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Post by RonBk on Apr 26, 2022 16:38:25 GMT -5
I happen to notice that on page 51 of Billy the Kid the Lost Interviews- Brushy said at one time he tried to spring Jesse Evans from Fort Stockton jail in Texas. Could this article about Billy riding with fifteen to thirty men into Texas be when Brushy attempted to help free Jesse Evans? Looking at that article it says it was dispatched from Stockton, could than mean Fort Stockton? Could Krempkau have been working as guard? Good find! There cant be a lot of other Stocktons around, it must be the same as Fort Stockton. This is solid evidence for Brushy.
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Post by MissyS on Apr 27, 2022 19:33:32 GMT -5
Both papers that ran the story about the same incident looks to have been originally reported from Stockton, one paper from the Las Vegas Daily Gazette June 29,1881, stated it was dispatched from the St. Louis Globe Democrat from Stockton Texas, the other paper the Austin Weekly Statesman June 30,1881 says dispatched from Stockton. Iv been trying to find a reliable source of information as to when and which prison or jail Jesse Evans was in. Reading that article it does seem to indicate there was an attempt at something, what would interest the Kid to be in that area with that many men?
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Post by garyabc on Apr 13, 2023 17:05:12 GMT -5
on Jessie E.and Billy being enemies. The flavor i get from the tails ive read and what i suspect was true for many of the 19th century mercs. You could fight on oppisite sides one month then find yourselves on a side together. Jessie and Billy may have shot in each others direction at times but remained friends. There is more here than we will ever know. Aa example I read (somewhere) Jessie Evens was originally Jessie James. He had a name change because he was not THAT Jessie. With a brother named Frank...What are the odds there's more connections than we know?
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