Arizona republican., 1895-05-25
EXIT KID.
A COWBOYS Winchester
Ends the Renegade.
A Tragedy on the Upper
San Pedro.
Settlers in the Lately Infested
Region Breathe Free.
Reasons Why No Report Has Been
Made ana No Claim Put In
for the Reward.

The Apache Kid is dead. Sufficient
legal proof of bis death has not been
produced to enable his slayer to claim
the So, 900 reward placed upon the rene
gade's head, but settlers in the Sierra
Anchas, in the Superstition mountains,
along the upper San Pedro and where.
ever else the Kid used to roam, are go
firm in the belief that he has been
killed that an atmosphere Of relief pre-.
walls within that lately infested region.
The story of the killing was brought
to the city last night by j. J. Frazier,
the well known cattleman and ranch
man, and p. Y. Bicknell, who had just
returned from tour through the
Sierra Anchas, said it was prevalent
there aEl the settlers believed the Kid
was dead.
Mr.. Frazier has lately returned from
the upper San Pedro at point not far
from the reservation. The killing oc-
Cured during his stay there and was as
| follows: A ranchman with whom Mr..
Frazier had business had lot OF horses
on the range. He was anxious to
gather them up, but the restless con.
dition of the Indians at that time rem
dered him timid. Two cowboys told
him they would not mind brush with
the renegades and they were accord
ingly hired to hunt the horses.
On the morning of their first day out
they came upon spring whose borders
were beaten down by Indian feet. A
trail leading down from an adjacent
mountain was discovered.
1t had been trodden so frequently
that the cowboys believed the Indians
had been in the neighborhood severa
days, and so lately that there WIGS q
suspicion that they were still lurking
on the mountain side.
Before proceeding farther with the
search for the horses the cowboys de-
cided to guard the spring for the reat o
the day. They concealed themselves a
different points, considerable distance
from the spring but within easy range
of the trail. The day passed slowly
and along toward night-fall thel
watch was rewarded by the sight of {
party of five Indians approaching thu
spring.
On the first appearance OF the In
dians over an elevation in the trail on,
! OF the owboys fired and an Indian fell
Before the others could retreat acros
| the raise in the ground the coWb DO,
fred again and a second Indian fell
but arose almost Immediately ant
: joined the others who quickly assisted
him out OF sight.
The COWBOYS emerged from cove
and going up to the fallen Indian dis
covered the dead body of squaw sho
through the heart. The trail OF tn
wounded Indian was marked by blood
= from discharge 30 copious that tn
cowboys believed that he had receive
mortal wound. The trail was fol
lowed about five miles until nigh
= came on and the followers were brough
into locality which afforded so grea
facilities for ambush that they desiste
with the purpose OF prosecuting it tn
next morning.
They did so but before they had pre-
ceeded very far, the bloody trail ha
ceased. There we're horse's tracks an
it became evident that the wounded IL
D dian had been carried off on hors
. back. The cowboys went along tn
: trail couple of miles and then abar
r doned it. There was little hope in th
: first place of overtaking the Indian
} and then the pursuit on account of th
threatened danger of general ou
= break on the reservation was extremel
t hazardous.
t The cowboys entertained suspicion
3 only faint one, that the wounded II
| dian was the Kid. 1t was based e1
/ tirely on the one circu instance that tn
t dead sduaw had been member of th
o party. The Kid too was supposed to /
in the ghborhood encouraging th
= disturbanc than going on on the rese
p vatioa and the military had been not
It fed of his presence. The wounded Il
e dian too in a general way filled tt
l. description of the renegade, but the
e had never seen him before and the vi
It tim of the cowboys Winchester at tn
g time had been seen only from so great
it distance that no reliance could be placs
S upon the supposed resemblance D
l tween him and the Kid.
q The cowboys wisely determined
g say nothing about the affair. The L
e dians when fred upon were making I
l. hostile demonstration, and white NE
g have learned by bitter experience tn
while one white man may kill anoth
in Arizona and possibly escape punis
ment, woe is the lot OF white ms
s, who kills an Indian without fawle
excuse. This is why this incident