The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-04-18
villa MURDERER
'AuDBGANNSt AS
WELL AS ROBBER
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Killed, First Victim When But
Fourteen and Early Won
Fame As Bandit
TALE OF HIS oUTRAGES
"a, NUMEROUS AND FEARFUL
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Outlaw Record Completely De-
y stroyed American Sympathy q
For Him and His Cause

People Of America as well as officials
of the government have changed radio.
ally in the last few months. 1t, was not
long ago that villa was being gushed
oyer the ''Savior of Mexico" These
headlines from the New York Herald
of October IL, 1914, are typical: Mex
icos fate hangs on Francisco Villa,
one time bandit, acclaimed as real mill
.tary genius Of the revolution" That
was Immediately after Villa demanded
that Carranza, who had entered the City
of Mexico at the head of victorious
army, Huerta having fed, should sur.
render his authority.
And there was some sympathy-per-
haps a great deal of sympathy-in the
United States for Villa. Carranza was
represented as the ultra-censeryative of
the revolntionists; villa as the carrier
on of the work that Madero would have
done had Huerta not had him murder.
ed. The United States government had
aided Villa, taeitly, at least, and per,
haps there, was quiet sympathy with his
revolt against Carranza in government
at Washington. ...Ir
villa Real Monster RI
|. But during these latter days Villa
had been sketehed as q monster, and
the United States had only to recall
these things when Villa began his muir
ders Of Americans last year.
|, Villa was thirty nine or forty years
old. Another name under which he was
known was Doroteo Arrange, He was
born at Las Moves, district of San
Juan del Rio, state of Durango.
He was fourteen years old when he
committed his first murder, and scores
hal been charged against him even be.
fore he became a professional butcher.
While, nominally in the employ of a
butcher in Parral, Villa was chief of
bandits who stole cattle, ravished wo-
men, levied blackmail on ranehers and
murdered men.
Colonel Under Madero
But he Joined the Madero forces in
1910 as colonel, and began that career
which made him famous--or notorious
as few, men have beebme in so short d
time from such beginnings. After Ma.
dero s revolution succeeded, Villa OBJ.
tained a monopoly from the governor
of Chihuahua for the sale of meat in
that city. To get this meat he stole
cattle from ranches. d.. -
/ After Madero was assassinated, Villa
became a general under Carranza
in the revolt against Huerta, and by
June, 1914, was strong enough to be
come largely independent, driving the
First Chief" out of Northern Mexico
and controlling everything - taking
moneys from the confscation of ranch,
es, mines and goods, enormous taxes or
exports, and from running gaming
houses in Juarez.
The story of his so-called "mar-
riage" with the so-called Mrs" Villa
and other incidents in the life Of the
genera" are well known in the Sta
ties. He was a much "married man
besides being butcher, a poser, a thief
hothead, but indisputably a man OF
military ability.
Helps Ruin President Huerta
Villa unquestionably did much to
break Huerta and force his fight from
Mexico by capturing Terreon. Jealous
les began smoldering between him and
Carranza soon after, and open war fol
lowed. When Villa refused to aceede
to the suggestion that he and Carran
"a unite on the election of another AZ
president of the So,ealled "republic >
1t seemed that he might conquer Car
rama, for despatch after despatch told
of the First Chiefs fading fortunes
But Carranza did win. Villa became
an outlaw in name as well as fact, and
turned against America and Americans
in revenge for the recognition Of Car
rama last October by. the United States
and the A. B. C. conference.