File No. 812.00/854.
The Governor of Texas to the President.
Austin, February 23, 1911.
My Dear Sir: Agreeable to your letter of January 28, delivered to me by Mr. Casasus, the special ambassador to the United States from Mexico, asking my cooperation in the enforcement of the neutrality laws of the United States, I have directed Capt. Jno. R. Hughes, of the State Rangers, to keep a sharp lookout for Francisco I. Madero, the reputed leader of the Mexican insurrection. I have also asked Capt. Hughes to take Madero in custody for violation of the neutrality laws if he can locate him in Texas.
Mr. Casasus, in his interview with me, advised that the apprehension of Madero would bring the revolution to a close. Capt. Hughes, whose headquarters are at Ysleta, in El Paso County, Tex., advises me that Madero was in El Paso at the time of the recent threatened attack on Juárez. He further advises that the Revolutionists headquarters are now at Saragoza, a small town in Mexico opposite Ysleta, in the mountains of San Ignacio, a distance of about 30 miles from Ysleta.
I also beg to advise that Pancho Moreno, Antonio Carrosco, and Julio Mendosa, three of the leaders of revolutionary bands in Mexico, are wanted in Texas for crimes committed in this State, and I have asked Capt. Hughes to use all diligence in apprehending them.
I would be glad if you would take up with the Mexican Government the matter of crossing the Rio Grande with sufficient force to capture these men, and advise me. I am not certain as to the advisability of this course, but should an opportunity to apprehend them arise it might not be amiss to have the consent of Mexico to pursue them across the Rio Grande.
Kindly advise if you approve of the course I have taken herein.
Very truly, yours,