Arizona republican., 1894-09-13
IT WAS THE KID.
The Apache ScOurge's
Last Victim.
The Mystery of FiIley'S
Death Removed.
Return of an Officer From the
Scene of the Murder.
The Flight of the Renegade and In
cidents of a Two Days Hot
Pursuit.

The Apache Kid is undoubtedly the
murderer OF Horace Filley, whose body
was found near Mount Reno week ago
today.
Deputy Sheriff Davenport returned
late last night from the scene of the
murder and the trail of the murderer.
In general way the first story of the
murder which reached here was correct,
but the officer adds some additional in
cidents and corrects certain statements
which were slightly erroneous.
He reached Mount Reno last Monday
and after an examination of the scene
of the killing set out after Sheriff
Thompson of Gila county, who had
started on Saturday morning on the
trail of the murderer.
The killing occurred on the north face
of canyon which runs east and west
on the south side of the mountain.
The murderer lay in ambush and
when he fred was not more than thirty
feet from his victim. This is shown by
the impress in the ground made by the
| feet of Filley's horse at the report of
the gun. 1t was nearly sixty feet from
this point to the place where the body
was found. That the murderer was an
Indian is shown by the presence of
moccasin tracks and his subsequent
| hot &c
shown in the fact that the movements
were peculiar to him. Sheriff Thomp-
son also, who has had much experience
! in trailing him, is absolutely certain
that he is the murderer.
Filley's skull was crushed but it was
not known at first whether that had
been done by the fall from the horse in
its rapid flight or whether this peculiar
form of mutilation by the Kid had
taken place. Several bloody stones
lying near are favorable to the latter
theory.
After killing Filley the murderer
robbed the body of pocket knife and
some silver, but overlooked a $40 bill
wrapped up in some letters. He went
on and overlook two pack horses be-
longing to Filley, removed the packs
and made meal of can of tomatoes, g
can of jelly and other contents of the
packs. A bucket of lard had been cut
open with a hunting knife and thrown
aside. All the other contents of the
pack the Indian cared to keep were
carried away. Filley's horse was then
captured by the murderer, who rode
along the east eide of the mountain
northward and climbed northern
spur, proceeding as far as the horse
could go. From this point he was
trailed back to the place where he had
opened the packs. He then returned to
the mountain top and went on to the
summit whose other side is an abrupt
| face and from which he had COM
manding view of the surrounding coun-
try.
He turned southwark, sometimes
riding and sometimes walking. He
traversed the whole length of the noun
tain top in a southeasterly direction
toward the Four Peaks. After he had
proceeded as far as the way was pass
able he descended into the basin and
struck across easterly to the Sierra
Anchas.
The sheriff and his posse followed
him into the lower mountains and
knowing that they would soon reach q
point beyond which the pursuit could
not be continued on horseback. and
having ascertained what the renegade's
course after crossing the mountains
would probably be, turned back to the
ranch Of Chas. Horsefeld, where they
had exchanged horses. They then set
out for Globe, intending to secure
Apache trailers and endeavor to inter
| cept the murderer on the other side of
| the mountains.
| The trail of the Kid as he descended
into the Basin led along near a point
where Tobe Cline and Dove Burris
were engaged in gathering cattle. They
said some one called to them but they
could not see him. Burris proposed to
go to the point from which the sound
of the voice came but Cline replied,
1ou UoIteT sIdy WHoIo you are, may
be it's the Kid" At this time the cow
| boys had not heard of the murder.
Further on along the trail boy by
the name of Bacon was fired at by an
unseen person. A rifle ball struck the
cantle of his saddle and before the in
tending assassin could fire another shot
the boy rode away at a headlong pace
There is no doubt that the man who
called to Cline and Burris and who shot
at young Bacon, was the fleeing muir
derer, since the times of both occur
rences correspond with the times at
which he would probably have been in
those localities.
Beside the ordinary trail marks such
! aa hOraea' tracks nuartr1rned stones and