hello all, first I would like to say great site !

And much like all of u fellow "kid" buffs I would have to say I believe that Billy was not shot on July14 1881. And heres my "opinion" of how it all happened that night and why I believe Brushy Bill Roberts was William H Bonney.

First when Roberts first conducted an interview with William V. Morrison. Morrison did his "homework" on the kid and eventually recieved word that a man by the name of O.L Roberts or Brushy Bill was living South of Fort Worth and claimed to be Billy the Kid.


Morrison described Roberts as the following " a wiry , 156 pound man or so and Blue-gray eyes dancing into my eyes , with right hand outstretched for a very firm shake."
He also stated that " he was quite small, with well shaped fingers and wrists that were unusually large , forearms and shoulders heavy , forehead high , nose prominent." These were very similar to the descriptions of the kid also.

Roberts also states very important yet interesting info also. He talks about stuff that only the kid would know IMO. And many people have identified him as the kid also. Mrs. Martile Able who was the widow of John Able ( one of Billy's friends) was eighty nine at the time Brushy Bill Roberts was being interviewed by Morrison. Anywaywhen visited by Morrison she was bedfast and living in El Paso at the time too. She told the reporter that she had not seen Billy since some time before Pat Garret claimed to have shot and killed the kid. And when Morrison brought roberts in to see her he asked who she was he replied " sure , thats John Able's wife ". Mrs. Able said that was indeed the man she knew as the kid .

But this is some evidence i have. Ill post more when im not so tired. Look for my script for my new film in the forum called Billy the Kid due out in a year or so .