Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress, December 3, 1894

Mr. Denby, chargé, to Mr. Gresham.

Legation of the United States,
Peking, October 22, 1894. (Received December 3.)

Sir: I regret to have to report that the two Japanese who were arrested in the French concession at Shanghai during the month of August, and subsequently delivered by the consul-general of the United States to the Chinese authorities, were decapitated at Nanking on the 8th instant. It is not known what proof of guilt was brought against them, nor what was the result of the repeated examinations to which they were subjected. The Yamên declined to accede to my informal request for information on the subject.

I have, etc.,

Charles Denby, Jr.