The sun

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weeks in Irons and had been tortured dally

by order of Hyppollte compel her tell of

the whereabouts of her husband As soon as

ho was caught and shot on that day she was

set tree The canno or the attack on tho prison

was an order Isollod by lire 1reHldent to take

all these prisoners to sea on a Haitian man

ofwar and there shoot or drown them all

An hour and a half after the attack on the

prisoncontinued the speaker the whole

sale slaughter was begun In the streets Tie

houses of ibe several Consuls well guarded by

troops who bad orders shoot any who might

go there to sork refnee whether natives or

Foreigners When this condition of affairs was

understood the Consuls tbnught It time to put

a stop to It all The Hranlsh Consul therefore

being the senior diplomatic oflloer on no

oount of the absence of the French

Minister who was at La Coupe of tho

English Minister who hllll not been ap

pointed since the accession of Hyppollte

and of the United States Minister who was

bI iitng tn his cellar called the meeting Mr

Bassett commonly recognized an the virtual

representative of our Government by reason

of the Incompetence the real incumbent

was present at the meeting flu put a stop to

all progress by saying that Hypoollto was In

Ibo right that the white people lynched the

negroes In the United tHat and that the cot

orsd race In a land where it was the master

was justified In killing us many whlto men as

pouibie tOot the only mull he had to find

with the President was that he did not shoot

every white mars In Haytl My authority for

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The sun. (1891). New York [N.Y.], 1891-07-07. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1891-07-07/ed-1/?sp=5

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The sun, 1891-07-07.