No. 804.
Mr. Bayard
to Mr. Bragg.
Department
of State,
Washington, August 21,
1888.
No. 110.]Sir: I herewith transmit a copy of a letter from
the Acting Attorney-General, dated the 20th instant, containing the
information desired by Mr. Mariscal to enable his Government to make the
preliminary arrest in the case of Shields and Wilson, whose extradition is
demanded for murder. They are Seminole negro Indians, and are understood to
be on the Seminole Reservation near Santa Rosa, in the State of Coahuila,
Mexico.
Adding that a new warrant, as desired by Mr. Jenks, substituting Mr. John T.
Rankin for Mr. J. E. Van Riper, as the person to receive and return the
fugitives for trial, has been issued.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 110.]
Mr. Jenks to Mr.
Bayard.
Department of Justice,
Washington, August 20,
1888.
Sir: Referring to your communication of the 2d
instant, transmitting a copy of a dispatch from the United States
minister at the City of Mexico, covering a note from the Mexican
minister of foreign affairs, asking for data to assist his Government in
making the preliminary arrest of Shields and Wilson, whose extradition
is sought on a charge of murder, I have the honor to transmit with this
the data requested hy you with reference to the two fugitives named.
Very respectfully,
G. A. Jenks,
Acting Attorney-General.
[Inclosure 2 in No. 110.]
Data in the case of Shields and Wilson.
Gulie Shields and Isaac Wilson, charged with the murder of Modesto
Maldonado. Offense committed at Fort Clark, Kinney County, Texas, on or
about December 31, 1888.
The defendants are Seminole Negro-Indians, ages about fifteen and sixteen
respectively. They left Fort Clark about the time of the murder, crossed
the Rio Grande river into Mexico, and went to the Seminole reservation
near Santa Rosa in the State of Coahuila. They are not aware of the
existence of an indictment against them, and will hardly change their
names.
John T. Rankin,
United States Marshal.
San Antonio,
Texas,
August 14,
1888.
