Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-04-21
VILLA IS REPORTED
BY CARRANzA MEN
BANDITS END CAUSED BY BLOOD
POISONING FROM WOUND
IN HIS LEG.
CREDENCE GIVEN THE STORY
Telegraph Operators in Two Cities
Assert Body Now Is En- Route to
Misunderstanding Heard from
Villa Since Guerrero Battle.

FL doO, SAdS, Aplll 1T IdliClStO
Villa is dead, and his body, disinter-
red some days after his burial, is in
possession of the Carranza troops, ac-
cording to a series of Geographic mes
sages received in Juarez Sunday by
the Mexican officials.
For more than week reports that
Villa had died from wounds have been
current both here and in Juarez. To
days dispatches were the most circum-
stantial and apparently reliable yet
received. They were accepted with re-
serve by American officials, including
General Bell, but the Mexican officials
expressed confidence in their RELIABLE
ity. The messages, in the order in
which they we're received, were as
follows:
Dispatches Confirm Report.
THE dispatcher of the Mexico North
western railroad at Juarez reported to
General Gabriel Gavira, Carranza com
mander at Juarez, that he had heard
a conversation over the telegraph wire
to the effect that Villas body was in
the hands of the. Carranza troops. Gen.
Gavira notified Consul Andreas Gar
cha here, who rushed messages to the
telegraph operators at Madero and
Cusihuiriachic. Operators answered,
confirming the report and stating the
body was being taken to Chihuahua.
Carrazista Has Body.
"The telegraph operator at San An
tonic, so miles west of Chihuahua, tel
egraphed Consul Garcia that Villa S
body was in possession of Colonel Car
rama, who was taking it in a special
train to Chihuahua"
In reply to these messages kilograms
were sent to the Carranza generals in
the field and to officials in Mexico
City, Chihuahua and other points ask
ing confirmation, but no answers have
yet been received.
Apart from the kilograms sent here
there are some known facts which
have been pointed out by Mexican of
ficials as lending strong support to the
truth of the report that the bandit
chiefs career has been closed by
death These facts are:
Facts Support Report.
Villa has been suffering for more
than a year from a virulent form o.
blood poisoning
He was treated for this disease
while in Juarez by DR.. W. L. Brown
one of the best known physicians il
Eel Paso.
DR.. Brown states that the condi
tion of the bandit was such that ever
a minor wound would be fatal in II
days unless treated promptly and will
the best medical skill and care. Ever
under the most favorable conditions
such wound would be of the graves
character.
1t is certain that if Villa was wound
ed he could not have commanded any
thing but the most primitive treat
ment.
Another message from Chihuahu;
tCity received here today, stating riot
ing had broken out there, was regard
ed as in a measure confirmatory o
the bandits death. Villa is known t
have had numerous sympathizer
among the lower classes in the city
and it was considered probable tina
their sympathy would take the form
of violence if they learned the body o
their hero was being brought to Chi
huahua to be exhibited as that of
criminal.
Finally, and point upon which tn
greatest emphasis is laid, is:
Nothing positive has been known o
Villa since the battle at Guerrero, a
which time the reports of his beinI
wounded were accepted by Genera
Pershing and other American officers
If he had continued south, as was as
sumed, he must by this time hav
reached either Torreon or Durang
City, in which event some news of hi
movements would almost positivel
have become known.