Talk:Bill Longley (gunfighter)

=Note-facts vs Fiction=

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Note: See Handbook of Texas online on Longley:
 * 1) Longley was involved in a killing of a black man named Green Evans in Dec 20 1868-not 1866.
 * 2) The Texas State Police was not formed until 1870.
 * 3) Longley's entry in the Handbook also reports there is no evidence he killed a Union soldier in Yorktown Texas or joined Cullen Baker.
 * 4) In February 1870 he did kill a black man named Brice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.53.145.98 (talk • contribs)

=Proposed Merger= The two pages are on the same person; I just happened to notice while contributing to the article on Giddings, Texas. I have no real outlaw expertise, so it would be great if somebody else could do this. Tim giddings 19:13, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Evidence for meeting Coe and Thompson?
The article says that Longley met Phil Coe and Ben Thompson. No such meeting is mentioned in either the Handbook of Texas article or in Rick Miller's well researched article on Longley from Wild West magazine. What's the evidence for this alleged meeting? Pirate Dan (talk) 14:25, 6 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Found and included a reference for Longley meeting Coe in Brenham, Texas. Still no proof that Longley ever met Thompson, but given that Coe and Thompson were close confederates, it still seems likely that a reference can be found, so I'm leaving the information in for now. Pirate Dan (talk) 18:42, 5 August 2009 (UTC)