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May 14, 2020 · The other, a resident of Hico, Texas named Ollie “Brushy Bill” Roberts, actually managed to get a meeting with the governor of New Mexico in 1950, in which he unsuccessfully sought a pardon ...
Oct 8, 2018 · Roberts, who picked up the nickname “Brushy Bill” while riding scout for a stagecoach line in the Black Hills of Idaho, had the look, the size, the eyes and even, according to those who knew the outlaw, the same laugh as Billy the Kid.
Here's a brief summarization of Brushy Bill Roberts: In the late year of 1949 William Morrison of a law firm heard that Billy the Kid was not killed in Fort Sumner on July 14, 1881 by Pat Garrett, but was alive and well, living in Hico, Texas under the alias of Ollie P. Bill Roberts, also known as Brushy Bill.
Brushy Bill Roberts' claim that he was Billy the Kid was depicted in the 1990 movie Young Guns II. Results: Unresolved. In 1990, a legitimate, scientifically based and statistically significant photo - comparison analysis was conducted at the Laboratory for Vision Studies and the Advanced Graphic Laboratory at the University of Texas, Austin ...
The photo of 14 year old Brushy was close match to the tintype. The photo of Brushy at age 90 had a 93% match to the famous tintype. The missing seven percent can be explained due to age and dental work, so said Dr. Bovik and Dr. Acton. Brushy Bill had each and every scar Billy was said to have (and more).
Billy the Kid: An Autobiography The Story of Brushy Bill Roberts - Home. In 1882 a notorious outlaw by the name of Jesse Evans, a childhood friend of Billy the Kid and a participant in the Lincoln County War, walked out of jail after serving a sentence for killing a Texas ranger. Jesse walked out of prison a free man and disappeared, never to ...
In December 1950, the 91-year-old "Brushy Bill" Roberts dropped dead at high noon on a Hico street. Among the pallbearers was L.L. Gamble of Longview. The newspaper in Hico, writing about the funeral, noted that DeWitt Travis of Longview, who also attended the services, was a lifelong friend of Roberts.
