Think Orozco Plans Capture On Our Soil.

New York Times 100 years ago today, September 25, 1912:
Mexicans at El Paso Believe That He Has Made an Agreement with the Government.
AFRAID OF HIS FOLLOWERS
They Might Harm Him If He Surrendered — Campa Declared That the Rebels Were Corrupt.
Special to The New York Times.
    EL PASO, Texas, Sept 24.— It is freely predicted here to-day that the end of the Orozco movement in Northern Mexico is in sight, and it would not surprise the members of the various "juntas," who have made this city their abiding place during the revolt, to hear shortly that Gen. Orozco had been "captured" on the American side of the international boundary, most likely in the vicinity of Eagle Pass.
    The reason for this prediction is found partly in the interview credited to Emelio Campa, who is now under arrest in Tucson, Arizona, in which he declared that he "had abandoned the cause because it had become corrupt." The "capture" of Campa on the American side, without arms, and willing to be arrested, notwithstanding the chance that Mexico would demand his extradition on the charge of murder, is directly declared to have some connection with the arrest of Col. Orozco, uncle of the rebel leader, a few days ago, and also with the recent visit to Gen. Orozco himself a short time ago of Rafael Hernandez, one of President Madero's Cabinet Ministers.
    At the time Hernandez came north it was admitted in Mexico City that he was possessed of power to negotiate terms of amnesty for the northern rebels, and it was thought that his errand would not be in vain. It therefore came as a surprise when it was officially announced that he had returned to Mexico City without having accomplished anything, and that no further negotiations would be entered into with the rebels in the north.
    It is now declared here that the mission of Hernandez was not in vain, that he reached a definite understanding with Orozco, and that the retreat of Col. Orozco from Ojinaga and his flight to the United States and the subsequent similar performance on the part of Campa, another one of Orozco's trusted leaders, was part of the agreement.
    An American lawyer who has appeared as defending attorney for various Mexicans, who have been arrested in Texas during the last three years for violation of the neutrality laws, says he is convinced of the correctness of this theory, and expects that Gen. Orozco will soon be picked up by American soldiers.
    "There are several reasons," he said, "for accepting this report and none for doubting it. It has been admitted freely by even the warmest sympathizers with the Orozco movement that it has been doomed to failure for the last two months, and it has also been freely rumored that Orozco would be only too willing to accept amnesty from Madero if he could get terms that would assure him any measure of safety to himself. One of his main troubles has been that he was afraid of his own people in case he quit, just a little more than he was of the Government he had fought against this scheme of being chased across the border and being captured would save the indignity of surrender, and would be a measure of protection against those of his followers who will be left outlaws by the end of the revolt."
    It is known here that there have been many differences lately between the leaders in the Orozco revolt, and it has been charged that the rank and file of the insurgent army have been uneasy for fear they were to be left in the lurch in any amnesty proceedings that might follow negotiations for peace.
    José Cordova, a Colonel of the rebel army and chief adviser of Gen. Orozco, was arrested here last night, as he stepped from a train. He had been freed at Marfa, Texas, where he first was held on a neutrality violation charge after being captured with Col. Pascual Orozco. Sr., by United States troops. The local charges preferred by Mexican Consul Llorente, with intent to extradite, are murder and a statutory offense.