Tells Of Orozco's Death.

New York Times 100 years ago today, February 21, 1913:
Rebel Officer Says "The Tiger" Was Drowned in Rio Grande.
Special to The New York Times.
    LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 20.— Pascual Orozco, Jr., the "human tiger," former leader of the rebels in Northern Mexico, whom his wife and family, now living in Los Angeles, believed to be wounded and in the care of friends in the interior of Mexico, was drowned while swimming the Rio Grande several months ago, according to the story told to-day by Manuel Mascarenas, who was in command of the rebels during the invasion of Sonora under Madero's régime.
    Mascarenas says that he was with Orozco and others of the command, when, after a forced march in a night raid, they swam the Rio Grande. Orozco never got out of the river, Mascarenas asserts. "In the intense darkness," says Mascarenas, "we lost track of one another, and when we reached the opposite side and called the roll we missed Orozco. We found his horse, saddle, and gold-mounted sword that was his pride. Orozco never reappeared."