Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-02-11
A MuRDERous REDskiN.
Fiendisn Cruelty of the Blood thirsty
Apache Kid.


Fiendisn Cruelty of the oodthirsty
Apache Kid.
With the exception Of Geronimo no
Indian in recent years has attracted so
much attention as the Apache Kid. For
some six years he has made sanguinary
history along the Rio Grande and the
Mexican border. The depredations Of
this unique outlaw have cost the United
States some 100000 and both United
States troops and Mexican troops have
travelled many weary miles in search Of
him. At different times there have been
as many as 400 trained soldiers of the
plains, both on the American and the
Mexican sides of the Rio Grande, in
search of Apache Kid, while military
scouts and United States marshals and
Government police officers by the score
have labored and schemed long and
vainly for the arrest Of the Indian, and
the attainment Of the prize of $4,000
offered for the taking Of the outlaw.
The Apache Kid is a short, stocky,
full-blooded Indian. He is wiry and
bold and has never had an hours edu-
cation in any Government or private
school. Until he became an outlaw he
never left the State of Arizona, and he
los Indian reservation. Back in 1888
the Kid asked permission to attend to a
tribal duty, for which leave Of absence
was necessary. This was to kill an
other Indian who had slain the Kid
grandfathe Permission was, Of course,
denied, but this did not trouble the Kid
much. One night he escaped from the
troops and shot and killed the slayer
of his grandfather. The following June
he returned to the reservation and Be-
ing Immediately put under arrest, was
taken to Capt. D. e. Pierce's tent. I'M
mediately there was excitement among
the Indian friends of Kid, and several
shots were fred through the canvas
into the tent. Amid the confusion Kid
recovered his carbine, sprang aside,
jumped upon horse behind a comrade,
and the mutinons scout fed, after
shooting an army corporal in the leg.
The mutineers went toward Old Mex
luro Mountain passes on the way, but
were SO closely pursued that they dou-
bled on their tracks and returned to the
reservation. All were arrested. Some
were hanged for murder, and Kid and
four other scouts were court martialed
of some military officers President
Cleveland pardoned Kid and his COM
panions, and they returned to Arizona.
In 1889 indictments for murder were
found against Kid and several other
Indians, and they were arrested by
Capt. Bulls, agent at San Carlos, and
delivered to the civil authorities Of Ari-
IONA. Sheriff Glen Reynolds, Deputy
Holmes and teamster, named Middle
ton, took Kid, seven other Indians and
a Mexican, and started In wagon Tor
Yuma, where the Indian murderers
were to have been hanged.
One day curly in November Of 1880
the outfit was toiling slowly over q
hard road. To relieve the horses the
Sheriff made his prisoners walk up a
steep hill, all but one, who was lame,
or pretended to be. The Sheriff walked
in front; the prisoners followed,
shackled in couples; Deputy Holmes
walked behind them, and the wagon,
containing Middleton and one prisoner,
brought up the rear. There was bot
tie Of whisky along, and the officers
became careless. At a concerted signal
the prisoners hurled themselves bodily
upon the two officers and bore them to
the ground, and the Indian in the wag-
on seized Middleton's pistol and sho.
him in the face. The officers were beat
en- to death with stones, Middleton was
shot again and left for dead and the
Mexican made his escape before the In
dams got rid Of their shackles. They