El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-24
VICTOR OCH0A
IS ARRESTED
With Jose Orozco and Five
Other Mexicans, He Is
Taken From Office.

Victor T.. Ochoa. Jose Orozco and five
I other well known MeNlcdHS MeLS dr.
rested shortly before noon SATURDAY al
~ orfices OF OchOa IN the Electric
t5rI5-,- ~ a SQUAD of city detectives
srJ 7,oifce officers headed by Jess g
I s-anse7 Those arrested are Genoa Jose
Orozco. Nicolas ChaNarEls' JOS " nan
eel Enrique Nascenselos' EtHeslo "
( Juarez and Gabriel SOTO .-7-.-. o.. e..
Tbe seven men were taken 10 the
,oIfce station by the officers where
fhev we're doc5ered as suspicious CHAR
actars~ Chief Stansel Declined 70 say
on what charge the MeXlcaIs We're ar
vested saving. The detectives were
working on several clues thal may soon
lead TO startling disclosures
Ochoa's statement.
M Ocboa when seen at the police
station made the following statement
regarding the arrest 9hortly oeIore
the noon hour I was sitting IN my OF
fices talking to six other men when 1
yz-as SURPRISED TO see the police officer
enter the room. They placed US under
arrest on warrants charging me with
having counterfeit OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
money in my possession
With the officers was Hector Ramos,
head of the Villa detective agency, who,
in my opinion. is personally response
BILE for the raid made on my once
The Villa agents have been houndlnS
me for some days and saturday night.
a week ago they went to my home dur
ing my absence and looted my house.
They exploded a lantern and set fire
to the house. neighbors say, and they
were frightened away by the persons
residing next door The neighbors
rushed to my home and extingUshed
the flames with fire eNtinsuisners-
aViIla's Agents Responsible"
These Villa agents seem TO be de-
termined to make trouble for me. but
I will have Ramos in the penitentiary
within SHIRT rfn0a If he continues his
operations against me. The officers
did not find a single piece Of counter
felt Villa, or any other currency, In my
office. though they made a thorough
search. Ramos picked up the rugs on
the floor Of the office and went through
my desk But he didn't find anything.
Further than this 1 know nothing re-
garding the raid on my offices or why
/ am being held"
Ochoa had over 500 in United States
currency in his possession. He has
been strong anti Villa man for some
time. OroZcO is a cousin of Pascual
OrOzcO and was jefe de armas in Jua-
reZ during the time that his cousin
controlled the northern zone The
other men arrested had large sums OF
United States currency in their posses
sion.
Ochoa has engaged Burgess & Burgess
as attorneys No bond has yet been
Ii1ed- The men are now being held in
the city jail
OchOa n Noted Man.
Ochoa is a noted border character
In the earlier days of Fl Paso he was
prominent in FL Paso politics Back
IN the early sos he set on foot a revo-
luton against Porfirio Diaz. and. after
Il failed and his army was defeated
IN western Chihuahua. he returned TO
1eNas and was arrested near Fort
SJocklon- He escaped from Jail at
Fort stockton by the aid OF friends
and was rearrested near Pecos. brought
70 III Paso and tried in federal court
re was sentenced TO prison and served
MS term in Kings county Jail. New
ork After that he established a
factory Of fountain pens in Paterson.
n j. and later became an aviator. his
alrships attracting considerable atten-
Llon in Atlantic City several years ago.
~ FaSoaus had heard. however. that
zen Victor OchOa had died while in
prison and did not connect the aviator
inventor, Victor Ochoa. with the former
anl-Dlaz revolutiOnist Ochoa re-
appeared in FL Paso during the revo-
luton Of Pascual Orozco. He was ar
rested during that revolution by L. s
agents in connection with the snug
Cling of ammunition to the Orozco
army but he defeated the cases in
federal court Since that time Ochoa
mas apparently been living rather
quietly in FL Paso.