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"PMO" VILLA'S UFEAS BANDIT Remarkable Story of Career o| Mexican Rebel DEWED RURALES YEAR^ A« a Wealthy Yottag Parmer He Kllt^ Sister's Suitor Leads Band of Outlaws—Now Hero of Many Hard-Earned Batttaa. Chicago.—A remarkable story o( the career of "Pancho" Villa, th^ rebel general of Mexioo who recently captured Torreon and who is known as Mexico's umilmi fighting man, waj told in Chicago. The narrator wa^ Robert Anderson, 127 Sheldon street who for seven years has lived in Tori reon and who is waiting here for thd chaos to subside before he return^ to "The Chicago of Mexico." Mr. Anderson's story deals with four chapters in the Mexican fighter's life. It tells of Villa the peaceably farmer, of Villa the avenger of a wronged sister, of Villa the bandit and of Villa the general. The narra tive as related hy Mr. Anderson fol lows: I-—The Young Farmer. In a fertile valley among the hill that surround the Mexican city 01 Torreon there lived fifteen years aga a sturdy young farmer whose effort^ supported his aged parents and twaj sisters, both younger than himselfj The ranch was small, yet there waa none in all Durango more productive, Each year Its yield was more bountty ful and the young farmer was glad for soon he hoped to Inherit the prop* erty from his father and conduct It for himself and his sisters. He waa a quiet and peace-loving person, this young man of fifteen years ago. To, day mere mention of his name strikes terror to the heart of Provision: President Huerta and his troops. Bu that is getting ahead of the story. 3 The young rancher waa Francescq Villa (pronounced Vee-ya), nickname*} "Pancho," the same "Pancho" Villa who recently captured Torreon an) who Is looked upon as the greatest fighting man In all turbulent Mexico. Young Villa loved hiB sisters, dear ly. Both of them were extremely beautiful Mexican girls, dark, witt^ long, straight Mack hair and blackisty brown, sparkling eyes that never were still. Of course, the Villa girls wera popular with the neighboring young ranchers, who sought them as com, panjr on long gallops over the road*} through the woods adjoining Torreon, "Pancho" looked with disfavor upon his sisters' aulturu He feared that) among them might be two who ooulJ gain the love of the girls and marry them, and of course, take them from the Villa ranch. "Pancho" even spoke his thought^ to his sisters. They laughed at him and tossed their heads defiantly. Thelit siSSis* black-trows qyes twinkled as thej| kissed their brotfaug—fclaaaa of mocH farewelL In secret, howover, they told themselves tbaj loved young "Pancho" more tar the love lie showed for them. Bat fbe rattan aantinneq to oome and the gallops In the hill» were as U-—'WBa Mays the Man. There vat a certain yoong trate In the fern at TVaruun whom Villa rtlslttwl tutoaarfy. Word camj to "Pancho" at length that this magist trate was seen his elder slater) Later Vnia pair in clandestine iiiii1nu In a rage ordered his sMar home and threat* ened the young magfetrate with deattj should he dare set Coot on Villa prop* erty again. Ttet night, upon his ar» rival at the ranch hoiH^ young "PaiM cho" berated Us sflwr eharpty and commanded her to oaaae her frtend} ship with the maglatBata The mmmtlafti eras fiBed with tears. She had become hiftihntwd with thq wealthy young man. At the morning meal next day thq elder sister was nrtHHtng. A search oj the house failed to reveal her. "Pan( cho" was worried. He discovered^ then, that the young magistrate, too, had disappeared. The pair had eloped, I The brother's rage knew no bounds and at once he girded himself for pur suit He galloped madly to the home of la priest whom he knew. "Get your horse and come with me," were the only words that "Pancho" Bpoke to the man of the church. There jwas that in the speaker's eyes whfchi made the priest obey. In Bilence they rode rapidly otf into Ithe hills, where Villa was confident] 'his sister and the young magistrate! had gone. An hour before nightfall they struck the elopers' trail. Push] ing on, despite the darkness, "Pan-! xho" and the priest came upon th (couple in a camp they had pitched ia sheltered nook. Villa said no word, but drew his |volver. The fellow trembled at sight of the irate brother. "Pantfho' turned to the priest. "Marry them," he ordered sharply] Refusal was on the churchman's Dps, but a flourish of Villa's revolver caused him to comply. 1 There in the dark of night, in the ihflls Ugh above Torreon, the marriage fwas solemnized. It was a marriagej Accompanied by no words of congratu- Mrs. "Pancho" Villa. latlon, no smiles, no kisses. Withii^ ten minutes from the time Francisca| Villa's sister became the young magi iBtrate's bride she became his widow. Villa's acts of that night are hiatoryj In and about Torreon. Scarcely had the ceremony been| said when Villa stepped between hi sister and the magistrate. Again hi turned to the priest. "Make ready a death warrant," hej ordered, grimly. Again the churchman would have| refused, but young "Pancho's" revol ver made him obey. Seizing the priest's leather bound book and tear ing the flyleaf from it, Villa coolly wrote the words that spelled death for his sister's abductor. At the point of his pistol he made the priest sign the paper. A moment later a single shot ran out in the forest stillness. The for of the young magistrate stiffened then crumpled, twisted and fell— dead. VMla ordered the priest to conduct his sister to her homo. Then he gali loped off in the darkness. His career as a bandit had begun. III.—Villa, the Bandit. For more than fourteen years after that night of tragedy "Pancho" roamed the woods and the hills, hunted by the rurales (mounted po lice), always terrorizing them and al ways eluding their grasp. He never was captured. The town of Torreon rings with the stories of the bandit Villa's deeds In the hills. His raids and his deeds of daring became the talk of the community. Secretly, of course, the ranchers of the community who had known young "Pancho" sympathized with him and were glad to hear of his successful elusion of the rurales. Publicly, how ever, as he was an outlaw, "Pancho** was denounced and the rurales werq urged to bring him to town, dead or alive. Time after time Villa escaped. He made them appear as laggarda and blunderers. Under their very noses the bandit would perpetrate his deeds of daring, laugh at the rurales, then escape Into the hills. The posses that pursued him invariably returned tn a day or two, shamefaced and dtsj couraged. With each new raid "Panj cho" grew bolder, until he came to ba known as a dare-devil among dare] devils and a fighter among' fighters. IV.—VTIla, the General. Early during the present trouble^ tn Mexico, particularly the rebellion against Huerta, the name of Villa) came to be heard more often. He was reported "seen" tn various states lq northern Mexico and simultaneously came reports of raids and routing ofl detachments of federal troops. Vfll^ and his bandits were coming to bq widely feared, and, in a measure, r©i spected. Rallying about him a great numbeij of rebels In addition to his troop o$ raiders, he began a series of open and concerted attacks. He was uniformly successful. Since his interjection o{ himself in Mexican affairs he haa come to be known as a great general —not a trained lighter, it seems, but a natural one, and one who gains the loyalty of his men. His greatest achievement of the vaij was the capture of Torreon. 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