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wholesale execution. The crowd in

vaded the French legation and seized

Guillaume.

French Minister Injured.

M. Girard. the French minister to

Haiti, protested vigorously, but he

was powerless before the fury of the

people. Guillaume was dragged forth.

Once in the street, the crowd surged

around him with imprecation-? and he

was promptly shot to death.

Even then the anger of the people

was not appeased. The body of the

president was mutilated and. tied t-

the end of a rope, it was dragged

through the streets.

The people of Port au Princo are in

a state of intense excitement and fur

ther violence is feared.

L". S. Ships to Haiti.

The arrival of the American cruiser

r Washington with Rear Admiral Cap

erton on board, is expected at any

moment. The Washington has been

on the north coast of Haiti. M. Gi

rard was counting in the coming of

a cruiser to afford protection to the

legation-

The past thirty-six hours have seen

in Port au Prince a succession of vio

lent events, bloodshed and massacres.

For five months there has been

an active revolutionary movement

against President Guillaume. headed

by Dr. Rosr.lvo Bobo. L'p to yester

day this activity had been confined

i mostly to the northern part of the re

public. At daybreak a disbanded Haitien

regiment began an attack on Presi

dent Guillaume and a band of his fol

lowers, who took refuge in the presi

dential palace and defended it coura

geously. Guillaume fled to the French lega

tion and the most prominent of his

supporters. General Oscar, governor

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Topeka state journal. (1915). Topeka, Kansas, 1915-07-28. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82016014/1915-07-28/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Topeka state journal, 1915-07-28.