"Wild Bill" Longley
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
"WILD BILL" LONGLEY
KNOWN AS WILLIAM PRESTON LONGLEY
BORN
OCTOBER 6, 1851 IN AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS
OCCUPATIONS
GUNFIGHTER- UNION FORCE TEXAS TO FIGHT
KILLINGS
- before he turned 20 he had killed several men.
- short-tempered, killed for trival reasons
- killed more than a few men, because they "insulted" him.
- he murdered a man in cold over a arguement over a card game.
- he strongly disliked african-americans, they avoided him at all costs.
1ST TRY TO HANG LONGLEY
- it is belived that Longley was hanged with a horse thief, but an apparent gunfight from
- a departing posse cut the rope he was on.
WHO HE LIVED WITH
LONGLEY STAYED WITHTHE UTE INDIANS AFTER WAS ALMOST KILLED.
THE CHURCH MURDER
AFTER KILLING THE MINISTER ROLAND LAY, HE FLEED TO LOUISANA.
HE WAS CAPTURED
AND THEY RETURNED HIM TO LEE COUNTY, TEXAS. AND WAS FOUND GUILTY.
HE WAS HANGED.
BUT IT WENT WRONG, AND INSTEAD OF A FAST DEATH, IT WAS SLOW & PAIN.
DIED
11 MINUTES AFTER HE WAS HANGED HE WAS PROUNCED DEAD.
DEATH
OCTOBER 11, 1878; GIDDINGS, TEXAS
