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	Brushy Bill Roberts and Billy the Kid---The Complete Facts
		Brushy also demonstrated the ability to, in a kind of double-jointed move, make his hands smaller than his wrists, which the real Billy was known to do in order to slide handcuffs off.
		Brushy Bill’s knowledge of the Lincoln County War and the life of Billy the Kid was too extensive to have all been read.
		Brushy talked with them all about events from his past as Billy the Kid and all three signed affidavits attesting to the fact that Billy the Kid and Brushy Bill were one and the same.
	www.angelfire.com /mi2/billythekid/brushy.html (4334 words)

	About
		Brushy's niece Geneva Pittman mentioned that Brushy’s birth is recorded in the family bible as August 26, 1879.
		Brushy supporters also say the Oliver P. Roberts was dead and buried in 1939 at Alto, Texas, so again, he can't be the same man, but yet his name is not listed in the cemetery records.
		Brushy was shot in the jaw, left shoulder and across the top of the head.
	www.aboutbillythekid.com /billy_vs_brushy.htm (3118 words)

	FrontierTimes - Outlaws - Billy The Kid
		William Henry Roberts (Brushy Bill) was born to James H. Roberts and Mary Adeline Roberts in Buffalo Gap, Texas on December 31, 1859.
		Brushy Bill Roberts said that the man that was actually killed by Pat Garrett was Billy Barlow.
		Apparently, Brushy Bill had a stroke at the private meeting with the governor, unable to testify to his claim.
	www.frontiertimes.com /outlaws/billy_the_kid.html (4067 words)

	btk1950
		If Brushy BTK Roberts had "read the script and learned his role" he would have appeased the "historians" by giving Pat Garrett's answers (which were wrong) instead of sticking his neck out for the truth.
		Brushy (BTK) died and his aged wife was left behind to bury him.
		The birthdate was changed to reflect the birthdate that Brushy Bill (BTK) Roberts gave.
	www.geocities.com /billythekidmuseum/btk1950.html (1363 words)

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		Brushy Bill died just months after being spurned in New Mexico and was buried in Hamilton, and the corpse competition was on.
		Brushy Bill's supposed life story is convoluted in the extreme, so the Hico museum offers several books purporting to tell the real tale.
		This grave is the antithesis of the mawkish shrine in Fort Sumner.
	www.sltrib.com /portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=2810949 (2624 words)

	Billy the Kid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1950, a lawyer named William Morrison located a man named Ollie P. Roberts, nicknamed Brushy Bill, who claimed to be the actual Billy the Kid, and that he indeed had not been shot and killed by Pat Garrett in 1881.
		The town of Hico, Texas (Brushy Bill's residence) has capitalized on the Kid's infamy by opening the Billy The Kid Museum.
		In Kafka on the Shore by Murakami Haruki, Sakura worryingly says she doesn't want Kafka, whom she is afraid is involved in illegal activities, to die "a miserable teenage death like Billy the Kid".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billie_the_Kid (3328 words)

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		Brushy Bill Roberts showed up in North Central Texas west of Waco sometime in the mid-1900s - first in Comanche, then the county seat of Hamilton, and then he spent the last years of his life around Hico.
		Bill agreed to tell his story if Morrison would help him get a pardon and that there be no publicity.
		"Brushy Bill had no children and was at the end of his life," Hefner says, "fame and fortune were not a consideration for the old man." In 1950, Brushy Bill and Morrison met with the governor of New Mexico who turned the event into a circus, but never granted a hearing or a pardon.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/vol17/issue30/cols.daytrips.html (1122 words)

	The Truth About Brushy Bill Roberts
		At the time of Brushy's death he was claiming to have been born 12/31/68, which would explain why this date was put on his original stone.
		Once Brushy got tired of claiming that he was a member of the James Gang, he then claimed to be Billy the Kid.
		Geneva Roberts Pittmon however claimed in a letter to Billy the Kid Outlaw Gang founder Joe Bowlin that Brushy was born on August 26, 1879 and that she had the family Bible record to prove it.
	www.angelfire.com /nm/boybanditking/pageBrushy.html (1976 words)

	Brushy Bill Roberts ("Billy the Kid") (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Brushy Bill claimed to have been the infamous Billy the Kid.
		In 1950, at the age of 91, Brushy Bill Roberts came forward and publically claimed to be Billy the Kid, hoping to receive a full pardon before his death.
		Brushy Bill claimed that in 1881 during Sheriff Garrett's ambush, his friend Billy Barlow had been shot and killed, and his body was being passed off as Billy the Kid's.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~heddins/Stanbery/images/FamilyPhotos/BrushyBillRoberts.htm (283 words)

	Brushy Bill - The Truth?
		Sonnichsen wrote "Alias Billy the Kid" from materials furnished by William Morrison, who was Brushy Bill Roberts lawyer in Brushy Bill's attempt to procure a pardon for the crimes of Billy the Kid from Gov. Thomas Mabry in 1950.
		Geneva Pittmon Brushy Bill was born on August 26, 1879.
		Brushy- I hobbled through the door and around the corner to where Frank Lobato was waiting with two horses.
	www.nmia.com /~btkog/brushy2.htm (2149 words)

	Brushy Bill - The Truth?
		Brushy Bill Roberts couldn't speak Spanish, while Billy on the other hand was very fluent in both English and Spanish.
		Geneva Pittmon Brushy Bill was born on August 26, 1879.
		If Brushy was born in 1879 then that would mean he was only two years old in 1881 when Billy the Kid was killed by sheriff Pat Garrett.
	frontpage.nmia.com /~btkog/brushy2.htm (2149 words)

	Facts vs. Myth
		So with an open-mind I researched the story of Brushy Bill Roberts, an old man who claimed to be Billy the Kid and not only did I find his claim complete nonsense, but incongruous and an insult to the memory of Billy the Kid.
		On another note, when Brushy Bill Roberts was questioned, he couldn't remember important events that happened in the Kid's life, such as his escape from Lincoln (Brushy claimed there was no shooting going on, which means Olinger and Bell weren't killed).
		Brushy had gray eyes with yellow specks while the Kid had clear blue eyes; Brushy had a squarer shaped jaw while the Kid's was rounder; the ears are completely different and lastly, Billy's shoulders are much more slopped and narrower than Brushy's.
	www.aboutbillythekid.com /fact_vs_myth.htm (3270 words)

	The Bryan-College Station Eagle > Lifestyles > Travel > Day Trips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Brushy Bill at first denied being the famous outlaw, but after persistent questioning and seeing Morrison’s evidence, Bill relented.
		Brushy Bill agreed to tell his side of the Lincoln County War story on two conditions: first, that Morrison help him get a pardon from the governor of New Mexico, and second, that there be no publicity.
		“Brushy Bill had no children and was at the end of his life,” Hefner says.
	www.theeagle.com /brazossunday/travel/daytrips/062603daytrips.htm (695 words)

	Cronaca: Billy the Kid: the hunt continues
		I have studied the Brushy Bill case immensely and have come to the conclusion that he was indeed Billy the Kid.
		If brushy is billy and he was born in 1859, that would make him approx 91 when he died, pretty good for the 1950's especially for a man who had been shot multiple times and lived a rough life on horseback in the desert with little or no medicine.
		Brushy Bill Roberts is the very definition of a logical fallacy, but since that interferes with a good tale, let's just cherry-pick those details that fit his story and ignore all those inconvenient, contradictory facts that prove him a fraud.
	www.cronaca.com /archives/001016.html (3372 words)

	News
		Brushy Bill Roberts (Billy the Kid) was promised a private hearing with Governor Thomas Mabry to discuss a possible formal hearing for his application for a pardon.
		Brushy was a man who had killed several men and he knew it.
		I hereby beseech the Honorable Benjamin B. Rios to request that the New Mexico Legislature pass a bill to pardon Billy the Kid who lived 69 years as a decent citizen, and, who, in old age, seeking to make amends with himself and his Maker, was denied a pardon by Governor Mabry in 1950.
	www.geocities.com /billythekidmuseum/News.html (1805 words)

	JS Online: N.M. to Help in 'Billy the Kid' Probe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Bill Richardson scheduled a news conference Tuesday to detail how the state will aid an investigation launched by Lincoln County, where the Old West outlaw made a dramatic escape from custody 122 years ago.
		The investigation calls for exhuming and testing the remains of Billy the Kid's mother and Ollie L. ``Brushy Bill'' Roberts.
		Nolan, who lives in London, contends the Roberts' family Bible showed ``Brushy Bill'' was born in 1879, making him only 2 when the Lincoln County jail escape occurred April 28, 1881.
	www.jsonline.com /news/nat/ap/jun03/ap-billy-the-kid060903.asp?format=print (351 words)

	The Billy the Kid DNA investigation
		The trio's goal is to exhume the graves of Billy the Kid in Fort Sumner and his mother, Catherine Antrim in Silver City and compare DNA to that of any Billy the Kid claimant, such as Brushy Bill Roberts and John Miller.
		The "investigators" -as we'll call them- stated that their purpose for this investigation is to save the reputation of Pat Garrett who is accused of killing an innocent man and then passing him off as Billy the Kid while letting the real one escape.
		Those of us that oppose the DNA testing (from politicians, lawyers, historians, journalists, and history enthusiasts from around the world) are NOT worried that Brushy Bill Roberts or any other claimant may turn out to be Billy the Kid.
	www.aboutbillythekid.com /billy_the_kid_dna_investigation.htm (2060 words)

	Epochtimes English Edition-
		This summer, local officials, including the office of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, plan to get to the truth of the story by exhuming bodies and conducting forensic tests to see who really killed whom and who was the "real" Billy the Kid.
		But others believe the story of a Texas man named "Brushy" Bill Roberts who lived to the ripe old age of 90, and died in Texas in 1950.
		The investigation has even gotten the attention of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who has pledged state support of the project, although he says it will be funded through private donations.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/3-8-20/2691.html (1057 words)

	The Hico, Texas Legend of Brushy Bill
		Many of the web sites on the matter point to discrepancies in Brushy's story but I have found that those comments were misquotes of what Brushy really said and in fact there just aren't any holes in his story at all.
		Brushy Bill didn't go to William V. Morrisson, Morrisson went to him.
		I think Brushy had enough fame as it was to want more by claiming to be Billy the Kid.
	vote.sparklit.com /comments.spark?pollID=367575 (889 words)

	Making a killing off Billy the Kid
		Billy either died on the spot and was buried there, or was wounded and escaped, or wasn't shot at all and fled to Texas, where he perhaps assumed the persona of William "Brushy Bill" Roberts and lived to a great old age in Hico and Hamilton, about 30 miles from Hico.
		Whether he was Billy, ol' Brushy had a keen marketing sense that's now the economic life support of Hico.
		On the row of resting places nearest the highway, a gray granite marker reads "William Henry Roberts A.K.A. Billy the Kid Born 31 December 1859 Died 27 December 1950." A small, waist-high marble arch over the marker is inscribed "Billy the Kid." And that's it.
	www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/travel/articles/0918billykid0918.html (2223 words)

	The Night Pat Garrett (Probably) Shot Billy the Kid
		Brushy Bill claimed that he was the real Billy the Kid.
		On the other hand, Brushy Bill never seemed to have explained why so many people who knew and revered Billy the Kid grieved at the funeral on July 15, 1881.
		Photographs of Brushy Bill as a young boy do not seem to match up precisely with the one known photograph of Billy the Kid.
	www.desertusa.com /mag04/july/billy.html (2876 words)

	YOUNG GUNS
		Ollie L. (Brushy Bill) Roberts indicated that he was Billy the Kid.
		It must be noted that Brushy Bill seemingly had facts about the Lincoln County War that were not available elsewhere.
		It must also be noted that differences between the two have been pointed out in that Billy was literate whereas Brushy Bill apparently was not.
	members.tripod.com /~Youngguns20/timeline.html (840 words)

	Billy the Kid National Scenic Byway
		In Hico are a monument and museum to Brushy Bill Roberts the "real" Billy the Kid.
		Sullivan said the Brushy Bill Roberts story surfaced in 1990 when television journalist Sam Donaldson interviewed the old man who claimed to be the real Billy the Kid.
		Sullivan said Brushy Bill made his first appearance when he came to Santa Fe in 1949 and met with then Governor Mechem and his lawyers.
	www.billybyway.com /billy-wanted.html (701 words)

	Jesse James Was One of His Names
		Turning to Brushy Bill Roberts he said, "Billy, I'm going to have some of our old Confederate officers and agents of The Organization put you through a crash course in military strategy and tactics.
		Jesse neglected to inform Carranza that Captain Brushy Bill Roberts, Jesse's twin sons, and about 150 of the toughest American gun-slingers old Jesse could dig up in Texas and New Mexico, were already secretly drilling at his Chihuahua ranch.
		Led by Brushy Bill, the Americans, armed not only with pistol harnesses but with mortars and hand grenades, inflicted heavy losses on Carranza's attackers.
	bwcpublishing.com /names/chapter10.html (3274 words)

	Sulphur Southwest Daily News
		They are so sure that Brushy was Billy the Kid, that their Chamber of Commerce offered $10,000 to anyone who could prove that Brushy was a fake.
		Brushy Bill had claimed to be Billy the Kid just a year or so before he died in Hico, Texas in December, 1950.
		Brushy was very knowledgeable of Billy the Kid and New M exico.
	www.sulphurdailynews.com /guestbook (2977 words)

	Trail dust, 01/07/2006 - Billy the Kid legend inspired impostors
		‘Brushy Bill’ Roberts, claiming to be 91-year-old Billy the Kid, meets New Mexico Gov. Thomas J. Mabry on Nov. 30, 1950, to ask for a pardon.
		The most serious claimant to being Billy the Kid was Texas resident Brushy Bill Roberts.
		To this day, true believers continue to insist that Brushy Bill was, indeed, the Kid.
	www.freenewmexican.com /news/37405.html (941 words)

	Today in History: April 30
		The newly-elected president delivered the speech in a deep, low voice that betrayed what one observer called "manifest embarrassment." Washington had not sought the office of president and was humbled by the nation's request for him to serve.
		There are those who believe that after he escaped, he became a performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Parade under the name of "Brushy Bill" Roberts.
		To sample the rich musical heritage and cultural traditions of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, browse the title index in Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande, an American Memory collection documenting the religious and secular music of the Spanish-speaking residents of this region.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/today/apr30.html (931 words)

	Brushy Bill - The Truth? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One man who lived in Hico, Texas, and went by the name of Oliver P. "Ollie" Roberts, aka "Brushy Bill," claimed to be Billy the Kid.
		Sonnichsen wrote "Alias Billy the Kid" from materials furnished by William Morrison, who was Brushy Bill Roberts lawyer in Brushy Bill's attempt to procure a pardon for the crimes of Billy the Kid from Gov. Thomas Mabry in 1950.
		Later, William A. Tunstill of Roswell wrote "Billy the Kid and Me Were the Same." Judge Bobby E. Hefner has penned "The Trial of Billy the Kid," a fictional trial weighing the truth of evidence presented on behalf of Brushy Bill.
	frontpage.nmia.com /~btkog/brushy2.html (451 words)

	Brushy Bill - The Truth? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One man who lived in Hico, Texas, and went by the name of Oliver P. "Ollie" Roberts, aka "Brushy Bill," claimed to be Billy the Kid.
		Later, William A. Tunstill of Roswell wrote "Billy the Kid and Me Were the Same." Judge Bobby E. Hefner has penned "The Trial of Billy the Kid," a fictional trial weighing the truth of evidence presented on behalf of Brushy Bill.
		Those wanting to read newer books on Brushy Bill's claim should get two books: "Billy the Kid: 'Killed in New Mexico - Died in Texas" by Jannay Valdez, and "The Return of the Outlaw Billy the Kid", by W. Jameson and Frederic Bean.
	www.nmia.com /~btkog/brushy2.html (451 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- New Mexico lends support to bid to verify Billy the Kid legend
		Bill Richardson on Tuesday announced the state police will supervise the investigation and analysis of evidence uncovered during the probe, which is likely to include DNA tests on the exhumed bodies of Billy the Kid's mother and Ollie L. "Brushy Bill" Roberts, who claimed to be the Kid.
		It's to clear up another debate that Sullivan wants to exhume the body of Bonney's mother, buried in Silver City, N.M., and compare the DNA to that of "Brushy Bill" Roberts' body.
		Sullivan said the results should resolve speculation that "Brushy Bill," a Hico, Texas, resident, was the Kid.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20030610-1204-wst-billythekid.html (831 words)

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