No. 229.
Señor Romero to Mr. Frelinghuysen.

[Translation.]

Mr. Secretary: Referring to the various communications which have been addressed by this legation to the Department of State of the United States relative to the depredations of cattle thieves from the United States in the frontier States of Mexico, I now have the honor to send you a letter written by J. W. Evans, esq., United States marshal for Arizona Territory, dated October 12, 1881, and addressed to the Hon. Luis E. Torres, governor of the State of Sonora. This letter contains important revelations with regard to the robberies committed in the State of Sonora by the cowboys residing in Arizona Territory, which robberies have thus far not been checked by the United States authorities in that Territory, according to the statement of the United States marshal, who says that this fact is due to the lack of adequate instructions from the Department of Justice at Washington.

Believing that the United States Government is sincerely desirous to put an end to these outrages, I do not doubt that it will redouble its efforts for the apprehension and punishment of the Indians and plunderers on the frontier, and that suitable instructions to that end will be issued by the Department of Justice to its officers in that locality.

In pursuance of instructions received from the Mexican Government, I earnestly request that this may be done.

I reiterate, &c.,

M. ROMERO.