Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-03-03

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 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
was attached as scout to the San Car
los Indian reservation. Back in 1888
the Kid asked permission TO attend to
tribal duty, for which leave of absence
other Indian who had slain the Kids
grandfather. 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. Il. Pierce's tent. I'M
mediately there was excitement among
the Indian friends of Kid, and several
shots were fired through the canvas
into the tent. Amid the confusion Kid
recovered his carb1ie, sprang aside,
jumped upon horse behind comrade,
and the mutinous scout fled, after
shooting an army corporal in the leg.
The mutineers went toward Old Mex
leo, killed two white men in the Geal-
luro Mountain passes on the way, but
were 80 closely pursued that they dou.
bled on their tracks and returned to tli,
reservation. All were arrested. Some
were hanged for murder, and Kid and
four other scouts were court-martialed
and sent to Alcatraz. To the surprise
of some military officers President
Cleveland pardoned Kid and his COM
panlons, and they returned to Arizona.
In 1899 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-
zona. Sheriff Glen Reynolds, Deputy
Holmes and a teamster, named Middle
ton. took Kid, seven other Indians and
Mexican, and started In a wagon Tor
Yuma, where the Indian murderers
were to have been hanged.
One day early in November of 1889
the outfit was toiling slowly over a
hard road, To relieve the horses The
Sheriff made his prisoners walk mp n
steep hill, all bat 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 a bot
tie of whisky along, and the officers
became careless. At 4 concerted signal
the prisoners hurled themselves bodily
,lpon the two officers and bore them TO
the ground, and the Indian in the was-
on seized Middletons pistol and stlo:
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 shaclles. They
took the .shaclsle key from the dead
Sherlff's pocket and released them
selves. and also robbed his body of q
gold watch and $500 in cash. Armed
/ with the officers weapons. the Apaches
fed into the mountains. That was
Kids original band Of renegades, lo
of cutthroats who knew their lives were
! forfeit and that any additional crimes