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11,

1912.

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GIRL HELD CAPTIVE BY ZAPATA TELLS HER STORY

nnd almost Ittmi' dlntely a good breakfast
wim brought to m, by the other old
woman, who :nl been In the room th
night hcfotc.
was hungry, but It seemed
that I could not cat, iind 1 hud scarcely
touched tho food nn hotu- later when a
young mull. hIso dim.vrt In black, came
to the door and spoke to the old hag on
guard thrie.
"The minder wiinls to nee her Immediately," he said, and walked away.
The old woman anue and came over'
to my touch.
"S t tip. Kh Mid. "Don Unilllano Is
RoIiik to xlve you an audience."
Then thu other old woman Appeared
again and together (hey led jne out of
the door Into th MinHhlne and act(iis the
patio (courtyard) of tho place. In this
short walk of about COO fie t another
house t was able to see the sort of place
to which I had been brought.
Atuiiml an area of about a beta-ran a stone wall some fifteen fet IiIrIi
and ctlileiitlv thtee or four feet thick at
Hip base. At eiyli nf the four rorner.i
was a round tower. nlo of stone, with a
dnor which
Into the couitard. On
the tup of the wall, which w.is flat,
black clad mm, who afleiwnnt learned
nere inftnbeis of Zapnta's "Death
Kloti," cadi carrylnc a rifle and with
niachetrn and revolvois In their belts,
were walMntt up and down.
I
caw the bt
tolt studded rates
throuah which
had vanned, "nd then
looklr.K behind me, aw n ont story build-In- s
about 100 feet Innp. with n flat roof,
on which armed m"n also were walking
up and ilnwn.
iteveral children were
playing In fmnt nf this bulldliiR, which
evidently was divided Into several rooms
lmll.tr to the rne had left, as this was
the hulldln In which I had been kept
all nlr.ht. In each ot the doors of the
could see a woman sitting.
All
iiiomi
wcie ;,oiinF. som of them apparently
fre to com" nnd bo Into the yard, otheis
with old women seated on the doorslll
i.f heir looms.
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front of him, he had ivldently been mak-Ip- k
out some nreounts, but as t entered
he jalted bis ejts and fixed them on me

for fully a minute.

not subjected me to this Insult. Oh, I

could lilil you, and my father will kill
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"Then 1 will many you right now," he
replied with a slow smile, and aguln his
ejes fell on me. ".lose, Jose," he called.

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' born the number of women In the place
Increased to twenty-fiv- e
besides myself,
but, ns I have said, T did not pay much
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III tho spring of 1911 Kmlllano Zanata
took his force of 900 men and left Villa
Ayalo, putting in charge the fat Jose
Mora, who Is now near Mexico City With
a force of rebels. This body of 900 own,
always dressed In block, always wall
mounted and well armed, were a puiile
to mo all the time. I was at Villa Ayala.
They guarded their master night and
day; In fact they did nothing but guard
him and his house, while a large number
of peons did the necessary work on tho
ranch. I have found later that they wwr
the nucleus of his relml force and that
he had been watting for the outbreak of
the Madero rebellion against Dial to use
them.
After this Zapata came few times to
Villa Ayala. and when be did come 'Tie
spent much of his time with tne. He
seemed proud of our baby, and. always
called me his wife. On February la, IMt,
after the Madero revolt was finished and
Madcro was fn the Presidential chair, Zapata came back to the fortified hacienda,
bringing; with him an Indian girl from
Guerrero. He called all the women of the
place together, told us briefly that ws were

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Citt, Aug. 1. Telling a story

!ir capture by members of the "Death
Won" of Emtllano Zapata and her life
In the power of this bandit leader,
tho has raised an army of 4,000 men
In the State of Morelos, Senorlta Dolores
i'O years of tge and
pretty,
has arrived In this city from her former
home In Hanta Rita. Morelos.
Emlllano Zapata, whose fortified hacienda cf Villa Ayala, forty.aeven miles
frem the national palace In Mexico City,
Ins never been taken by Federal troops,
maintained a polygamous household for
nearly five years. In the spring of 1912
he met a young woman In the State of
Guerrero, a girl who could be had only
In marriage, for her father was a powerful
mm In the State and refused to sell his
diughttr as other men of the same country had told theirs.
Wherefore Zapata
nsrrled this girl, dismissed the twenty-i- .i
nomrn In his household and estab.
Uhed h'.s wife In the fortified
Villa
AaU.
With the
women went their thlrty-f'children.
To each of the women hs
600 pesos and a railroad ticket to
ir.y town within the republic to which she
m:ht wish to go. Miss Escandon, who belied herself legally married to Kmlltano
Zifsta, was the last to leave, but when
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found that she had been the "Victim
t a mock marriage ceremony she
took her
UOO and her baby girl
and came to this
city. This Is her story.

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next day, asked each one of us
u nite she wanted' to go. and gave each of
us a um of money. To mo he gava 800
pesos, and I suppose that each of the
women received a similar amount.
Kvcn then I did not take the s
nouncement seriously, as I believed UkM I
was Zapata'3 wife, until I learned that
he had been married to tho Guerrero sir!
some weeks previously while on one of Ms
raids Into that State. Then I stormed
about the place) for three days, but was
llnnlly dilven out by Martinez, the man
whom I had supposed to bo a priest
I went to Cuautla.
tho capital of the
dls'.rln In which Villa Ayala la located,
but could find no record of the marriage.
w nt to Cuernavac.i,
tho capital of the
State, .rid there could find no record, and
fir illy I learned that even had Martines
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went home. I was welcomed as one risen
from tho dead by my family. All my
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mid my mother had been sent to
Mi'Slen city when Zapata went on the
Born
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. Mexico, Where
i?wnti.
warpath In .Morelos, and after tho looting
nd Where
of Santa Hlta by the Zapatistas, under
K!idn.a.ppin.g.
lived Until the
peisonnl command of my 0110 time
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Hlta. though
r.',!,t,0ml?K ,1'Ca," knnwn i,)ce
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has no" loots ouf
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iiiine to attend me.
t.i
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, un eien voice,
".md tell hi,,.
n.y family when, i
wnutd bo as,;, ,1
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ly he emember. me Vlt
in. ilcd liiimed .uelv."
was and that
was
the be,t
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lie placid chaliH for nivself mid for of tieatineiif from mv husband. !:mlllnnn plly If not with love.
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Hut the iluctor only leplied:
"This' ii,?. the nlri frm
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HATS ON ICE
I'aused
n,y
me,
shoulders
head
mid
and
? heatd thn door
thinks she knows me."
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rlose ? Si? me.
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''jit nm.' nr kissed
you shull
Later i leal in d the teason when I, On a hot day last week a crowd
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Thero wem no windows In the room. . le
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saw ,iue .iinra hind him a artu roll nr.,,1 .....mj
f.iviirlio
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but Zapata ton-- walked to tho wall and'
..,t.Lhipni l,v having his face of
hills. eo..h t..
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,wi- Keveral months :Htandlng
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tuiiHd n kes. whleh tloodid the room rlos,.'
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a
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!,oro on 'issau street. Tho crowd was
The baby, little KufemU Zanata v
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Prently a slender msn. with a hud "u lint believe, run at it.th.it time,,.,i mv rivals anxious In sen for themselv.
tied to uivcr mv fine with mv hands. face,
or
father
priest.
mo
hut
hid
a
of
nietubeis
the
of
in
Iny
was
inhis
whnt
family
attracting attention.
with my lung hair, which Mowed un-where
We sloyd up together, while tho Hih-rai. I md no means of
The curious ones
succeeded In
comud half way rrom my waist to my eiiteiid.
, a
fei t.
e")0wl"K 0" 'orcltii; thc?r
Still Zapata gazed at me.
At Pilest mumbled something f
through
never saw
length after what si r med an age of shame
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crowi
th 1ront rnk
oild outside the hacienda of Villa
"Tlfir. now. urn vou satisfied, Senora "'"
and sot low he opened his mouth.
Ayala
until KVhrimry ip, lpu,
l" l' Hint placed In tho very
he naked, "und kissed inu arter
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"Sim will do,"
"Take her the ceieiiiiiny
hi said,
was fnid by Zap'ita. The entlM.when
south Cftitro of tho cuko of Ico wos a now
back,"
' "l ilexlco fe.it k Zapata
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admit
nnd
Is
him
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hut
klsnd
the
of tho latest model. It was a
ictutn.
that
teal
Suddenly desperation seemed to over""' P0UI!i!"
come me. I thought of my home, of my I was mom satlsiltd th in I had been f'J
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father and mother nnd my brothers and
of tho owner
tho
not help being attracted by" tho f'r'iinate army officers. In those parts of: side
sisters. If they only knew where I was I
of
Ico
which
placed.
of
was
the
cake
uuerrero
man,
nnd
reputation.
I'uebla
ns
bad
was
by
his
ruled
How
,?""''"'
i reu sure, iney would wrfrk the stone
I wondor If tho lint grew In thero?"
Zapata.
wall and kill this monster to save me. sadly have I been disillusioned.
'lthlng.
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was cared for n sited a llttln newsboy who had besn
.lust then there came a lap ut the door
, Kor"'
As the old women turned me toward the
tl10 n,'""' ,lf ninny
gazing at tho hat In tho ico for five
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door I whirled upon him. a despair In my and n messenger briiMhed In for a word
"lid
really believe I began to minutes,
Zapata.
Hearing him to tho end. J'"
heart wlih h iitnouuied to a determination
lls
niy husband, for j
the man I suppo.scd was mv husband !'Vl' v!Mtil
"Naw," replied another newsle, "I tefi
to make him kill me If I could,
ll,,i',r1" lu'
hnnd. 1 know yer how it got In there. Last summa
harshly1 tu....the old women.
"You black fiend!" 1 shouted. "Why
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have oii Insulted nie this way? Why
some feller was going up tho Hud"2tnt,, nlBh,s ,u" t1ar.?udl"it 0ay, when
havo you brought me here? What are other things to think of now. And, take' Jl?,
!h.rough.
tho country I son his hat blew off and floated around.
good care of her. do you hear?"
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you going to do with me?"
lin wus In Ouertiaviica. Chll When the winter 'came nut! tho river
My guards led tne back tn the house. supposes
And then my words seemed stopped In
panemgo or Mexico City on business.
froze tho hat froze In thn Ice.
my mouth, for Im turned hla snakelike but T was given another toom, with fine
women
Tho
did not Interest nm
i.
"One of thn Icecuttcr up there who
eyes upon me,, and It seemed as If 1 sim- furniture, nnd cwiy convenience, even a 1.. .t.i
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saws the ice up for tho Icehouses disbath. I was also given a maid, n .
ply bnd to wait for him to speak. And
I waltid,
It seined n long time, until
"f
covered tho hat frozen In, so ho cut tho
moTor'ihem LnulZ.
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Zapata had nineteen other r their e.mV. i',ii,..
again the hard mouth opened.
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vtlmt nm I going to do with you,
Then tho feller win. owns this
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n
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a ina IVrez
be npenlid, nnd then a sort of smile
or m.ali ly she Old not sav "wives." and nd she did nm n il mn ca
that! store bought the cake of Ice with the hat
mom
for
I
ri
d
anything
to
not think
cross hl.t face. "Why, marry
seemed
of the matter, n eur after I m rived there thnt Mic In It and put It outside the Moro here."
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I have to bus iVnrimnd
laugh, and I llaied back at him.
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that my own love with the luindlt lender, that I thought' a
niv nnnr, im u.b,
until
"Then you should havo done this first. ratner Kept up tnree iiousuholiis, though she had ten tricked, or was I, Ins to
since nii have me In your power," I my mother was his only legal wife. Later
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cried. "You should have married mc, and I learned that several of these girls had
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fairly wealthy hacendado (farmer), who
Hud In the village and worked his ranch
; If.OftO acres, Just outside.
On the
hisht of September 12, 1909, as I was
ll(lng down the street I was approached
ty an old woman, an Indian whom 1 did
nt know, ho said to tne In Spanish:
iour aunt Juana wishes to Bpeak with
cj at her hou?e and luia sent me to have
JO'J come to her."
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WAS born at Santa Rita, a little village thirteen miles by trail from
Villa Ayala, the home of Kmlllano

but as I knew nearly every

of the little town and did not
any of them. I followed the old
0R"n away from my own home toward
t of my aunt. We turned off on the
rUllS n,onB ,ne ba"
ot ,hc
Im!Just hlcl'
below the church, and as we
"arnel a deserted part of this street
'Hn or eight horsemen, all dressed In
nark, nil heavily nimed and all masked
al,e, ,P Hurrouiidltig tho, old woman'
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did not know of the future, else I should of one story, but higher than tho other
and with a sort of low tower or superhave killed myself.
also of stone, crowning the
Wo entered a yard, for I heard gates structure,
roof, In this tower theie was 11 small
I was lifted from tho saddle
creaking.
and carried across a yard to a door, door, but no windows, only seven null
un emu
through which I was cart led and stood 011
mum i
'inmii
my feet. The bondage, was leiiiuvcd fioin leanieil wire uorthules foi injihlim uiins
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The room was lit by a larse electric ornately built porch lending tin to two
light up close to tho celling, which was huge windows and another heavy door,
hleh. Thero were no windows : appnt- - wnicn was closed nnu on wtitcli was a
entl.v tho only opening wns tho door by brass plate lieailng the nnmo Knilllnno
which I entered. The room was large. Zapata. All at onie I felt as If I wen
but the only furnltum was a coucli unit tan- to race witn tne etui or tny lire.
In cue coiner a cement basin filial with' I tiled to lag back, 1 fell on the arms of
water, something llko the noiy water the old women, I longed to fly at the high
stone wall about fifty feet to my left;
bowls In the churches.
liesldo mc wero two women, neither one felt that I could climb It, that I could
nf whom was less than 40 years of age. beat down the black guards, that I could
They began speaking to me In low voices, escape. If I could only get uway from the
nsklng me If I knew where 1 was. Whim old women,
Hut ull my struggles wete useless. With
I replied that I did not, tho one on my
Hurilslni; stiength they held tne nnd
right h.ild;
"In the house of Kmlllano Zapata, forced inn to inter the meat door, lo pass
Into a smnll hall elaboiately furnished,
Villa Ayalat."
knew what that meant, for one nf thn but with a rack of titles standing In tho
girls In our village had disappeared the rentm of thn floor, Kinin this hnll anyear previous, and It was lepurtcd that other door, not so heavy as the one on
slut hail been forced to becomn hii Inin.itu the outride, led Into nnothej- - room. This
of Zapata's househuld. I tried to scream, door was closed nnd In front of it sat a
tn tight thn nlil women, anything In short, stout man who I have since learned
escape, but they held me fast, eventually was Jne Morn, win of the woiM bandits
uiiiltci'd mi', gut a in" it bath and put of Mexico. One of the old women spoke
to him. he opened the door. was led in
nn in bed
was not illsutiheil that night I li.nl side mid fur the flint Hum in un life t
been so exliiiimiril that, thouuh I tibd slnnil befoie Kmlllano Zapata.
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iliniiiieil
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Taller than the aveiaun man
In hUv a'Hl.i.
is.i"ep, and wni,
Miincuiiiit leriiinii 'ami iinely inilll, hut with a small, repul- open slve face and with eyes whlrli seemed
This time ih ilunr w is i,nll.ill
"in-- r,.ni..i I'liteit'ii wim a nnu use loose or a snase.
mil niej in ui.- eel
III
III" liooiway sewing, while nulslile the mini who U now In control of thieo
I could
en nn armed man, also drisseil (Mme, men iijipiiiennv a Harmless nareti- in black, pnclng up and down In front dudo, at lltst terilfled and thru attracted,
my girlish mind, He was dressed In s
nf the house.
I Judge It was then
about
o'clock light fitting charm suit, coat black, and
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