Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1916-03-31
Woman Ready 10 Mount When
She Is Caught.
HEARS HUSBAND is SLAIN
Mrs. Wright Says Mexican Rebel Chief
Expected Help Of Germany and
Japan In Trouble With the
United States.

NJ. learned that her baby. which had
been taken from her and given to o
Mexican family. was safe at Pearson,
Mex. and that her husband had been
murdered by tho soldiers a short dis
lance from their home. Mrs. Wright
arrived In III Paso with Mrs. II. J.
slocum. wife OF the 18th cavalry com.
mander.
II want to go TO my baby Mrs.
Wright said. 1T would only take me
three days to walk to Pearson"
She was informed that the child
probably would be brought TO Juarez
on the train which Ii TO bring the
Mormon colonlsts.
stoleal, She Tells Story.
Dry.eyed and stoical after the terri.
bio experience In which she had SUI.
fered hunger. thirst, exposure. facing
almost Inevitable death. in addition to
the sorrow and worry over the loss
OF her husband and child. Mrs. Wright
told her story TO a representative OF
the Associated Press as though II
we're commonplace. She had suffered
so much she apparently had lost all
sense OF fear. Because she suffered
In silence. never complaining. and
holding herself aloof from the horde
OF soldiers, fugltIves. dereiicts and
v%agabonds on the border, she n
called Ia Reyna." queen OF tho VII.
listas. by tho troops. villa had told
ono OF the officers that he preferred to
have her die OF exhaustion rather than
to kill her out%right-and because she
proved to be able TO withstand hard
ships better than his own men he
promised he would release her after
he had sacked Columbus He ais
agreed 10 give her 800 gold and a per.
NIT to travel unmolested through any
part Of villa territory.
villa Expected German Aid.
villa only talked to me twice. Mrs.
Wright said. II avoided talking with
him because he would have thought |
admired him and would have forced
me to accompany him. He told his
officers how he would wipe out the
town OF Columbus and when the Unit.
ed States tried TO invade the Mexican
territory Germany and Japan would
step in TO intervene. villa believed
this firmly. ! have overheard him
make such remarks from time TO time.
Whether agents OF these two coun,
tries are making him believe this or
whether II Is IN idea which came to
him | do not know. But he Is con
WINGED that he will be assisted In the
fight he has started
How | wanted to escape to tell the
people OF Columbus about the attack!
But ] was watched all the time. The
first night I vas allowed 10 sleep In an
abandoned edobe hut which was pre-.
pared for me About thirty saddles
were piled IN front OF the door. The
guards slept with their heads TO the
door, and their feet to a fire Just be.
yond. i
Trles - Flea on Villas Horse.
Il lay down. but not % sleep. About
midnight, ! heard tho snoring OF tine
Mexican guards. | pocred through the
opening OF the saddles and spled vi
las charger, a splendid steed. about
atty feet from the hut. One by one |
removed the saddles aud stepped over
the sleeping forms until | reached the
horse.
The horse was tangled In his o p
began TO untangle the horse and
then one OF the Mexicans turned over
lilo saw something was wrong. stood
behind the horse, But the horse re-
fused to stand still and II kept me
busy keeping behind tho animal. Final
ly the guard came out to where thu
horse a
What are you doing here7' | asked
What are you doing here2' he asked.
%'Untangling this horse. replied.
Then he finished the task | started. I
longod for a hatpln. II dagger. a pen
knife, anything TO XIII the man. |
could have shot him had had a gun
But II | could have killed him could
have escaped. since none OF the other
horses could have overtaken me.
y returned to the hut. From then
on was watched constantly. For
three days and nights we we're without
IRE In The frost covered mountain
country OF northern chihuahua. For
thirty hours we were without water
But the soldiers often did without
rather than see my canteon empty.
When we neared Columbus Major
Nicholas Hernandez. one OF the mean
est men J have ever known. said