Office of the Historian

125.61383/175: Telegram

The Chargé in Mexico (Summerlin) to the Secretary of State

Mexico, November 16, 1919, noon.
[Received 7.26 p.m.]

3277. Jenkins telegraphs that he was released without bail after two hours detention in penitentiary and is now restricted to his home. In a signed statement published in local press today prosecuting attorney [of] Puebla says Jenkins is guilty of criminal responsibility and giving false evidence and has been transferred to his home to avoid recurrence of recent illness.

Summerlin