The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-10
A REIGN OF TERROR
In Hayti-Assassinations Ordered
by President Hippolyte.
RUMORS OF A Big REVOLUTION
Reach tho Ears of the cowardly Pres
ident, and He Has 1noftensive eitl.
zens Thrown Into Prison and Many
shot-.-A Boy Killed for Too Free
Talk.

PoRT Au PRINCE, May Sl.-For thelast
two or three weeks there have been
rumors that revolution against Presi-
dent Hyppolite was imminent in this.
capital, and these having reached the
ears of the Chief Executive he caused
the arrest of about eighty suspected
persons, dragged them from their
homes and put them in irons in
prison. Among the suspected was Gem
eral sully, who, hearing he was
wanted" hid himself. Failing to
secure the general himself, his wife was
taken instead and thrown into prison,
Corpus Christi, Thursday, May 2s, !waa
national holiday and it was reported
that on that date Hippolyte, in order TO
effectually terrify the populace, had or
dered a Gatlinggun to bebe taken down
to the prison and the eighty prisoners
to be summarily executed. The friends
of the prisoners, among whom We're
General Sully, met in council and
while the president was in the cathedr
raj, they forced open the prison doors
and freed nil the prisoners, about 2b0
in all. Then, by order OF the PRESIDENT
began series OF assassinations perhaps
uneuualed in the annals OF civilization
and TO which the massacre OF st. Bar
tholomew sinks into insignifcance.
PRISONERS BRuTAIIY SHOT.
Thefirst victim was Ernest Rigaud, 9
respected merchant, hard-worldng
man who occupied himself exclusively
with his business and was positively
known to have been perfectly iISsocent
of conspiracy OF any kind. lie was stt-
ting on the balcony with 'his'wlte when
the President passed, ordered him out
and sent him to thecemeteryt TO be shot.
He asked to be allowed to take his hat
(he was uncovered) and the Presidents
own words were: "You won't require
q hat long"
His nephew, boy Of fifteen or six
teen, followed him to the place OF execu-
ton and returned with the news to the
afflicted wife, who was still hoping to
bring influence to bear to save her hus-
band. He told her: "Itis useless; my
poor uncle has been foully murdered
These words were reported to the PRESS
dent, and twenty minutes later the boy
was brought before him. Being asked
il he had made the above statement, ne
did not deny it, but said: President,
I.have never conspired against you by
word or deed" The boy was shot ct
once.
SEVENTEEN KILLED IN A BATCH.
About the same time Alexis Rossig-
mol, an inofensive and much esteemed
man, was executed in the streets; an
other man was put up against the cath
edral wall and shot. Seventeen were
executed in one batch, and even at this
date an occasional volley tells that a1i-
other poor wretch has been sent to his
doom.
There is no fighting in the streets TO
cause this massacre; every execution is
carried out in the most cold-blooded
way; the executioners beihg soldiers
belonging to the most deg. q ed type OF
men, who seem to enjoy the bloody
task. 1t is impossible to enumerate in
detail all the murders that have been
perpetrated under the color Of law. 1t
Is estimated that from May Is to May
81 at least fifty persons have been put
to death and the figures are placed as
high as one hundred.
No one can say how long this state Of
affairs will last or what the result Will
be. Nor can any one who hhs not been
m eyewitness OF the scenes OF horror
enacted have an idea of the terrified
condition of the people OF Port au Prince.