The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-13
|RAISULI A
GENTLEMAN
PcrdicariS Writes Of 4
Bandit.
CHIEF HAS KIND HEART
Captive American Is Now
Comfortably Pixed.
Ransom Demand Not Only Price For
Release, But Recoup for Losses
Un5ustly rnnieted BY
ransier Bashaw.
CHIEF HAS KIND HEART

. f1las u
London, June 1s.--The Daily Mall thif
morning publishes a letter written u
"A. ]. Dawson. the novelist and travel
Ter, by Ion Perdicaris, the American cit
lien who was captured by Raisuii. th
Moroccan bandit. 1t Is dated at Tssa:
radon, June 4, and says:
Nothing more startling and unex
pected than the circumstances OF oui
capture could be imagined. "A quie
domestic dinner without guests. tht
windows open. the table mass o
flowers, then suddenly like an ava.
lanche the yelling onset OF Raisu1ff
men-it was a classic scene OF rapint
and confusion! Nor could 1t be easy e
conceive picture more wild ans
gloomy than our forced journey. Il
| fact the libretto was perfect.
1T is easy now to write In this straiE
when we are assured that negotiations
for our release are concluding, but dur
ing that terrible twenty-four hours rids
over rocks and boulders and through
dense thickets where our captore hat
at times literally to cut their way ii
order to avoid the soldiers on the beat.
en- track, well. we had no such conso.
lation then--norae Of any sort. indeed
/ After describing the dread which hi
long had had OF being kidnapped oi
account OF his family. Perdicaris says
You may conceive my feeling
whilst thus being dragged along by
runians who began their amiabIe al.
tentions by clubbing us with rifles anf
threatening with their murderous-look
| Ing curved daggers. was astonishet
to learn that our fears were not really
well founded We have learned thas
Raisuli's chief object is to secure thu
release of members of his own kabils
| uniustly or at least treacherous1y en-,
trapped and imprisoned by the Bashs
OF Tangfer, former friend and fostef
brother of RaisuIi who had trusted this
man and had been betrayed. What.
/ ever Ill he may have done. the fact ro.
| mains that he was betrayed.
The ransom demanded is not 80
| much the price OF our release as tht
Edemand for the recoupfne OF the iosses
inflicted by order 81 the said Bashaw
from whom Raisult claims payment
Another startling surprise Us to iine
| in Raisuli himself the most interesting
and kindly hearted native gentleman Ii
has been my sood fortune 10 hayt
known. It is impossible not to like
the man, conscious as ! am OF injury
he has suffered"
After dealing with some private mat
ters and referring to the courage Of his
wife and the mental anguish she has
endured, Mr. PerdicaSis expresses the
hope that some good will come OF the
trouble at Tangier and it's people. Ha
then proceeds:
Meantime, you must not worry
about us. / am writing this at the
mouth of a handsome tent placed at
our disposal by Mou1ai Ali, the Wax
bani shereef. The brightest episode
OF our detention was our first sight OF
him and his brothers. Moulai Ashmet's.
caravan, accompanied by an armed es-
cort. Signal guns fred by three ka-
biles 1eagued in defense of their rights
under Raisuli,s leadership, announced
the arrival of this welcome relief ex-
petition which we saw later on wind
Ing along the hillside.
"Moulai Ali himself has remained
with us ever since. Indeed he and
Raisuli dined with US every evening in
the tent.
The climate is admirable, and bet
ter sight Cor a camp would be hard
to find.
"our release win be very much well
come, but 1t Is at hand now so you
must not pity US too much"
|, London, June 1S.--The Daily Malls
ranEier correspondent says that Raj
suli has received the Sultan's letter
, concerning his demands, and that un-
less the bandit formulates fresh con-
ditions, the release of Ion Perdicaris
} may be expected Wednesday next.
II learn" says the correspondent,
that Rasuli is suffering from nervous
ness and insomnia. and is greatly de-
pressed by the desertion of two or his
!, Important adherents.
IAN unconhrmed report from NIGGA
dor states that German has been kid
mapped in that district"