New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-21
Captors Hurry Him
to Chihuahua for
Firing Squad.
SANTA YSABEL
SLAYEkS TAKEN
Band Surrounded and
OverpOwered Before 1t
Could Give Battle.
iBy Tel.Haph % II. Trhun.


Ell Paso. Tex, Jan. 20.-General
Francisco Villa is a prisoner, accord
ing to advices received tonight from
Chihuahua City. Villa, the advices
sey, was captured at Hacienda San
Geronimo, in Western Chihuahua. by
General Cayazos, of the Carranza
army.
General Cayazos had been sent
TO garrison Cusihuiriachic following
the slaughter Of eighteen Americans
by Villa bandits. The reports did
not give any account of battle,
but said that several bandits who
had taken part in the massacre were
also captured. Villa was known 10
be in the vicinity of San Geronimo.
Andreas Garcia, the Mexican Con-
sui, confirmed the taking of General
Villa. His advices stated that the
capture was effected by Maximiano
Marquee, who recently captured
General Jose Rodriguez, one Of
Villas generals.
To Be Shot In Chihuahua -
Further confirmation was received
tonight by officials of the American
Smelling and Refining Company in
dispatches from Chihuahua City re-
porting that Villa and his followers
were being taken to Chihuahua City
for execution. This report, it was
stated tonight, came from the same
source that first reported the mas
sacre at Santa Ysabel, source re-
garded as entirely reliable by the
officials of the company.
Additional apparent confirmation
came to United States government
officials tonight, also from Chihua-
hua. That report has been for
warded to the State Department at
Washington.
The Carranzs consul explained that
his confirmation of the report of tho
capture of villa was based on unoffi-
cal. but reliable, information. lie tell
egraphed at once TO Chihuahua City
asking immediate official information
from General Jacinto Trevino, the mill
itary chief Of the northern states.
At the same time, message was
prepared to be filed in the event oc
formal confirmation, requesting that
Villa be sent TO Jusrez 10 be executed
at the racetrack. This message was
written at the Office Of General Gabriel
Gavira. commsndsnt at Jusrez, who
said he had received nothing official
concerning the capture Of the outlaw
chieftsin.
Unofficial but seemingly reliable ad-
vices from Chihuahua City say that
villa, who had been operating with =
band Of about one hundred near Ciudad
Guerrero, In Western Chihuahus,
searching for Americans and looting
all properties in his path, was sur
prised at the Hacienda San Geronimo,
where he had gone to seize supplies for
his men. Men in the hacienda recog-
nized Villa and sent secret couriers to
General Csvazos, who was scouting
around CusihCiriachic for members oe
the band Of bandits who had taken
part in the slaughter OF Americans at
Santa ISABEL.
Cavazos sent a part Of his command
in one direction toward San Geronimo
and with the remainder rushed TO tho
spot where Villa happened TO be rest.
ing from his campaign. Villa was sur.
rounded and overpowered before he re.
allied that his identity had become
known, according TO the chihuahua re.
ports.
General Csyazos, fearing an attempt
at rescue By larger force which might
be near, sent appeals 20 chihuahua for
more troops. Without waiting for re.
inforcements, however, he started with
his prisoner toward chihuahua
Crowds Await Captive Chief.
In Chihuahua the report caused tho
widest excitement. Great crowds gath
cred in the streets waiting for tho ar
rival Of the bandit leader and eScitediy
talking Of the capture.
Villa. according 10 symps,hizers here,
has been in the Guerrero country gath
cring recruits for his army for a cam
paign against Torreon and in the state
of Durango. He had left Cuibo Chit
huahua. village IN the western part
Of the state, two days ago for Guerrero.
Already appeals have been made by
Juarez officials for Villa 10 be taken
there for trial and execution.
Orders TO kill all Americans they
ind in Mexico have been issued to mis-