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

The happiest days of my life have
been since l joined the revolution of
Francisco Madero, because then l was
fighting for cauae l had always
hoped in my thoughts to be able to
battle for some day. 1t was the cause
of the poor poems of Mexico, and Fran
cisco Madero is still my leader though
dead by an assassin.
1t is history how i Joined the revolu-
ton of Madero, coming down from the
mountains with my band which had
been gathering, and it was really the
first time since | was 16 that | was
not hunted by all the government with
a price on my head. They say Mex
leans cannot be trusted. / roved over
northern Mexico for years and in my
mountains with a price on my head
and every man | met knew it, yet the
poor people did not harm me, for they
knew Pancho Villa was their friend
and would always be their friend They
know it yet. See, | sit here in the
window of this car where any assassin
could shoot me, but ! am not afraid.
] have faced death too often. / will
die when my time comes.
They give me credit for shrewdness
the first time took Juarez when l had
my army recruited. 1t was not shrewd-
ness, but it was a trick of the hills.
and a man must learn many tricks if
he is to live while he is hunted for
years. The F'ederals were easy to beat
in that Madero revolution, for they
were lazy and not brave. Neither did
they have their hearts in their work.
Many of them wanted to see US win.
Capture of Juarez.
/ was moving to attack Juarez when
] met a Federal band coming to rein
force the garrison in the border town.
We held up the train and captured or
killed the entire party. Then we took
charge of the telegraph wires and be-
gan to send messages to the command
ant of the Juarez garrison.
I'VE are on our way. Have not seen
the enemy was the first dispatch that
! ordered sent over the wire, and l
signed the name of the Federal COM
mander who Was my prisoner
'Will arrive with troops at eight to-
night | ordered the telegraph operator
TO send later, again signing the name
of the captured commander.
As we approached Juarez, l had my
men ready for battle, but it was not
necessary. The stupid Federals Sus-
pected nothing, and we drove our troop
trains right into the town. Even as
my soldiers piled off. they were not
suspicious until we ran down the main
street and attacked all Federal soldiers.
The surprise was SO complete not Il
shot went acroas the American Dor
der, and the battle Was over in. half
nm hour and the town was quiet.
The only American hurt was a mo-
tor car driver whose machine VAS
standing in the road as my soldiers
charged some Federals who tried TO
make stand. This American did not
knew We were attacking the town and
was still sitting in his machine.
This attack was during the Huerta
revolution and i adopted a plan then
which has since worked out well. | or
dered all the Federal officers shot and
took into my army the privates who
cared to join my cause, without pen
atty. This report soon spread, and it
resulted well in my future battles The
officers never fought against me very
hard being ready to run, when things
looked tough, for they knew if they
were captured they would be killed,
stllu LIE pIiNdtS "CIC
to surrender and join me. l have al
ways fed my men well and taken good
care of them.
A Trick of orozco.
They have called me a killer, but
have never fought as have other revo
lutionary leaders nor have / killed
where it was not necessity of self
preservation. Neither have l ever re-
sorted to tricks such as Orozco of the
Red Flaggers, my worst enemy, used.
Once he was in battle near Jiminez
along the railroad track with some
Federals. He needed time for his ar
tillery to come up, SO he took a loco
motive and fastened two white flags
to the front Of it and sent it down the
track toward the Federals. The enemy
had a train full of troops moving up
the same track, and, seeing the loco
motive coming down with the white
flag flying, the commander thought it
was truce party. The troop train,
puffed on toward the engine. l would
have known, for I knew Orozco, the
murderer of the hills.
Too late the Federals saw the puff
fling locomotive was not going to stop.
1t crashed into the troop train and
sent most of it to destruction, for the
speeding locomotive had been filled