Kirby

I think the Post Dispatch article is a take off from the Cedar County Republican and Stockton Journal. He is referred to as a "bloody fiend". Not quite "bloody Bill" but darn close and the Dispatch article appears to be a rehash of the story of his death as reported in other papers.

"The Nevada Daily Mail, has used much valuable space, in telling its readers where the outlaw, Bill Anderson, fell, and was buried, while a very few words could have told the whole story in a satisfactory manner to all loyal minds, in about this style : The outlaw, cut-throat and bloody fiend, Bill Anderson, who had not the semblance of a pure or just motive in his heart, is dead and in hades, where he properly belongs. This should be satisfaction and gratification enough to any loyal person regarding him ant his whereabouts. His murderous record is a sad memory in history, and if there is an admirer on earth of blood-curdling reminiscences, he should peruse the pages referring to The life of Bill Anderson..

Cedar County Republican and Stockton Journal. (September 5, 1890). . Newspapers.com. Retrieved February 11, 2024, from https://www.newspapers.com/article/cedar-county-republican-and-stockton-jou/140773474/