El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-29
Villa Got Arms
From This Side,
Witness States
Browning Rifle and Mum
lions Were to Have Been
Sent To Villa.

Testifying from a stretcher lying on
the floor OF the federal court room.
Salvador Cano. former chauffeur Of
George Holmes. said Tuesday morning
that Holmes Furnished the horses that
Gen Felipe Angeles rode when he
went into Mexico TO join villa Cano
has been IN in the county Jail for sew
eral weeks with typhoid fever, and
was brought into the United States
district court Tuesday morning TO tes-
tify for the government in the case Of
George Holmes and Frank Miller
whose trial on an Indictment charg-
ing them with completely in the theft
OF Nicker's machine gun. a Brown
ing rifle. and other arms and ammu-
milton from the United States govern
ment began in the United States dis
trict court Monday.
Dick Harrell, a chauffeur; John
Henry Minehan and Ernest B. Stalder,
soldiers stationed al Fort Bliss. who
were also jointly named in the indict-
ment, entered pleas OF guilty at the
opening OF the trial, and were used as
witnesses in the prosecution Of the
case against the other defendants.
Took Money To villa
CanO testified that. in December,
Holmes went TO Mexico. and told him
partment OF justice "he went again
and took money TO Villa, DO not
know how much. He said he was
taking ir FOR villa, and that villa
was a friend Of his and trusted him.
He made a third trip, taking arms
and ammunition and money. and az
ter his return from the third trip he
was arrested When Holmes went 10
Mexico on his second trip. he was ac-
compamied by a man who lived IN
Mexico and lived on the ranch Of
man by the name Of Sid
Il know Felipe Angeles I have
seen him at the Holmes ranch When
he went 10 Mexico he was furnished
horses for the trip and saddles BY
Holmes
saw Drowning Gun
The first lot Of arms and ammu-
milton ] saw was on one night IN De-
cemher. i was sleeping in a room
with the cook. Frank Miller and DICK
Hlrreu brought a box Of ammuni-
ton Miller said he wanted 10 talk
with Holmes and / sent the cook 70
wake him ] don't know where Nil I
Ter got that stuff 1 next saw tne
Browning rifle. Holmes looked at 10 I
and told me IL was a Browning Miller /
and Harren brought Dc there after
midnight about three DAYS before /
Christmas, / saw the machine gun the I
night they brought il down. that was
In January, late in the month
4 went 10 Camp Courchesne about a J
week before they brought the ma
chine gun Holmes told me 70 90
there with Miller and help him he
didn't say what I was % do Miller .
didn't 60, but Dick Harren and sol
der went about o'clock az night we
went in Holiness automobile.
Lives In Fl Paso.
II have seen Holmes give Miller
money. ] saw him once gre him sley-
Holmes told me that Miller was al
ways asking him for money for the
arms and ammuuitions and he gaFe
hin that on account He told me that
10 Second and Kansas streets
Cano denied that he had ever been
with the Mexican reVolu-
lions. or that he had ever served
among the revolutionary forces he
has lived In Fl Paso Is years, he said
and was born in santa Rosalia- lie
worked in his uncle's saloon IN Juarez
about six months, he said
Francisco Lopes testified that arms
md ammunitions had been brought 10
lis house By the river at various times
~ Holmes and others Of the defend
lnts and that Holmes had told aim 10
lids them which he had done. II
Sergt Ernest j. Stalder vas the
.irst witness called by the govern
nent, Monday He stated that he had
leeu stationed at Camp Courchesne
With the Ninth engineers II
Dick Harrell testified as 20 his con
lectien with the theft Of the rifles
md ammunitions. j. III. Minehan,
private in the seventh cavalry. testi-
led as 20 theft Of the machine gun
rom Fort Bliss.