The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-03
81 AM RICCIOTTI
GARIBALDI; | GIVE
SONS TO ITALY"
Giuseppe, the Eldest, Goes to War with
an Ell Paso Handbag, and Tells
How Pancho Villa Men
aced Him.

| Rome, June 22.--How does Garibald
60 off to WARP
] started out with one of them yes
terday and got as far as the railroad
station He talked all the way TO the
! station about Mexico! He had big
handbag he had brought in III Paso, Tex
! | don't know whether he had red Carl
baldi shirt in the bag. | hardly think he
had, for in this great world war the Carl
baldis have sunk their family individual
| ity and have become ordinary Italian
soldiers.
Their father, Ricciotti, had taken his
four huge sons to the war office few
days before and said:
81 am Ricciotti Garibaldi and / give
my four sons to Italy"
Having already given two sons to
France in this same war, the elder Carl
baldi's action was really thrilling
And 80 Giuseppe Garibaldi, the eld-
est son, started off yesterday for the
front with his FL Paso handbag We
talked of old days in Mexico, when the
ill-starred Madero was still at his task
Of upsetting the dynasty of Diaz.
over to FL Paso to kill youf'I asked.
"That story was wrong" said Carl
baldi. ut wasn't / whom Villa wanted
to kill, but he did draw his gun on me.
Here's just the way that incident hap
pened"
And as we ratified over the cobble
stones of Rome in Roman coach he,
Garibaldi off for war, told me Of that
thrilling five minutes in the lobby of
the Sheldon hotel in far away FL Paso.
"Eilla found that one of his soldiers
had been insulted by an Irishman who
was in my Madero brigade and he came
over to Fl Paso to kin the fellow. He
carried two big guns in his belt. With
him were two other bad Mexicans, as he
bolted into the white marble lobby of the
Sheldon hotel and asked the clerk for
me. He expected that ! would tell him
where my Irish soldier was.
"Just at that moment was crossing
the park approaching the Sheldon. One
of my friends saw me coming and ran
out 20 meet me.
"'Get your gum he said, 'Pancho Villa
is in there and has come to kill you.'
81 walked into the hotel carrying my
camera. You know Villa will never let
a human being get behind him If he can
help it. went in side door, walked
up behind Villa and tapped him on the /
back. As quick as a fash he wheeled, |
with gun out.
"There were at least Is Mexicans and /
American secret service men around at /
the time-some OF them expert guRmen. |
Three of them were on him In a minute /
md as soon as he saw me standing there
with my camera instead Of a revolver he
dropped his gun.
"The secret service men disarmed him
and his two companions and when Villa
asked me where the lrishman was I said
Well, it won't do you any good 10 know,
panchito, because You haven't got your
gum
Nfuy bien' he said. Struggling his
shoulders, as if TO say, 'Wey III get him
iome other time"
The coach stopped az the station: our
minds came back 10 old Rome. A crowd
vas there 20 cheer the Garibaldis on
heir way. said goodbye 20 him before
he crowd saw him and few minutes
alter he and his three brothers were the
enter Of a wildly cheering thring.
! saw the " Paso suit case thrown
nto compartment The brothers fol.
owed il, the train pulled out and the !
were Of for the front.