The sun., 1897-01-03
TIE ISHMAEL OF THE REDS.
7HE srORp or THE DOINGS OF
.IfICHE KID Up 10 DATE.
The Most Notorinus and truci VITA In-
dian OF Thi- Decade stiti at Large In
Hiding 4 Large Reward for ITS Head.

tuDFht Tie bdbitS ana DhNDtr' OF ms WnIIe
brethren at the Indian prison aud school in
Alayuna. there has been no rrdskin who has
had 80 much attention as Apache Kid. For
somc six years ho has made saugunary history
along tho Rio Grundc and the Mexican border.
\ recent report by tho War Department at
Washington shows that the dcpredntlons or this
uuipgc savage outlaw have cost Uncle sam
altogether over 100000. and that troops in
President Dal's Government across the
border have been hnrassed by the Kid since
lty3 when Kid became n more permanent
GN,.icr n the republic Of Mexico 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 aud
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 !ur tie taking Of the outlaw.
For about seven years. or since the early fail
o,lSss tho telegraph columns OF tho daily press
all over thu Union have had frequent mention
Of the dolags and whereabouts OF Apache Kid.
From 1859 until 1898 there woro weeks when
u column or two of dispatches concerning the
latest mutdcrous raid OF the Indian were pub.
li-hcd every few days. In the campaign OF lhb|,
when tie troops from the RRrrisohs III Texas ana
New Mexico united in campaign against the
Apache hid and his cruel band Of cutthroatr,
there subject, not even the Ircslutntlhl
cnnyn,s. that quite so absorbed the attention ~
the people this eide of tho Missouri River ~ tho
ncws from the border line between the Union
There has been n good deal written about
Apache Kid that Is not true. The stories that
except for the fact that Apache Kid and his fol-
lowers lave committed many OF the most dread
hrtwecn the Union and Mexico. there is not q
word " truth in them The truth. ns told
among the reliable army officers and citizens
4, % A. ~ nd iaCput to the san Carlos Indian
erya;un, who remember the villain well, and
have u dozen different photographs l,,o OF
l-uluodod Apache. lie Is wlry ana bold,
hnd has never had an hours education in
went out of Arizona until he became AN
outlaw. and never dressed in any garo OF
pie IN Phrnix and Mesa, who took an interest
in the li,d some twelve or thirteen years ago.
the San Carlos reservation. lie is remembered
hv some Of tho HOn-commlssioncd officers In the
United states army In the southwest us n par
ticipant in the campaign against Geronimo.
when he was II sergeant OF Indian scouts under
trooA, aud those who believe that the scouts
DIDN'T fool crook may also believe that Sergeant
hid rendered valuable service in that campaign.
lie l. skilful ia Indian warfare, which is BUSH
whaCking: dead shot Mt short range, like most
ApacAss: brave anywhere. except in the "pcn
aud IN the dark. where all Of his tribe are
towards: and he hns seen enough Of the ways
OF troopers to be able to outw,t and Keep away
In March OF 1883 Apache Kid asked one AL
bert Sebring. who was chief OF the scouts nt tue
San Carlos agency. for leave OF absence from
the troops The Kid said ne wanted to go aud
perform q pious tribal duty. aud that he would
he spit upon by his relatives and friends II he
dd not iu!ill the unditional custom OF the tribe.
and, although the old gentleman was not Of
much account and his loss WAS his famtly's
gain. IL was imperative that Kid should even
up the score by killing the Indian.
Chief Scout SebrnR ought To- have known that
IL Kid had 1t IN his mind TO kill the other fellow.
that other fellows doom was sealed. leave or
no leave But Seering comes OF a race that
the weasand of the absolute stranger. at com.
mAnd ~ him who has brass buttons on bis coat
anu bullion on his shoulder. and holds II wicked,
SAVAGE. and altogether Improper to XIII at com
mRnd ~ ten centuries OF ancestors. backed up
by the authority OF whatever gods or supreme
icing those ancestors had the pious ingenuity to
,nNent Wherefore the chief OF scouts refused
save Of absence and made moral talk to Kid
concerning the awful wick kedness OF his purpose.
No one among the older soldiers In Indian
campaigns who knew the circumstances either
ut tue tin.e or since was surprised that KID
Escaped from the troops one night and soon
thot and killed the murderer OF The grand father
'avage. Along In the following June Kid came
back. and, being immediately put under arrest.
was taken TO Capt. ID. r.. Picrco's tent. I'm
indian friends OF Kid. and several shots were
Nred through the canvas into the tent. Amid
lne confusion Kid recovered his carbinc, sprang
W-ide ium ped upon n horse behind comradr.
aud the mutinous scouts fed. after shooting an
army corporal in the leg.
killed TWO white men IN the Uealluro Mountain
passes on the way, but were so closely pursued
lHuN WV bH AlltI NlhNS" IcluIItu
10 the reservation. All were arrested. Some
were hanged for murder, and KID and four
other scouts were court-martiailed and sent to
AlchtThL, 10 the surprise OF some military
Officers, President Cleveland soon pardoned Md
and hi, companions, and they returned TO ArI.
aona. In 1850 indictments for mnrder were
found against Kid and several other Indians.
and they were arrested by Can't. Bulls, agent at
San ca; los, ana delivered to the civil authuri-
ties OF Arizona. Sheriff Glen Reynolds. Deputy
Hoimos. ana a teamster named Middleton took
Kid, seven other Indians. and Mexican and
started In u wagon for una where the Indian
murdrrers were 20 have been hanged.
One day early In November Of lss0 the outfit
was to!ling, over hard road, 10 relieve the
horse the sheriff made his prisoners walk upa
tended to be. The sheriff walked IN front; tho
prisoners followed, shaekled In couples; D-puty
containing Middleton aud one prisoner. brought
n'ons. and tic officers became careless.
themselves bodily upon the two officers aud
bore them TO the ground; and the Indian
and shot him in the face. The officers
were beaten to death with stones. Middleton
can made his escape before the Indians got rid
"f their shackles. They tooE the shackle key,
themselves. and also robbed his body OF a gold
watch and $500 In cash, Armed with the OH
Eados II lot OF cutthroats who knew their lives
were forfeit. ana that any additional crimes
mrnt. They rhlded back and forth across the
Mexican line, killing white men and MeSicans.
stcain STOCK, hnrassiDg the troops, and Great
. ing panic Ia Arizona and New Mexico,
The eight lndirns did not stay with one an
other very long. The cavalry from Fort Bow 10
WAS IN hot pursuit, and over 100 cowboys and
settlers Joined in the chase for the fugitivrs.
Close pursuit forced tho Indians To scatter, aud
during tie next two and n half years they ono
BY oue dritud back to tho out skirts of the res
ervhtion. They have told stories which have
been Ng lnCd, OF the murders that kil prompted
Among settlers, both north aud south of the Rio
Grando and the Rncur range Ui mountains.
ola tOchcsc, who dieI Ia prtun al Al,h-
tras, often told OF how in one day he was
forced to participate in tie slgytu: OF a
lumily of nNe McSicans Ia thr OiAgoOu
huuntaIns, in southern and eastern Ar Innh,
close t. the McSlCun line NJ not across ~. The
lncthnu of attack ia this case was to shoot down
the drEur oI the biz numbering wagon in the
lonely mountain pass and then to Xiii the thrco
Children ut leisure aud later. after hay ng Az
tHultrd the hurr.hGd wife. to cut ner throat, aS
tAe kd said that saved ammunition and there
wps no noise about tue Job. The bodies were
tlcd and the horses stolen. CnChrsc enid hu
kGrW personally Of at least twelve whites lurin-
ttpllIy NcAiCau~b who died at the Kids hands,
huA That hr himseiT SiCkcned at the reckless
fpw ui blood and escaped from hi, ruthless
'Nl"i, Scvcra mCl were slaughtered whru IL
was evident they had no money or per,OnA RI
itCts worth stealing.
In july. lNnI, kid. with rare stealth by night.
travelled h.uwIy dO"a from the !mptirtrahlr
Businesses ut the tia!lurO Mountains, Urrus, the