I was curious if there are any books or other information on Mickey Free? If not, can you tell me when and where he died? Bret Burkhard Tonopah, Arizona Mickey Free, aka Feliz Tellez, was the subject of one of the most famous kidnappings in early Arizona history. Cochise and his band of Chiricahua were falsely accused of the abduction and an incident at Apache Pass in 1860 known as the Bascom Affair ensued, setting off a ten-year war between Cochise and the Americans. Feliz grew up and eventuall

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