The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-14

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very much n need 81 shave, prrso
81 big muscles uuG staggering gai
' uukempt al dress ANA body ana Crud
r. 81 SIeeyh. .n every way uuattractiv
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. q picture Of the type L. which belong
cen. Francisco Villa. or 49, he is bet
ter known iu his homo state of chi
huahua, "Pancho Villa. the bandit
In the last month The news from
Mexico mas been news II the yictorie.
of villa IN northern Chihuahua. 81 his
capture 81 historic old CWdad Juarcz
the abode city opposite III Pasu. hs
lutchery 81 captured Federal troops
the capture of Chlhuahua capital of
the state Of the same Eame. and the
victory a few days ago over the fed
| erals al Oi.uaga Now ID is said Nlua
has determined 90 keep on going south.
! with Mexico CHS his objective point.
! q be- wins Mexico CITY II Is as certain
as anything can hc that ne viii de-
mand the reward that every Mexican
conlueror demands and receives, the
presidency Of the republic. And what q
president villa would make, Even the
thought 81 10 makes every decent
minded man in Mexico shuddrr, for
Huerta, though cruel ana brutal. is
saint compared 10 the outlaw Of the
mountains Of chihuahua.
As has so often been the case in
Meylco's icyoMtinn-curard history
juarez was the place from which be
gan the triumphs Of rebel chiritaiu.
Three weeks ago Ciudad marez fell
Tor the sixth time ia less than three
years, and this time ii passed 10 the
tender mercies Of Pancho villa, upon
whose head Poriirio Diaz placed a
price In an effort To bring him to JUS
tee To answer for score of crimes, |
some involving murder These crimes !
were committed in bewildcring sue
cession in the days when villa was an
bandit, his followers then /,
a hundred OF more of the |
worst characters to be found in Mex
eco.
When the Madero revolution started /
Villa was a hunted man i'm the fast
nesses of the Chihuahua Mountains
His was the most hated name i'm that
part OF Mexico. Half Indian and
half beast" is how an III Pasoan once
described Villa. He Is half Indian,
and whether the other half is beast
ct the record tell.
The complete list of murders the re-
-ponSibilitS for which directly or in
I fH.. Ia
villa has never been written. 1t prob
IDLY never will be- II can be stated
however, that a score is an estimate
30 moderate that il would make any
ordinary Chihuahuan laugh. villa ,
started his killing Of men about nine
ears before the fall of Diaz. They
ell story IN Chihuahua that he killed
lis FIRST man because that man had in
ulted "A woman member Of the villa
Ian. But not many people believe that ,
arm, for villa rs not the kind Of Il ,
nan who kills for matters Of simple
lon"r When he fights It Is for re- $
ward, and III" reward. if he can man
ge II, must be paid in gold, prefer
bly, American gold. !
Was Hunted for Ten Years. G
Before he became an outlaw villa ,
wncd a small ranch in Chihuahua Y
bout 200 miles south of ri Paso, I
'eXas. As a rauchman he was a fail a
re, ana 50 i'm course Of time he be /
anne a bandit. such be continued to {
e until the advent of Francisco J.. Ma {
Gro Jr. \ that time villa was a 1
audit outlaw, ana the TuTalcs of DiaZ <
al been chasing him without success +
~ nearly ten years 1t was said that Il
acre was not water hole. nor "A train.
or n cave big enough {, hide in +"
lrOughout the Businesses OF the chi Il
uahua Mountains that villa aud his I,
ZEN did not know about. 1t was an y
npossblc task To capture him, as Y
iaHs men soon found out. But old q
orliriu appreciated the menace OF a 81
We villa, and 80 the rmales kept ON h
lasng the outlaw. Il
When the ill-Clad veterans of Ma q,
'ro switched the war against DiaZ
To Chihuahua, villa came out of his -
treat and sought an interview with p
e rebel leader. Madero was i'm. 60
'essed with the man. and. though APP al
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