Category Archives: Anderson

Dear Kinfolk, As a Deputy Sheriff in Strong City, OK.,  Black Bill was kept busy chasing the moonshiners.  An interesting story that Deputy Bill would have been part of was told by Earl Archer, a trackman for the railroad.   “Two former … Continue reading →

By the age of 21, William H., (Black Bill, Bill Lee), had escaped from jails in La Junta, Colorado and Mexico, both late at night.  He was probably not guilty of the La Junta shooting and definitely innocent of breaking any Mexican … Continue reading →