Mr. Sherman to the Governor of Pennsylvania.
Washington, December 28, 1897.
Sir: I have your favor of the 24th instant, in which you state that the trial of the parties accused of killing and wounding certain Austrian subjects near Hazelton on September 10, 1897, will take place at the coming January term of the court. You also suggest the holding of the report of the sheriff and the other reports already in your possession until after this trial. No objection is perceived to this course, and unless you hear from this Department to the contrary, will you kindly furnish the reports as soon as the trial is concluded; also an account of so much of the trial and its result as may aid the Department in reaching a just conclusion in this matter.
Respectfully, yours,