The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-27
P[RD|CARIS TELLS
OF HIS CAPTURE
American Held for Ransom by
Bandit Raisull Nanates
His Adventures

TANGIER, June 26-Ion Perdicaris, the
American who last week was released by
the brigand Raisuli, was much better to-
day and gave an interview descriptive OF
the circumstances of his capture and of
his experiences while d prisoner in Raj
suits camp.
He says that on the night of May IS
he had just entered the drawing room
after dinner and, hearing noise among
the servants. he and Cromwell Marley,
the British subject who was also captured
by Raisuli. went out to investigate the
cause. They We're Immediately sur
rounded by armed Moors who bound and
maltreated them. Varley resisted and was
struck on the head with the butt of a
rife and knife was slashed across his
hands, making a serious wound. AT first
it was thought Varley's skull had been
fractured
Perdicaris and Marley were then car
ried away on horseback They were bound
with ropes and roundabout roads We're
taken in order to avoid villages. me
bandits stopped at TSarradent twenty
four hours from Tangier. and Raisuh al
lowed PerdicariS to write to his Wife next
morning and also to the Shereef of Wa
Fan, asking them to intervene for him.
self and Varley.
HabItatIon Filthy
At Tsarradent the captives lived in a
filthy hut. They were not allowed to go
1UU NarQS away from II ana were strongly
guarded When the shereef of Wazan
arrived a big tent was placed at the dis
poSal of the prisoners, and in other ways
the shereef was the means of alternating
their condition to a considerable extent.
The attitude of the Moors changed from
insult to fair treatment
Spies of the pretender, who were in the
camp all the time, tried to induce Varley
TO accept post under the pretender.
RaiSuI daily held long converse lions
with the prisoners. He said anarchy was
reigning in the country. The luminosity
Of the people, he said, was not directeN
against the sultan but against his gov
errors.
Raisulis father, Perdicaris said, left him
much property and cattle, which aroused
the animOsity of the Kaids, who induced
the BashaW by presents to rob Raisuli
of his belongings and finally to impTison
him for four years al MOgador.
On his release RaiSuH interviewed Mo-
manned FL Torres, representative of the
sultan at Tangier, concerning the restitu-
ton of his property. and this being with
out avail. Raisuli swore to take the law
into his hands with the result already
known. Raisuli said he bore no i'll will
toward Europeans, but stated that the
only way to bring the Moorish govern
ment to its senses was by capturing Eu-
ropeanS until the foreign powers awaken
to realization of the existing conditions.
Poses as a Patriot
Perdicaris said that Raisuli is posing as
patriot who wants to see the country
happy and peaceful and he is offering to
accept the responsibility for maintaining
the country from Tangier to Eek and clear
1t of robbery and crime if he is backed up
by the powers. He found in Raisuli an
educated and intellectual man.
The only time the prisoners were
when they were at Barabin, the village
of Zelal the governor of the Benz M Sara
tribe. When the exchange occurred over
three hours was lost in the exchange of
compliments. RaiSuli refusing to talk
business until the last moment, being APP
parently very suspicious of an attempt
to capture him. When he received the
money and the men turned over to him
by the ransom party he hurried away
toward his village.
Perdicaris and Marley immediately
mounted their horses and proceeded for