According to Carlisle in his 1946 autobiography, “Bill Carlisle, Lone Bandit,” he carried a toy glass gun on his first two robberies but also had a real gun. Bill Carlisle, right, with his first captor Sheriff Rubie Rivera, on the steps of the Carbon County courthouse in Rawlins, 1916. “I said the pay was good and that I really hoped I would never meet Bill Carlisle.” Bill Carlisle, seen here as a new inmate, was released from prison after serving 20 years of his 50 years. “I think the biggest thing about Bill Carlisle is how he changed his life so much,” hesaid.