Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-07-21
PANCHO VILLA
SHOT TODEATH
FROM AMBUSH
Later Details Of Killing Indi-
cate Secretary Trllo Not
Responsible for Bandit
Leaders Death
(By The Associated Press)

Ell PASO. Texas. July 2f.-Three
members of the band responsible for
the death OF Gen. Francisco villa. his
secretary. Miguel Trillo. and two body
guards were captured late yesterday
afternoon by detachment Of federal
soldiers under command Of Gen. ".
Martinez a short distance from Parral.
according 10 information received at
Juarez military headquarters last night.
General Villa. Miguel Trillo. his see
retary; rosalio Morales. one body guard
and a bystander were killed In fight In
Parral early yesterday morning. The
killing was done by a band Of seven men.
Following the killing. which is believed
10 have been the result Of political
feud. large number OF Villas follow
ers started fighting with another faction.
says report received here
General Martinez. FASTENED 10 the
scene from chihuahua City and person
ally investigated the circumstances sur
rounding the killing Of General Villa.
Shortly after the arrival of General
Martinez and n detachment of soldiers.
the three were arrested and are being
held in connection with the killing ac-
'Vtutnk W iniOt natiUn fGErNSu ~ AA-
fonso Gomez NJ. federal stamp collector
in Juarez and former staff officer ia
Villas army.
Col. Dario w. Silva. former military
secretary and close friend To General
Villa. received word last night from
chihuahua City that the identity OF the
slayers had not been established.
(By The Associated Press.D
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Chih. July 2i.--
One hundred troops under command OK
General Eugenio Martinez, arrived at
Parral last night to hunt for the as
sassins who killed Francisco Villa. his
secretary, Miguel Trillo. and three
men who with them near Parral yes
terday morning. Troops from the COM
mand Of General Jose G. Escobar are
coming up from Torreon to help in tbs
pursuit. +-. f-tFtFN
While the assassins are unidentified
two theories are being worked on. Villa
had many enemies and probably hun
dreds Of men have sworn to tsks his
life. but none so bitter. according 10
his friends. as Francisco Herrera.
Herrera hated Villa not without
cause. villa Is claimed to have prscti-
cally exterminatcd the Herrera fsmi-
ly. at one time prominent In the mill
tary and political circles Of Mexico.
villa. in 1914. had two generals who
were brothers Maclovio Herrera. whs
commanded the left wing OF the army.
and Melchor who commanded the right.
Mclchor, who was former mayor OF
Juarcr. was killed mysteriously on
the border. Circumstances were sus
picious and friends of the Herrers
family blamed villa. This was in the
latter part Of 1914.
Maclovia. his father. Jose de Ia Luz
Herrera. and . younger brother. wers
led to a graveyard in Parral on Easter
morning in 1915 and executed. Villa
was blamed for this.
Francisco was the only male MEM
Der of the prominent family left. and
swore revenge, IL Is said. Only last
year Villa asked protection of tbs
federal government from Herrera and
his followers. Herrera II n governments
official at Gomez Palacio. Durango.
not far from Parral.
The government. local officials say.
will question the possibility of Her.
rera's friends taking up the old feut
for him.
II has been said often on @the border
that Villa has asserted that Mexico
must not and would not have another
president from Sonora
Feeling here is intense. due to the
possible political significance OF the
assault on Villa may have. Some say
that enemies Of villa and friends ot
possible presidentia timber from Sono.
ra could shed light on the killing