Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-06-19 | Page 2 | 300 Women Slain by Villa, Report

WOMEN SLAIN BY Mexican I Papers Print Tale of Wholesale Murder b by Y Bandit Chief ChiefT i Br T Associated As JI Mexico City Juno June IS Three Three hundred hun hun- dred Ired women camp followers attached to the government forces have been heen killed by the orders of Francisco Villa th th bandit according to El Democrat toda today quoting Jacinto a wealth wealthy merchant of Jimenez state of or Chihuahua Excelsior prints a similar story but does docs not give s-ive tho the source of I It Its Information According to Trueba Villa captured i the women during an encounter with witha a n. regiment reg of ot de facto cavalry between Parral and Jimenez He Ho ordered th the women lined up for lor review to tee bee whether any were sol soldiers ing One woman shot twice at Villa but missed Unable to learn which one attacked him him Villa ordered all Ii tho the w women herded together tos and shot down Trueba said sald V Villa a. a captured him and asked for tor a ransom of ot pesos but buthe buthe buthe he managed to escape r Story of Massacre l I Believed Untrue El EI Paso Tex June IS Reports n.-Reports Reports from Mexico City that Francisco Villa had ordered killed camp followers attached to tho the de facto government troops were labeled probably untrue by American and Mexican officials here and In Juarez Mex today Mining officials hero who are In dally communication with their properties properties prop prop- In tho the region where the alleged ed massacre Is said to havo occurred also expressed doubt concerning the tho au authenticity authenticity au- au of ot tho the reports report Gon Con J. J G. G Escobar commander of oC the forces which have havo been chasing Villa since the latest revolution Is in Juarez and ho he had no reports of the occur occur- rence Villa has been comparatively inactive Inactive Inac inac- tive thc since hi his attack ck on Parral two weeks a ago o and Is reported b by creditable creditable credit credit- able sources to be east cast of the tho Mexican Central railroad In tho the territory about Ortiz which Is IR north of or Jimenez