The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-07
MEXICO'S GREATEST MAN

The following interesting notes
about Villa are taken from the Liter |
airy Digest.
Can Villa be all the different kinds |
Of man he is described TO be? On |
one side are heard fearsome tales of |
his cruelty and savagery, and on the
other welI-credited stories of his sa-
gacity, geniality, and humanity. Per-
haps it is an indication of the mans
genius that such diverse and contrary
opinions of him are held. In the
New York Herald appears yet new
picture Of the rebel general Prof
Frederick L. Monsoon, explorer, eth
nologist, and archeologist narrates
his experience eight years ago in
Mexico, when Villa was his faithful
and capable guide through the wilds
of the interior. 1t was a position in
which Villa might have profited ma
terially through treachery, for the
American was wholly at his mercy;
yet Professor Monsoon never once re-
GREETED having engaged his services,
and has only praise for his bandit
guide. 1t was in the state of So
nora. He says:
was stopping at a large hacien-
da and asked the owner if he could
get several good men for me- He
said he could, and one night, about
eleven O'Clock, | was awakened and
it was announced that my guide had
arrived and had brought several In
dian followers. / went to meet him
and he was introduced to me as
'Pancho." Our expedition started
the next day. Just as / was pass
ing out of the front gate of the ha-
cienda, a salesman who represent
ed large hardware concern stopped
me at the gate and said, Where in
the world are you going with that
fellow" He pointed to my guide
'.Pancho' | told him my mission
and said that "Pancho'' was my
guide
We'll, Heaven help you!" said the
salesman. "That is Pancho' Villa,
the bandit, and there is no telling
what will happen to you. Better
leave your pocketbook home" I
was trife uneasy, but decided that
| I would fulfill my end of the con-
tract after hiring the man. / was
to pay 'fPancho" two dollars day
as guide, and the other indians one
dollar day. Taking the bull by the
horns, took all of the silver and
gold that / had in my belt and hand
ed it to Villa. ] told him that it was
all the money chat / had with me
and that it was his duty to pay the
men. and himself each day. / told
| him / trusted him, and that if the
money ran out before we returned to
keep the men in good spirits, and
that I would get more money when
we got back.
When night fell on the first days
trip noticed that Villa directed the
men to make my bed on the side and
away from the beds of himself and
/ his men. l asked him why he was
doing so, and he informed me that
was white man and the superior
| Of the party and as such ought to
have my own bed. I protested and
told him that he was the guide on
on the desert, and therefore the SUI
perior man, and that / insisted up
on sleeping in the group.
I found his a kindly nature. He
was very keen and knew every inch
of the country. His sense of humor
was broad and his brain and muscles
worked with one accord. 4 began to
study the man who had terrorized
the wealthy of the country for if
teen years and found him to be a
Iysort of Robin Hood. From the fol-
lowers 4 found that he never had
taken thing from a poor man The
wealthy always were his victims, and
what he took from them he fire.
quently gave to the poor
For three weeks we camped and
lived together on the expedition, COW