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stroyed after an attack which lasted

for hours, and the Revolutionists are

In possession of tho city. How many

porsons havo been shot down in tho

streets and tho government buildings

cannot yet bo learned, bnt tho ex

changes between tho loyal supporters

of tho president and tho rebels wero

carried on with furious determination

on tho one side and desperate resolu

tion on the other.

Eventually president Gulllaumo,

General Oscar and the chief of police,

who were defending the palaco with

the aid of the president's personal

staff and other troops who had re

mained loyal, wero obliged to flee. At

that time one section of tho palaco was

burning.

Port Au Prince has been in a state

of panic for days. No ono knew when

he might be seized and cast ifcto

prison; there havo been wholesale ar

rests, apparently without cause by

order of the president or some of those

close to him.

General Oscnr, governor of Port Au

Prince and a supporter of President

Gulllaumo, caused to be oxecuted to

day at the time of tho outbreak of tho

revolutionary movement in this city,

all the political prisoners In tho hands

of tho government to tho number of

about one hundred and sixty men.

The victims of this massacro Includ

ed General Orostes Zamor, a formor

president of Haiti, who was driven out

of tho country last year and returned

in March, 1915, and was taken pris

oner. When the people of Port Au Prince

learned of the massacro there was a

general outbreak of Indignation. A

mob Invaded the Dominican legation,

where General Oscar took refuge aft

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The public ledger. (1915). Maysville, Ky., 1915-07-29. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85038022/1915-07-29/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The public ledger, 1915-07-29.