The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-17

Was not vlrtuous woman In the d.
thieying State" AT this Bill '.put
six shooter
BALL THROUGH HIS HEAD
and escaped" He was pursued, car
tured, taken back and confined 10
guard house, heavily ironed. II
bribed tie guard and got away; wa
resrrested and locked up, and sgall
gained his liberty by ''sugaring sen
tinel." Disgusting himself, he started
2 for Cheyenne, where he joined q min
/ ing party bound for the Black Hills
This expedition was broken up by the
2 general government. Longley mad,
his way back TO Fsrt Brown, in tha;
territory, where, under an assumed
name, lie obtained employment in the
government service with q q4arteT.
master. That officer was little tricky,
and he and Bill carried on q lucrativ,
business In ro5bing the government by
STEALING MULES AND FORAGE
and selling to the miners aud pioneers
in that fsr-off country. The captain
saw that Longley was getting the lion.
share of the spoils. \ quarrel ensued
Bill said he told the officer that he had
learned HIM (L) how to steal, and now
if ''he was getting beat ut has own
game he ought not to squeal." This
enrAged the A. Q. NJ, who went to his
office for arms, and upon returning,
LoNGLEY SHOT HIN DEAD,
giving him no chance. From that
''scrape" he made his escape, but soon
after was arrested by squad of SOL
diers who trailed him by the blood
from his feet. OF the treatment re-
ceived from this squad Longley COM
planned most bitterly, saying that they
tortured him by
STICKING BAYoNETS IN HIM,
tying him up by the thumbs, and all
that sort of thing, which nobody is ex-
pected to believe. Before getting
back to the fort, Longley escaped from
his captors, and made his way across
the country, many miles he said, the
worst he ever saw, until he reached q
camp of Snake, Bannock and other
Indians. He proposed friendship, join
ed one of the tribes, and lived a con-
siderable time with them. He partici-
pated in number of raids upon and
fights with the United States soldiers,
| Vi WuOm
HE HELPED TO KILL.
On his return from the plains, he
killed young man in small town in
Western Kansas a reward was offered,
amounting to $500, for his arrest. He
met two men, and together the three
put up job on the sheriff. Bill was
arrested, taken to the town, and Jailed.
His captors claimed and received the
full reward. Before leaving town,
they told the sheriff they wanted to see
the prisoner; the officer accompanied
them to the Jail; In twinkling, they
had him disarmed, gagged and thrown
into the cell;
LoNGLEY WAS RELEASED,
got $500 of the reward money and the
three rode off.
Longley returned 10 Texas, and was
guilty of various acts of murder, law
lessness and crime, until the day upon
which he
KILLED WILSON ANDERSON,
April !, 1875. He attributes that kill
ing to the influence Of his "Uncle
Gale. .Hwhose son had been killed, es
Bill supposed, by Anderson, and 1t
he
m ,rr,ruys sIET e sdca HHf EbGEenr Sh GaEXtenr tnat ne
determined to kill Anderson. or
Uou-aa his uncle denies the "soft i'm
peachment," and snys that he begged
Bill to leave the country for the fam
ily's sake, which William promised to
do. Upon the morning OF the killing
he rode over to field where Anderson
was blowing. Longley was armed
with two six-shooters and shotgun,
which he had taken frsm a negro two
days before. "When Anderson came
out to the end of the row, about thu
ty yards from where was sitting on
my horse," said Longley, 81 raised
fmy gun to my face and fired one barrel
at his breast" He slapped his hand
to his breast and said, "Oh, GOD what
| did you shoot me for2"
''JUsT FOR LUCK, D-N YOU"
was Longley's reply, when he shot him
with the other barrel and then rode off.
Before his arrest two or more victims
met their death at the hands of this
reveler in human gore, and the whole
number of men that he has killed, he
has said,
AMOUNTS TO THIRTY-Two.
In every instance he chad the drop
on his man." and always used his sd-
vantages. "Why make q fight unless
you intend to win liz" was his theory,
and he practiced it with dreadful ef-
feet. or all the cowardly, cold blood
ed murders committed by Longley
none equalled in strocity the staying Of
Wilson Anderson, for which he to-day
paid the penalty with his life.
His pursuit, capture, trial, convic-
ton, appeal to the Court OF Appeals
and affirmation Of the finding in the
court below are all familiar to the read
ers of the STATESMAN, and need not
be here repeated. The same may said
of the scene in court when Judge Tur-
ner
PASSED THE DEATH SENTENCE
upon him. Since that time he has
been confined in the Giddings jail, and
Of late it is said that a great change
had come over him.
NO HOPE FOR ESCAPE.
Two petitions, one from an uncle in
California, asking full pardon; another
from Nacogdoches county, for commit
tatiou to life imprisonment, reached
the Governor some time since. He de-
clined to interfere with the execution
Of the law.
THE EXECUTION.
The morning Of the execution
opened with heavy and lowering
clouds, emblems of the dark deeds for
which Bill Longley was to die on the
gallows. Towards noon the clouds be-
gan to break. As precautionary meas-
ure, the sheriff put double guards at
the jail last night, and to-day 80
armed men were enrolled TO preserve
the peace, and an additional measure
was to close ell the drinking houses
for the entire day. By daylight this
morning, every road leading to town
was lined with people, old and young,
male and female; negroes predominat-
ing. The cotton patches for miles
around were deserted tc-1ay. The
crowd was estimated ct 1000. The
scaffold was 9 modern structure, erect
ed north OF town, in q large, open
SPACE. The drop was about twelve feet.
Longley rested well last night. He
said TO jsiloE this morning, who
visited his cell, that 1t was his faith in
God that kept him up; were It not for
that be would weaken ct the last
moment. To others be has said he
would rather kill man than take the