Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-03
VILLA DECLARES
WILL HANG EVERY
AMERICAN WHOM
HE CAN CAPTURE
Threatens to Kill His Brother|
HipoIito Because HipoIito is.
Believed to Be Friendly To-
''GringoS,"
MARTIN LOPEZ CALLS
FORMER CHIEF LIAR
PanChO Said to Have Told Men
Before Attack on Juarez
That He Had Support Of
American Government
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El Paso, Tex. July 2.--FrancisCo
Villa, enraged because American
troops drove him from Juarez, order
ed his rebels to hang every American
they caught, sent a detachment to
Villa Ahumada to hang Two Ameri-
cans believed to have been there and,
finding them gone, threatened to kill
his brother, Hipolito Villa, who was
sick at Villa Ahumada. Donald r.
Best declared today after his arrival
from Mexico. Best, a British subject,
owns a large store at Villa Ahumada.
with A. NJ. Tenney, an American,
I left Villa Ahumada June t3 for the
border after Villa had looted my store
and home" Mr.. Best said. - return
ed to Villa Ahumada June q. after
Villa left there for San Lorenzo. and
was told by my native storekeeper,
the municipal presidente Manuel
Ortega and number of townspeople
that Villa sent a guard to kill Tenney
and | and, later, rode to my house in
person apparently for the same pur-
pose. He ordered my Mexican store
keeper to stop working for me. think
ing | was an American, and threaten
ed to hang all the Americans he
caught and was looking ror me to
make the first example of this policy.
"Villa also told the storekeeper that
Tenney and l knew the Americans In
tended firing on his troops and had
left for the border to escape him
This seemed to anger him all the
more. That was on June II, the same
day he ordered his chiefs to kill Amer
leans as soon as captured, not to bring
them before him but to hang them to
the nearest telegraph pole"
Best said Hipolto villa was seri-
Ously i'll in the Best home in villa
Ahumada when Villa threatened him
and the leaders brother was forced
to leave in a small cart for the OIL
naga district to save his life. villa
and his band looted the Best store OF
200 pesos in cash and 5000 pesos
worth of goods and also robbed his
residence, he said. The Villa rebels
looted the Erupcion mine and ware
house, carrying off everything port
able and smashing valuable assay
scales. The mine is near Villa Ahu-
mada, owned by Americans,
The British merchant gave the first
details of a break between Villa and
Martin Lopez as related by MeXlcanS
who said they were present.
"NIlla'S men, ragged without am
munition and sullen after retiring be
fore the Americans at Juarcz, hell
a meeting at villa Ahumada, Mexican
friends told me-" Best said. The.
voted to depose villa in favor of An
geles who then was at Salamaquct
tearing up the railroad to proven
American troops from pursuing then
south, Villa Ahumada officials tolt
me.
"Ncxt day General Quiroga with ;
federal force of 1000 Yaqui Indian
and other troops-arriVed at Ojo Cali
ente, having come from the south
villa sent Martin Lopez to ensag
them south of Villa Ahumada. Lope
was defeated. Villa withdrew from
the town, the natives said, reOrganizeC
his demoralized forces which had beer
reduced from 1000 to 400 by deaths
wounds and desertions, and sent Lo
PEI against the Yaquis a second time
Defeated again, Villa retired to tn
Santo Domingo ranch, leaving hi
wounded behind. There Martin Lope
denounced Villa, according to tn
statements of witnesses"
Lopez pulled his pistol, covered
Villa, and called him liar Mexi
can who was present told me" Bres
said
LOPEZ was apparently angeres be
cause Villa had made a speech to hi
men before attacking at Juarez, tell
ing them the Americans were Friends
of himself and Angeles, that American
Red Cross would care for thei
wounded and everything would b,
fine for them after they had taken tn;
Juarez port Lopez announced he wa
through with Villa, cursed him ant
said he was going to look out fo
himself in the future and would have
nothing more to do with Villa.
"Villa sent for Angeles at Samala
yuca, but we left for San Lorenzo d'
Carmen before we heard whether An
geles reached Villas camp. villa alst
threatened to burn the ranch build
ings at Santo Domingo, but Lope;
stopped him, Mexicans told me-"
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