No. 861.
Mr. Romero to Mr. Bayard.
Washington, March 19, 1888. (Received March 19.)
Mr. Secretary: The commandant of the second zone of the armed revenue guard of the United Mexican States reports to the secretary of the treasury, in a telegram of the 5th instant, that the chief of the section of Janos informed him that on the 29th of February ultimo five armed and mounted individuals made their appearance at his office, three of them being sheriffs of the Territory of Arizona, and the other two Papago Indians, and stated to him that they were in pursuit of three American bandits who had robbed a train on the Southern Pacific Railway, and who, they said, had taken refuge in Mexican territory. The chief of the section of Janos took the said individuals into [Page 1288] custody because they carried no permit of the Mexican Government to enter the country in pursuit of criminals.
The President of the United Mexican States, on being informed of the occurrence, ordered that the individuals aforesaid should be set at liberty after taking from them their respective arms.
Señor Mariscal has given me instructions to inform you of these circumstances, and to communicate to you at the same time that the arms of those individuals will be returned to the person whom the Government of the United States may be pleased to designate for the purpose.
Be pleased, etc.,