The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-12
Border Hears He Was Killed
in Fight With Urbina Over
Valuable Loot
FORMER VILLA LEADER
HAD RENOUNCED HIM
Carranza People Profess to
Think It All Scheme for Vii
la Banditti to Make Their
Getaway to Mountains

Ell Paso, Tex. Sept lin . fele--
gram received late today from
Miguel Silva. private secretary to
!, General Fra nciscO villa. to Col Al
bcrto Madero, II was said by Silva
that General villa had not gone
TO the ranch of General Tomas
Urbtna. where II II reported he WINS
killed by Urbfna. Instead Silva said
In his messaKe that General Rodol-
70 Fierr0 had gone for villa and
that F1erro had been wounded
twice in q hattie with Trbina and
his men and had returned to Tor
reoa.
stva's telegram was dated at
Jiminex and indicated that Villa
was near there.
FL Paso, Texas. Sept. l1.-That PAN
cho villa In attempting to settle a
personal grudge against General Tomas
Urhiua. met his death, was the report
circulated here today. and credited
in many sources. "A strict censorship
Is on the villa wires. A local Mexican
paper today issued an extra giving
the death of villa as fact,
villa agents said they had a report
that villa had killed urhina and denied
the reported death Of their chief. They
did not give it as Official. however. that
/ Urhina was dead, They had merely
! heard the report, they said.
The rumor said that both villa and
his official executioner. Rodolfo Fierro,
had met death at the hands OF Erbina
1t Is admitted by Villa officials that
Villa moved against Urbina in an ef-
! feFts IL Ia eff eiaiIt stateta, 70 fierce him
to surrender several million dollars In
loot which they charge Urbina seized
before he decided to quit the Villa
| cause.
Iooacs Leaves Bandit Cause.
| Americans arriving from the
| that CrbiYia quit Villa because he
saw that villas Causc Ii lost, and
that Villa In q rage moved his
forces against Crbina for the pur-
pose of crushing him. Carranxa
officials expressed belief that
there was no rupture between
Villa and Urbtna, but that Urbina
had hccn sent west with loot. and
Villa, ON pretense Of moving
against him In battle, was making
getaway and that the two in
tended to take to the mountains
and stay there. All that is posi-
tive they know Is that Villa
stopped his plans for defense
against Carranza and moved of
with a considerable force OF
armed men In the direction OF
Crbtna. He declared his inten-
ton of executing Crbina II he
could capture him.
Madero Quits Villa
General Raoul Madero. one Of the
Villa commanders. recently defeated
by Carranza forces at Paredon east
or Torreon. reached the border to-
night having quit the Villa FORCES.
No explanation of his pres on the
seyr r-nt4
geies. the villa leader who crossed -
I'll Paso yesterday. presumably to 81
to Sonora and take command OF the
Maytorena-yills. forces there, remains
in Ell Paso.
Colonel Carlos Felix. chief of VIVA s
Indian garrison at Las Vacas. oppc-
site Del Rio. Texas. with his officers
and troops. revolted Friday and
Pledged recognition ana services {,
Carranza. according to a repor. to the
FL Paao Carranzista consul. Part OF
Felix's Indians are reported endeavor-
ing to make their way westward across
vicinity OF Chihuahua, however.
Sues Plunderbund.
Hpolito Villa. E. b. Broniman and
La Independents Company were to-
day SUED for $Ib0. 900 in the sixty-f1fth
District Court by the Compania Min
era Juiiega Y. Anexas de Almoloya,
OF the State OF Chihuahua.
The petition claims that on October
III. 1913, agents OF the defendants took
possessions of the plaintiffs mines In
the Jiminex district and seized $50
tons OF gold bearing ore and later
worked the mine for the ore output.
taking total OF $4,000 worth OF
lore.
Confirmation was received TODAY OF
the execution by Villa recently at Chi.
cuahua city OF Sebastian Vargas State
tContinued on Second Paxe.l