Evening star

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I met Mr. Barbot for the first inter

view any reporter has had with him.

It was somewhere in Port au Prince,

but I could never find it again.

It was dark and raining hard

when I received word that Mr. Bar

bot would see another newsman and

me.

Started Walking

We were instructed to start walk

ing north on a certain street. When

a man approached and handed us a

cereal box picture of a baseball

player we were to go with him.

As we walked, we watched to see

if we were being followed, as news

men are in this country, but could

see nothing on the murky, unlighted

streets.

In about 10 minutes, the head

lights of a car approached us, slowed

down and the driver eyed us intent

ly before going on. A minute passed

and he drove back again, stopped

and handed the baseball card to me

without saying a word. We got into

the car and we drove away into the

labyrinth of Port au Prince’s streets.

The driver was a Negro who did

not speak to us but accepted some of

our cigarettes. He repeatedly wiped

his face with a handkerchief. I

passed the time in the car trying to

think up a cover story in case we

were stopped by “Papa Doc’s” police

or the blue-uniformed militia who

had killed a man earlier in the day

at a political rally.

It may have been 20 minutes be

fore we finally halted on a dark

street. We could see a few shadowy

figures nearby. They seemed to in

spect us and then Jade out of sight.

Mr. Barbot’s henchmen, they were

guarding their chief. We walked into

a dripping grove of trees, ap

proached a dimly-lit house and the

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1963). Washington, D.C., 1963-05-22. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1963-05-22/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1963-05-22.