The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-03-31

AS trtUtIdi -
mander OF the Mexican army % '"'
onsriturion, surveyed ms forces ~
sun,. NJ Torreon and heard their crles
~ .viva villa" ii seemed Dul hAtui'
thu, the doughty general unopsef ''
should have haa a quiet laugh IN n's
sleeve when comparing his posi'io"
tnday. with what it VAS only lev
short pears back
From hunted bandit to eomma'aei
i'm chief OF an army, is, after all some
iump upward for any man ana ~
worst enemies cannot but eoiiee"e
,bst villa il considerable Of a man
II is timely-and fair to ten 'ne
story OF this exbandii' 50 eha' y
the event that the rebel cause ~
Mexico should triumph, the people q
.ha Tinted states may know what
type OF man carried the cause 70 VI
torv and therefore would nave t"e
v;ob, ~ receive the lanrel wreath from
his people. There nave heeh hl'nA
nen pictures drawn OF Francisco Niiia
or ..psncho" Villa, as ne is known Ia
miliarly all over northwestern Mex
~ waethef ae ms heep classitief
as hero palri5t or as an av3assih-
in-ehief. AZ a rll has pended up-
On whether those rhC wrote OF MI"
were symnathizera WITH hnerta or the
causs of the Consiitutionalists 80 u
sasms timely that an account shoulu
he given Of vlllas life and doings
which shall he facts, founded upon
me reeords OF the courts and the po-
lice OF the Republic Of Mexico.
Ii may seem sad to prick the oup'
ble OF a heroic reputation Dnt Oh
me other hand it does not seem 'aii
10 the law abiding people Of Mexico
and there are really some there, 10
defend this mans career for the pas'
seventeen years on the ground thaf
he was forced into tle lie OF an out
law through having killed MEXICAN
officer in defense Of his sisters non
or
II Is story Of honor and heroism
as il has spread broadcast am9ng me
friends and followers Of villa in chi
hnahua, Durango and sonora As the'
tell, il is Ike this:
villa mad a sister. OF whom he Was
passicnately fond she lived with
him aud another brother on small
farm OF nnta. as any ifaat oi lanf
Too small TO he considered q ranch Il
called W Mexico A captain OF kn-
ralee in the vicinity iell in love Win
the handsome girl and INDUCED hei
10 elope with him. PaneAo Villa. ae-
oompanied by the village priest. pur-
sued the fleeing pair into the noun
tsins, and forced the on ef 10 marrt
ylla's S sister by the roadside. The
ceremony completed. Pan .io prom I.
IL shot his new brother in law, and
saying ~her honor IS avenged. took
his sister bp the hand ana led her
back 10 the humble homestead.
This is very pretty story There
is only on drawback to ii II nefei
happened pancno Vills's sister nef
er eloped pl;h an body SAe wa
married in lsas when she aas ls
wears OF age 20 a ranehman who lived
then. and lives now, near kmbndo
some 80 miles southeast Of the city ~
Nhlnushus The iast time saw hef
she had five children The pair live
happily together.
So much TOR the "sisiei episode,
which is the onlf ev1nse tor NillI'f
turning bandit that ais friends have
dared 10 otter A. matter - fact
villa has beer known fer tN snty odd
years 10 tie tnfee states Of chihns-
hua. Durango and nora a a con
sistent and cons -ient.0us cattle inlet
The murder that drove him - the
mountains and TO brigandase. wa
committed in a butcher shop in the
civ OF chihushus where he Wss s"l-
ing beet from cattle he had stolen N