The Cordova daily times

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PUBLICLY SHOT AND BODY DRAGGED THROUGH STREET*

PORT AU PRINCE, July 28.—The expected

attack on the French legation to lynch President

Guillaume, took place this afternoon, and ainid

scenes of the wildest confusion the black president

of Hayti, was dragged out of the building and shot

to death in the square in front of the legation. The

French minister protested against the mob violence,

hut the crowd was blood crazed, and nothing could

deter them from carrying out their fiendish ends.

After being shot dead', Guillaume’s body was tied to

a horse, and dragged throughout the streets of tin

city, to the admiring plaudits of the populace. Tin

greatest disorder prevails here, and the foreign

population is praying for the speedy arrival of tin

two American cruisers that are steaming here at

full speed.

PORT ALT PRINCE, July 28.—When morning

broke, President Guillaume was still sheltered in

the French embassy. The authorities of the embassy

feel that the president is far from safe, but the

embassy has no guards. All the doors have been

heavily bolted and locked, and preparations are

being made to withstand' a siege, although the

building is not of strong construction. There is no

possibility of spiriting the deposed president away,

as the revolutionits are on guard around the build

ing, and a close watch has been kept all night. Tin

mob around the prisoners is gathering in number?

every hour, and is becoming more threatening in it?

attitude as the day passes.

The deposed officials yesterday executed 16C

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The Cordova daily times. (1915). Cordova, Alaska, 1915-07-28. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86072239/1915-07-28/ed-1/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Cordova daily times, 1915-07-28.