Yes,it would appear after burning the body of the black man to fake his death, Boyd made his way to Canada but would later be extradited to the States. His having using fraudulent Civil War pension claims to enrich himself would not seem to have dimmed his popularity in Sweetwater as he was Mayor at the time of his shooting by his nephew. Though not all his relatives would have agreed....one is reputed to have said when asked if he would attend Mr. Boyd's funeral...."Nope, I went to the first one."