Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-09
CORY HlPPOLYTE.
Hayti's President Revels in HUI.
man Bloodshed.
FEARFUL SLAUGHTER CT CITIZENS.

About 800 Shot Down without Mercy,
in the streets. for Supposed ImpIiea-
tion in ReveIt-Doings That Smack
Of the Proceedings of Dark Ages
Despot-A Prison Delivery That Wa.
Followed by shame frI Butcheries
NEW YORK, June 9-Advices from Port
ae-Prince, Hayti, to June l were received
mary: For the last two or three weeks
there have been rumors that revolution
against Hippolyte was imminent in this
capital, and these having reached the ears
of the chief executive he caused the arrest
Of absut eighty suspected persons, dragged
them from their homes, and put them in
irons in prison. Among the suspected was
Gen. Scully, who, hearing he was wanted,
hid himself. Failing to secure the general
himself, his wife was taken instead and
thrown into prison On Thursday, May
Is, while President Hippolyte was attend.
ing church, former cabinet minister at
the head of eighty followers, all well
armed, stormed the prison and released
200 political and other prisoners.
Slaughter of 600 Insurgents.
The released prisoners We're provided
with arms and when Hfrpolyte,s troop>
arriveS on the scene there was a bloody
battle. Hippolyte, fearing that he would
he shot down by some of the rebels if he
appeared on the street. remained III The
church all day guarded by soldiers. H
called out the reserve militia and the
Rebels We're soon routed. The header CT
the rebels, the Soxner saSinet miIrste{,
whose name the officers of the vessel did
not learn, was captured and shot at once.
BY Thursday night forty of the rebels
had been captured and put to death.
Others were captured and shot on Friday,
Saturday and sunday. Every man sus
pected OF being in sympathy with the in
surgen<s was put to death without trial a.
soon a. captured. Most Of the 800 prison
egs released from Jail by the insurgents
were recaptured and shot.
Cause of the Insurrec<ion.
The OUT break seemed to have been pre-
Cipitated by the killing Of Ernst Rigaud,
the largest merchant al Port-au-Prince,
by order OF President Hippolyte Rigaud,
who alleged that he was French subject,
had been in Paris some time and had only
recently returned 10 Havti EN-president
Legltlue = N EarlS ana l. supposed 10 he
in secret communication with his sympa.
thizeCs in Hayti. Rigaud was suspected
of being in sympathy with the Legitime
party and Of aiding them. II was he
leved that Le had brought from Paris 8
cargo of arms Tor the rebels. On Thurs
day morning. May y. President Hippo
| lyte went 10 the house q kiCaud, fol
| lowed by detachment of soldiers.
The Murder a. Ri..aud,
The soldiers remained outside while the
| president entered alone. lie asked the
| merchant il Ice did not have guns coz
| cealed in his house RigaGd answered
| that he had no guns in the house. ~TheI
| You have them at your store" said The
! president. Yhe merchant replied that l.,
! had no guns concealed anywhere, but u i
said that he insUlJed HTppolyte and or
| deref him ont of the house. Putting Iii
hand on Rigaud's shoulder the presiden
said: Come with me" They left tn.
| house together and stepped out in fson
! of the waiting soldiers. Without anothe
word to RiGaud Hippolyte stepped asid
and gave the order to fire. Tie soldier
raised their guns and fired a volley int
| the body OF the rich merchant. He fei
| dead in front Of his house.