Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-21
Death in Many
Forms Turks in
" axe of Villa
Poisoned Meat and Water and
Bandit SharpShooterS of
Unering Aim Among DAN
gers Our Soldiers Must
Face in Mexico
BIZ CORNELIUS b. RoURKE.
(StaR Correspondent for The Atlanta
Journal and Chicago Daily News)

Journal and Chicago Daily News)
FL. PASo. Tex. March 2Q-That great
danger in the form of poisoned water
and poisoned cattle lies in the path of
the United states soldiers i'm pursuit of
VILLA and his bandit army in Mexico
was one of several startling messages
brought to IL Paso today by Charles
Doll, a Gierman-American, who for four
years has been captain in Villas ar
my and n member of the bandits per-
sonal staff
Being an American citizen" said
Doll. Il felt it my duty to sever my
relations with Villa and his bandits aft
er the Columbus horror and / now want
TO take advantage of my position to give
few words of warning and informa
tion to my own country.
I'm my opinion. the United States
/ soldiers are in great peril. In the Villa
army there is a staff of the best physi-
clans, who will be able to scatter poi
son along the route of Uncle Sans ar
my, which will mean sure death. Cat
tie will he inoculated with deadly germs
and in every place where there is drink
ing water death will Turk for those who
partake of II.
LONG CAMPAIGN AHEAD.
VILLAS band is headed for the noun
tains in the state of Sonora. 1t is the
intention to go high into the hills and
even if the United states soldiers should
escape poison which am sure they will
encounter. a long dreary campaign is
ahead of them. They have the disadvau-
tage of trying to find guerrillas, familiar
with every inch of the country and which
are equipped with ammunition and arms
/ sufficient to make most dangerous
stand.
II fear that il may be a repetition of
! the BATTLE of Chocolate Pass in the Sier-
ra AIadre mountains, where four years
ago the forces of Diaz were moved
down in battle. In that fight 1 was in
charge Of the machine gun squad of the
Madre force. 1t was only necessary to
rake the mountain sides with the rair
of bullets This created an aIkali fog
which choked and smothered 1900 of
the enemy. few of them ever having been
struck by bullets.
PERILS MULTIPLIED.
so now, with the aid of the Yaqui
Indians. which Villa never has had be-
fore, the perils of the United States
troops are increased. The Yaquis were
not enemies OF villa any more than 2fI
CarranZa and his followers. They have
long held a grievance against all otherI
NeNicans. which are so bitter that they
would kill on sight any of them who
invaded the indian reservations.
The Villa forces had only to make
la single attacl- or the United States TO
gain thousands Of followers. Immedi-
ately the word was carried back that
Villa had been successful i'm a campaign
fight against the United States and the
ignorant poems, who are easily cOnvinc-
ca, started fioclSing TO the ranks of the
bandit chief and are still doing SO.
lam convinced that there are now al least
1000 men i'm his army, not including
the Yaquis.
villa goes OF the theory that every
armed man on a hill top is worth 100
en- the ground. therefore, with force
OF 1000 and granting that this theory
holds good. il can be seen what chance
the present force of United States troops
would have I'm Mexico in case the ban
dit army gains a strasetic position.
MEN OF DEADLY AIM.
Included i'm Villas army are the best
sharp-shoOters i'm all Mexico. They are
known as Relates and they are ban
dts i'm the fun meaning of the word
They do not know what fear Is and their
aim is deadly. / have Leu men of this
class on forced cavalry marches of from
six 10 eight days, with each one carry
ing only a gallon of water. In such
drives these men showed wonderful en-
dCrance and distances as high as 25O
miles were made.
Il was not let in on the secret of the \
columbus raid and I was glad of il.
when il became known that the United
States had decided TO send troops after
the villa army l severed my connec-
tions with the bandit chiefs army.
love lighting, but I am not an outlaw
and could not oppose my own govern ]
ntent. ! left the ala forces at Guz-
man. after the Columbus massacre and
IqUit them IN good faith"
I II know t....- Villa was i'm the United
States at the time Of the Santa Ysabel
murders although he made a speech ut
chihuahua a few days before. I'm that
speech he made the threat of death TO
I the gringoes. but left Immediately to
CRY out his plan, TO force intervention
b. the United States. He was recognize
ell and pursued in Albuqu -rque. New
I Mexico. but succeeded I'm eluding his
pLrsuers. The attack on Columbus was
his latest step i'm the plan to force in
ItcrvenIion.
1T is my best judgment tRat Villa is
linear san Diego, Calf, and that IN q
short time he will be in Spain. | am
e ware that lie has been reported al many
locations In Mexico. but / am convinced
that those who thought they saw him
at these places either did not know him
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