The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
VILLAACTSLIKE BANDIT
THE REBEL COMMANDER ALSO
UoKs LIKE An OUTLAW
- Than a Year Ago He Was
Hunted Criminal With Price
1.,nn Ais Head.

Mich has been written ABOUT VII"
lpaaobo villa. pronounced Wee
yah,,) who less than a year ago was
bnnted outlaw with price on his
1000 bn+ who is no less than Cen
- - villa. commander-in-chief
~ +bs Constitutionalist forces in
t,,o eol5 He has been described as
,,1oodr bandit and as q fearless pa
+rfo+ fohrins for his country and to
o,-or 90 the assassination of his
<n;ond President Nadero. One of the
latest word pictures Of the redoubta-
blo Mexican is from the pen OF a
rewsnaper correspondent and shows
the man from a close view point OBJ
tanned during a personal interview
It follows ir part;
He is stockIy built and of medium
higbt-not over > feet 10, l should
o,,oss--with the chest and shoulders
If . nrize fighter and the most per-
feet buIler-shaped head I have ever
seen. Receding from the back of the
heck and from the jaw it tapers up
ward in the most extraordinary fash
ion. His head is covered with black
hair as crisp and curly as a Negroes;
his skin is the color of we'll smoked
meerschaum; a small black mustache
serves to mask mouth which is
crueI even when it is smiling. The
most attractive feature of the face is
the ewes. which are brilliant and ex-
traordinariIy piercing. Indeed, they
are really not eyes at all, but GIN
let's, which seem to bore into your
very soul. After I had looked into
them began to understand the dead
" fear in which his subordinates
stand of him.
His methods in this particular had
been strikingly illustrated only the
day before Villa had ridden over to
the railway station to superintend |
the departure of a punitive expedi-
ton which he was rushing south to |
Madero to check the depredatiOns of |
Maxine Castillo's bandits. Owing !
to some mishap to the engine the !
train was late in starting. After TAX
ing few angry turns up and down |
the station platform Villa strobe |
across to his chief of transport and |
Jerking loose his heavy automatic |
&c ~ n
that startled officials face.
Of that train isn't out of the sta
ton in five minutes he snarled, Il
will blow your head off.
But, general" eXpOstulated the |
trembling official, I'm not response |
BILE for the delay The engines bro
ken down" /
That doesn't concern me" said
Villa, coldly. I'm not an engineer; |
I'm a soldier. If that train doesn't |
move in five minutes you'll be dead.
The train moved.
Always grim and sullen Villa, !
when angered by anything, no mat
ter how trivial, becomes as ferocious
as a wild beast He has about as
much regard for human life as IT,
ger. "A IGCSul IuCiuSAt 1lIuolI dICS
my point.
After a rebel victory in northern
Chihuahua four score or so of federal |
soldiers were lined up in the plaza
for Villas inspection. The rebel |
commander. hands thrust into the /
pockets of his frayed sack coat, SOM
brero pulled over his eyes, strobe
forward and surveyed the covering |
captiyes.
Viva Villa" he snapped.
Viva Villa" Viva Villa" The |
shrill cheer, dominated, however, by |
an unmistakable note of fear, ran |
down the cringing line.
You dogs" he snarled. You |
shout Viva VilIan today because 1 |
happen to be on top, but if l lost a |
battle tomorrow you'd be shouting |
Viva Huerta!'"
Then, turning to the commander |
of the guard: Take them out and |
shoot them-and mind that you
waste no ammunition. We've none
to spare
They arranged the prisoners in
groups of five, as close together as
they could stand. and a soldier placed
the muzzle of his Mauser against the
breast Of the foremost man in each
group and pulled the trig-
ger. In this way one bullet did the
work Of five. Saturday Globe.