New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-04

his way 10 round up Villa bandits III
the Guerrero district. Reports TO Car
rama officials TO-DAY. said the bandits
routed By Colonel Dodd near Guerrero
had. after scattering, reassembled ana
doubled back over the same tran taken
By the American troops in moving
on Guerrero, and now are at Nami-
quipa.
Villa Reported at Satevo.
That Villa, unwounded and accom-
panied by only eight men, was az
/ Satevo. fifty miles south OF Chihuahua
City, two days ago, was the informa-
ton received to-day from Mexican
source regarded az reliable IN the past.
! If this information is correct 1t bears
out previous reports that the bandlt
chief is headed toward Parral and IS
/ leading his American pursuers by az
least sixty miles. The nearest point
TO Satevo which the American troops
are known to have reached IS San
/ Antonio. sixty miles TO the northwest
The route said to have been taken
| by Villa is one with which he is thor
/ oughly familiar and which, indeed, IS
/ known among the poems as "Pancho's
Road" From Guerrero II leads across
the continental divide through the
/ Bachinaba Pass into a broad valley
which runs east to San Andres, Villas
old Headquarters. thence south to Santa
Ysabel. the scene OF Villas massacre
/ Of eighteen American mining men, and
! then southeast through Satevo to
! Parral.
Inc man VINO brought the story Of
Villas arrival at Satevo gave circum-
stantial account Of the bandits manGu-
vres and plan Of campaign. While his
story is impossible Of veriication, his
/ own credibility is vouched FOR by reput-
/ able American business men here VINO
have employed him for several years.
"Villa," he said, "has never taken
part in any fighting with either Amer
! lean or Carranza troops. lie LETT the
main body of his troops IN the
Guerrero district with orders 10 oppose
as far as they could the American ad-
vance. At the same time the poems
were instructed to give information
freely to American officers, always pro
vided that the information was false
/ The story of Villa being wounded was
carefully concocted for the express
purpose Of misleading General Perish
ing and Colonel Dodd into the bellei
that the bandit was in hiding IN the
mountains and thereby inducing them
TO split their forces into small search
ing parties who would waste their time
in the wild Sierras, while Villa was
making his way safely southwark"
This part of the story is given color
by the admission of General Pershing
to-day that his Intelligence Depart
ment has been given much misleading
information and that it was becoming
more difficult TO secure reliable guides.
Continuing his story. the man SAID:
"The American officers were fooled
az first. but they have fair knowledge
of the real situation now and the adj
vance column is driving southeast with
all the speed they can command. Their
only chance of catching up with villa
/ is that they have a good road and
/ should not be handicapped by the big
! problem of forage and water. The trail
| from San Antonio TO Satevo leads
through a broad valley where there is
: generally plenty of water at this time
| of the year and which is fairly fertile
and well cultivated. ,,
IF they can catch up with villa
/ before he gets into the Torreon Dis
/ trict, they ought to be able to Kill or
/ capture him, but If he is able to JOIN
/ forces with Canuto Reyes they Will
have difficult task ahead of them