File No. 839.00/2041
Chargé Goold to the Secretary of State
Santo Domingo, July 27, 1917.
Sir: I have the honor to refer to a telegram from the Legation dated September 16, 9 p.m., 1915,3 reporting the attack made by a group of bandits on the revenue cutter of the receivership and the wounding of its commanding officer, Captain Nielsen. Subsequent correspondence between the Department and the Legation discussed the question of the arrest and punishment of the leaders of this group by the Dominican Government.
I now have to refer particularly to the Legation’s telegram of October 24, 3 p.m., 1916,4 informing the Department of the arrest by American military forces of Emihano Rojas for his participation in this crime, and to say that on July 24 Rojas was sentenced by the Court of First Instance of this judicial district to imprisonment of one year, counting from the day of his arrest on October 24, 1916.
As reported in the last mentioned telegram, Ramon Baptista, the real leader of the bandits, was killed in an encounter with our forces at the time of his attempted arrest. The third principal involved, Julio Bonetti, died in December last.
I have [etc.]