# Mr. Blaine to Governor Nicholls, telegram, 15 March 1891 (FRUS 1891, Document 619)

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Secretary of State Blaine's telegram to the Louisiana governor the day after the killings: three or more of the victims were subjects of the King of Italy, the treaty guarantees their protection, and the President regrets that a question for the courts was transferred 'to the passionate judgment of a mob.'

Blaine's telegram says the Italian minister reports that three or more of the victims were subjects of the King of Italy and cites the treaty guarantee of "the most constant protection and security" for Italian subjects. It says the President regrets that New Orleans citizens "transfer[red] to the passionate judgment of a mob" a question for the courts, and asks the governor to prevent further violence and bring offenders to justice. Document 620, Blaine to Fava of the same day enclosing this telegram, was also opened.

## Sources

- U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1891: https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1891/d619