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worked up to a pitch Of frenxied ex*

i citement, led the mob which rushed

i Into the legation, seised the Haitlen

president and dragged him to the

street, where his body was riddled with

bullets.

i The president, with his fatnily. had

taken refuge in the French legation

i yesterday after he saw that the few

i loyal troops left to him could no

longer hold the presidential palace

i against the fury of the crowds at

tacking it. During the afternoon and

I night a throng of infuriated men re

mained before the legation, callig out

I impreciations and threatening to

storm the place if Sam was not de

j livered to them.

Mob Rushes legation.

The new president. Dr. Rosalvo,

made no attempt to keep order, so

far at least as his predecessor was

concerned.

All night the body of Genera! Oscar,

Sam's governor of Port au Prince, lay

before the Dominican legation. It

was the report that he had fled yes

terday after an unsuccessful attempt

t» protect the presidential palace.

But the mob was less considerate of

the neutral ground covered by the

Dominican legation than that covered

by the French legation. Further

more, Oscar was a more Immediate

object of their hatred, a* it wa» he

who had ordered the execution of the

ISO political prisoners.

The people are In a state of intense

excitement, and while no violence has

been threatened since the assassina

tion of Sam. It is feared that a further

outbreak may occur at any moment.

It is expected, meanwhile, that the

American cruiser Washington will ar

rive soon, and that Rear Admiral Cap

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Richmond Virginian. (1915). Richmond, Va., 1915-07-29. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn90052005/1915-07-29/ed-1/?sp=1

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Richmond Virginian, 1915-07-29.