Mr. Wharton to Mr.
Tsui.
Department of State,
Washington, August 11,
1891.
Sir: Referring to my note of the 25th ultimo, I
have the honor to inclose a copy of a letter of the governor of
California and of its accompaniments relative to the alleged recent
injuries inflicted on Chinese residents of Vallejo.
Accept, etc.,
William F. Wharton,
Acting Secretary.
[Inclosure.]
Governor Markham to Mr. Wharton.
Executive Department,
Sacramento, Cal., August 3, 1891.
Sir: In response to the request contained
in your telegram of July 25 in regard to the claim of the Chinese
consul-general at San Francisco that Chinese merchants at Vallejo,
this State, had recently been repeatedly robbed, outraged, and
murdered, I beg leave to say that I have made a careful, and as I
believe a searching, investigation of the question, and transmit
herewith copies of the letters received by me from his honor A. J.
Buckles, judge of the superior court of Solano County; O. P.
Dobbins, esq., district attorney of Solano County, who prosecuted
the cases; G. C. Demmon, the justice of the peace before whom the
cases were tried and a part of them still pending; the Hon. George
J. Campbell, State senator, representing the eleventh senatorial
district, this State; Joseph R. English, cashier of the Vallejo
Savings and Commercial Bank; and T. L. Robinson, attaché of the
United States navy-yard, Vallejo, Cal.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
