Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-09

Reyes and Huerta. have learned
since Reyes wanted to promise my
support to Huerta. When this message
was brought me. l became suspicious.
for / felt something was brewing
against the government So I decided
to escape and at once. Manana has
never been my watchword and l went
to work to break loose Immediately
and return to my followers in the
north.
Through Carlos Jauregui, q young
Mexican. my escape was arranged. He
bribed the jailer to neglect me, and I
slipped out in the night and started
north. That was hard trip, for
must make my way through the Sec
ton controlled by Huerta, but knew
the roads and the trails Of Mexico and
once more my great energy and cum
ming saved me. There was no luxury
in that trip north. I did not travel as
do now. (Villa looked proudly
around at the private car with hts
name gilded on the side).
| l suppose you have heard how
started this revolution, after Huerta
had murdered Madero. After my es
cape, tried to warn Francisco Madero,
the martyr of Mexica, that there was
a plot against him, but he believed in
everybody. With Maderos murder and
Huerta in control, was out, for ! had
no money and my followers had scat
tered. l went to Ell Paso, across the
American border. and began to make
my plans again. l had no guns, no
horses and no cartridges then. But
had thought buried in my heart to
beat the man who had murdered Fran
cisco Madero.
In Ell Paso, I began hiring horses at
a livery stable there every day to take
| a ride, although i had done SO much
riding in my life tina: it was no pleas
ure to me. First, l hired a horse for
myself alone and then ! got two or
three of my companions with me. First,
| only one accompanied me and then two
and then three. Each day / paid the
owner of the livery stable, getting the
money in some way, but getting it.
Finally, he trusted me so much he
let me have seven horses one day and,
with seven picked followers, l crossed
the Rio Grande never to come back
| until l came as the conqueror of Jua-
rez. That expedition started with seven
| men, seven horses and At cartridges.
have since paid the owner Of the livery
stable well for the horses that start
&c me.
Those days in the hills were hard,
and food was short, but my friends
and followers kept us from starving,
even some Americans bringing food
across the boundary to US. Mrs. Del
Campo, an American woman living in
Ell Paso, and now at the head of the
Red Cross in Mexico, brought food and
supplies to us where we were hiding
in the hills across the border.
Villas Seven Becomes an Army.
| First, Pancho Villa had seven men.
Then he had a hundred. Next five
hundred, and he dared attack towns.
The people of northern Mexico. my
people, began flocking to me, and my
army was on it's way. We took Chi
huahua City, and we took Juarez.
Carranza, who had held out against
the Huerta government, joined me.
Pancho Villa has never yet been defeat
ed, and the mistake I made was in
trusting a man who wore whiskers like
Carranza's. More men flocked to me
than | could arm.
Throughout Villas story, 1t was
evident that to him the most distaste-
full feature about Carranza was his
whiskers. 1t was these to which Villa
always referred in tones of disgust
At that time, Villa had never been de-
feated in battle. Strange as 1t may
seem, he has never won a battle since
my trip with him. General Raoul Ma
dero, with Villa at this time, has come
to New York since. He has told me
that Villa often mentioned the fact he
had altar 70 i-I
story of his life.)
IL caught Carranza now i would not
kill him. l would shave him, which
would be greater punishment, but he
won't be caught, because he stays too
far from where bullets fly. If he was
shaved, | would show his weak chin.
Battle at Torreon.
After taking Juarez, my biggest bat
tie Was at Torreon, where we fought
the federals for four days and won.
Pancho Villa always wins. After that.
it was easy until this break with Car
rama, and We will win this war, too,
and then l will retire to my house in
Chihuahua City and leave Mexico to
its people, for l do not want to be
president. Perhaps. then. / will also
make a trip around the world.
NoSpc Will DE klIleQ before the
war Is over, for Pancho Villa does not
take any care of himself. He never
sleeps now, for the old ways of the
hills still stick to him, and he had his |
bodyguard, which is true.
(By his bodyguard, Villa meant Ro-
dolfo Fierro, who was known as the
butcher, because he did Villas killing |
and delighted in the job. Fierro, like |
most of the followers of Villa, is now
dead, although the butcher" died a |
comparatively peaceful death for Mex
leo. He was kicked by his horse while
swimming stream and drowned, and |
the strange part about it is that there
is hardly water enough in all Mexico |
to drown a raD.
! want to be friends with the United |
States. l have made certain promises |
to General Scott, who is a fine M. |