The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-31
FROM NOTED BANDIT TO C0MMANDER|N-CH|EF
The Lite History of General Villa.
By Alberto v. Cor--"-s

the country and brought into Ch.hua
hna CITY on the hoof HIS victim was
neon who was working for him as
herder and general roustabout ne
trouble between them, as the ponce
snow. arose over a question OF wages
WAAe no great premium has ever
been put upon human lie in Mexico
+, cold blooded murder OF laDorer,
whose only offense was that he had
asked lor the money he mad earned.
was a little too much even for Chihna-
hua authorities, and a warrant was
issued for the body Of Doro Teo Ar
aneo alias Francisco Villa Panehe
beat the warrant to the mountains
1t is still unserVed.
This was in 1877 From that time
uutil the winter OF 1901 when, pi
means OF enlistment with the forces
of Madero. Pancho Villa got INTO
unsition where he could do his shoot
inc bY the wholesale, he lived the HE
of typical Mexican bandit. Fortu-
nafely for him he was one OF The lev
that porfirio piaz and his Rurales
failed To round ~ and shoot tie
Dassed his time in holding up bullion
pack trains coming TO the railrCac
from the distant mines and III ralnlns
Aaciendas and carrying OFF some
member OF the family, preferably one
OF the women, who were permitted 90
reach home again only after the ha-
ciendeso mad separated himself from
4 goodly amount of his cash for ran
som incidentally tsese raids also
furnished him and his gang with
.lothine and supplies, as he invariably
insisted upon looting the store, which
IA feature OF every Mexican ranch
and run for the benefit of the en-
plovees, containing everything to be
found in what We in the United tSates
all a general store.
villa also was one Of those re"
Mexican brigands who did not hesi-
tate to hold up Americans, II the
were tar enough out on the trail ie
give him an opportunity to get away
before they could organize hunt fof
him. As late as 1901 he was operat
ing in the mountains OF Durango,
along the trail which connects the
elties of Durango ana Mazatlan, in
siBaloa. on the Pacific coast, and y
ne only means OF overland commu-
nication between the two places With
out coming north to the United
states, then going vest via the
: Southern Pacific. ana then south int
Mexico again Many rich pack trains
pass over this trail. and for good
many months villa and his twenty
olloN ers. held up about one out OF
every four. / crossed the mountains
, in November OF that year, with twc
timber CRUISERS" who we're in Mex
go REPRESENTING the Wes erhauser in
'erests. and searching lor desirable
West coast timber land We outiitte'
II Durango with saddle and pack ami
mails The night before We lett Du-
ango. So we're standing az the desi
d the Richelieu hotel when one o.
ael umbermen pulled from his peck
ct q magnificent gold watch. which
lad his monogram in diamonds set N
the case He also had on his finger
three carat diamond ring
The Richelieu hotel. al that time
boasted an American clerk. and a.
lMr. Holmes. the lumberman. looked al
lis watch the clerk said
III you are coming back this way
YOU had better take that Junk Of
yours down TO the bank IN the morn
ing and have them keep il for you
And II sou are going to Mazatlsn you
rad better turn Il over 70 the wells
-srpo people 10 be sent home TO tn
tates."
Why" asked Holmes
Because. answered the CLERK 10
is about an even chance that you
chaps will meet with Psncho villa