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Sandino's memory was still the most combustible thing in Nicaragua. To fill the great little man's boots, a swart, chunky dentist named Pedro Jose Zepeda popped up in Mexico City last week and announced that he had the papers that entitled him to leadership of Sandino's followers. Cried he: "I have ten generals and 1,500 armed men ready to take the field at the order of President Sacasa against the dictatorship now in control of the country [Somoza...
...mystery-shrouded facts of Sandino's last hour, Dentist Zepeda, good friend and foreign representative of Sandino, seemed to have inside knowledge: ". . . His automobile was halted by a group of 25 guardsmen led by Lieut. Antonio Lopez. 'I have orders to shoot you,' Lopez said. 'Why?' asked Sandino. 'I am sure there must be some mistake. Telephone General Somoza and see if there is not a mistake.' The lieutenant telephoned Somoza. He returned and told Sandino that he was to be shot in accordance with superior orders. Sandino, Estrada and Umanzor...
...Chicago, Francisco Zepeda, Eskimo, was arrested when, during a cold snap, he stole two fountain pens, tried to trade them for a pair of earmuffs...