Raynors HCA 2019-05
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/30/2019
Letterhead for Hotel Paso Del Norte, El Paso Texas with color illustration of Mexican in a sombrero. Paul Harvey is listed as Manager. VG Mexican revolutionary Francisco (Pancho) Villa stashed the currency, coins and jewelry he used to support his political activities in this house owned by George Benton during the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920). On November 9, 1915, Zachary Cobb, the U.S. Collector of Customs in El Paso, ordered a raid on Benton’s home. Custom officials found $500,000 in American currency and gold coins, along with $30,000 in jewelry, in Benton’s safe. Certain that the jewelry had been smuggled into the U.S., the government confiscated it. Pancho Villa used El Paso as his military headquarters, personal residence, and hideout from the Mexican government.
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