File No. 312.11/8293
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Parral Americans arrived Eagle Pass this morning, namely: Carlos Pfeitzer, Jake Meyer, William Scott, Dr. Thomas Flannigan, William Palmer and son, Adan Schaffur, besides German Consul, [Page 681] Edgar Cook and Julio Sinner of German birth. They report Herbert Fountain, an American, and Herbert Beard, an Englishman, are still there in hiding; also two Americans, namely: J. W. McKee and Joe Knotes are hiding in mountains. Magistral Americans are still hiding, their names unknown. Consulate secured lengthy narrative from Dr. Flannigan with affidavit of all Americans attached to it regarding Parral incident and murder of Howard Grey which is being forwarded to Department. They state American consular agent’s office at Parral was completely destroyed, archives carried away, and coat of arms destroyed by running bayonets through it; also Villa murdered fifteen Chinese, many Arabs and natives; that he would have murdered all Americans if they had been found. They left Parral on hand car and arrived Torreon just before communication was cut behind them at Bermijilla. I am considerably uneasy for safety Americans in Torreon and have wired for immediate reports.