W. M. Green. Major commanding, Meridian; J. B. Gillett, Captain, Marfa; Norman Rogers, First Lieutenant, Post; W. W. Lewis, Second Lieutenant, Menard; A. T. Richie, Adjutant, Comanche; Henry Sackett, Orderly Sergeant and Secretary, Coleman; W. H. Roberts, color bearer, Llano; John O. Allen, chaplain, Cookville. The ex-rangers, organized two years ago at Weatherford, held their second meeting at Comanche and met this year at Menard.
These towns are the scenes of one or more Indian engagements, of which these men are last survivors. The organization is limited to men who saw service more than thirty years ago, and, therefore, includes only those who helped to clear Texas of Indians and bad white men of the days of Sam Bass and Nep Thornton. There has probably never existed in the American continent a group of men so famous for individual courage and fighting ability as the Texas rangers.
The full article is available to read at blog.wilkinsonranch.com/2013/05/23/rangers-meet-at-menard/
The Second reference is that of a Mr Will H Roberts acting as an absent witness in a Murder Case in 1910 (Referenced below)
Ripley v. the State, 58 Tex. Crim. 489, 126 S.W. 586 (Tex. Crim. App. 1910) No. 337. Decided March 16, 1910.
There is a long discussion about the evidence provided by a Mr Will H Roberts recorded within this case file. Perhaps this is evidence of Brushy Bill working a as a police officer or possible a reluctant witness who does not want to attend a court room in person
Link casetext.com/case/ripley-v-the-state-1
I would be very interested to learn what other documented evidence people have found of a William H Roberts (Brushy Bill) through history - Which might further help to verify Brushy Bill's part in history.
Thank you,
Derek