The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-10-03
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AGENT once
4 HOBO
Says He Was Beating His Way
South on Rods of the
Generals Car.

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EAGLD PASS. Tex, Oct. Many
banks and business men of Eae,s
Pass. FL Paso, San Anotnio and even
of New York; ST. Louis, New Orleans
and other cities are familiar with the
| signature, ID. Soucedo,r which is up
on war contracts and other pieces OF
valuable paper that come to them from
various parts OF the villa territory In
Mexico.
OF all the men who are now con-
nected with the affairs OF a large part
Of northern Mexico none Is more pow-
Eerful than D. Soucedo. He is compar-
atively a newcomer. His rise has
been meteoric.
He is the financial secretary Of the
Iso-called Villa government. He is
more than that-he Is in charge OF the
work of leyying tribute upon the bus
mess interests and Industries Of all
the region under control OF Villas
military forces. He is charged with the
duty Of selling the confscated prod
ucts Of the farns and ranches and of
buying the supplies for the army
Soucedo paid a visit to Eagle Pass
q few days ago and mon who had bus
mess dealings with him at distance
made his personal acquaintance for
the first time. That he is one Of the
most remarkable characters develop
ed by the war in Mexico cannot be
guest Toned II the story which he told
Of his sudden rise to a position Of inn
portance and to no uncomfortable
private fortune Is to be believed.
Is Transformed Hobo.
He is a self acknowledged trans
formed hobo and full born Ameri-
can at that. He Is boyish In years and
actions. but that he has a wonderful
capacity for business aud boldness
and bravery which won for him the
quick admiration OF his chief, villa. Ia
amply proved.
u don't need to tell you that my
real name Is not Soucedo,. he said.
What 1t is does not matter. III tell
you what my new name stands for.
You see the initial D. is for Damino,
which \ guess might be called the
Spanish for damn. Soucedo Is the
Spanish for 'souss,' or It is as nea,
Spanish as I could think OF. So my
present uame when translated intu
English. Is Damn Souse. It expresses
what was when found myself in
Mexico.
There is q little story connected
with my advent into the important
affairs Of my chieftain, Villa, that may
be of interest 1t goes to show that
q man never knows when Dame For
tune is going to play prank. / had
panhandled down from the North with
the first cooling zephyrs, asA like a
good many more Of my kind of gem
try ] was bound for the orange groves
and millionaire colc.tes Of southern
California. managed to get over
most OF the sparsely settled portion
OF western Texas without being mo-
Tested by the train crews. But at the
little way station OF Sierra Blanca /
was set OUT
He Got on Wrong Train.
AT the time l bemoaned my appar-
emily hard luck, but It proved TO y.
a piece OF good fortune, for 1, hap
pened to strike one of those big heart
ed cowboys at the depot, and in re-
Spouse to my appeal ne peeled of a
IS bill and handed It to me. / rode
into 81 Paso first class and when the
remnants Of the IS were gone 1 de-
cided it was time to take passage for
California.
Y wasn't IN condition to do much
thinking, 80 I climbed upon the rods
of the first sleeper l found In the