File No. 822.00/239.]

The American Chargé d’Affaires to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.—Extract.]

Eloy, Flavio and Medardo Alfaro and Ulpiano Paez1 were brought here the 28th, and had scarcely reached the penitentiary when a mob of civilians and soldiers perpetrated upon them the most monstrous and barbarous atrocities. While still living, their eyes were gouged out,* * * and they were dragged naked through the streets by ropes, while women carried the bloody garments, shouting; they were finally shot to death and their bodies burned.

Bingham.
  1. Also General Manuel Serrano and Colonel Luciano Coral.