The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-27
PERDlCARlS WAS
BADLY TREATED
Brigand Raisuli Seldom Showed
Him Any Consideration.
SKULL ALMOST FRACTURED
SAYS ANARCHY IS REIGNING IN
THE COUNTRY.
r Angler. jane 26--Ion Perd1earis.

e Angler. June 26--Iou Perdfcaris.
the American who last week was
released by the brigand Raisuii
was much better today and gave the
Associated Press an interview descTipt-
i've of the circumstances of his capture
and of his experiences while a prisoner
in Raisulis camp.
He says that on the night Of May IS
he just entered the dining room. and,
hearing a noise among the servants,
he and Cromwell Earley. the British
subject, who was also captured by Raj
suli. went out TO investigate the cause.
They were Immediately surrounded by
armed MO0Ts. who bound and mai
treated them. Narley resisted and was
struck on the head with the butt of n
rifle and a knife was slashed across
his hands. making serious wounds.
AT first If was thought Narley's skull
had been fractured. PeT5icaris and
Varley were then carried away on
horseback. They We're bound with
ropes, and roundabout roads were tax
en- i'm order to avoid villages. The ban
dts stopped at Tsarradent, twenty
four hours from TaugieT. and Raisuli
allowed Perdicaris to write to hts wife
the next morning, and also TO the
shereef of Nazan asking them TO in
teTVeue for himself and Narley-
At Tsarradent the captives lived in
a filthy hut. They were not allowed
to go 100 yards away from it, and were
strongly guarded. When the shereet or
Wazan arrived a big tent was placed
at the disposal of the prisoners, and in
other ways the shereef was the means
OF aIIeviating their condition to a con-
siderable extent. The attitude of the
OIoors changed from insult to fair
treatment.
Spies of the pretender who were I'm
the camp all the time, tried 10 induce
Marley to accept a post under the pre-
tender.
Anarchy Reigns in Country.
Raisui daily called and held long
conversations with the prisoners. He
said anarchy was reigning in the eoun-
try The animosity Of the people, he
said was not directed against the sui
tan. but against his governors.
Raisulis father. PerdicaTis said. left
him much property and cattle, which
aroused the luminosity of the Kaids,
who induced the BashaW by presents 90
rob Raisuli of his belongings and final
~ to imprison him for four years at
AIogador.
on his release Raisuli interviewed
Aohammed FL Torres, representative
of the sultan at Tangier, concerning
the restitution Of his property. and this
without avail. RaisuIi swOTe to take
the law into his own hands, with the
results already known. Falsuh sald
char he bore mo- iU-Wiu toward the Eu-
rODeanS. but stated that the only way
10 bring the Moorish government 70
its senses was by capturing Europeans
until the foreign powers AWAKEN 20 d
realization of the existing conditions.
Mr.. PerdicaTis said that RaIsun is
posing as q -patriot who wants TO see
the country happy and peaceful. ana
he is offering TO accept the TesponSl-
bility for maintaining the country from
Tangier to Fee and clear It OF ROBBERY
and crime. if ne is backed up by the
powers. He found in Raisuli an edu-
Gated and intellectual man.
The only time the prisoners were
anxious was during the last two days.
when they were at Barabin, the village
of Zelal the governor of the Bent
lTSara tribe. When the exchange oc-
CURED over three hours were lost I'M
the exchange of compliments, Raisui
refusing 20 talk business until the last
moment, being apparently very sus-
piciOus of an attempt to capture him.
When he received the money and the
men were returned by him to the ran
som party, he hurried away toward
his village.
Perdicarls and VarIey Immediately
mounted horses and proceeded to Tan
Eier. q journey of sixteen hours.
Opinion Of Raisuli.
During the interview Perdicaris ex-
pressed gratitude to the English speak
ing people for their sympathy during
his captivity.
Describing Raisuli further. he said
he did not get the impression tSat he
was q sOrdid man. but one who favored
the maintaiueuce Of law and order. He
exercised a great control over the peO-
pie and his followers, who display re-
markable devotion to him. His follow
ers are increasing continually. RaisuH
organized the confederation of the
Kabyles, I'D which for many years
anarchy existed HIS force now
amounts to 5000 men armed with
Mauser and Remington rifles.