File No. 812.00/18073
Vice Consul Blocker to the Secretary of State
Telegram received this morning by Collector Customs, Eagle Pass, from Customs Inspector at Marathon, Texas, stating Mexicans raided Glen Springs Friday night killing three American soldiers of Troop A, 14th Cavalry, and boy, nine years old, several others missing. Dead will arrive Marathon to-night. They later raided Boquillas, Texas, captured and carried off M. J. Deemer and L. Coy, others missing. Seventy-five Mexicans in party. They returned to mountains after committing depredations. Carranza commander Piedras Negras is wiring for further proofs.