No. 329.
Mr. Jackson to Mr. Bayard.
Legation of
the United States,
Mexico, August 3, 1886.
(Received August 12.)
No. 283.]
Sir: I have the honor to inclose, herewith, copy
and translation of Mr. Mariscal’s reply to my note of 30th ultimo, relating
to the case of Francisco Arresures, an American citizen shot near Piedras
Negras. A copy of my note was inclosed in my No. 280, of 30th ultimo.
I am, &c.,
[Inclosure in No.
283.—Translation.]
Mr. Mariscal to Mr.
Jackson.
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Mexico, August 2,
1886.
Mr. Minister: I had the honor to receive your
excellency’s communication, dated July 30 last, in which, under
instructions from your Government, you request that an investigation be
made of the events relating to the shooting which, according to the
information your excellency asserts to have received from the Department
of State, was perpetrated in the person of the American citizen,
Francisco Arresures, near Piedras Negras.
In conformity with the indications which your excellency is pleased to
make in said note, the department under my charge has requested a
circumstantial report from the governor of Coahuila with reference to
the alleged events, and, as soon as it is received, I will have the
honor to communicate it to your legation.
I improve, &c.,
