 Several days later, two Greek women reported having seen the boy walking towards the city of Rhodes accompanied by four Jews.The women claimed that one of the Jews was Eliakim Stamboli, who was arrested, questioned, and subjected to five hundred blows of the "bastinado".On February 23, he was interrogated again and tortured in the presence of many dignitaries, including the governor, the qadi (Muslim judge), the Greek archbishop, and European consuls.