Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17
Ell PAso LACKS CONFIRMATION
Mexican Consul Garcia Feels confiden nj
That Villa ls Dead

mexican consul Garcia Feels Contide Mt
-. That Villa Is Dead.
y Ell Paso,a Tex. April, 17.-Confirma- :
stion of Mexican reports that francisco
+ Villas body hadg been exhnined at San
Francisco Borja and was being
brought to Juarez was still lacking to-
day. ~ 'ar'~
Gabriel Gavira, commander Of the
Juarez garrison, awaited information
from official sources that would dis
pei any doubt over the reports of the
finding Of the bandits body. but the
Mexican telegraph lines lay silent thru
out the early hours of the day.
Il still feel reasonably certain that
the message received Sunday over
Mexican land lines tha. Villas body
had been found Is correct" said Andres
Garcia, Mexican consul here, today.
" shall make every effort to have
the body brought to Juarez, where
scores of Americans who know him
may make an Identification that will
be completely satisfactory to the
American people,"
De facto government officials were
not able to give any information re-
garding an unofficial dispatch from
Mexico City stating that General Obre-
gon had announced that Villas body
had been buried at San Francisco
Borja, and was now en- route to Juarez.
1t was believed there was some error
in the cable and transmission from
Mexico City.
Consul Garcia's information was
that Villas body was being brought to
Cusihuiriachio, whence it was to be
sent on a special train to Chihuahua
City.
To Withdraw n Villa Is Dead.
Official word from Washington that
the troops would be withdrawn from
Mexico If Villa was dead will expedite
the efforts Of the de facto government
to ascertain the verify of the reports
Of the locating Of the body of villa and
to make satisfying Identification.
If the body is still inferred at San
Francisco Boria it will likely be many
days before an Identification can be
made unless the Mexican government
accepts the Identification made by
Carranza officers now In the vicinity
Of San francisco Borja, which is thirty
miles by trail south Of Cusi.
Identification of the body at this
time Is also likely to prove battling.
According to reports from IeNico City
Villa has been dead two weeks and
physical changes may be such as to
preclude positive Identification. IT was
iutimated here that the Identification
hight be accepted II made by respon-
sible Mexicans who know Villa.
Operator Spreads News.
A telegraphic dispatch was received
by General Gavira. commander Of the
Juarez garrison, from Fusihuirachic at
10:30 o'clock this morning stating that
the body Of Francisco Villa had not
arrived there at that hour.
General Gavira talked today with
the telegraph operator at San Antonio.
Mexico, and obtained further details
of the reported finding Of Villas body.
X According to the operator, on last
Saturday, General Cavazos and Col.
Carlos Carranza, who were at Cusi,
received information that Villa band
was operating in the neighborhood.
Two Carranza officers with body OF
men hurriedly left Cusi and engaged
the VilIistas in a combat. in which
many Of the Villa followers were killed
and wounded and some captured A
villa colonel was captured and begged
for his life, promising to lead his cap
tors to the grave OF Villa. "
Captive Leads to Grave.
The operator said that General Cav
azos and Colonel Carranza were taken
by the prisoner to San FraDciscs
Borja where the body Ia reported 10
have been nnearthed The operator
gave no further information, other
than that villa. was wounded on March