Even more interesting is the fact that my friend made many tape recordings of his interviews and meetings with Carbine Williams. He is now having them transferred to compact discs. I told him that I believe that there would be a great deal of interest in these recordings if he had them available for sale. He is the author of the wonderful book "CARBINE" now in it's third printing. The personal stories that he relates, like the trip with Carbine to the gun show in NC and the stop at the gas station/honkey tonk on the way home alone make it worth the read. On a personal note:
About fifteen years ago I took my son to a little town in NC called Waxhaws. He had a teaching job there. While he was at work I scouted out the local gun shop. They had the normal assortment of black guns and hunting rifles and semi auto shotguns. I asked the owner if they had any old guns and he brought out two. One was a Sharps carbine and the other was a Buffalo Newton .30 caliber bolt action army rifle. We negotiated some on the prices, but since I didn't have much money with me I told the owner that I would be back to buy the two guns and left him a small deposit. On my way back to SC I kept thinking that I remembered reading about a Newton rifle somewhere. It then struck me that I had read it in my friend's book "Carbine" and that was the rifle that Carbine was carrying at his liquor still when the deputy sheriff was killed. I immediately called my friend and told him about my discovery. He drove to the gun shop and closed the deal on the rifle before my son & I got home. He later told me that he is sure that it was the very same rifle that Carbine was carrying on that fateful day. It had been buried for a time while Carbine was in prison but later retreived and sold. Talk about coincidence! Well I thought that this might be an interesting story for some here.
Best Regards, George
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