The Butler weekly times., 1891-07-15

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els Lad Deca placed by HyiY-.yte,
who suspected that :. revelation was
be.2g plotted under the leadership
., General SILLY G1elr-,r4.wus beng
atorlned by the Aob. II this pris-
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ceAd.m!es who were delivered with
the rest. ! fact which the president
took It's an excuse for ,he sIaughters
OF tha. day.
TORTURE RESoHTED T..
"To show, however. that the IL
sIrgents were III rely irving to de
Iivel their friends and not ITO cII4l
nails, and that they did not even
know IN what cells their fr.en Is we're
confined. we know that they failed
to release their political captiyes. one
OF whom was Nine. Sul!y Guvrrara,
the wife Of their leader. This un-
fortunate woman has been incarcerat-
cd for weeks in irons and had been
tortured dia!y by order OF Hippo
lyte, to compel her 20 tell Of the
whereabouts Of her husband. AS
soon as he was caught and shot on
that day She was set free.
The cause Of the attack on the
prison was an order issuel by tn"
president to take all these prisoners
to Sea on a Haytian lnan of way and
there shoe. or drown them all
"Au hour and half after the at =.
tack on the prison the wholesale
slaughter on the streets begun The
houses of several consuls We're guard
ed by troops, who had OF ders to shoot
any who might go there to SEEK pro
lection, whether natives OF foreign
ers When this condition Of affairs
was understood, the consuls thought
it was time to stop it all. Th-
Spanish consul, theref re, being the
senior diplomatic office. on account
OF the ubsece Of the French minister
who was at lie Cope, OF the English
minister who has not been appoint
ed since the access, III OF Hipro1yte,
and Of the Unitel States minister
who Was hiding in his cellar, called
the meeting
Is BASSETT A ICNATIC'
Mr.. Bissett, commonly recosniz-
ell as the virtual representative of
our government, at present. He put
stop to all progress BY saying that
Hlppolyte WAS in the right, that the
white people lynched the negroes
III the United States and that the
colored race in the land where it
Was master wls justified in killing
as many white men as possible
Tn" only fault he All - lin with
til" president WAS that he dIi not
shoot every white man il Hayti
My authority fJr this statement"
explains the sam S informant, is Ar
thur Crosswell. who has for ninrt en
years been attorney Of :hc British
and Spanish legations, AMI who was
present at the meeting. Wheu this
opinion had been advanced bv the
represent tive OF the United States
each consul VAS compelled t. re
serve his own action. But whelt.
few minutes later. n. Rigaui. a
French merchant. wnils smoking a
cigar on his balcony. ia his door
broken III bv soldier. aud was shot
for net having saluted the pass
ing president whom he had not
even observed. when his nephew
was shot dead at his feet tor having
protested at this barbarity. then
the chancellor of the French lega-
ton put on his official uniform and
ascending the steps Of the palace.
declared that the first Frenchman
injured from that moment would be
the signal for the gathering and
arming Of the French colony, al d
that at their head he would take
such measures as was necessary for
preservation of life and property
Mr.. Rigaud, who was killed, was a
native born, a great grandson Of the
French General Rigaud and had ,e
Gently filed papers to obtain French
citizenship.
The energetic action Of the Frencl