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THE PLOT AGAINST POWELL

Certain Dominicans Anxious to Be

Rid of Minister Powell.

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New York, Dec. 16.—The alleged plot

to assassinate William F. Powell, Unit

ed States minister to Hayti,

and charge d'affaires at San

to Domingo, was disclosed in a

communication from an official of

the present Domincan government to a

fellow countrymen in this city, who

formerly was an official under Wos y

Gil, the recently-deposed president of

the republic.

The letter states that the plot had

been so arranged that ex-Presldent

Jimlnez, under whose leadership, Wos y

Gil was overthrown, should be killed

at about the same time.

The plot to assassinate Minister Pow

ell, it was asserted, was conceived be

cause of his opposition to plans of cer

tain officials.

The plan, as reported, was to let two

or three men get into a fight on a street

along which Mr. Powell was passing. It

was arranged that, in the melee, other

plotters should engage and It would be

an easy matter to kill the American ‘by

accident.’

With regard to Jiminez, the writer

asserts that he was to be the victim

of plain assassination, and that already

two unsuccessful attacks have been

made upon his person. The first oc

curred December 6, when a shot was

fired at him while he was driving. The

second attempt was made three days

later.

While the plot against Minister Pow

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Newport weekly independent. (1903). Newport, Ark., 1903-12-18. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn89051128/1903-12-18/ed-1/?sp=2

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Newport weekly independent, 1903-12-18.