Ambassador Clayton to the Secretary of State.
Mexico, January 31, 1905.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your instruction No. 1210, of the 18th instant, relative to the murder of J. B. Maxwell, J. C. Maxwell, and Enoch Woodworth, and to the desirability of a report from this embassy on the present status of the case.
In pursuance of your instruction, I have to-day addressed a note to the foreign office requesting such information as the department of foreign affairs may possess or may be able to procure upon the matter.
I have also addressed a communication to our consul at Ensenada, asking for such information as he may have or may be able to obtain upon the subject.
As soon as I receive information from these sources I will promptly report the result to the Department of State.
I have, etc.,