File No. 702.6211/325

The Assistant Attorney General ( Warren ) to the Counselor for the Department of State ( Polk )

[Extract]

My Dear Mr. Polk : I have just learned to-day by telegram from the United States attorney that the jury in the Bopp neutrality cases in San Francisco has found all five defendants guilty on both indictments—that is, guilty of conspiracy to prepare a military expedition, [Page 580] and guilty of a conspiracy to restrain interstate and foreign trade by blowing up bridges and ships in violation of the Sherman Law. The five defendants were Consul General Bopp, the Vice Consul, Von Schack, the Attaché of the Consul, Von Brincken, the Consul General’s spy, Charles C. Crowley, and another of his tools, Margaret Cornell. …

Yours very cordially,

Charles Warren