Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-03-06 | Page 8 | Terrazas Hopes U. S. Agent Can Save Son

r TERRAZAS HOPES U. U S. S AGENT CAN SA SAVE VB SON EL PASO SO Tex March 6 6 General General Terrazas has lias until next Sunday to pay tho peso ransom for his son Luis Luls who Is held Ii- Ii by the rebel Gen Francisco Franch co Villa at This sum Is la equal to American gold but the once of ot Mexico has not that much money monc according to his own admission admission ad ad- mission to friends Tho The letter demanding the monc money was wa dated March 3 and stated that If It the ransom ransom ran ran- som om were not paid within five da days Lula Luls would bo be taken south with General Villa This threat G General Terrazas believes S. S means that son will win fall victim to the tho notorious fugitive law If tho the money Is not forthcoming Under the convenient con provisions pro of this Jaw law the prisoner Is always shot while trying to escape General Terrazas Is 18 80 SO years old and 1 Is greatly shaken by the peril of ot his son The Tho latter has been a prisoner for several sev eral months and has already submitted to th the extortion of An American gold Sold to save his life Ufe It probable I Is that George C. C Carothers special n agent ent of the tc department of state at Washington will be appealed to on his return from Nogales toJI tonight ht to use his good offices with General Villa I am very verr old and money means noth noth- In ing to me me said id General Terrazas pa pa- They can have every cent I have I If It m my boy boy bov Is la only spared p red to me and und his children Three years ears ago the fortune was estimated at ot