The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-18
.PERDICARIS NOT
FIRST VICTIM
An EngIishman Named Harris
Held For Ransom.
NARROWLY ESCAPED MURDER
NAIL REPORT FROM REAR AID
MIRAL CHADWICK.

Washington. June 17.-Rear Admiral
Chadwick. commanding the fleet OF
American warships at Tangiers, Morocco,
I'm q mail report to the navy department
relatives 10 the seizure OF Perdicarls ana
Aartey by kalsuH- says he called win
Consul eneral Gummere Oh the minister
on Foreign aIlalrs az ranger informing
him shat "the squadron had been sent 10
mark the sense of the gravity of the
situation on the part of our government
The report says Raisuus adherents,
numbering not more than 100 men bearing
arms. occupy Q region thiTty-tiEe miles
southwest Of Taugiers that Raisui long
has been llsaIfected ana iD state or
insurgency against the sGlJan's authority.
A number of his adheTents are now i'm
prison I'm ldugler. ana there are NUM-
Der of Moors I'M the city who aId MIN.
ABOUT year ago a village or RaisuI
people near Tangier was burned by gov
ernuent troops. An Euglishr1an- Mr..
Harris. the admiral adds. had a servant
who was a native of the village attacked.
and on his requesting to go there 10 look
after his family was accompanied by taE-
ris- Continuing, the admiral says of
Harris:
Narrowly Escaped Murder.
"Ie was seized and carried back some
ten or twelve miles into the country ana
though many of the tribesmeu were his
warm friends, held TO exchange Cor some
prisoners taken FROM the tribe and held
IN Tangler. From Harms account he
narrowly escaped murder, as many of the
unruly and fanatical nillsmgn knew MOTH
ing of him except that he was q Chris
tian and captive. He was. after three
weeks detention, exchanged for seven
teen of the prisoners mentioned inls was
the foundation of the present difficulty.
no European ever had been seized before.
but this case evidently Slowed the way
TO further advantage and resulted i'm the
seizure of Perdicaris and of his stepSon,
Mr.. Narley. Miss Nariey, daughter mas
been married some years TO Mr.. Gentle,
secretary of the Italian legation there,
and who. II is said rs now an object or
haisuli's raid, In order TO lmpllcdte the
Italian government also. Tt viii he seen
that the action is wholly one against the
sultan. or more Immediately against the
suItan's representative in this region
only One Outcome.
In conclusion, the admiral says;
There can he but one outcome when
can be insisted upon which Is a yielding
Apart from the fact that the former
knows he is pOWerless to accomplish any
thing against Raisuhs people in the
mountain region such an attempt would
be q signal for the immediate death OF
the two CaptiEes This is well under
stood and no such attempt viii be made
Pressure is now being put on the sultan
to come to ar early a conclusion I'm the
every alienation possible Is gwen A
main iustrumeutalitE i'm this is Muir Ali,
grand sheerrif and of his wife, an English
( woman. who is now resident OF ranger
Muir Ali IS now With the captVes. As
he represents one OF the foremost reiI-
'EiOus families. his influence over the
fauatlcal natives p po"etIut one
[ though somewhat Vitiated by his Euro
Dean education. which extend so FAR as
I serving as AN officer iu the French cav
airy. AS is seen. the only thing possible
is to wait. i'm the meantime pressing the
sultan to accept the terms mentioned