Chargé Iddings to
the Secretary of State.
American Embassy,
Rome,
Italy, April 5,
1905.
No. 478.]
Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith
passport No. 2816, issued by this embassy on July 5, 1904, to one Ralph
Gironda.a It appears
that this passport was presented at the inspection for the steamship Canopic March 15, 1905, by an individual who was
palpably not the owner thereof. A copy of a letter from the consul at
Naples to the consul-general at Rome in regard to this matter is also
sent under this cover.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
Consul-General de
Castro to Ambassador Meyer.
American Consulate-General,
Rome, March 21,
1905.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith
the following letter from the American consul at Naples,
accompanying the passport herein inclosed:
“Hon. de Castro,
American Consul-General,
Rome.
Sir: I have the honor to forward,
inclosed, for transmission to the embassy, passport No.
2816, which was presented at the inspection for steamship
Canopic March 15, 1905, by an
individual who was palpably not the owner thereof. He was
also provided with an Italian passport, which described him
correctly, whereas there was a most noticeable difference in
the age and height given in the American passport. Evidently
the owner having arrived in the United States had mailed
this passport to some relatives here of the same name, who
thus became in fraudulent possession.
“I am, sir, etc.,
A. H. Byington.”
Your obedient servant,
