1914, June–August 29: (The Zamors’ Last Stand: Delly’s Attentat, Simon Sam’s Investment, and Théodore Disguised as a Woman): The situation in Port-au-Prince …

1914, June–August 29: (The Zamors’ Last Stand: Delly’s Attentat, Simon Sam’s Investment, and Théodore Disguised as a Woman): The situation in Port-au-Prince was precarious — American consular officer Ross Hazeltine reported Zamor unpopularity rising apace with financial distress, and the city was full of Théodore supporters. As early as June 14, at Pont Beudet in the Cul-de-Sac, an American observer noted Dominican rebels circulating freely among people at the railroad station, all dressed in revolutionary style wearing the customary scarlet hat band or sash. Thinking the time opportune in the capital, General Delly again mounted an attentat — after heavy street fighting on July 17 and 18, culminating in an attack on the palace on the night of the 19th, the government prevailed, and Delly sought German hospitality while less fortunate supporters were run down and executed on the street corners. Among those who quickly joined Delly were old T. A. Simon Sam and three sons — blind since 1908, the old man had come home to Rue Lamarre and was now investing some of his large remaining fortune in the future of his fellow Consolidard and cousin, Vilbrun Guillaume. A Foreign Office official in London, reviewing dispatches from Port-au-Prince, minuted simply that the present Haitian government was doomed — he was right enough, but the game was not quite played out. Oreste Zamor got all the way to the Cap after some initial difficulties and swept the plain of Cacos, capturing Ouanaminthe on August 29, and Davilmar Théodore — disguised as a woman — barely squeaked across the border to Dajabón, where Livingston reported Desiderio Arias was playing a double game, sheltering and openly aiding the revolutionaries while protesting undying friendship for the government and promising to aid them in consideration of a certain amount of money and ammunition.