The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-21

Many unbelievable tales OF whole
sale executions. personally carried out
by villa and lNerro, are afloat along
the border. The above instances, how
ever, are we'll authenticated. Villa
himself Dragged about them after his
capture OF Juarcz last November. AT
that time he was In n rage that he
had failed to get Salazar. The bandit
leader had paid n man named por-
tillo 1000 pesos as "A bride TO as
sassinate Sa!azar. Portillo failed and
when villa captured Juarez he shot
Portlllo on sight.
The murder OF Benton and Bnuch
In Juarez. the details Of which villa
attempted to cover by lies. ere familiar
o Americana generally. Hundreds
Of other villa murders. notorious In
Mexico. have hardly been heard of In
tho United States.
When Domingo Flores. an aInmuni-
ton buyer, called on villa In Juares
to tell him that his partner had STOLEN
$500 entrusted TO them villa put
Flores In Jail, saying hat he would
release the boy only when his rela-
tivos made rood the deficit. Fores's
old mother sold hcr home IN FL faso
to raise the money. but even then she
had not enough.
villa insisted or getting h last
dollar, and finally the poor woman OBJ
tanned 81. Her daughter. the sister
OF Domingo, carried the money 20
Villa. She was allowed TO 20 into tho
TAIL to visit her brother. The hoy WIS
shot. before her eyes. Tho girl was
outraged and was told personally by
villa 10 get back into y United
States and return TO Mexico.
A man named Andana was held o
prisoner by the Huerrstas in Chihua-
hua on suspicion - being n spy. When
the Huertistas fed from Otinaga they
took Anhnna along. But soon Andana
wa, allowed 90 return. Meanwhile
villa had entered chihuahua and N a
celebration that followed the wife OF
Andana put a wreath about the Cen
erals neck. As Andana approached
villa with congratulations on hts lips
villa drew his revolver md shot th'
man dead. Villas explanation wa'
that Andana was a Federal Spy
\ humorous story - told o.; a
h~aclendado Who was held for nnsor
nv Villa and was unable 70 raise N,
sum UtflltltlNu lDT ulN 4tNfRlFs y afaf
entertained the man az supper tol'
him not &c worry. that everythlni
would be all r,gh.. when they ha,
finished Win remarked 10 Ferro VS.
a sly wink:
Now you can take this gentleman
to his rest"
Fierro led the way oute'de. put hi
pistol against the prisoners head en-
blew ont his brains.
F!erro is n great black savage VIII
caught Villas fancy when he stoppe
a freight train by leaping OF n
bumpers and shooting up an air tub
with his revolver under a rain c
q bullets from the enemy. A story
told Of Ferro counting OF At
Co!orados who had Just been take
prisoner and shooting them down. on
- after another. N order, as he said,
Try a new pistol.
. An American secret service nger
" who went through the Chihuaht
campaign with villa old ne thl
Villa took "a little thought In c~rl"r!r
:. an execution as he do IN ordering
X dinner. According 70 this man ~
revolutionist leaders usual course {
, trying and judging a prisoner was
y follows:
ie Que ee' FederNlf Fusilelo
g, twho IL he7 A Federal Shoot him
a In Torreon Nilla sen his fren
=" Ricardo Yea. editor OF la Patrtd. h'
ID fore the firing squad For two mont
4, was reported that Yea was III, the
that ne had died. Not until Hea's vi.
\. wrote 10 a friend telling OF her hui
re- bands dying message d'd Il heccr
H. generally known how tho editor m
as his death,
"a Villa recently killed his frei
~ Carlos Jauregrt. me man who help,
~ Villa reach the border after :
10 escape from tho Mexico city p.n,te
u, t.ary: also another friend, Col Jui
,d peltrarn. who was for a while q CO
s~t,tut!onai,s. financial agent IN Juar'