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

III -" SCI away from II
II with anything but your clothes !,
II maybe, mighty few Of them"
III All three of the party took tho bo
II mans advice, and we left our va,
| aoles in the bank of Duranoo tat,,
II enough loose money to TN non,
| along the road. We did not meet pa,
| eho' however, but we spent one niel
| at tiny ranchito where we fon,
| Two men in bed, suffering from mi
iel wounds which they had receiv,
from members of the Villa gang fhre
uays before, in attempting to pre
vent Their running off with a sma,
herd of their cattle.
since Villa graduated from brigan,
uase TO military service his friana,
nave dWelt much upon his alleeed -,
A'"''s Royalty to hadero. His military
record during the Madero and subsa-
1aent revolutions, np TO the time ~
'D' 'ohsti'utonalist movement, cannot
pe better described than in the ,,n
suase OF Senator Fall, who. sne,,,,ns
rom ms own knowledge, gave his
account OF Villas actions befora tho
United States senate,
villa who was said to have haen
loyal to Madero was with tho nroz.o
iofees in The attack ON .hIare2 v,han
we orozeo resolution broke out. he
looted the city of Parral. takino az
tfAtnlne which he could find loosa
ana 'oosehihs some things which no.
pody else would have undertaken r.
remove. The loot amounted n some
leans, because vines 's..a-.'' ''e'''sa
this kind happens in mining camp
il Is the American who suffers. He
was arrested and report was made
IN Nadero He and his 500 men took
everything they could get. He was in
in San Luis Potosi, and at
one time sentenced to be shot He
managed to escape. He went to 81
,.aso. Texas. in February of last year
de there called upon me. He made
some statements to the effect thal
some loot which he had acquired at
Parral. he had hidden, and was goins
back to get 1t.
He made his way across the bor-
der without any following. Within
few DAYS, with eight men, he attacked
the American bullion train near san
Andres, west of the city OF Chihuahua
which was conveying bullion to Bato-
las. from a mine belonging to former
Governor Sheppard, OF Washlnstoh'
bullion produced from a mine belong
ing to Joseph Qnaley OF New YORK;
and bullion produced from the Dolores
mine. also owned by Americans. He
captured it, and, knowing to whom y
belonged. notified Charles Qualey, the
brother Of Joseph Qualey, who waa
then at chihuahua, that he was IN
inft u ECl dN AN wan e''N |
bullion produced from "A mine belong
and therefore he would sell them fol
40 900 Qualey went to Washington
with that telegram and went before
The state department but nothing
could be done for him-of course not
In my office he wrote telegram te
oay the $40. 900 to get the bullion
back
With this s40,o06 villa started ont
upon his career of establishing Con
,tjtutional government in the Repub-
lie OF Mexico
Senator Fall also throws an inter
esting light on the last picture oi
,narez By General Villa Following
which the Rebel leader was hailed as
1 great military strategisf.
He tViilaj came to Juarez and
"a atured 1t AT night, arriving when
no one was expecting him, so ths
world IS told But the day before
luarez was captured, the command
r.. Gen. Castro. was over In FL Paso
and received 10000 pecos Of Panch'
Villas money to betray the 20 yn
As ii happens. ! was in the city ana
n the Hotel sheldon, in FL Paso
when the deal was being made II
vas not present. but | was informed
If the transaction as it was being car
~ied ON by the revolutionary agents,
With all this and a thousand other
-hings locked up in his memory vault
I is small wonder that Pancho villa
he commander in-c chief Of an army
really enjoys a quiet laugh in his
sleeve when he hears his patriots
Try viva Liberia viva Ia Repnhlica