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Wild Bill Longley Wanted Poster Brenham Texas Circa 1870s. William Preston Longley (October 6, 1851

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Wild Bill Longley Wanted Poster Brenham Texas Circa 1870s. William Preston Longley (October 6, 1851
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Circa 1870s. William Preston Longley (October 6, 1851 – October 11, 1878), also known as Wild Bill Longley, was an American Old West outlaw and gunfighter. He is considered one of the deadliest gunfighters in the Old West. Claiming to have killed 32 people before being captured & sentenced to death.
On June 6, 1877, Longley was surrounded and arrested without incident by Nacogdoches County Sheriff, Milt Mast, and two deputies while he was residing in De Soto Parish, Louisiana under the alias "Bill Jackson". He was returned to Texas, tried in the Lee County Court, and sentenced to hang for the murder of Wilson Anderson.