The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-10-14
IN HAYTIAN PRISON.
Three Mea Are the Victims of Plot
Against White Race.
rHEY MAY BE PUT TO DEATH
Unless the United States Govern
mont Interferes and Saves
Them. Prisoners We're
Formerly Bankers.

Merchants Uf New York having
dealings with the Haytian govern.
ment have received written appeal
for help from three white men who
have been confined for nearly a year
in a dungeon in Port au Prince, In
which they charge that 6hey are vic,
tins Of political schemes and probably
will b. put 10 death soon unless,
through publicity the United States
Is moved to take action in their be-
half.
They are j. de la Myre Mory, Jean
Baptiste de PW baudet and @. Ohlrich
r. Tippenhauer, the first two t'rech-
men and the third a German. Under
the preceding administration OF the
island they had been directors of the
National Bank Of Hayti, and as such
had been authorized by the then min
ister of finance, p. Felue, to bond a
government debt, for which they
were to have received "gratitlca
ton" or commission.
Before the transaction had been
compl. ted, the present government,
head I'd by President Alexus Mold
came into power, and it Is declared
that he had the three bankers arrest
ed last November on charge of hay
Ing issued 100000 more of the bonds
than was stipulated In the budget In
nr1ar fn innrfoca No -
qualification"
According to the writer of the ap
peal, all their actions had been sane.
toned by the Haytian senate under
the former adninistration,Sbut this
tad 40 weight with Pres ident Nord, !,
who, 1T Is alleged, instructed the
judges of the court Of appeals to dis
regard the document aud act solely
upon patriotic motives, which means,
the letter says, the extinction of the
whites on the Island.
Both the French aud German minis.
ters to Hayti made an amicable de-
mand In January last upon that gov
eminent that the bank officials be re-
leased professionally II for no other
reason than the unsanitary condition
Of their prison, but the government
refused to take action on the ground,
that the laws Of Hayti prevented any
interference In the case.
We are the victims of Haytiau
politics." continues the writer; ''in
fact, the hatred is so great, against
tne' re people aid al RaInst all WHO
have lad anything to do with the
former government that life has be-
come almost impossible for the for
eigner in Hayt
The few good Haytian elements
have been suppressed by the reign Of
terror OF the old president, Nord
Enemies OF his government are con.
demned to death wholesale. The
newspapers do not dare say a word lest
they be Immediately condemned to
trial by military court martial. In
the streets the people are in terror,
remembering the massacre of the
whites in 1904, aud his public au-
diences the president speaks openly
against the foreigners, who he de-
clareS are responsible for all the mis-
fortunes CT Hayti.
Our prison, like all those for the
whites, has no water for bathing pur-
poses; the ROOT is in the rain; there
Is no hospital; the prisoner must pro
vide his own bedding, furniture and
meals, and must clean his dungeon.
Even foreigners who are detained
pending trial are treated In this man
ner. Please act quickly because in
month the criminal court will be
ready to hear our case, and the Hay
tians are In hurry to condemn us
before Intervention is possible.
a American interests are imperllleC
because American merchants and the
railroad Interests are in danger. Com
merce Is at the lowest ebb and all
foreign Interests 3 re trampled upon. -" \