Mr. Hay to Baron Fava.
Washington, March 31, 1900.
Excellency: Upon receipt of your note of the 15th instant, in further reference to the lynching at Tallulah, I again brought the subject [Page 720] to the attention of his excellency, the governor of Louisiana, reviewing the correspondence heretofore exchanged and the facts reported in the investigation of the lynching, and requesting that the governor bring these statements to the knowledge of the attorney-general of Louisiana, and that he inform the Department what action has been or will be taken in the premises.
I now have the honor to inform you that I am in receipt of a reply from Governor Foster stating that he has duly forwarded my communication to the attorney-general, calling his attention to the importance of the matter at issue. He states further that he has promptly followed the wishes of this Department in laying my several communications before the officers of the law in the district in which Tallulah and the parish of Madison are situated, and in requesting their official action on the same. The governor adds that he is not prepared to say what further steps will be taken in the matter, but that he is assured that they have done and will do their full duty under the law.
Be pleased to accept, etc.,