Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Jake Bowman was shot and killed when he was attacked by a group of Apache Indians led by the Apache Kid near the hot springs in Sonora, Mexico. The Apache Kid was wanted for murdering Sheriff Glenn Reynold and Deputy Sheriff Williams Holmes, of the Gila County Sheriff's Office in 1889, and Chief of Police Ben Williams of the Bisbee Police Department in 1890. Deputy Bowman had learned that the Apache Kid may be in the area of the Hot Springs and set out with another deputy to scout the area. They went to investigate a column of smoke rising from a small canyon in Guadalupe Canyon near the Slaughter Ranch. As they approached the area they were ambushed and Deputy Bowman was fatally shot. The other deputy was able to escape through the thick brush. Deputy Bowman's body was recovered several days later and returned to Arizona for burial. The Apache Kid was a former sergeant of the U.S. Army's Indian Scouts who assisted General George Crook in the capture of Geronimo. He was later charged with desertion and murder following a drunken riot in which several Indians were killed. In 1888, he was sent to Alcatraz, but his conviction was overturned one year later. Soon afterward, he and several other Indians were re-arrested and again convicted of the charges. While being transported to the Yuma Territorial Prison, they escaped, resulting in the murders of Sheriff Glenn Reynolds and Deputy William Holmes. For the next five years, the Apache Kid and his fellow warriors went along the U.S.-Mexican border, committing murders and other crimes along both sides of the border. The Apache Kid mysteriously disappeared in 1894.
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133 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Deputy Sheriff Bowman gave the Cochise County Sheriff's Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bisbee community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Jake Bowman is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In AZ, 204 of 330 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 61.8% of this state's fallen. That is 61.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Cochise County Sheriff's Department, 14 of 15 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 93.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Jake Bowman's cause is highlighted.
How Jake Bowman Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Jake Bowman is highlighted in Apr.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Jake Bowman was killed by gun.
Incident Location
Others Who Wore This Badge
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