Brushy Bill Roberts

Brushy Bill Roberts a.k.a. Ollie Partridge William Roberts, Ollie P. Roberts or Ollie L. Roberts, attracted attention by claiming to be the western outlaw William H. Bonney, a.k.a. Billy160 the160 Kid. Roberts claim has been rejected by almost all historians , but there is circumstantial evidence suggesting his claim may have had some substance. Brushy Bills story is promoted by the Billy the Kid Museum in his hometown of Hico in Hamilton County, Texas. His claim was further promoted by the 1990 film Young Guns II, as well as a 2011 episode of Brad Meltzers Decoded on the History Channel. Robert Stack did a segment on Brushy Bill in early 1990 on the NBC television series Unsolved Mysteries.

Brushy Bill claimed to have been born William Henry Roberts in Buffalo Gap, Texas, near Abilene, on December 31, 1859.

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