Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-04
VILLA AT SATEvO

FL PASO. April 3-Francisco Villa. unwounded and accompanied by only eight men. was at SatevO. 90 miles south of Chihuahua City. two days ago according to information received here today from Mexican sources which have proved usually reliable in the past If this information is correct iu bears out previous reports that the bandit chief is headed toward Parral and Is leading his American pursuers by al least sixty miles The nearest point to Satevo which the American troops are known to have reached is San Antonio, sixty miles to the north west
 The route. said 10 have been taken by Villa, is one with which he is thor oughly familiar and which indeed, is known among the peons as 'Pancho's road" From Guerrero il leads across the continental divide through the Bachiniba pass into broad valley which runs east to San Andres, Villas old headquarters. then south to Santa Ysabel. the scene of Villas r!assacre of IS American mining men. and then southeast through SateFo to Parral
 The man who brought the story of Villas arrival at Satevo has given a circumstantial account of the bandits maneuyers and plan of campaign. While his story is impossible of veri- ficatiOn his own credibilty is vOuched for by the American business men here who have employed him for Sev- eral years.
 Villa" he said. has never taken part in any lighting with either Amer ican or Carranza troops. He left the main body of his troops in the Guer- rero district with orders to oppose as far as they could the American ad- vance. Al the same time the peOns were instructed 10 give information freely 10 American officers always. provided that the information was false. The story of Villas being wounded was carefully concealed for the express purpose of misleading Gen eral Pershing and Col. Dodd into tha belief that the bandit was in hiding in the mountains and thereby inducing them 10 split their forces into small searching parties who would waste their time in the wild hills while Villa was making his way south"
 This part of the story is given color by the admission of General Pershing today that his intelligence department has been given much misleading in- formation and il was becoming more difficult 10 secure reliable reports Con tinuing his story. the man said:
 hn al first but they have fair knowledge of the real situation now and the ad- vance column is driving southeast with all the speed they can command Their one chance of catching up with Villa is that they have a good road and should not be handicapped by the big problems of forage and water The trail leads through broad valley where there is generally plenty of wat er at this time of the year and which is fairly fertile and well cultivated. Of course. the peon farmers will try to conceal their grain but American gold of them will be unable to resist.
 If they can catch up with Villa be fore he gets into the Torreon district they ought to be able To kill or cap ture him but if he is able to join fore es with Canuto Reyes they will have a difficult task ahead of them"
 Mexican officials here and in Juar-k refused to discuss the probability of Villa being close to Parrsl but they show no inclination to belittle the sto- ". General Gavira. the Jusrez com- mander said he had m direct n.avrs from the front as the wires between Juarez and Casas Grsndes were again put Of commission due to heavy storms