Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1915 — U. S. May Seize Control Of Hayti to Stop Trouble. [ARTICLE]

U. S. May Seize Control Of Hayti to Stop Trouble.

At the request of Secretary Lansing, Rear Admiral Caperton has been sent to Hayti with the ship Washington and 400 marines to protect the lives of Americans and foreigners. This is the first step taken by the United States to re-establish peace in the Haytian republic. If trouble continues more marines and blue jackets will be sent to the aid of Admiral Caperton. A mOb of infuriated people Wednesday removed Vibrumo Guillaume, president of Hayti, from the French legation, where he took refuge, and shot him to death in front of the building. After this the body was mutilated and a rope tied around the neck and dragged through the streets. This act of violence followed the burial of 160 political prisoners who were massacred in prison. The mob was composed mostly of relatives of the victims of this wholesale execution.