Mr. Iddings to Mr. Hay.
Rome, July 31, 1901.
(Mr. Iddings acknowledges receipt of Department’s telegram of July 29, and reports that he communicated its contents to the Italian minister for foreign affairs, who received it politely but expressed [Page 295] some doubt that justice could be obtained. The Department’s attitude in regard to detectives is evidently disappointing to the Italian ministry for foreign affairs. Their desire is that the Department employ private detectives and, should they discover persons whom they consider guilty, that the Department say to the Mississippi authorities: “These are probably the guilty men. Prosecute them.”)