The sun., 1891-06-09
DETAILS OF THE BUrcHERY.

Ratyss viii be disresardsd so.morrow morrow Tor ior
DETAILS OF THE BUTCHERY.
froeienatious ana Exeeatious Alternate
The Murder OF the Two Rirauds.
The first detailed news about Hayti's latest
insurrection reached here yesterday. with the
letter given above. on the Dutch stenmship
Oranie Nassau. one OF Kunhardt Il Co.'S boats.
she brought with her sixtosn passengers from
Port-au- Prince nearly all OF whom saw the
night OF Thursday, May 2s. and the vongeful
execution after IL was over.
The insurrection was the outcome Of the ar
rest OF political leaders who month ago, It is
alleged. attempted or conspired to assassnate
president Hyppolite Tho plot was exposed
| W Zen. Heraux La Forrest. who had been
taken into the secret. There were about 100
OF these arrests. and the prisoners were con-
dnsd In tho Government prison at Port au-
Prince together with at least q hundred other
prisoners accused OF various crimes.
May 2s is u festival-the feast Of the Holy
Sacrament It is almost universally observed
by the Haytians, and the plotters chose 1t as
the day when there would be fewer armed
| guards at the jail and fewer soldiers at the
arsenal Besides Hyppolte himself would pro-
badly bc at the cathedral and unarmed.
There were eighty men in the plot. led by
Gen. Sully- -duerrlor and Francois Gratia.
Gen. sully-Guerrier was formerly In command
OF the Palace guards. and Grata was ono of
the ofhcors In chnree Of the prison. They ar
ranged all the details OF the plot. their follow
ers agreeing to be rendy when the signal was
| given.
Hyppolito got wind OF the plot. but he did
not take preoaution sufiicient to prevent the
riot. Very early on Thursday morning. the
2sth. crowd sptanR up about the jail. They
came from oil directions and seemed all to ap-
pear at tho same instant. They formed In
solid body and rushed at the jail. II was oil
them. and In an instant the 26O prisoners were
The .ss sslsassd sep.yss and ,hsi. re Iessuers
from tue 1ail. Only tho eighty men who had
tho sSud
be seized at the arsenal ,Messengers ran in
ii %ss Th' II.
aha presidaent n brushed tho messenger aside: A
Ssred ass d. and he also or
The reonle In The church suspected what
sa and several Of the
found an armed ioiss there that they had not not
out sne soldiers S wh9 we're with bin: He
nss isSss sSs,ss
had 0s ssd to sh' scale s'qS Se
rfHz Sgppos Ms'' and i II, Ss %ass
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oafS Of not GSa sSs n sass
Many Of she crowd ioll. some with mortal q.
|ortes The tn'sTlGsats% nv! "a % %rs,rsn.sd from the
snos ss fssS Sana s.eod
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ssRE' INTO h% TSss aS s ap sSs essl
90 hour: and marched rriumphantly back
II The President issued this proclamation:
"The enemies Of order. ,nistn ntsrpreting the
:: 81 Is
!s y e. fs
ssa The same Bsdtre WHO was % spared sc some H; days
sassn ths msrsy q its sbs ots
ais PossiOns Of ths city: but the ioIees oi shs
i;oysr1nsnt; although sgrpsssa; sspul.sd
masters mast nii Of the Situation "A''' "' ' ~"
EsassSIEs yOSrssiyss, Rsssssial citizens oi
the ropnpllc;, nave promised you 20 MAINTAIN
RSaS; @v lie. But Eos 70 shs Saihers Of this dis.
es Ss
are are searching lor ibs others. ''
dom 81 Sn
that WI 1S S ss1sf ss .s o svS
ss ass:se%s:s s;si il e is,E hoq;s "a, ssi% has
isSi, and Year aof q indeesnd es a.
usass: had been susDscdsd OF account Of
asrs 10 20 them and arres
suspect In this house;to- house search seven.
she the
ss rt4s y % Ss. s IL sa5
sS, the hsss:
Gratia were found and were marched Triumph |
entity 10 the common and shot. after which the
OF congratulation:
ORDER or THE DAY.
"H,,s.,1. r'e'lds"' Of "ayt' to "' People and "s
After having. on, the, sorrowfnl day of tho |
O. M sS 1sad Of srSal
sbs santa % teew !" ins vas
III xas loasd yssserd.y morning at Morne.
s-Tut, In the house OF q woman. ghnrmantine
Mandolin H. company With one OF his, princi-
Gratis OF the uovefnment Guards. and With
peissns named LeSsr Caririn;i Lnns .s Doysre
Francois Gratia the most culpnble OF ali. have
paid With their lives the penalty fbr their Grim
5 X ss prson as ey s Es
cred To their proper judRes,
"Citizsns and soldiers; have done this to
fhe Goverpment will always know how to do
its duty without default and without weakness.
~, "PoEt;:ssq;; Prince. National Palace slst Of
Two Killings that are described as atrocIous
murders happened on Fridey, the 20th. Two
storisE were told about them. Tue Victims