The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-06-13
HENS SHOT DOWN LIKE DOGS.
Hyriolite and His Government Thor
mighty Alarmed at the Fury
They Have Stirred Up.
w 800 Persons Killed Between
law 20 and June 1-Business
M Practically Suspended.

BoRT-AU-PRINCE, June S.-The massa-
CT of st. Bartholomew sinks into insig-
ni6eance beside the scenes enacted here
ID Me last few days. For the last two or
three weeks there has been rumors that
3 evolution against Hypolite was immi-
nent in this capital, and these having
reached the ears of the chief executive
he caused the arrest of about eighty sus-
pected persons, dragged them from their
homes, and put them in irons in prison.
Among the suspected was Gen. Sully,
who, hearing he was wanted, hid him
self. Failing to secure the general him.
self his wife was taken instead and
thrown into prison.
The outbreak of rebels occurred on
Thursday, May 26. while President Hip
polyte was attending church, a former
cabinet minister at the head of eighty
followers. all well armed, stormed the
prison and released GC0 political and
other prisoners. The released prisoners
were provided with arms and when Hip
polyte's troops arrived on the scene
there was a bloody battle. HippOlyte,
fearing he would be shot down by some
Of the rebels if he appeared on the street,
remained in church all day guarded by
the soldiers. He called out the reserve
militia and the rebels were soon put to
route. The leader Of the rebels,
a former cabinet minister, whose
name, the officers of the vessel did not
learn. was captured and shot at once
BY night of Thursday forty of the rebels
had peer captured and put to death
The others were captured and shot or
Friday. Saturday and Sunday. Every
man suspected of being in sympathy
with the insurgents was put to dealt
without trial as soon as captured. Mos
of the 200 prisoners released from Jail b.!
the insurgents were recapturcd an6
shot.
The outbreak seemed to have beer
precipita'ed by the killing of Ernes
Riga, the largest merchant at Port al
Prince, by order of President Hippolyte
Regand, who alleged be was a French
subject, had been in Paris some tim
and had only recently returned to Hayti
Ex-President Legitime is in Paris and i
supposed to be in secret communication
with his sympathizers in Hayti. HIP
polyte no doubt thought this wOult
Brighten the friends Of I4egitime VIII
contemplated an outbreak but it seem
to have reused them to fur
and they attacked the prison AM
the release Of political prisoner
followed in IA few hours. On Saturda
morning, May 30, the nephew of Ernes
Rigant, who was associated with him i
business. called at President Hippolytc'
house to ask about the killing of hi
uncle. The young man did not knO'
his uncle was shot by order of he pres
ident. He believed it was done by tn
soldiers without orders. and he intende
to demand an investigation. As soon d
he addressed the president and state
the object Of his visit, Hyppolyte ordere
him shot. He was at once drrgged int
the street by the soldiers and shot deaf
The outbreak caused great e!
citement in Port-au-P Prince, and tho
oughly alarmed Hippolyte an
his government. The full milital
reserve force was called out. the custom
house and all public buildings wei
closed and no one was allowed to leaN
the city without a passport from II
government. About the same tin
Alexis Rossignol, inoffensive and muc
esteemed, was executed in the street
another man was put up against a C
thedral wall and shot; seventeen We
executed in a batch, and even at tn
date an occasional volley tells that a
other poor wretch has been sent to h
doom. There is no fighting in IL
streets to excuse this measure. Eve
execution is carried out in the mo
cold-blooded way. the executio
ers being soldiers belonging
the most degraded type of men wi
seem to enjoy the bloody task. Day al
night the troops of Hippolyte patrol Il
streets searching for persons suspect'
of being in sympathy with the insurgeI
party. Business is practically susperde
The bodies of rebels shot are left lyll
in the streets for several our as
warning. 1t is estimated that from M
2G to June l,3C0 persons were killed.