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Mr. Peirce to Mr. Sherman.

Legation of the United States,
St. Petersburg , February 1, 1897 . (Received Feb. 23.)
No. 479.]

Sir: I have the honor to inclose copy of a note from the foreign office regarding the case of Anton Yablkowski, and also copy of a letter from our consul at Warsaw in the same case. Apparently Yablkowski, having been released, has managed to get over the frontier and appears to have left no traces. The case, however, appears to be now closed.

I have, etc.,

Herbert H. D. Peirce,
Chargé d’Affaires ad interim.
[Page 447]
[Inclosure 1 in No. 479.—Translation.]

Count Lamsdorff to Mr. Breckinridge.

Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Department of Interior Relations,
St. Petersburg , January 14 & 26, 1897 .

Mr. Minister: Supplementary to the note of October 3/15, 1895, under No. 8250, I have the honor to inform you that, according to a communication from the ministry of justice, the prosecution against Anton Yablkowski has come to an end in conformity with the imperial manifest of November 14/26, 1894, consequent to a verdict rendered by the court of appeals at Warsaw, dated April 9/21 last, and that Yablkowski has been set free on April 11/23, 1896.

Please accept, etc.,

Count Lamsdorff.
[Inclosure 2 in No. 479.]

Mr. Rawicz to Mr. Peirce.

Consulate of the United States,
Warsaw , January 16, 1897 .

Sir: Referring to my correspondence of 8th instant, No. 1770 M. C., in re Anton Yablkowski, I can report now that, after inquiry made in the general prosecuting attorney’s office concerning the United States passport and citizen papers of said Yablkowski, I have received to-day from said office an answer, which I beg to communicate in translation here below:

In answer to the communication of January 8, 1897 (December 27, 1896), No. 1772 M. C., we beg to inform the consulate that the documents taken away from Anton Yablkowski are attached to the acts in re Yablkowski accused on the ground of second part of paragraph 325, Criminal Code.

Awaiting your further instructions on the subject, I am, sir, etc.,

Joseph Rawicz,
United States Consul.