File No. 812.00/18082
Vice Consul Blocker to the Secretary of State
My May 7, 10 p.m. Department’s May 7, 10 a.m. Official advices from Marathon report all women at Glen Springs being carried to Marathon by army trucks. Later reports say three soldiers killed, two wounded and four missing, which was all that were stationed there. Deemer and Coy reported found with throats cut. Dead number six in all and two wounded. Band said to number nearly two hundred. Colonel Sibley at Fort Clark left yesterday for scene of raid with two troops cavalry and machine gun platoon. Glen Springs approximately two hundred miles from here but customs guard have been ordered to report developments. Department will be advised as reports are received. Carranza commander Peraldi sending troops from Muzquiz to Bouquillas to ascertain whereabouts bandits. But little faith is put in their efforts.