The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-06-29
PERDICARlS CAPTURE.
Bandits Victim Tells How Raj
suits Band Seized Him.
WAS TREATED WITH KINDNESS.

eciuhbed Ne, but Not yiolentIy." he
Wrote, "Sor with Any Anger on
Their Fnees"-"I Am RaisnIi,e Ban-
dit Chies said, Guaranteeing Not
10 Inlure His captIses.
Levi T iannum, personal friend OF
Ion PeFdicaris and for many years the
agent for the perdlcaris estate in the
United States, received a letter recent !
II from MT Perdicaris describing his
capture and treatment at the hands Of
the Moorish bandit Raisuli ana his
band. says the New York Tribune. The
letter in part follows:
"Our capture, uncomfortable as il
was, was not without the humorous
element which 50 often III life accom-
panies the most tragic Incidents When
we came home from Switzerland we
brought several European servants.
Among them was a German house
keeper who has had a standing feud
with our French chef. a fiery ex-zouage,
and upon one occasion the two came %
blows. Sattler. the young housekeeper,
had proved herself record screamer,
consequently when on the evening OF
May IL while sitting in the drawing
room after dinner we heard Wild
screams from sattlers direction we at
once assumed that she and the chef
had again come to open war Accord
mgly Cromwell EPerdiearis' stepson,
Cromwell Yarleyl and myself rushed
Off TO the scene of the fray.
"On reaching the quarters Of the up
per servants we found number Of
armed Moors, who / thought were our
own guards supposing they had rush
ed In. ike ourselves, to the rescue of
the housekeeper. These men greeted
me rs / came first on the scene in a
most amiable manner What was my
establishment when / saw them sud
denly seize the German butler, Al
brecht, and club him over the head with
the stocks Of their rifles! tried to res
cue him. when they dubbed me- but not
violently or with any expression Of an
ger upon their faces. They, however,
hustled me ont Of the house with the
butt ends Of their guns, an argument
difficult to refute when unarmed one.
self. They then tied my hands behind
my back. ordering me TO show the way
to the stables
Il led them, however TO the soldiers
| lodge. where / found several Of my
own men with rifles pointed at theiI
heads. Here also they brought Cronf
well yarley and one Of the European
walters, also bound. Cromwell espe
cially had been roughly used, as he
had attempted to make q defense.
could hear the ride blows upon hls
head. My own Moors were anxiously
expostulatlng with tie evident cliiei
Of the band, who, suddenly raising hi:
hand toward heaven. exclaimed III /
loud voice: | am Rsisuli. / swear bs
/ All that is sacred that not hair o
these people shall be harmed unlest
they attempt to escape. Let them COM
peaceably with me- and in short tim
you shall have them safely back.
"I know that you will keep you
\ word, Raisuli. answered, but at leas
! let us send for our Qyercoats and boots
we cannot 50 with you ~ eYenin'
| dress and pumps
'sHe at once ordered one Of our sol
diers to 60 for these articles. The sol
der soon returned with my oyercoa
and heavy shoes, but Raisuli, fearing
rescue, would not send back for crcm
wells things. as in the meantime on
horses, only one Of them saddled. ar
| rived upon the scene in obedience to or
ders previously issued, together Will
several mules, upon one Of which
| Cromwell whose hand had received !
knife wound. was hoisted. He was u
evening dress and shoes. while /, will
one boot on and one slipper, was ufget
to mount the saddled horse.
CAS- / WAS doing So | was nearly
Knocked down and trampled upon y
the dark. MS one of or horses, Al
stations. having rushed Mt another
created a fearful turmoil Ia spite 0l
this we were soon hurried along a pat
lending away from the town by hal
sulIs men. who held the brides. W.
went over rocks, through bushes ans
trees. down the steep slope toward ca
plains IF Bubana- the Iangier sae'
course All that night and the a
day we were marched over hili an.
dale until we penetrated the BenI Are
mountain wilds
1 During that terrible ride of twenty
| four hours, almost without halt, | re
iiected with bitterness, els you ma,
! Imagine. upon our own evil plight
which was sadly augmented about
O'Clock Thursday afternoon when. ow
ing to my extreme fatigue and m,
stirruD strap breaking. | fell from pa