Rock Island Argus

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the end of a rope, it was dragged

throueh the streets of the city.

I The people of Port An PriDce ara In

a state of intense excitement and fur-

but a mob stormed the building, and

dragging him through the streets, ex

ecuted him by shooting.

f'eisrn of Rloodshed.

The last 3f, hours have Roen In Port

Au Prince a succession of violent

events, bloodshed and niaRHacres. For

five months there had been an active

revolutionary movement against Pres

ident Guillaume. headed bv Dr. Ro

salvo Bobo. Cp to yesterday this ac-

J tivjty had been confined mostly to the

northern part of the republic.

At fiKvbreak a disbanded Haftlen

regiment began an attack on President

Guillaume and a band of his follow

I ers, uiio took refuge in the presiden

tial palace and defended it courag

enusly.

I Guillaume fled to the French lega

tion and the most prominent of his

supporters, General Oscar, governor

general of Port Au Prince, took ref

use in the Dominican legation.

It. beiame known during the day

that politieal prisoners to the number

of ICO had been executed yesterday

j morning on orders issued by General

Oscar. An Infuriated mob dragged

The second ad of retaliation on the

part of the people of Port Au Prince

evidently i ame today. They counted

Guillaume as also responsible for the

political executions of yesterday and

vented aunimary vengeance on him.

I". S. ('miser on Scene.

Washington, D. C, July 28. The

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miral Caperton, 700 bluejackets and

an expeditionary force of 100 ma-

rines sailed from Cape Haitien last

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Rock Island Argus. (1915). Rock Island, Ill., 1915-07-28. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92053934/1915-07-28/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Rock Island Argus, 1915-07-28.