Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1896, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of State

Mr. Lee to Mr. Rockhill.

United States Consulate-General,
Habana , September 10, 1896 .

Sir: I beg to acknowelge receipt of your instruction, No. 73, of the 3d instant, transmitting a letter * * * inclosing the affidavit of ——, stating that he was an eyewitness to the murder of Mr. Charles Govin by Spanish troops.

The statements contained in the affidavit do not agree with those given to my representative, and tend to confuse the manner and mode of Govin’s death. I am inclined, to believe ——, for he had no object in making any such statements and did not volunteer to do so.

I am, etc.,

Fitzhugh Lee.