The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-05

grrrCAGO, March 4.--Superetition
,.s,fit,l in the surrender of Geron-
,mo The famous Indian, and the
Hn9gbs Kid used the first smoke
.lro.o recorded in this country, ac-
eordiur TO Col Fred Owens OF Chi
Sago "a noted Texas ranger OF half a
century ago.
Colonel owens, an old circus man,
Ybo earned his title as ranger, cow
nov bronco buster, pony express
! ,gdcr and participant In many wild
tcest pursuits. including those OF Ge-
ron.mo and the Kid, made these as
sertions here in recital OF his life,
which has been crammed full OF ac-
don aud narrow escapes that read
like the passages from an old dime
novel
Frel owens. when years old, was
missing frop his home In Flemings-
burg. Kv, one morning in 1859. He
had gone west
once Worked I'm Territory.
At IS, or in 1868. he became a
Texas rnger and made such mark
FOR himself that he was sent to the
centennial at Philadelphia with
other rangers to represent the Lone
Star state. In iB7S-79 and 1880 he
was detailed 20 the pony express
through No Mans Land. or the In
dian Territory. lie w,s never held
up. but many times outrode bandits
bent on possessing the valuables he
tarried
In 1881 he took the saddle again
as an active ranger. About that
time Geronimo, the most willy chief
that ever gave the American army
trouble, WIS getting bad in west
Texas. Until Geronimo's capture. in
the hills back of Chihuahua. Mexico,
Colonel owens was a material part
Of his pursuit. And ne tells n story
Of the Indians capture that may not
he part OF the records OF the war
department, because Geronimo had
few friends tmong white men. The
colonel was one of these few.
In after years Geronimo told him
why he surrendered to the white
man and It is a story of the In
dams superstitious nature. Ge-
ronimO's pursuers numbered among
them a Captain Hildebrand. When
the Indian was driven into the hills
and the chase became hot Hide
brands command WIS crawling over
the crags toward the redskins
der Geronimo caught sight OF the
face Of CAPTAIN Hildebrand and was
ready TO fire Then n bright light
flashed over the officers features
This the Indian could not fathofn.
and it drove all the fight out of
him. =
Why He Surrendered.
In those days troopers in the army
were resourceful men. A private in
the advancing line had seen n point
OF vantage and thought his captain
should know of II. To move or call
would reveal his position to the In
dams Yet he must get the atten-
tion OF Captain Hlidehrand. hiking
a small mirror from his pocket he
caught the rays OF the sun. These
reflected on the face of Hildebrand.
then In imminent danger OF Geroni-
mos rifle. But the flash beat the
Indians trigger finger. He saw tho
wonderful bright light and thought
u was message from heaven 10
Identify Captin Hildebrand as the
great spirit. Geronimo ran up hC
rag on truce, merely stipulating that
ne should not be hung or shot for
ms outrages II he surrendered. His
terms were accepted.
In 1884 the Apache Kid. n half
breed outlaw, and his band were
marauding in west Texas. The
apache Kid was OF the same tribe,
but not reI ted to Geronimo. Yet he
possessed all the wiles and savage
cruelty OF his chieftain. Colonel
owens and his fellow rangers were
sent after the Apache Kid.
/, Inc chase was n hot one. The
apache Kid knew horses, and from
.he 10 time got remounts on the
fastest and freshest horses in cor
Isls he passed. The rangers plugged
along on their ame ponies. But
.ney followed the trail so fast that
,ney drove the Apache Kid and his
oahd TO field of fewer corrals and
more desperate straits.
The First Smoke Screen.
They surrounded the band at
sunklng Wells. SO called from the
sulphur fumes that rise from its pit.
Hs me law circle closed in the
apache Kid made use OF a smoke
screen The wind was blowing from
hls band toward the rangers. The
ulans fired the prairie. Then, un-
Ser cover Of the smoke, they
"gught down some of the rangers.
m colonel Owens did not escape.
ttWo Of the Wolff boys, with whom
ne had lived when he,>first came
ieNas. fell In the rifle fire. Colo
ne! owens dragged them through Il
ana returned to get his horse. Then
~ rode into n bullet that caught
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