Atlanta Georgian

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SUSPECTS ARRESTED

BY LOYAL SOLDIERS

Rumors of Conspiracy Led the

Executive to Have Soldiers

Close About Him.

FORT AV PRINCE. HAITI, Auk 9.

Haitlen soldiers today began making

arrests of men suspected of participa

tion in the blowing up of the national

palace yesterday, which resulted In the

death of President Leconte and the an

nihilation and wounding of probably 400

other persons, mostly Haitian soldiers.

General Tancrrde Auguste, who was

appointed acting president by the na

tional assembly to succeed Leconte, vir

tually placed the city under martial

law today, and issued a manifesto say

ing that a rigid investigation of the out

rage would be made. While soldiers

patrolled the streets others were at

work clearing away the wreckage of

the palace, which was burned after the

explosions had set It on fire..

Closely Guarded,

Fearing Conspiracy.

Although Leconte had been it» office

lee« than a year there were rumors of

conspiracy against him as the time of

his death. That was the reason Le

conte bad insisted on maintaining a

powder magazine and arsenal in his

palace, and why he kept hundreds of

soldiers stationed either in the struc

ture or 1n the immediate neighborhood.

The palace, a huge frame building re

sembling an American summer resort

hot*#, rather than the official residence

of the, head of a republic, caught fire

from an explosion in the magazine,

■which was immediately underneath Le

conte's chamber, and was soon envel

oped In flames.

The first explosion occurred at 8 a. m.

yesterday, and was followed quickly by

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Atlanta Georgian. (1912). Atlanta, Ga., 1912-08-09. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn89053729/1912-08-09/ed-2/?sp=1

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Atlanta Georgian, 1912-08-09.