MEXICAN GENERAL KILLED
FORMER REBEL LEADER
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Australian & N.Z. Cable Association)
NEW YORK. July 20.
A message from Chihuahua City, Mexico, says that General Francisco Puncho Villa, former bandit, chief and commander of 35,000 rebel troops in Northern Mexico was shot and killed by his secretary, whom the chieftain’s adherents killed in an ensuing battle. Villa had long menaced the southern border of the United States which, in 1916, despatched a punitive expedition wherein General Pershing first gained fame. President Obrcgon pardoned Villa in 1920, and he retired to his farm while his men were each awarded a year’s pay and a small farm, which grants totalled two million dollars in gold.
NEW YORK, July 22. Official telegrams from Mexico exonerate .Miguel TullOj General Villa’s secretary, from blame for the general’s death. Villa, accompanied by Trillo, two guards, and a chauffeur, was motoring in Paras. When crossing a bridge the party was attacked from both ends by parties of men. Villa .and Trillo were shot dead simultaneously and the remaining members of the party were killvd. President Obregon ordered full military honours at Villa’s funeral.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 23 July 1923, Page 5
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