Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 6, 1897

Mr. Sherman to Baron Fava.

Department of State,
Washington, March 17, 1897.

No. 194.]

Excellency: In reply to your note of the 13th instant in regard to the lynching of three Italians at Hahnville, La., I have the honor to state that I have recommended to the President that Congress be adviséd of the facts in the case and requested, without reference to the question of the liability of the United States, to appropriate the sum of $6,000, to be distributed by your Government in such manner as it may deem proper among the heirs of the three Italians killed at Hahnville on the night of August 8, 1896.

When adviséd of the President’s decision, I shall take pleasure in making it known to you.

Accept, etc.,

John Sherman.