Citizen Administrator of Justice for Upper Guardado to I certify that this is a copy of the original. C. G. GARCIA. Ambrosia Gonzalez , Secretary, January 29, 1884

Don Manuel Garza Peña presented himself and stated that a crowd of about fifty individuals, residents of and coming from Texas, headed by the judge of the peace of Roma, W. W. Bohrman, and by the surveyor, O. W. Brewerton, on the 20th instant, invaded the Mexican territory and committed acts of spoliation in the island of Morteritos, which is Mexican territory, included in this jurisdiction, and belongs to individuals, residents of this municipality. The complainant adds that they broke the fences, cut down timber, and threatened the servants of the owners that they met there with assault if they remained on the island. As this occurence, if it really took place, is of such gravity that it requires that the authorities proceed with the greatest thoroughness and rapidity to verify and apply a speedy remedy, as soon as you receive this communication, you will proceed to verify the facts and report in writing immediately that which is proper; and I advise you that the complainant states that Messrs. Don Felipe Muñoz, Don Francisco Guerra, Don Anastasio Medina, and Don José Maria Gonzalez were witnesses to the invasion, and Don Cipriano Perez, José Maria Gonzalez, Matias Guzman and Merced Garcia to the destruction of fences and carrying off and cutting down of timber, and that among the individuals those known are Antonio Escobar, Prudencio Escobar, Jesus Saenz, Ramon Escobar, Santos Escobar, Tomas Saens, Juan Saens, Eugenio Ibanez, Timoteo Garza, Carlos Garza, and Justo Salinos, all residents of Texas, except Eugenio Ibanez, who is an inhabitant of this city.