File No. 312.41/96.
The Secretary of State to Special Agent Carothers.
[Telegram.]
Department of State,
Washington , February 20, 1914 .
Washington , February 20, 1914 .
Your February 20. Obtain without fail and forward to the Department at your earliest convenience copy of sentence under which Benton is said to have been executed. If not a violation of confidence you may give to the press copy of court proceedings. Collaborate with American Consul and telegraph after mass meeting statement embracing all reliable information obtainable.
Bryan
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