Apache Kid--Original Photograph Of A Group Of Apache Prisoners, Including The Apache Kid

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Publication: Circa 1889, Globe, Arizona?

Cabinet Card. 5.5" x 3.875", Mount 6.5" x 6.25". White lettering on the negative identifies the group of 10 men as "Apache Prisoners", and one man is additionally labeled "Apache Kid". This classic photograph was taken after the conclusion of a trial at the territorial court in Globe, Arizona. The Apache Kid, Es-ki-bi-nadel {or Haskay-bay-nay-ntayl], a San Carlos (?) Apache had served as a scout for the U.S. Cavalry in Arizona Territory under Al Sieber, Chief of the Army Scouts from about 1882. An altercation among the Apache scouts in 1887, resulted in the deaths of one or two. When Sieber attempted to arrest them he shot in the ankle and crippled for life, blaming the Apache Kid for his injury. At a trial in Globe, Arizona in 1888, the Kid along with 3 other scouts was convicted of assault and ordered to serve 10 years in jail. Their convictions were overturned and they were released. A new trial was ordered in October 1889, again in Globe at the territorial court. The 4 were convicted once more, and they were locked up in the county jail presided over by Sheriff Glenn Reynolds, along with 6 other Apaches. Presumably that is the group of prisoners depicted in this photograph, likely the last known image of the Apache Kid. Sheriff Reynolds, with his deputy William Holmes, were charged with transporting the prisoners to the railway station at Casa Grande, on their way to Yuma Territorial Prison. Sheriff Reynolds enlisted Gene Middleton to drive the stagecoach. Along the way, the Apache prisoners overpowered their guards, killed the sheriff and the deputy, and escaped. Though some were recaptured, the Apache Kid remained at large and was suspected of various crimes. A $5000 reward for him, dead or alive, was promised by the Arizona territorial legislature, but the Apache Kid was never found. Image is uniformly and moderately faded. Mount is lightly tanned, with "Arizona Indian Villages" (?) printed on blank end of mount.

Inventory Number: 52865