The sun

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blnzes Perkins set lire to his own horn

to gel the Insurance, which Is retire-

isented ns far above the real value of

'the house. Sevetal other ariests uro e

pected, nn- urn' gin says I lint rerKltls loin

her iibout the fire, She has been living

The Ftlley girl soys Hint Perkins lold

jut the Perkins house.

PRESIDENT OF HAYTI

DIES INPALACE FIRE

An H.vploNion Wrecks Wooden

Struct nrcl-OO Killed or

Wounded.

Itl'MOKS OF 3Il'RI)EH PLOT

Potl-aii-Princc Fndci' Military

Authority and No Dis

turbance FeAred.

Kial (.Jilt Deipatclt to Tut St'.

I 'out Af I'p.incr, Ilaytl, Auk. 8. Gen.

Cltuinnatus I.c Conte. President of the

Republic of Ilaytl. was killed at 3:1&

o'clock this morning In nn explosion

nnd lire which destroyed the palace.

Munitions of war were stored under the

palme In large quantities. There was

an explosion of these which partially

wrecked the palace nnd shook nearby

parts of the city. The palace, which

was of wood, took lire. A series of

lesser explosions followed and prevented

tho tlretncn from worklntr. It Is esti

mated that many poison? were cither

killed or Injured by the explosion.

There Is an unconfirmed rumor here

that Ihe death of the President was the

cutmlnatlnn of a plot due to the boun

dary dispute between Haytlans and Do

minicans. All the members of President I.e

conte's family except the President him

self were rescued. Those" who did the

lei-cue work were unable to find the

President In the building Bin1. Ilnally

themselves were driven out by the

rapidly burning tiro nnd the succession

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The sun. (1912). New York [N.Y.], 1912-08-09. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83030272/1912-08-09/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The sun, 1912-08-09.