Report of the Secretary of State.
The President:
I hand you herewith copies of the correspondence on tile in this Department relating to the case of the Italians lynched at Walsenburg, Colo., in March, 1895.
The facts are without dispute, and no comment or argument can add to the force of their appeal to the generous consideration of Congress. Three persons were killed outright, while two others sustained injuries of a character the most disabling as well as painful. The only question would seem to be as to the amount of the gratuity in each case, which must rest of course wholly in the discretion of Congress, to whom it can hardly be necessary to cite the statutes of many States of the Union fixing the maximum to be exacted in the case of death caused by negligence at the sum of $5,000.
Yery respectfully, yours,
Washington, January 30, 1896.