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Show J MOTIVE IN KIDNAPING OF ! 1 AMERICAN CITIZEN IN TANGIER j 1 It Is believed that the kldnnplng of Ion l'erdlinlls, nn American, and bis si fiton, Cromwell Vnrley, a llrliih subject, by 11 I-ill I, the Misirlsh bandit, ban-dit, has a deeper slgnlllcanee than at tlrst appeared, for there Is now an Impression that the lender of the bandits ban-dits In northern Morocco may Incite to rebellion the pinple already dissatisfied dissat-isfied with the reform which the new sultan has endeavored to Inspire. As Miss Slope wns held for rnnsom so tbnt the depleted treasury of the Macedonian Ma-cedonian Insurgents might be replenished, replen-ished, it Is conjectured tbat the bandit ban-dit chief of northern Morocco Is holding hold-ing his rnptiyes for ransom sufficient- ly largo to enable blm to successfully overthrow tho present sultan and usurp his throne. Mr. Perdlrsrls. who la a wealthy man, la now til years old, having been born In the United Htates consulate at Athena April 1. IMo. Ills father, Gregory A. Ferdlcnris, was a natural-Ited natural-Ited citizen and held the position of consul general. For a while Mr. 1'er-dlcarls, 1'er-dlcarls, Br., waa professor of (Ireek In Harvard. Ion I'erillcarls was educated j at Trenton Academy and spent tho first twenty five years of his life In Tronton, where the family was famous fam-ous for Its entertainments. During the civil war It gave liberally to the aouthern cause. At onu time Ion 1'er-dlcarls 1'er-dlcarls seriously contemplated purchasing pur-chasing the Bonaparte estate at llor-dentown; llor-dentown; but having spent several years In Europe and Africa, he finally decided to make Morocco his home. He bought the sultans old palace a few mllea outside of Tangier, aud there he and hla family have alnce resided. The chateau of Mr. Pordlearls li built upon a hill, which It! owner baa named Mount Washington. It la a magnificent place, and has been for yeara ono of the ahow places and the oeeter nf the social life of Tangier. Mr. Ferdlcnris. who Is president of tbe Hygienic Commission, la. of course, well known to all the dlpk-matlc dlpk-matlc and consular representatlvea In Tangier. Blr Arthur Nicholson, the Rrltlsb Minister thero, fa hla personal friend, and Mr. Oummero. the American Ameri-can Consul, la another; and both are doing all that Is possible lo secure hla release. Ho la not unknown to the sultan, and the poor nf the Moorish 77 rfTJS city have every reason to know blm, for to thom he haa become a genuine benefactor. Count da lluisscrat, the Belgian Minister, Is hla neighbor, occupying oc-cupying a villa adjoint Mr. Pordlearls. Pordl-earls. The captive haa long been known aa a sculptor of ability, aa a painter and aa a musician; and It Is said that It waa hla love for the beautiful that led him to make Tangier his hemr. fof It Is to-day the one place on thiw liordera of the Mediterranean which haa not beon Europeanlxed. It Is still a very foreign town, and yeara ago, when, aa a young man, he saw It first, ha waa captivated with Its appearance. He subsequently returned to It and purchased pur-chased the palace Kl Minznh, which overlooks the sapphire waters of the Mediterranean. Karly In hla llfo he passed a good deal of his time In Now York, where his accomplishments were thoroughly appreciated. Ha had studied art and music In Kuropo, and for a while re-aided re-aided In ljindon. where, about thirty-five thirty-five yeara ago, he was contributing papers on art toplca to "Tho (ialaxy." 11. s parents continued to reside In a fine residence In Trenton until 1877, when he purchased his Tangier chateau, cha-teau, nnd ttiey nccompnnhMl him nbronil. In his youth he was considered a unlversnl genius, with a talent for nenrly everything of Interest. He wns, in addition to being a writer, painter nnd mii'ilclan, a fine ntblete and much Interested In the occult, lie was an enthusiastic supporter of Home, the Hprltutillst, and was also a student of the doctrines of Hwedeliborg. llnlviill, thn brigand, whose hand carried him oft, has been at Mr. Per-dtenris Per-dtenris house, nnd has atwnys been well Irented there; but on these visits he lenrned enough to know his host wns the kind of person for whom ho could contmnnd a large ransom. Mr. Perdlrarls tins the rcptiiutlon of being generous nnd kind to nil who come In eontncl with him, and he was especially especi-ally kind to the Misirs, who are now, according to hln letter to tho American Ameri-can Consul, treating him with as much consideration as a captive could expect. In this connection It ta Interesting to know that Italsiill, sp-preclntlng sp-preclntlng the delicate health of Mr. I'erdlrsrls and the fact thnt he might stirrer from the absence of accustomed accus-tomed comforts, sent back to hla chateau cha-teau for bedding for him. Thla also Illustrates the daring of the bandlta, who, being hand In hand with the Moorish soldiery, have llttlo to fear. The kidnaping was accomplished with great easo and without exciting suspicion. Italsiill waa well known to Mr. Perdlrarls. having often beon treated kindly thero. On the evening of May 18, Italsiill with 1 tew of his band entered the place, and while some of them attacked the servant! who Interfered, tho owner of the chateau cha-teau and bis stepson were carried out, put uMn horses and led away. Distance Is counted by time In Morocco, Mo-rocco, nnd as t' " captives were carried car-ried off to about a day'a Journey, it la probable thnt they are not fifty miles from Tangier. Hear Admiral Chadwlrk'a South Atlantic At-lantic squadron will he sent to Tangier Tan-gier from thn Atores, and Rear Admiral Ad-miral Jewell has been ordered to make a demonstration off Tangier In order to convince tho Moroccan authorities au-thorities of this government's earnestness earnest-ness In the demand for Mr. I'erillcarls' I'erillca-rls' release. This is not the first time the United Btatea warships have been sent to Morocco. In 1801 Tripoli declared de-clared war against the United Btatea, demanding tribute. Instead, thla government gov-ernment sent a squadron of frlgatea, under Commodore Preble, and after four bombardments and several land engagementa the Barbery Btatea ceased hostilities, and the Belli Rover! ceased to proy upon the Mediterranean Mediterra-nean and tho North Atlantic. |
