Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-06-27
A CAPTIVE'S STORY
Perdicaris Tells of His Expe-
riences With Brigands
KEPT PRISONERS IN FILTHY HUT
Raisuli, Being Deprived of Much
Property, Took Law Into His own
Hands to Obtain Relief-Out-
law Poses as n Patriot.

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TANGIER, June 27.-Ion Perdicaris,
the American who has just been re-
leased by the brigand Raisuli, is bet
ter and stronger ROW and has given a
description of the circumstances of his
capture and of his experiences while a
prisoner In Raisulis camp.
He says that on the night of May 10
he had just entered the drawing room
after dinner, and, hearing a noise
among the servants, he and Cromwell
Marley, the British subject, who also
was captured by Raisuli, went out to
investigate the cause. They were i'm
mediately surrounded by armed Moors,
who bound and maltreated them. Var
ley resisted and was struck on the
head with the butt of a rifle, and a
knife was slashed across his hands,
making Il serious wound. At first it
was thought Varley's skull had been
fractured.
Perdicaris and Marley were then car
| ried away on horseback. They We're
bound with ropes, and roundabout
| roads were taken in order to avoid
villages. The bandits stopped at Tsar-
radent, twenty-four hours from Tan
gier, and Raisuli allowed Perdicaris
TO write to his wife next morning and
also TO the shereef of Wazan asking
them to intervene for himself and Var
ley.
At Tsarradent the captives lived in a
filthy hut. They were not allowed to
go a hundred yards away from it and
were strongly guarded. When the
shereef of Wazan arrived a big tent
was placed at the disposal of the pris-
oncrs, and in other ways the shereef
was the means of considerably ale
Waiting their condition. The attitude
of the Moors changed from Insult to
fair treatment.
Spies of the pretender who were in
the camp all the time tried to induce
Marley to accept Il post under the pre-
tender.
Raisuli daily held long conversations
with the prisoners. He said anarchy
was ~reigning in the country. The ami
mostly of the people, he said, was moi
directed against the sultan, but against
his governors.
Raisuli's father. Perdicaris said, left
him much property and cattle, which
aroused the luminosity of the Kaids,
who induced the bashaw by presents
to rob Raisuli of his belongings and
finally TO imprison him for four years
at Mogador. On his release Raisuli in
terviewed Mohammed ell Torres, repre-
sentative of the sultan at Tangier, con
corning the restitution of his property.
! and, this being without avail. Raisuli
swore to take the law into his wv
hands, with the results already known
Raisuli said that he bore no i'll will to
Europeans. but stated that the only
way to bring the Moorish government
TO its senses was by capturing Euro
pears until the foreign powers awaken
to Il realization of the existing condi
tons.
Mr.. Perdicaris said that Raisuli is
posing as Il patriot, who wants to sec
the country happy and peaceful, and
he is Offering to accept the RESPONSE
bility for maintaining the country from
unSl " EtH dild Ni'ul VI lODDSll
and crime if he is backed up by the
powers. He found in Raisuli IL mar
educated and intellectual.
The only time the prisoners were
anxious was during the last two days
when they were at Barabin, the vii.
lage of Zelel, the governor of the Ben.
M'Sara tribe. When the exchange DC
Cured over three hours were lost IL
the exchange of compliments, Raisuli
refusing to talk business until the last
moment, being apparently very suspi-
cious of an attempt to capture him.
| When he received the money and the
men turned over to him by the ransom
party, he hurried away toward the vii
lage.
Perdicaris and Varley Immediately
mounted horses and proceeded for Tan
gier, a journey of sixteen hours.
Rear Admiral Chadwick's squadron
left Tangier today for Gibraltar and
Genoa, but Rear Admiral JEWELS
squadron will remain for the present.