Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1896, and the Annual Report of the Secretary of State

Mr. Rockhill to Mr. Williams.

Department of State,
Washington, February 28, 1896.

No. 1273.]

Sir: Referring further to the case of Julio Sanguily, I inclose for your information translation of a letter addressed to this Department by his brother, Manuel Sanguily, of Brooklyn, N. Y., in relation to current rumors that the prisoner’s life is in danger. It seems proper to thus apprise you of the apprehension felt by Mr. Sanguily’s friends and to call upon you for a report in regard to his treatment in prison.

I am, etc.,

W. W. Rockhill,
Assistant Secretary.