Mr. Adee to Baron Fava.
Washinhton, October 28, 1890.
My Dear Baron Fava: Referring to your personal note of the 7th instant and Department’s reply of the 20th, in respect to the evidence requested by the Government of Italy from the court of Luzerne County, Pa., for use in the trial of Bevivino and Villella, I have the honor to say that a letter has been received from the governor of Pennsylvania, stating that the district attorney of Luzerne County reports that two of the most important witnesses have so far not been found, and that this has caused the delay in procuring the evidence.
It is not known that there is any law in the United States for the detention of persons as witnesses in a criminal trial in a foreign country, and since the reception of the letters rogatory from Italy the witnesses can not be found.
I am, etc.,