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FREDERICKSBURG STANDARD SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1929BILL LONGLEY AND HISWILD CAREERFrom Frontier Times, Bandera,Evergreen school are living to-mates of Bill Longlev at the olda good six-shooter, and a gsaddle.ood tear down that eirues tentThov followedre or six milestin* wild scrambling to get out toTexaold Evergreen. Two of the school, day. Will Grant, now of Biddings, and Ike W. Sparks of Austin.Will Grant and The Sparks were of their races tinAt the age of sixteen, Longlev hid formed a partnership with Johnson McKowen, and atthin a running bun battle andfree and open. Most of the only stopped their pursuit whencrowd struck a bee line for their j a wel-aimed shot from LongDy’swas Will six-shooter kileld the(one | homes. Among thems«‘rgeantnegroesout- i Grant, lie arrived at home alone. I of the Sixth Ohio Regiment. TimBIBLIOGRAPHY: The infor- among the smallest bovs in choo! mation in this article has been j while Bill Longjey was amongculled from various sources, thnumbered them and the boys J panting andout of breath. His sergeant was riding a good hors(L I vest onX e w s.tinAustinlargest. It was a typical old field school where the Webster’sStatesman, weekly papers of 187, Bluebaek .Spelling Book and Me*jjuotations from Giddings Tri- Guffy s series of readers werewere forced tovery night at the town of Lexing-havitur awithdraw. That ; mother made the anxious inquiry, and caught up with Longlcy, whonegroes were**sbune, individual acquaintances of j studied by all. During the noon Bill Longley, state records in the hour the boys played “One-Eyed■ *ton thejamboree, one of their dances orfrolics. The whites had all left i first shot until h*Where is your sister • \\ ill had by this turn* had onlv one shotin his six-shooter. Inand remainingforgotten all about sister ther relatives from Longley’s[ attempting to fire, he placed hissoldier’s bodvi office of the Secretary of State 1 (’at, “Bull-Pen,and similara n d i nthe State Library, and games of tinday. Bill Longleymany personal friends of thwriter.supervised the games for tin*smaller children and, on account of his age. was rather a leaderthe town. Longley and McKowenheard of the evil party, went in-arrived at j gun against th*II home. In relating the eircum-jand pulled the trigger, but his stances to the Frontier Native hammer caught in the lapel of the to Lexington heavilv armed, and I he stated that the show was com- souliet s coat, and vv hen he pulledin the midst of the negro festivi-! pletelv brokenupand people his gun away it was discharged,ties. the sixteen-vear-old lionglev seattcre*inall directions with- killing the sergeant instantlvB- % %*..onglev’s name figures ii among the school children.the list of bad menTex aYD tJllstafterthe Civil War thCin the majority of them vou can! negroes were inflated bv theirX w * I ft-3 »find the primary cause that led j new-given freedom. While the j from one thing to another until j older members of the race wttv I they are outside the pale of law.* law-abiding and hadcharged into the crowd. Bill was out even waiting to tell each oth mounted, and his two six-shooters er good-bye. barked with such effect that two negroes were killed outright, and PJ RLESON ('Of XI \ KILLINGTo be continued)several others wounded. The eff«*ct of this arrayed Bill Long,l.von a campaignagainstthTh*Bei**a iJiekeiNfartCullen M. Baker. , Bob Lee, John ! Wesiev Hardin, and Bill Longlev bear a striking resemblance to teach other in their first stages. • The primary cause was the freednegroes, often encouraged bvrespect and negroes. ThenAbout three months after th*first killing.eems that thre*Scientist* say that flies carrygerms of typhoid fever, infantileparalysis, summer disorders andover thirty other diseas*Fj *negroes came into Evergreen, G^ould Klt;»IFLY TOXveneration for their old “Mas- what he had the sympathy ol.many citizens and practically allof the voung white men of theis no doubt but went into the saloon, and tanked karmle*s to people butt. ______.,e tin____ *.t..... t____iterand old “Mistis,” the vounger breed took on airs, werew “ J 1domineering, and were verv loosewith their talk. Military govern-eountrv.Th♦negroesheld Bill Longleyment had been etablished all! in great awe and his name sentove rthe South. “ carpet-badgers* ’ terror to theirverv »souls. On*calawags and carpet-baggers. In had co'me to the country; and. j day on the II. T. C. railroada new porter passed down thenormal times these men would have been normal men. Cullen M.sad to saw a few Southern men•rbecame members of that band of Baker was driven to his first j pariahs and social outcasts knowndeed by the newly freed negroes;ure df I OHup. When they had mounted their K mosquitoes roa(.h,.s. motl horses, one of them remarked ui t j'#IbugwellHithat hhad heard that EverFIDgreen was dangerous for negro*and that he would be p somebody would trv toatifTON was developed at the MellInstitute of Industrial K**seari by Rex Research Fellowship start on Fly-Tox withInOinething with him. The negro*its per funleft and Longlev andme *t h -lik** fragrance.- Adv.ers followed and overtook themaisle in the smoker and requested I in Burleson county, about eigh*mlt;* individual unknown to him miles from Evergreen, with the*as “scalawagsrile voung whiteto rnovtrnhis feet out *f the aisJohn Weslev Hardin, a bov of I man of each southern community 'The man did so but it was notintention of disarming them. Thlt; negroes showed fight .and on*[Calcium Arsenate and Sul-phur for cotton dusting in stockat reasonable prices, at08CAR KRAUSKOPFft ft Aeen vears, defended himself resented the overbearing rowdvjlong before the mans feet were! of them opened fire and waini !nw2a burly black giant who attitude of the negroes, Condi- again in the aisle. Again th**re ''■rowing worse in ma-i porter requested him to move histrying to beat him; Bob Lee :tions wfended his home and his see-on against similar fore*al-nv boutnern eommuniti*?. and feet out of the aisle. A second he old Evergreen neighborhood! time he did so. A third time tin*exception. Bill Longlev porter passe*! along the aisle andtan? 1killedThioccurredwas n*though of paler nature. And Bill Longley*s first crime was an at-Jbv this time, had quit school, and! found the feet again in th*aiabout the last part of 1866. On Christmas day the deputy sheriffof Washington countv and some*others arrived in old EvergreenAt a Small Cost!nipt to pr**!**'** ** ithe white peopD like other young Southern meni ithe old Evergreen neighbor- hadsix-shooter anda*»\present LPfcountv, I While he had been baptizelt;rsfr*innThis time he rousfhlv threw them4-out and went on toward the day coach where he met the conductorbut Bill Lortf\r\got windf h e i r horsicoming and escapen Iii *William P. Longley. knowr* ithe Christian church, th**iiiI Bill Longlev to the State of Tex- in 1866w»*rlt;*tit of jointndi in! t nI h **IveIi bill*He boasted Ieo nuuet or.man’swabon. *Mill Creek in botht t’sread \Austin eountv. Texas.*18.11. He(fret ober eont lie?whita i s 1*■»1 tit rev outtiKILLING THE SERGEANTEar)\1 * • IBrtft* iTlI *onductor r**pweherto Karked frurit XJFI Ih*n *if (T* r. *i -Alt;1amp-(Jod-fea r-“Did vou know thatBiPRr f rV lit* f. ig man. On Ma* * IC am iLonglev bought the farm1119T?* itT** *xat of Evergreen. L**tif LeFIRST VH TLMLor!Lf I c \rhporter turnB*. ithe voting negroes and.*111and dahe*l throu* ¥ Ithyoung white men, the inevit* d{l.v eoaeh and on through an-Jh h t11 f 1 Iouchn hiunt \1!i * niratIrreturn ?hrouirh York?mlrrun-1 abl*♦ 1 p4 ftfc* iiea in*and on*day I other da\(*(aeh, jumped off thtrp iTins pai* ♦e eounithat timV.*iinrt a ;no»'-historic Bastrop-jrpar platform, and took to th*Nacogdoches (’amirReal, abou*• iood whilef hi*tram mi!was miI kenbv!for lt;i ru• ■t r\Tiv orV I1«IWt *ngton countOld Ever-» mile**from Evergreena))Ur. \ita wavpi*,qname from a grov*i i«indnegro applied the fightingdilt;*r.s tried11pture. Th*Longlevflednt*ati r - iprimevalve *1.her to Bill IftOllglefat h**rTHE EV ERGREEN CIRCEStYOU NOW CAN HAVE YOUR CAR LOOK LIKE NEW.The ne Duco or Lacquer will give it a nice lasting gloss. Any color or combination of anyftrcolors of which vou may have♦ wyour choice at no difference inprice.Auto tops and seat covers to be had at reasonable prices.Am also specializing in Body and Fender straightning.Cars washed and polishedHEIMANN’SPaint and Trimming Shop* § •» u* /I M 'ft■ 4 A H ~Her*♦iftrri tedllVtiiii kAfr*? hirprosencp. Thiin thlavs before the railepithet is known t*i every Houth-j foads came to Texas the old-fash-Jt) la c k sm 11 h sh o pnd the inevit- **rn man. an*l it i- alwiloon. The king of t(Oh 1fttandn ifnda vdLiveOldt* SI ifEvergreen, rnetnr. an*i1 for a fighti lt;nthpart oflonetTex a*nnir circus was ovHY.BECKERThe^i* circus*had o ir}true Southerner Previous toj°r two elephants, one or tout 1L tiI’ndtiustiiiIt !* four feet in dia-this, he*its huge limbs stretchwith theireetions. It is knownp x to fit i hr f hniiiiftx *f tiv*£. nu L-li * i |.|f P U*Mr 1 i V r* ilH K ,q t r* # * fi u td i, i ” « *11ha vleeom*n expert *andfew other animalSpecializes in general blacksmith work, horse shoeing, acteylene welding and shiarpening of clipper knives Phone 111.* vhoot■ 11- h arThevhai!orat he couldHop pa1outto?lt;rIiit If1nout missing a(nddhorrn** Ii1 h;limi* II ‘ ! itV*I Iha nt:I*»»blermed tif ! '»Thev traveled from tovvrjwon two-horse wagons andfarmer** to d*mlimfor then\Yt**r that on tlereek tht\vr*stuck and were watthat runs throughLimglevbound or mini-bound fI aThe Kerrville Clinic and Secor HospitaProvides the Hill Country with the facilities of the largest city hotpi tals at very low rate*. Staff of five physicians in constant co opersi*IV * fDozier bovsw ri o vv* e rIvnched in tl*arhhIVF*rm parallel t‘h*i »t rop-*an jIn the courshuni* v ♦long while the mark of th*rope aroundithe11Q111c o u 1 dit ionto th*^ *!I »horboolhouae. whichir • *» *isomewhat to th** southeast, twoor three hundred vards distant.ri he village of Evergreen lav or*each side of th** Austin-BrenhamRoad that at this place runs nearly east and west About one halfwest of old Evergreen tin* famous and historic San Antonio-Baatrop-Nacogdoches Road er*)ss-V m.Ie southw*st of obi Ev**r-■n bordering the San Antonio*\n*onio road Billlit*#of t he**d UI;1prae-rack 1 Evergreencircus*** m e f oLee county, put U(*t. Another eve-witnevs inform-1 their t'*nt and started theirv\th** writer that»ld EviThe country people nocked to it jtion for efficient team work in diagnosis or treatmentFifteen able specialists including a full time pathologist araj available for consultation or assistance. Registered nurse and phjr^-cian within call day and night. Provision made for relative to staywith patient.greenhe** a vv'Bill Longlev take|a* always did—men, women, both six-shooters and proved that children, from miles around wait-atwo-gun man is a possibility—*for this annual showThevnotwithstanding thlenialsifall appeared at Evergreen tothis one-rmg circus mth** sumin 11 *r INacogdoches Roadlocated thsome of these writers on bad menwho 1 ive by the sweat of their r,1* r °* 1*^7 or 1868. Bill Long-pens. On this occasion in 1866, an 8 ^)0-v lt;)f or ^~ vears, had-v.-witne*. says of Hill l.ontfley;) aln-ady several notches on his•‘He emptied both six-shooters in «un- mostly of the brunette type,or a deep tan. He and a com pan-;to a smallft potix inches acrossfarm of Campbell Longlev, Op12If#the Longlev gate at thon the side of a goods box sirnultaneously, The fir*J epithet waiapplied bv tin* negro against tin01 * MXion, expert with the Colt’scame to the eircu, demanded admittance. were refused bv th**doorkeeper, who was instant Iv*pres**rit tim**. tin* Daughters ofname of Campbell Longley andwas answered bv Bill LonglevXI knocked down, andWild BillJ**X ! Revolution have placedia huge granite monument marking the Nacogdaches-San AntonioRoad, or the (’amino Real. The j Longley home was estimated perhaps DHj yards from the mainhighway, on the left hand sidea ft you journey from Nacogdochesto Bastrop. It was about oneV.mile from the Longlev home tojI old Evergreen. At the closebelle*! against being disarmed andfired atLongleyIn dashedw a ^ un i vi ci vu Mjf i#i*i iii#ii||is;Y n tready six-shooter. This nettro re-11*0,1**1lt;‘.v «nd llis companion en-tered the circus, walked into thering where the two clowns wer*sassiiig each otli**r. The saasesThe Lasting Kind!away on his horse, but Bill Iong-1well-known marksmanship Iwas *slt;,0,i c°nvertlt;?dfbv order^V H ...............................;ent a hall crashing throuirh the fr,,m Lomrlev into a “hoe-downnegro’s head. He f**ll from hi horse stone dead. His pocketdan*ewhen the clowns wereordered to do the ‘‘hoe-down,’’|“baek-step,” the “highland Ith*hor-** was givenf tami the “1 ri*h J igg.ofwere turned wrong side out, hi*its liberty,ope was tied around the negro’s !I of their intense dancing was wellimpetus and inspiring cause•*eck. amhlt;* was lt;1 ragged several ia lt;*oni|Msi-tion that lasttin•on s»:h thihot t lt;4stth** Civil War in 186J Bill Long- hun*lr**d vards from th** highvvav jdit**'t*'*l .-m*ftti iking tin* ground*' 1 *as near their feet Longh*v andtlie companion could fire themley wa* fourteen v«*ars *1J am! i attended th*- school at old Ever-! green, good-hearted, liked bv ail: the bovs, ami one of th** larg****?into tiilt;* woods wh**!h** wa sburied in a vervHowgra vlt;inditch.hov *1 inthese MOOTehooiwa- taught 1/'. Dr. C I), Wilker-ft.son. whograduated in medicineFIGHT IN LEXINGTONThe hor:tb u tinas tin* supreme ammai in Texas aft«*r th** war an* the earlv rlav's following lit was th** ambition of evenj without crippling. There was an instant damped;*. Will Grant, an old schoolmate of Longley’s. hadbegged to take }Hn little sisteito th*4 circus; forgetting all abou*\i th*4 crowddav! I hat s tIn* sort of Quality vouYo as-sured of in:STEIN’S PURE ICEThe average ice consumption perfamily was $20.00 per year.“IT NEVER GETS OUT OF ORDER’'Stein’s Ice FactoryIt\ he sta:jippthe War* *' * Cl u » iischool master s' Sou-h'-rn boy to own ;i fast pony, j tftlift!. as hlt;‘ (*xpfi'sst‘d it, helpedPHONE415.
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