Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 3, 1888, Part II

No. 811.
Mr. Bragg to Mr. Bayard.

Legation of the United States,
Mexico, September 14, 1888. (Received September 21.)

No. 141.]

Sir: I have the honor to inclose note from Mr. Mariscal, with translation, advising that the governor of Coahuila has been requested to arrest the criminals Shields and Wilson and hold them for extradition.

I have wired John I. Rankin, the arresting officer, to save time, as the prisoners can only be held seventy-two hours.

I am, etc.,

Edwd. S. Bragg.

[Inclosure in No. 141.—Translation.]

Mr. Mariscal to Mr. Bragg.

Department of Foreign Affairs,
Mexico, September 13, 1888.

Mr. Minister: I have the honor to answer your excellency’s note of the 1st instant relative to the extradition of Gulie Shields and Isaac Wilson, advising you that I have requested the governor of the State of Coahuila to secure the arrest of said parties, in order to deliver them, when requisition is made for them, in accordance with the extradition treaty.

I renew, etc.,

Igno. Mariscal.