St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 17, 1914

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+ greeted ete ; Rage ee a: : one aos f ae ates Oe aS 0: te or nf ES ms of Pe ie ; ats SORE SP et RE SIN ee QE, MORE ort > nt: Qe a od 3 Me e 4 ae * a > how 4 eRe te SME alan OR Ra SH oe RC Rie aia ae Re ae o a MRED ORLA SAMAR EIES IER Pa OS gu F “ PERCE TELE EEE SIDE PE! AIRE ABA er en ONS ee ed ST, LOUIS, SUNDAY. MORNING, MAY 17, 1914, “WRITTEN FOR THE POST-DISPATCH BY MADERO'S BIOGRAPHER] WHY HE BECAME A BANDIT —Acisto-|| VILLAS LATEST PHOTOGRAPH AND Relentlessly Keeping His Oath to. ; > eratic Army Captain Betrayed His Sister; He Killed the Be- THRILLING EPISODES IN HIS CAREER | Kill All the Murderers of Ma | - = traver and Diaz’s Soldiers Pursued Him So Relentlessly That. Ve was like a man gone mad when he heard of the overthrow and Madero.’ He swore that he would regtore thé Constitution of Mexico and that te would personally take revenge on every man who had « part in the’ ‘plot against Madero. pou “Madero made a man out of me when I wae little less than a bandit,” he sald, ween sobs. “I shall avenge him and all Mexico shal} witness the terrible example which ps gs: = make of the murderers.” pars Villa is keeping his promise, as recent history has made plain. Every time he has © tured a Federal officer who he thinks was in the plot against Madero he has executed Every time he has captured a body of Madero’s troops who turned traitor to him, he killed them. When he captures a “Colorado,” or red flagger, a volunteer who ought fr personal choice for Diaz or Huerta, he kills, him. fete Couldn't. Earn an Honest Living and, in Self-Defense, He ee ces = i Ta Gat. red a Lot of wie Spirits. About Him to Plunder the : Hn SA qOV HE JOINED MADERO—theugh Pro- Yy: sional President Madero Had Ordered That He Be Shot on eer ig ht as an Outlaw, Villa, Who Was Ready to Enlist Under _ Anybody to Fight Diaz, Rode Boldly Into Madero’s Camp his men in pasbeacedas and fired on the soldiers ) Suard under the lead of Capt. Oscar With 750 Men, Fole His Story, Won the Leader and Was Foo Smee : ) | | —. ™ from the mountain cliffs. He led his band to {and several Mexican officers, including Vi ie, septe ed. : > vd ae iat | ‘the very outskirts of Chihuahua City and} There was a short, sharp fight and to Fe \ harassed and fired on the Federal troop trains. | erals fell back a halt mile and threw ap i RISE TO OWE FR—When Huerta,’ an. Old He tore up rails, dynamited the track and’ wor- ments. Behind these they awaited r iemy, Caused Madero’s Assassination and Then Usurped a: } ried the Federals in many ways. y, oe a pi yt o e of ot ca ge : PES IE When Madero crossed the Rio Grohe from ad, lis een” eters 4 Office, Villa Swore to Kill All in the Plot and Restore Creighton was shot through. thas in J the Constitution to the People; He Took the Field First' and ae ural ‘Military Genius Made Him the Most Conspicious Lage - ’ —_— ee eee eae ee eee ee Lik ef Epo! he ‘ee ee Te Had oe | * bay | Ae ee cee Psa OR 9 ARSE ite Nel ¥ ¥ Saba P eee ag Rt, oy 3 ats a > . El Paso, Tex. taking active charge of the Revotutionists, Villa was in the San Andreas ae grind aio rege: | district recruiting men. Madero-sent forth ) aon. and American. an order to kill Villa on sight, as i was saved for Madero. - rumored that he was robbing and killing wherever he ‘went, respecting neither Fed- Villa’s Men Gal erals nor rebels. HE follow! pine bia : | : SS eae. Sa ees ll pared for a sally. But when they heard that : 1—He shoots the hidedoes of his sister. 2—Hounded by soldiers who would not permit . his home. 3—Finds employment as a “cow-puncher.” 4—Neighbors build signal him of appreach of soldiers. 6—Telis his story to Madero. 6—He slaps Garibaldi’s Threatens to kill Madero. 8—Calls on Gov. Gonzales while drunk and is rebuked. sends him before a firing squad to be executed. 10—Madero allows him te Me in avoid offending Huerta. 11—Ville’s friend, Gov. Gonzales, is atrociously murdered by ‘Huerta. { 12—Villa awenre to avenge Madero’s death. : with fresh brands; brands burned by Villa ( Chihuahua.” He stole only from’ the rich, the | and his men. : “The Robin Hood of Chihuahua.” FTER a while the name of Villa became a by-word and mothers frightened their children into being good by telling them that “Pancho” Villa: would ‘get them. (“Pancho,” cowman and as a pistol and rifle op) thot: 1 beet ashen aad at preg 7 @esirable workman and he readily wens oases. ( Again the soliifers took up his trail. and Villa, : . desperate by long pursutt, retaliated by 8 s ow of his pursuers, ©