Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1895, Part I

Mr. Thompson to Mr. Olney .

Legation of the United States,
Petropolis , October 14, 1895 . (Received Nov. 5.)

No. 425.]

Sir: Referring to my No. 385, of July 18, 1895, I have the honor to state that I have been informed by the minister for foreign affairs that the two soldiers charged with the killing of the American seamen at Santa Catharina, and who, after being adjudged guilty by the lower court, appealed their case, have been convicted and sentenced to eight years each in the penitentiary.

I have, etc.,

Thos. L. Thompson

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