The sun

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taken Into the secret There wero about loo

ot those arrests and tho prisoners were con

fined in the Government prison at Portau

Prince together with at least a hundred other

prisoners accused of various crimes

May 23 is a foMlvnltho feast ot tbe Holy

Sacrament I Is almost universally observed

by tho Haitians and tho plotters chose It as

the day when there would bo fewer armed

guards at tbe jail and fewer soldiers at tho

arsenal Besides Hypnollte himself would pro

bably bo at the cathedral and unarmed

There were eighty men In the plot led b

Gen SnllyGuerrlor and Fran ols Gratis

Gen BullyGaorrlerwas formerly In command

of the Palace guards and Gratia wa one of i

the officers In charge of the prison They ar

ranged all the details of tho plot their follow

given ers agreeing to be ready when the signal was

Hyppollto got wind of the plot but bo did II

not take precaution sufficient to prevent tho

riot Very early on Thursday morning the

28th a crowd sprang up about the jail They

camo from all directions and seemed nil to ap

pear at the same Instant They formed In 1

solid body and rubbed at the jail I was all

so sudden that the guards gnvo way before

released born and In an instant the 2UO prisoners were

Tho released captives and their rescuers I

then made toy the urbonal which is five blocks

from tie jai Only the eighty men who had

made the attacK were nrmel It was expected

that gun and ammunition for tho rest could

b seized at tbe arsenal Messengers ran In

faaate to Inform President Hyppolte Tho eer

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The sun. (1891). New York [N.Y.], 1891-06-09. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1891-06-09/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The sun, 1891-06-09.