File No. 312.112 B61/32.
The American Ambassador
to the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
Mexico, April 1,
1911,
No. 419.]
Sir: I have the honor to inclose to the
Department for its information in connection with the case of Converse
and Blatt, copy of a note from the Mexican consul at El Paso, Tex.,
which has been furnished the embassy by the foreign office, reporting
upon their condition in the district jail at Ciudad Juárez.
I have [etc.],
[Inclosure—Translation.]
The Mexican Consul at El
Paso, Tex., to the Secretary for
Foreign Affairs.
Consulate of the United Mexican States,
El Paso, Tex., March 22, 1911.
I have the honor to inform you that, complying with your message of
yesterday relative to prisoners Converse and Blatt, I went to see
the jefe politico of the district of Bravos and together with this
officer I visited the jail where the prisoners are detained, who
apparently are in good health. It is true that the cells where they
live are not very comfortable; but, in the first place, they are
identical to all others of the same jail, and second, the prisoners
have not provided themselves, as they could have done, with beds to
sleep on.
The jefe político told me he would do what he could in behalf of the
prisoners.
I renew [etc.],
