The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-28

has been assassinated near Tazeront BY
members of the Elkmes tribe.
Rumors Of the killing were at first
doubted, but the latest message confirms
them and leaves little doubt that the
outlaw has been slain.
1t is reported he fell victim to hos.
tile tribesmen who had waited for some
time an opportunity to end his life.
Raisulis most recent exploit was the
capture of Kair Sir Harry MacLean, adj
wiser TO the sultan, whom he held at
camp for months before he was finally
released, when the British government
had paid handsome ransom.
Raisuli, as the leader OF mountain
tribes, had long harrassed the sultan, and
was known as the seourge Of Morocco"
He had threatened from time to time
to leave his picturesque surroundings and
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fers were made to him by London man
ayers.
Raisuli, whose full name was Mulai
Ahmed ben Mohammed er-Raisul. was
about 40 years old. lie was of aristo-
cratic lineage and had been educated in
religion, but at an early age he forsook
the paths of holiness for the more lucra-
tive occupation OF cattle rustler In this
profession he gathered around him a
band Of desperate men who shortly were
organized into company for kidnap-
ping.
From the time that Raisuli, cruel,
courageous and adventurous, broke forth
from the religious schools Of Tetuan, to
turn cattle rustler, to the day he nearly
accepted the offer Of a London music hall
agent to do turn" on the boards, the
scourge Of Morocco" seldom let month
90 by without getting his name into the
newspapers. For a man Of aristocratic
family and religious education, he has
had wonderful career. Most of it was
spent in the desert, but he also found
| time 70 hout two sultans Of Morocco,
serve seven years in Jail set half dozen
legations by the cars and quite incident
ally TO kidnap and hold for ransom such
men az Walter Harris, the Moroccan
correspondent OF the London Times. and
Ian Perdicaris What's more, he always
got the money, even when whole fleet
Of foreign warships sailed up and down
the Moroccan coast threatening all sorts
Of repTisaIs,
Raisuli first came into the public eve
when he organized his little band for
cattle stealing. In Morocco that is a
sufficiently popular undertaking and has
no odium attached to il. Rasuli's band
grew when the genius OF his leadership
began to gain recognition, and as their
numbers increased their sphere OF opera
tions widened, 1t happened that his
br0ther-in-law, firing of one wife. de-
termined to take another Raisuli's sis
ter appealed to him not to permit the
second marriage 1t was not in his ma.
ture to deliberate greatly on any plan
Of action so he attended the wedding
feast with few of his friends, and when
the smoke had cleared away it was found
that the bride and her mother had been
kined AT that time, however, his power
was not so greatly feared as il was later
4 friend. attracted by the sultans large
reward, betrayed the brigand and it was
only few hours before he was safe in
iail at Mogador. There, loaded down
with shackles and chains, the scars OF
which never left him, he lay in dun
gean-like cell for five years. 1t seemed
TO be thel asst OF Raisui. He was i'll
with prison fever and weak from the
weight Of his irons when friend man
aged TO smuggle file into his cell. But
his spirit was unhroken and with the
file working laborously for months, he
succeeded in freeing himself
Once out in the desert he was in q
fair way to get back TO his own people
but his illness had been two much for his
strength He was caught by a band
Of horsemen and carried back to two
wears more of his dungeon When he
was released he found himself stripped
Of all his possessions, and there remained
open to him only career Of freehoot-
ing.
For few years he confined himself
to cattle raiding and the plundering of
caravans, in time building up a system
OF tribute payments that made him fear
ed all through Morocco. AT length he
began to operate near Tangier and it
was here that he first resorted to muir
der as a regular thing. In the list OF
his crimes there is the brutal murder
OF two small children and a Spaniard
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to find ransom for them A little
while afterward he captured Alb del Nal
ach, the lieutenant governor of Tangier
and tortured him fendishly out of re-
yenge for an injury done to Raisuli.s
daughter in law.
In 1903 he captured the sultan's friend
Walter b. Harris. who was the Moroccan
correspondent OF the London Times. Har-
his steadfastly refused to pay the ran
som of e2,000 which Raisuli demanded.
The sultan at the same time sent troops
in pursuit Of the brigand, but Raisuli
could not be caught. At last he wearied
of the game and one day. by way of
hint. threw a headless body into Harris
tent Harris Immediately wrote a let
ter to his friends and in a few days the
ransom was paid. It was only a year
later that two OF Raisuli's followers were
captured. BY way of forcing an eX-
change the brigand seized Ion Perdiearis,
an American citizen, and Cromwell Var
ley his stepson, who was q British sub
iect. carrying both off TO the Beni Aroz
mountains. There he was in an impreg-
nahle position and he knew it. In vain
the United States sent fleet and the
British war office threatened all sorts
of reprissls. Raisul held firm He de-
manded a ransom of $4,000 the release
Of his friends, the deposing of the gov
ernor Of Tangier and the granting of the
governors Office TO himself.
France took q hand in the negotiations