The four hide in an old barn, but are found by Cornwall's men. The robbery quickly goes wrong, as an uncountable number of Leviticus Cornwall's hired guns descend upon them. They, along with Deputy Archibald MacGregor go and destroy a Lemoyne Raiders moonshine operation, where Bill and Arthur incapacitate a few of them before fighting off the Lemoyne Raider reinforcements.īill takes part in Uncle's stagecoach robbery along with Arthur and Charles. If asked back at camp, Bill will insist he had a plan to get out.īill is deputized by Sheriff Leigh Gray, along with Arthur and Dutch. Javier then cuts Bill free and they leave. Arthur and Javier go to the hunter's camp and a shootout erupts in which the bounty hunters are defeated. In an optional mission, Javier can tell Arthur that Bill was captured by bounty hunters. Afterwards, Bill and John convince Arthur to let Kieran stay with the gang after he saved Arthur's life and, after Arthur reluctantly agrees, Bill and John take Kieran back to camp. When they get there, the trio stealthily dispatch some of the O'Driscolls before a battle erupts, in which the remaining O'Driscolls are defeated. When Bill prepares to castrate Kieran with burning hot tongs, Kieran immediately reveals its location, resulting in Bill, Arthur and John taking him to the hideout. Later, Bill is brought over by Dutch to torture Kieran for the whereabouts of an O’Driscoll hideout. At some stage, a patron bumps into Bill, and a large scale bar fight ensues which ends with only minor injuries to the present gang members. Soon after settling at their new camp, Bill, Javier and Charles (later joined by Arthur) go out drinking in the town of Valentine. Along with the majority of the gang, Bill is unable to get onto the escaping train. Arthur is sent by Dutch to help Bill, but, possibly because of Arthur’s interference, the detonator fails and the gang is forced to chase after the train. Afterwards, he searches a house for valuables left behind.ĭuring the Cornwall train robbery, Bill is given the job of setting up the dynamite for the tracks. Bill is paired with Micah during the raid and takes part in the skirmish against the enemy gang. Dutch then tells them that they are attacking an O'Driscoll camp. Before Bill can fight back, the others restrain the two and Dutch comes in, reprimanding them. Hot-headed, he tends to act first and think later but is tough, dedicated and always ready to fight.īill was first introduced when he gets into a argument with Micah Bell which results in Bill getting punched in the face. However, the robbery turned out to be a disaster, and the gang was forced to flee north into the mountains of Ambarino to escape the law, settling in an abandoned mining town named Colter.Īn ex‐soldier discharged from the army, possibly dishonorably. During his time in the gang, he committed a number of crimes, which included robbery, raids, murder, kidnapping, and various other misdeeds across the frontier.īy 1899, the gang had moved east to West Elizabeth near Blackwater, when Dutch decided to undertake an ambitious heist to rob a boat that was carrying a significant amount of money. Despite this, Bill still vividly remembered the horrifying things he'd seen during his time in the Army.įor the next six years Williamson would go on to be a gunman for the Van der Linde gang. Though Bill was angry, Dutch cheered him up and gave him purpose, offering him a place in the Van der Linde gang. One day in 1893, he tried to rob Dutch van der Linde, but was taken aback when Dutch simply laughed at him. At one point, he was robbed by a "woman" (implied to be a cross-dresser). He lived rough for the next year or so, drinking heavily and robbing people on the highway. He notably fought against Native Americans, before eventually being dishonorably discharged for deviancy and attempted murder on December 27, 1892. Bill was always afraid of suffering the same fate.īill's military Dishonorable Discharge papersĪt some point, Bill joined the Army and was assigned to the 15th infantry and claimed to have also served in the cavalry as well. Bill's father was an alcoholic who slowly lost his mind due to his excessive drinking, notably mixing whiskey with moonshine. Embarrassed by his first name, which was supposedly a "family name," he would later adopt the name "Bill" after his surname. Bill Williamson was born Marion Williamson in 1866.
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