Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-06-28
STORY OF PERDIcARIs.
Late Prisoner of RaisuIi Tolls Of His
Experience.

Ion Perdicaris, who last week was
released by the brigand Raisuli, was
much better Sunday, and gave to the
Associated Press correspondent At Tan
gier, an interview descriptive Of the
circumstances of his capture and Of
his experiences while a prisoner In
Raisulfs camp.
He says that on the night Of May 1S,
he had just entered the drawing room
after dinner. Hearing noise among
the servants, he and Cromwell Varley,
the British subject who was also cap
tured by Raisuli, went out to investi-
gate the cause.
They were surrounded Immediately
by armed men who bound and mall
treated them. Varley resisted and was
struck on the head with the butt OF
rife and a knife was slashed across
his hands, making a serious wound. At
first 1t was thought Varley's skull had
been fractured.
Perdicaris and Varley' then were
carried away on horseback. They
were bound with ropes and roundabout
roads were taken in order to avoid VIII
lagos. The bandits stopped at Tsar-
radent, "a miles from Tangier, 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 Varley.
At Tsarradent the captives lived In
to go 100 yards from 1t and were
strongly guarded. When the shereef
Of Wazan arrived big tent was placed
at the disposal Of the prisoners and In
other ways the shereef was the means
Of alleviating their condition to con-
siderable extent. 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
Varley to accept a post under the pre-
tender.
Raisuli daily held long cor "ersations
with the prisoners. He fad anarchy
was reigning in the country. The an
imosity of the people, he said. was not
directed against the sultan, but against
his governors.
Raisulrs father, Perdicaris said, left
him much property and cattle, which
aroused the animosity 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
interviewed Mohammed Ell Torres, rep
resentative of the sultan at Tangier,
concerning the restitution Of his prop
erty, and this being without avail Raj
suli swore to take the law into his
own hands, with the results already
known. Raisuli said that he bore. no
i'll will towards Europeans, but stated
that the only way to bring the Moorish
government to its senses was by cap
turing Europeans until the foreign
powers awakened to a realization OF
the existing conditions.
| Mr.. Perdicaris said that Raisuli Is
posing as a patriot who wants to see
the country happy and peaceful and ne
Is offering to accept the responsibility
for maintaining the country from Tan
gier to Fee and clear it Of robbery and
crime II he Is backed up by the powers.
He found in Raisuli an educated and
intellectual man.
The only time the prisoners were
anxious was during the last two days
when they were at Barabin, the village
Of .Selal, the governor Of the Beni
MSara tribe. When the exchange oc-
Cured over three hours were lost IN
the exchange of compliments, Raisuli
refusing to talk business In the last
moments. being apparently very sus-
picious 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 towards his VII
lage.
Perdicaris and Varley Immediately
mounted horses and proceeded for Tan
gier, journey Of sixteen hours.