The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-29
|N|P Scheme to-
KILL MADERQ
Rebel Leaders Aides Draw Mexican
and American Into Trap and
They Are Arrested.

81 PAso, Texas, May 2s.-Ihe
PLIGHT Of Francisco !. Madero, Jr,
which has been serious ever since
che plot 20 assassInate him was
discovered, was made more seri-
cue today BY Their efusai OF the
? Ieojsiature Of sonora TO install
Madero,s selection as governor.
The lnsuraent chleftaIn today or
dered the lnsurgent troops to sur
round Hermosillo, Sonora, and
compel the legislature 70 take the
action demanded.
Ell PASO, Texas, May 29.-With
Dan De vilIars, of Mexico City, and
W. II. Dunn, an American, under ar
rest on charges of plot to assassinate
tfadero and fe-establish q Dictatorship
pImilar to that enjoyed by Diaz, IL is
believed today that one OF the prin-
cipal obstacles to Madero's rule has
been removed.
Gen. Benjamin Vf11joen, Who Is re-
. sponsible for the arrests, gave the
story OF the alleged plot:
Dan De Villars, who Is now under
arrest in FL Paso came of a rich fam
Nv I'm the Transyaal," he said. II
met him there during the Boer war.
; He had a good reputation as a soldier
and was highly respected on account
& of his unusually thorough education,
He went to Mexico about eight years
ago and married an American girl In
Mexico City. They have two children.
Eight days ago he wired from Mex
leo City that he had q scheme where
BY we could make lot Of money. /
did not reply but he came on TO FL
Paso. He came to my hotel and told
me that he could get $4,000 for me
and $4,000 for Orozco, Madero's fav-
orite general IL we would turn on
Madero. convince his men that he
could not succeed and then lead them
"a an instruction against Madero.
II told Madero about the plan and
Madero told me 10 go ahead and lead
De Villars on. did as Madero ordered.
Mrs. Villjoen helped me. We dined
with De Villars and took him out auto
mobile riding and finally he gave me
$500 on account. He gave OroZco
$500.
He told us that Coahuila man
was putting up the money and that
he wanted US to let him know OH
what train Madero would start for
Mexico City. De Villars told US that
the man had said that, IL he knew
on what train Madero would ride,
someone would enter the train ard
NIL him. While Madero was on the
train between Juarez and Mexico City
We were TO seize Juarez.
de Villars told Us there were 200
men In the federal army In Mexico
City and on the Mexico City police
force who understood the situation,
and at signal would form into an
army and seize Mexico City from DE
La Barra and the friends OF Madero.
There was some mitch about the
payment OF the rest of the money,
though De villars received many tele-
grams to 60 ahead and buy Orozco
and myself, no matter what the cost.
Finally w. ]. Dunn, an American from
Mexico City who was helping De VII
lars In the plot, started for some Mex
lean city to straighten out the money
matter william Smith. detective.
WAS put on Dunn's trail. He secured
copies OF all the telegrams sent by
Dunn to De villars and others and
they will be used as evidence In
court
For eight days I and others who
we're IOEctu 10 IllA VI III .lnlb uCopiS-
able business have had lively time
81 IT. We all carried guns because
We knew that IL there was slip be-
fore an arrest, somebody would have
20 suffer as a, betrayer | understand
new that De villars felt the same way |
about 1t and that big revolver was
found on him when he was arrested. |
After he was arrested he sent for me
- help him out. He doesn't know yet
.ot helped TO lead him into the !
-. But we had to do Il. II was the
way to save Madero's life. I am
<Inced they would have killed |
lnncisco Madero. Sr., father Of the
der, said today:
This Is only another instance OF
zine interposition. My sons life
been saved by miracles. actual
<rocies. more than score OF times
the last three months. This plot
Light have succeeded, only my sons
o<mies got hold of two faithful men
x mistake. believe the plot was
nade by the Cientificos who represent
1e money and grating interests of
Xexico. know the leader OF the plot
<eIL My father once made his father
xoyernor of Coahuila but the COVER
nor proved inefficient and failed of re-
eltction- The mans family has a
wTu0xo orafuat no