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Mr. Finch to Mr. Day .

he may be, and that he may be permitted to go his way in peace, and earn his livelihood where it may honestly come to his hand. Respectfully submitted on behalf of petitioner Dick. [ seal. ] Albert W. Swalm , United States Consul. Mr. Roroteo Garcia Lagos, clerk in the consulate of the United States, says that he recognizes the colored man who gives his name as John B. Dick as being the same man who was in charge of a herd of zebras, shown in connection with the circus, some three years ago in this city. He was looking at the herd, and spoke English, in a beginner’s way, to the man now before …