The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-06-30
PERDICAR|s Tells
OF HIS CAp7v1,
BrIgands; He Says, Were ii
Courteous to Him at
the Beginning.
RAlSOUlPS PATRIorIsl
He Claims He is Trying to s,,, +.
Country, and Expects to Be- i.
Ruler Sore Day-DiffcoItja.
of Handling Ransom.

TangiCr, June 29.-pordicaria tbo
!can who last week was relca sol E5Rs
Drigand Raisouli, was much battc,% Il
and gave the Associated Press m SDfI
view descriptive of the circumstao
his capture and OF his expcrienra"
Il prisoner in Raisouli's Camp. "@al
He says shat on the night Of Ma,
had just entered the drawing rom \
dinner and, hearing a noise amo,n
servants, he and Cromwell VarIn.o q
British subject who was also captnrst y
Ralsouli. went out to invcstipat. L
cause. They were Immediately sire,
ed by armed Moors, who bound ana S%y
treated them. Narlcy resisted and ,,
struck on the head with the butt Of , is, sa
and a knife was slashcd across his ha,+s
making serious wounds. ~
AT first it was thought Narley's sgpe
had been fractured.
PerdiCaris and Marley were then ca,sl
away on horseback. They We're bnri
with ropes and roundabout rcads va,
taken in order 70 avoid villages, m,
bandits stopped at TsarradcHt, tepar
-four hours from Tangier, and Raistpn i.
lowed PcrdicariS TO write to his wls n,
neat morning and also to the sheeraai a
WaZan, asking them to intervene for bm,
self and NarIey.
Lived in a Filthy Hat.
At Tsarradent the captives lived m {,
filthy hut. They were not allowed t,,,
100 yards away from 1t and were stroor.
guarded. When the sheerecf Of Wa,.5
arrived n big tent q placed at the 3s
posal of n prisoners, and in other MAR,
the shcereef was the means OF slloyi..
ing their condition to a consldcrablr 4.
tent. The attitude OF the Muors chogpS
from insult 10 fair treatment.
Spies Of the prctcndcr Who were In N.
camp all the time, tried to iriuce yarc,
TO accept n post under the p~resen+.s
Raisouli daily called and held long con.
Vcrsations with the prisoners. lie said
anarchy was r"Gning in the country, Thu
animosity of the people, he said, was nd
directed against the sultan, bull 4gqirr
his governors.
Raisouli's father. Perd.caris said. IN
him much property and cattle, whib
aroused the an.moSity of the kalls ws
induced the Bashaw by presents 10 ra
Raisouli Of his belongings and hralr "a
lnprison him for four year at Mouaig
On his release Raisouli interviewed Mo.
manned III Torres. representative OF tia
sultan at TanEier, concerning the resi-.
tuition OF his property. and this brm.
without avail. I&aEsouli swore to take the
law into his W hands. with the result,
already known. Raisouli said th3t he
bore no III Will toward Guropeals, bg,
stated that the only a to bring the
Moorish government to its Senses was by
capturing Europeans until the foreign
powers awake 10 4 realization Of the ex.
listing conditions.
Raisouii Was Suspicious.
Mr., Perdicaris said that Raisouli is uos.
Ing as a patriot who wants to se4 the
country happy and peaceful, and he IS
to accept the Responsibilities Of
the country from yansler TO
t"z and clear it OF robbery and rim K
Is backed up by the powers. Tie found
in Ra!souli an educated anG intellectual
man.
The only time the prisoners we're any-
was when they were at BarabiH. ,hs
OF Zlal. the governor OF the BeGi
NJ sara tribe. When the exchange o.
cured over ,u,rc hours were lost il the
exchange of compliments, Rllsouli re-
tusing TO talk business NTH the last mo-
nent. being apparently very suspicious
ii "n attempt to capture him. When he
the money and the men turned
over to him by the ransom party he iur-
ned away toward his village.
Perdicaris and Marley Immediately
mounted horses and proceeded fos Tan
ger, a Journey of sixteen hours.