Post by mckinley412 on Jul 17, 2016 19:16:51 GMT -5
There have been several reports that Billy had a sister. Some have been discussed else where and maybe eventually we can get them all in the same spot. Here's one to start with for now. In a list of facts compiled by Bill Hefner in the Hico Legend of Billy the Kid pamphlet who only thanks The Hico News Review, The El Paso Times, and The Roswell Daily Record and Encylcopedia so I can't actually tell you where else to find this, he reports "In 1962 a Lois Tefler of New York City claimed to be Billy's closest living relative. She filed a suit against Debaca County (oh, I guess you could look there) , saying Billy's grave had been negleected. She wanted his body moved to Lincoln, where she had been promised a more attractive site. she lost her case. Bowdre's cousin convinced the court that moving Billy's bones would disturb those of Charlie, who, it is supposed lies next to him." I guess got time, I'll post part of another one. WPA Files of the Library of Congress Dr. J. R. Carver reported that there seems to be evidence Billy went down to Marfa Texas after his supposed death and that a sister came out to see him but did not go to his grave, his horse was never seen again, Pete and Pat were his friends (which MissyS told us there was a newspaper that reported that Pat and Pete travelled together after the shooting) and he said that a Mexican was buried instead of Billy and the Kid was rumored to have gone down to Texas on the Rio Grande.