Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1905

The Secretary of State to Minister Combs.

Department of State,
Washington, October 18, 1905.

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your dispatch No. 305, of the 21st ultimo, reporting the arrest of an American negro, Charley Macmorley, by mistake for a criminal fugitive from Jamaica.

The Department approves your action which resulted in the speedy release of Macmorley and his indemnification for the expense to which he was put.

I am, etc.,

Elihu Root.