Mr. Hay to Mr.
Eddy.
Department of State,
Washington, October 28,
1904.
No. 164.]
Sir: In reply to your dispatch No. 146 of May
27 last, in relation to the apparently fraudulent naturalization of
Michael Silberkasten, I inclose for your information a copy of a letter
from the Attorney-General, to whom the matter was referred.
Silberkasten’s application for a passport and his certificate of
naturalization, transmitted to the Department with your said dispatch,
are returned herewith.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Mr. Moody to
Mr. Hay.
Department of Justice,
Washington, September 27,
1904.
Sir: Referring to previous correspondence,
relative to the alleged fraudulent naturalization of one Michael
Silberkasten in the United States circuit court for the district of
Massachusetts, I have the honor to say that the Department is
advised by the United States attorney for that district, that after
investigation he finds that the certificate taken from the Russian
applicant for passport is a valid instrument. He further states,
however, that the signature of the applicant for passport does not
appear to be in the same handwriting as the signature to the
application for citizenship, and that the statements contained in
the application for passport regarding the date of birth and the
date of arrival in the United States are not the same as those in
the application for admission to citizenship. The action of the
consul, therefore, in taking up the certificate was perfectly
proper.
The application for passport and the certificate of citizenship are
herewith returned.
Respectfully,
