File No. 811.0144.
The Secretary of State to Chargé O’Shaughnessy.
[Telegram.]
Department of State,
Washington , January 27, 1914, 6 p.m.
Washington , January 27, 1914, 6 p.m.
Consul, Nuevo Laredo, and several citizens of Laredo, Texas, report to Department that at nine o’clock last night Samuel Cantú, Mexican citizen, was kidnapped on American side of international [Page 901] bridge between above two places, dragged across boundary and thrown into prison and it is said that he is to be shot to-day.
Say to appropriate authorities that, if facts are as stated, United States Government demands immediate release of Cantu and his return to American side of border.
W. J. Bryan
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