Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-05
SAY ANTONIO
APACHE IS
A NEGRO
Sensational Charges Brought
Against Southwestern Curlo
Man by New York Artists
Who Declare He is a Fraud.
CARY SAYS HE WEARS
A WIG OVER KlNkY HAIR

Sage'S Cook and That Hi
Has Served Sentence in Sins
Sing.
That Antonio Apache, who ha,
achieved n~otriety and almost fame, .
a ~self-educated full-blood Apache In.
dian. who is now n of the manager,
Of a museum of -anthropology in Lo.
Angeles n VINO since the World.
fair in Chicago has been regarded a,
the foremost Indian of the day. is moi
an Indian at all, but a full blood ne.
gro Is the charge brought against
Apache in New York CITY by William
N. Cary and Edward n. Demlng, both
both wen known artists. Demip2
charges that Apache is the son OF a
negro woman who was once a cool
for Mrs. Russell Sage. while Cary al
leges in a signed statement that
Apache once stole a picture from his
studio II was sent to Sing Sing FOR
two years as a result.
Added s~ensationaliSm is given the
story by the fact that Apache is aspro-
tege of Mrs. John Jacob Astor. and
that he has been wined and dined and
exhibited as a curio at the dinner ia
IRRaNAN 80 AaAA VI III
great cities of the nation.
Apache Is well known in Albuqucr-
que and all along the Santa Fe be-
tween this city and Los Angeles. lie
was for a short time i'm the employ Of
the Harvey system and sold blankets
and curios on one of the Santa re
limited trains, but his services We're
dispensed with after a very few
months.
Since hat time he has beer inter,
ested in the promoting a southwestern
museum in Los Angeles and has tray
clcd extensively. Time and again he
has figured as the hero I'm newspaper
articles In which he has been de-
scribed as a survival Of the intelligent
american Indian of brain and Drawn.
lie has been a student at Carlisle In
dian school and claims to be a gradu-
ate Of Harvard. Whatever his race, no.
one who knows him denies that he
has ability, for from the time in 1875
when a famous scientist exploited him
at the Chicago Wcrld's fair he has
been constantly before the public y
IN n way Or another and has found
his way into many of the most exclu-
siVe homes of the east wneve he has
been welcome and feted as a lion.
Apache stands above six feet and Is
OF massive physique. His appearance
Is Impressive and his manner cultured
and easy. The Denver Post OF
Wednesday contains "A long dispatch
from New York in which the charges
made by the two artists are contained.
the text of the story as IL appears IN
the Post. including a dispatch from
Los Angeles, denying that Apache Is a
negro, is as follows:
Los Angeles. Cal, July 3.-Antonio
Apache is a full-bloodcd Apache from
the White mountains OF Arizona. His
bearing, personal appearance ana
straight, black hair, Indicate his origin
hnAnnh nHunGVfRn EAtuNI .Aa fl. hot
tlclicld in 1872 by United States cav
alrymen, he was adopted n reared
IN Massachusetts. Through DR.. Put
MANS efforts he was admitted to Har-
ward. devoted himself to the study OF
American archaeology n became ia
1884 assistant to the department OF
u~nthrOpology at the Worlds fair.
New York, July Antonio Apache.
highly educated Indian, who has been
taken up by MrsIohn r.. DreXel. Mrs.
John Jacob Astor, and other leaders OF
New York society, has been masquer-
aiding, according to charges made to-
day by two prominent artists. and is ia
reality 4 negro, the son Of Mrs. Rus
sell Sages colorcd cool
The alleged grandson of chief CO.
chisc Is "A fraud" aid Mr.. Dcming.
Antonio Apache. according TO the
testimony of MI. Cary aud Mr.. DEM
Ing has been able to exploit the cred-
ulitA of the smart set for the past ten
years. because ne has made deception
an art. Not only did he ape the In
dian in physical appearance. but ne
also studied the habits and language /
of the redskin. Those who have won
his confidence say that he possessed
an elaborate assortment OF scalps Win
hair OF various lengths. and that ne !
shifted from one wig To another ds
his hair was supposed TO grow longer.
There H. no doubt OF the smartncs +
of This i'm nnAfnrf aid Mr. Gary 80 n
bis studio at 90 Ftgh avenue. In or
der to become yerscd In the habits O
history of the Agaches. OF HON he
claims to be a distinguished rcpresen
tatiye. he went down In the southwest
and lived among them. He got some
indian woman To recOllect that she
was his mother. He also brought a
Young Indian To this city from the
Carlisle Indian school. and had the
youth call him uncle"
Il am absolutely certain that this
social lion Is a negro" continued Mr.
Cary. II found out his true race
myself ! know that instead Of being
the descendant Of a renowned indian
he IS the only son Of a colored wenaH
who FOR many years vas the cook al
Mrs. Russell sage. About twenty years
ago l engaged him a. "A model, but
soon became suspicious. He did no.
ave the Indian face. Z,
"One day I saw sticking out from
his forehead an elastic loop. ] leaned
forward and gave that elastic such a
vigorous jerk that I scalped him thUn
and there. In an instant ] saw that
be was a negro and told him 50. He
that his mother WAS a negru.
but said that his father was a full
biooded Seminole.
~One morning in the early part Of
lsSS / entered ms studio TO find D q
-lme thief had stolen The Buffalo SIX
nal which ] had c~atalogued a. worth
Sl.4O0.
The police located the painting.
hich my model had pawned fcr sS5.
Tony was Arrested. II was then that
learned Toms-s mother was q negroes
oy the name 81 Simpson. who evoked
.ur d.. Russell sage. Mrs sage sent
ne and asked me 10 Withdraw Z
charge. I declined. and Tony Waa
sentepced 90 two years IN sing Sing
A~uache's friends declare the accu-
.afiun j. false and malicious He E
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