The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-21
Mexican Officials Without
Definite Information Re.
garding Rumored Arrest of
Outlaw Chief Yesterday.
ACTUAL DENIAL OF
AFFAIR IS ENTERED
Calranza Commandant at Chi.
huahua Telegraphs That
Bandit Has Not Been Taken
Prisoner. as Said.

NY Eycnins Herald Leased wirsI
El Pas", Tex, Jan. - Denial
from Curranza official sources that
Francisco Niill. the uutlaWed Mexican
chief, had been captured. a- reported
from chihuahua. WAS supplemented
today hy statements from \ lila par
tisans huro alleged to b., based on re-
liable inivrmatiun, that hc and sew
,"r,l hundred followers were safe IL
the Tarahumaro mountains. west of
Guerrero,
Ia the businesses OF these, every
Inch ~ which he has known since the
days when ~ "a brigand hc successful
~ cyadcd every force poritriu Diaz
could send against him, they declared
villa IN now awaiting the develop
ment of the movement against car
rama by General benjamin Areu-
mcdo. the Arrieta brothers and oth-
.rs He would bc next heard from.
they asserted when h. struck blow
at tn" ctrrauza forces now lac ing con-
ccntratei az Torreon 10 take The Held
against the rebel mo, ,oment which
has become fairly well developed.
Genera Jacinto Trcvino. Carranza
military chief OF chihuahua, was cx-
pcctcd To arrive at Totreon today OF
, tomorrow To- take charge ut the new
army destined To attempt the suppress
sion Of the now revolt. Before lcav-
| ing Chihuahua City yesterday Trcvino
appointed General Luis Herrera SUI
prcmc chief OF Chihuahua. II was
Herrera who gave an Associated Press
/ reporter last night the statement flat-
! ~ deny ing the report from the stat,
capital that Villa had been caught
aud was being brought in Tor oNccu-
ton
This was N" only statement To
reach tn, border from Chihuahua and
Mexican officials al Juarez were
awaiting the arrival of CiVil Governor
Enriauez this afternoon for addition
al Information. q
villa partisans who sought sauctu-
lary here when ttcir sovcrnment coi-
crcdcncc to- the reported apturc ol
their chief
Tho only way in which Villa could
bc captured" SAID Perez Hll, his for
mcr secretary. who arrived here some
time agn. would b" through the
| tronchcry of some of his followers
ana while h. was asleep. Ani that ~
iimprobanlc No man in Mexico COM
mauds NOR. the loyalty Il his men,
no one sleeps less and no man would
be quicker than he 10 take MS own
lifo rather than surrender
| Carran2u authorities denied that
there had been anN bandit attack ou
! parral, as stated IN reports several
days ago. which declared thai a CHI
noso cook had been killed "nd that
the curc-takers of closed mines In that
vicinity had been robbed.
! II was ALSO given out that Carranza
and the military chiefs who lett que
rctaro Tor CclnNa several DAYS hEo
| had returned tn Qurrctaro.
The extremely circumstnniinl de-
Iui,s of the rcportcd captur, ;ed we'll
Informed persons here to believe it,
| but against this phase stood the tcle-
grnphed denial by General Luis Her
rera. Carran1a rommandant at chi-
hunhua. that the capture had been of-
fcctcd \ message asking tbat villa
be brought to Juaic2 10 he executed
lat the race track was ready tor liling
Ihy Mexican officials ~ ease the re-
port of his cnptur" proved Authentic
| Efforts today la gct in communication
with any uf m" three commanders
| who were said To have surrounded
the outlaw were Ineffective.
officials here and NJ Washington
were inclined 10 discount the magni'
tnde OF the event as seen bN the gem
erai public. villa. !, was mid. was
la troublesome outlaw, nothing more
and would he dealt with as sLch. iit
was not conceded the plamJr whlch
was his In the public mind when M
fought AZ TORI on and worked his
way toward Mexico city with an un'
beaten aud confident army. His pres
en-, following was said to ne inconsid'
crablc and dwindling. and carranza
| officials refused to cuncodo that h'
might rise again To- prominence as h'
did after he was outlnwed by Por'
firio Diaz.
Another dispatch repeated the re-
port from Chihuahua that eehiecr
bandits alleged 10 have been amonp
those who KILLED the Americans a.
Santa Ysabcl had been brought there
and would he executed today.