El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-12
VALENCIA ESCAPES
TO AMERICAN SIDE,
Former Mineral Agent at
Parral Tells Of Expert
ences With Rebels.

Although refugees from Mexico had
long ceased to excite any audible com
ment on the part of the guests in the
hotels Of Fl Paso. Tuesday night when
a man. dressed in blue Overalls. a blue
jumper, with his face blackened either
with oil or lampblack. entered the
lobby Of the Hotel Sheldon, and pro-
ceeded to register as a guest at that
hosiery. the interest of those in the
lobby was at once manifested
The man who registered was CUTLER
mo Valencia, mineral agent at Parral
Mexico. who was incarcerated in the
Jail at Jimenez on March IS, and sen
fenced to be shot on April >. The exc
cutiOn reached the stage where a cOf-
fin was made and brought before his
cell door. and but for the protest Of his
friends in the rebel army, Valencia
said the order would have been car
ried out.
Prior to his arrival in Juarez Va
lencia changed his modern business suit
for the overalls and jumper. blackened
his face and otherwise disguised him
self He succeeded in getting to FL
Paso on board an ice wagon.
Valencia has many friends among the
mining men Of Chihuahua and Parral,
and others, and a. majority Of these are
at present refugees in FL Paso- These
gathered about him Tuesday night, and
he was busy receiving congratulations
and returning handshakes- Alberto
MaderO, uncle of president Francisco
Z MaderO. had a long talk with him
lobby of the hotel. engaged in earnest
conversation for some time
Says He BOlted.
OF his escape Valencia said:
It just bolted that's all I was pa
rolled. more or less on my honor, but
the condition down there was too much
for me. so when I had the chance to
get away, I came
7 secured a pass from "a friend Of
mine, do not wish to mention his
name. as I want to protect him. and
boarded the train changed by clothes
Just before getting into Juarez, and
that is how I came over. Ny pass was
to Casas Grandes, and under an as
sumed name
They did not put me in the Jimenez
Jail on general principles. There was
charge against me I was with
Trucy ALBERT at Villa Lopez and with
him at the fight at San Pedro. It was
there that Aubert went back and /
came on TO JimeneZ. where I was seized
and nut in the Jail
What has become OF HeberIinP
was with him in the Jimenez Jail I
talked to him one time. but when they
found out that 1 could speak English.
they separated us
Sentenced TO Re shot.
"On April > or 3, I was sentenced
to be shot. The order was issued by
Campo and OK'd by Orozco, and a cof-
fin was made and placed at the door
Of my cell If it had not been for the
protests made by the men in OrOzco's |
army who were my friends. this order
would have been carried out 7 was
kept in iail about nine days. when
was paroled. I was finally allowed to
go to Parral and look after by bust
ness affairs.
Il was with Trucy ALBERT I am a
MaderO man. I fought with the Ma
derO army last year and my services
are not finished yet Those fellows
will find out that 7 can fight.
"OrOzco is fighting under a flag
where there is no justice, no right. and
he cannot possibly win. It would be
difficult to say just how long he viii
last. but he cannot last much longer
They are in a had way.
There are $50 wounded men in the
hospitals in Chihuahua and IS in
Juarez. I am not lying. I know: 7 saw
them, and counted them in Chihuahua
OrOzcO md Campo Quarrel.
-Orozco Is getting drunk many times. /
Why did not the papers say something
about the rumDus that occurred be- !
tween him and Campo OrozcO slapped /
Gamma Gamma tried to slap him.
They say that the rebels left Rellano |
in good order. But before they left, |
they built a big fire and threw their 4
rifles into It, Is that good Order2
People are being ASA ssinated every I
day by those fellows. They kill any /
one they want The case Of Carlos Con- I
zales is being repeated all the time
Those socalled rebels are absolutely /
lawless"
Valencia stated to some Of his /
friends Tuesday night that he would 4
remain IN FL PasO for some time.