Evening journal., 1891-06-18
WAS HIPPOLYTE SHOT?
A Report to That Effect from
Hayti.
HORRIBLE CRIMES PERPETRATED

Hundreds of DefenSeIess Prisoners, Ene-
| mics Of the President. shot Down Like
Dogs in the streets--Awful scenes Of
Carnage Reported at the Island.
NEW YORK, June fs.-The little steamer
Alyo, Of the Atlas line, arrived here yester-
day with cargo Of bananas and choice
assortment of insurreetionary news from
Hayti, where Hippolyte's friends and foes
are indulging in one Of those Kilkenny
cat games for which the island is famous.
The most startling item Of information
brought by the Alvo was a rumor that
Hippolyte had been shot on June 3. The
Alvo picked that up pat Navassa, where she
touched on June :, but no detailed infor-
nation was obtained that would substan.
tiate the report.
Later the Alvo got hold Of some papers
from Kingston, Jamaica, and one OF them,
The Daily Cleaner, of june II, stated that
a report had reached there that Hippolyte
had been killed by bullet, but in the ah.
sence Of any well authenticated informa-
ton no credenee could be given TO the re.
port, which many people were disposed to
regard as too good to be true"
Tortured by Soldiers
The Alyo, though scheduled to stop at
Port an Prince for freight and passengers,
kept clear Of that town on account OF the
insurrection there. The Alvo tarried two
days in Jaeinel harbor, on the southern
coast of Hayti, about fifty miles from
Port an Prince, and there got news Of the
bloody doings at Port au Prince, which
caused feeling Of intense indignation
against Hippolyte. There is a small gar
rison at Jacmel and il is alleged. they ar
rested six Of the men whose indignation
was not pronounced and threw them into
Jail
Next day small company Of Hippolyte's
soldiers came over from Port au Prince to
execute vengeance ON the six prisoners.
They were tied TO posts in the street and
the soldiers, by instructions fired three
volleys, taking care that the first two
should MAIN and not kill, so that the
townspeople might be intimidated by the
spectacle
Horrible scenes.
One Of the poor wretches, the narrators
say, survived the three volleys and. nm
able to speak, made an appealing gesture
for mercy. Two soldiers stepped forward
One leveled his musket at the mans
heart and the other at his temple. ana
both fired simultaneously. Another sol
dier saying that he recognized in one Of
the bodies man who had killed his father
Ia prior revolution, emptied the contents
Of repeating rifle into it and then smiled
with satisfaction.
They Vowed Vengeance.
The butchery Is said to have been Wit
messed by a large crowd Three honrs
after the execution the corpsas were still
strewn about the streets While the sol
diers remained in the town the people con
cluded that discretion was the better part
OF valor and kept their feelings to them
selves, but when the soldiers left they
vowed vengeance against Hippolyte and
his butchers The shooting took place on
June and the Alvo left Jacmel on June
9. Chief Mate William Bishop said that
Hayti might be compared to a powder
magazine about which several people
were prowling with lighted matches. The
whole island was liable TO explode at any
moment, Scenes Of bloodshed and need
less cruelty were of daily occurrence.
killing His Enemies.
Captain Higgins, who took passage on
the Alvo at Nayassa, said that on May 20
100 prisoners were shot, and on Nav %
there was a repetition Of the butcherv. On
May 80 fifteen people were executed, and
ON the succeeding day eleven. Hippolyte
was getting rid Of his enemies daily by or.
dering them shot, but Captain Higgins
was Of the opinion that this would not
prevent more serious outbreaks in the
near future than any that had vet oc-
cured Minister Hannibal Price. the
official representative Of Hippolyte's gov
ernment, said that he put no faith what
ever in the report that IIippolyte had been
shot