Mr. Clayton to Mr.
Hay.
American Embassy,
Mexico, March 8,
1904.
No. 2187.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a
copy and translation of a note addressed to me by Mr. Mariscal, under
date of the 12th ultimo, relative to the cases of Engineers F. Gordon
and C. O. Bean, of the Sonora Railway, for a speedy termination of which
I requested Mr. Mariscal’s good offices in my note of January 27 last, a
copy of which I transmitted to the Department with my No. 2181 of the
7th instant in reporting upon the case of Gordon.
I also inclose a copy and translation of a report made by the district
judge of Nogales, dated December 21, 1903, inclosed in the
before-mentioned note of Mr. Mariscal, from which it will be seen that
the case of Bean was dismissed, that he was definitely released, and
that the case was forwarded on March 31, 1903, to the third circuit
court for review.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
Mr. Mariscal to
Mr. Clayton.
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Mexico, February 12, 1904.
Mr. Ambassador: I had the honor to receive
the note of January 27 last in which your excellency was pleased to
ask the intervention of this department to procure the prompt
termination of the suits brought against the engineers of the Sonora
Railway Company, F. Gordon and C. O. Bean, for damages caused by
trains under their charge, respectively.
With regard to the case of Bean I have the honor to transmit to your
excellency herewith a copy of a report upon the same made by the
district judge of Nogales on December 21 last, by which it appears
that the said authority dismissed the said case, the decision in the
same having been referred to the third circuit court for review. I
have requested the prompt dispatch of this matter by the proper
authority.
* * * * * * *
I beg, etc.,
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[Subinclosure.—Translation.]
District judge of
Nogales to Secretary for Foreign
Affairs.
Mexican Republic, District Court, Nogales,
Sonora,
Nogales, December 21,
1903.
To the Secretary of State and of
the Office of Foreign Affairs, Mexico.
The Bean case:
Engineer Bean was tried for the crime of negligence because of
injuries received at “Punta de Arena” by a laborer on March 1, 1902.
The case was dismissed, and the prisoner was therefore definitively
released. The said case was forwarded on March 31 of the present
year to the third circuit court for review.
I renew, etc.,
