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Bill Longley and His Wild Career
A historical account of Bill Longley’s fiercest exploits in Texas and nearby regions, detailing the rewards offered, capture near Keatchie Louisiana by Captain Milt Mast, Longley’s trials and executions in Giddings, and the sensational aftermath including his hanging on October 11 1878 and the dramatic prison escape attempts and religious turn while in Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Anderson
George Thomas
Reverend Roland Lay
Longley
Governor Coke
Coke
Delta County
Milt Mast
Lee County
William Burrows
Nacogdoches County
Bill Longley
eKatehie
DeSoto Parish
Louisiana
Mast
Texas
Keatchie
Henderson
Giddings
Palestine
Houston
Austin Statesman
Water and Light Plant
Houston and
Texas Central Railroad
Galveston
Supreme Court
Father Spillars
Austin
Chambodut
Hubbard
Jim Lucy
Jim Brown
Father Spillard
Father Querat
Z. P. Erleston
W. G. McLennon
Tie
Evergreen
Sheriff Brown
An Aid
Gasley
Fields
Johnson
E. B. Turner
Wash Harris
Harris
Cale
Dame Fortune
Northwest Territory
Alec Thomson
Brown
W. M. Burroughs
William Longley
Mr. Burroughs
Keatehi
de Soto
Parish
Texas Line
Logansport
Captain Mast