File No. 812.00/18615
Collector Cobb to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
El Paso, Texas,
June 29, 1916, 1 p.m.
San Juan Mining Company located in Mexico about nine miles south of Fort Hancock, Texas, which was raided by bandits recently who stole the work stock there, was again raided last night. Bandits looted store and took away all supplies amounting to several hundred dollars. Significance lies in fact that Carranza authorities who have been informed of their whereabouts since former raid, and who had armed guards in vicinity, afforded no protection although continuously requested by owners to do so.
Cobb