Mr. Gresham to Mr. Baker.
Washington, June 13, 1894.
Sir: Your dispatches of May 21 and 28, 1894, have been received. They both relate to the case of Argüello, the murderer of William Wilson at Rama.
It will be gratifying to the President to learn that his just expectations have been fulfilled by the visitation of the condign displeasure of the Nicaraguan Government upon the culpable officials whose connivance frustrated the immediate ends of justice by effecting the culprit’s escape; and it would be additionally satisfactory to be informed that Argüello has been retaken and that the course of law in this singularly aggravated case will be assured.
I am, etc.,