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his cabinet have been in controversy

with the Haitien parliament over the

course to be taken with regard to the

framing of a new constitution to con

form with the treaty between Haiti

and, the United States. The president

and the cabinet, according to a des

patch from Port au Prince on April 29,

threatened to resign if the deputies

and senators declined to abide by the

presidential decree, dissolving the sen

ate, and persisted, in continuing to as

sume legislative powers instead of

meeting merely as a body designated to

frame the new constitution.

Rear Admiral Caperton, commanding

the American forces in Haiti, took defi

nite stand in support of President

Dartiguenave when the legislators re

fused to accept the dissolution decree,

which the admiral held to be valid, a

later despatch declared.

WEALTHY FARMER CONFESSED

MURDER OF FORTUNE TELLER

Giles W. Trask of Frankfort, Ind,

Claimed Woman Had Blackmailed

Him.

Frankfort. Ind.. Mav 4.-Giles W.

Trask, wealthy farmer and elevator

owner, confessed today, the police say,

mat ne Killed .Mrs. Alice A. Evans, a

fortune teller known as Madam Rand.

According to tne alleged confession,

TrasK said the woman had been black

mailing Him, and he went to her

home last night to make a settlement.

An altercation followed and he struck

her with an axe.

Trask, who is married. Is 45 years

and the murdered woman was 56. He

has been charged "with murder in the

first degree. Mrs. Bvans was found

in a dying condition in front of her

home last night and was taken to a

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Norwich bulletin. (1916). Norwich, Conn., 1916-05-05. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014086/1916-05-05/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Norwich bulletin, 1916-05-05.