Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-06
ROOSEVELT NATURE
Taxing AND Mr..
ANTONIO APACHE
President Declared Man Now
6 Accused of Being Negro
Was Splendid Specimen of
Real American"

1t looks from the latest develop
ments in the case of Antonio Apache.
that Mr.. Roosevelt. although he may
know the heart of the wild things and
how to hit it with a 1920 Winchester.
is not an authority on Indian racial
characteristics. According to the Den
yer News, the president declared tha.
Antonio Apache was a fine type Of
the real American In yesterday
mornings paper were detailed charges
of Indian taking made against An
tonic, who was for years a ia
miliar sight about the local station
and curio rooms and who was a rep
resentative of the Harvey system on
the California limited train for a
while. The News says:
President Roosevelt 80 Antonio
Apache IS the real American. the man
that can be developed from H-racc
which Is so generally thought to be
dying out.
General Richard N. Pratt of Denver
Apache has never disproved the
charge that he is "A negro. | knew him
when l was in charge of the Carlisle
school The Apache Indians have al
ways r%epudiated him.
It's the turn of the nature fakir
now. And President Roosevelt is I'm
the down and out class. along with
1t. Nillldm Long OF connecticut
II isn't animals hat the president
has gone wrong on, but a human. An
tonic Apache, the pet of New YORK
society. and "A man whom Roosevelt,
said was a most shining example OF
the noble red man, turns out to be a
negro. the son of the cook of Mrs.
Russell Sage.
Apache has, 1t Is claimed. been mas
qucrading for years as an Indian. Re-
Gently he was taken up BY Mrs. john
Jacob Astor. Mrs. John II. Drexel and
others of New York's social leaders.
Wears a Wig.
The crash came yesterday, when
two well known painters of Indian
life Edwin NJ. Deming and William
NJ. Cary, denounced Apache as a fake
Indian. They declare hat Antonio
wears a wig to hide his kinky hair
and b~ronzes his face hat he may have
the complexion of a red man. Cary
said:
1T Is about time that the true char
acter of the impOstOr be made pub.
licly known. He is not only a faker.
but a scamp. He is the same negro
who stole a painting from me about
nineteen years & n in consequence
served two years in Sing Sing prison"
The alleged grandson OF Chief CO.
chise Is a fraud" said Mr.. Demine.
General Richard n. Pratt, flow liv-
ing at the Perrenoud apartments. Sew
enteenth and Emerson. but who vas
founder n superintendent of the,
Carlisle Indian school. said last night:
I'm my W personal talk with
Apache. he has never been able 10
give satisfactory proofs against the
charge that he is a negro. Further
more, the accusations have been
openly made for many years All
never ~disprOved at any time by
Apache that he is of negro blood. fl
has hanp ayanaepIIN+ h,If,xraI Fa, q, aa,.t 1
many years that Apache is not an In
dian.
Girl Uncovcrs Kinks.
"a friend of mine told me that one
night at "A function in high society |
a girl snatched off his wig, disclos-
ing his kinky hair.
81 have also known Mr.. Deming,
the artist. that makes the charge
against Apache, for many years. and !
do not believe he would make such a
statement without substantial proof. |
II know that the Indians on the
Apache reservation nave always re-
pudiated the man, saying that the In
dian whom he claimed was his father /
bad no children.
Apache is a man of about 40 years
of age. | first met him when | was In
charge Of the Carlisle school. | have
always been Interested I'm Indians ami
] invited him to come down to the
'''TAiAuAlfh It was tAhHlfNFh III III I
archaeological Department. OF the ex-
position in Chicago in 1898.
He has always been quite a lion
among the younger social sets of Chi
and New York. having a taking
about him that ave him entrance
to all the functions OF both cities.
Is a Polished Man.
lin appearance he is a tai. fine
looking fellow and dark. He Is very
attractive, very clever and suave in
manner. He has always moved in the
best society and has the polish thar
comes from such associations.
~ worked FOR the Columbian eN-
position in gathering the exhibit of
ancient Indian curios. He spent quite
a large sum of his own money In ac-
curing the collection. His business
Is dealing In these curios and he
makes considerable money in this
manner"
President Roosevelt has frequently
dincd with this Indian" lion. An
tonic told the president that he was a
graduate Of Harvard and aroused tho
suspicion Of his host. The latter pile
him earnestly with questions.
AntuniO's answers. however. were
always 50 prompt that the president.
turning TO General Wood. said:
III is certainly a fine type ~
Indeed. this fellow Is the
real American. the kind that can BE-
developed out Of a race which Is -