, 1923-07-20
PANCH0 VILLA, FORMER BANDIT
TERRORIST, IS SLAIN ON RANCH

Tbs first e "a tragedy IN vfu,r
Iie occurred when General Fnine
angeles was executed as a rsvoiu.
ZIONIST by Carrnnza troops In 1919.
Niila ADMIRED Angeles not only a
patriot and soldier, but regarded him
most as n father. He wept bitterly
when he received word that Anre,es
mad been shot. He threatened ~
prisals and later aided in tho over-
throw OF tho Carran7a regime
Villas real name was poreh.a
Orange. He was born in 1858 ~
peon p~arentage in the little min,nr
town OF Las Nievas. As a youth h.
followed the trade OF butcher untiJ
the death of his father and than.
and his mother and sister went 70
Western Chiuhuahua- There he be-
came a cowboy. Many stories have
been told as to how he bccam. an
outlaw but the one most reneraIlv
accepted is that It was because h,
killed a captain IN n OF President
Dias' regiments. Diaz then placed a
price on his head II was at this
time that he changed his meme to
villa. He organised a band of out
laws and became a terror to the rich
land wner and mining men Of
Northern chihuahua, robbing them
and sharing the spells with his fol.
lowers and tho Impoverished poems.
When the Madero revolution
against Diaz occurred In 1910, villa
became a military leader In that
movement At n time he was ar
rested and sent TO Mexico City By
General Victoriano Huerta- He was
condemned to death by o military
court for characterization Madsro
saved his life. villa later ESCAPED
and ned across the Texas border.
Husrtn became dictator after Mn,
dero'B assassination in 1918 and
when Carranza revoited aeain,t
Huerta In Coahuiia, villa re-enterod
Mexico to fight for carranza and or
snnize a campaign against the man
who had imprisoned him. Peon.
Hooked to HIS standard and he A.
said to have gathered an army Of
$4,000 men.
Villas first great victory agatnr.
the Huerta troops was at Oiinaxn-
After the battle, 1000 men ana eIrht
generals OF tho federal army took
refuge In the United States ana war.
informed. In other fights, Including
NJ AaN IAI1u0n
and Torreon. Villa was also triumph
ant. Then came IN enhancement b..
tween villa and Carranza and when
tho latter made his triumphaI entry
into Mexico City. following the retire
ment OF Huerta. the bandit leader de-
olared war upon the new president.
villa had been one of the indepond.
ent chiefs who had made and formu.
lated fhA nIRn NJ GstnA-. $3.50
made carranza rrst chief Of the Con.
stitutlonnlist forces.
with Emilio zapata. another bandit
ohieftain opposed to Huerta. viiis
made common aust The two oecu.
pied Mexico City with their troops.
forcing Carranza's retirement to Vera
Cruz. General Aware obregon. later
successor 10 dc Ia Huerta 70 the
presidency. n loyal to C~arranza.
led an ermy put to meet them. At
Celaya. Irapuato and Clao no de-
feated the Viiia.zapata forces. In
those battles. obregon lost an arm
and villa lost his prestige as a m
mander. The villa and zapsta fol.
lowers were dispersed. One disaster
followed another and villa retreated
across the mountains 20 Sonora
where he Joined forces with the
Yaqui chieftain urbalejo.
In the yeara that followed. n up
to the tins Of the Columbus. ". NJ,
raid. Villas influence as a military
leader steadily waned. Defectlons
from Villas ranks continued. many
OF his generals leaving him and a
oepting the amnesty OF the Carranu
government. villa sent his wife
across the border and with only a
few hundred men resumed tho bandit
raids for which in earlier years he
a been notorious.
Then came tho overthrow Of tho
Carranza regime, tho rise OF the de Ia
ltuorta provisional government and
tho election OF obrpson, obregon
had proved Villas master In the field.
On Afsy 27, 1890. three federal forces
started out to capture Villa and the
following July, as 5000 men wer.
closing In on him, he agreed 10 an
hrmistiee and surrendered TO General
EuEenio Marines AZ sabinas, prao
! ucally on his termA