According to one account the governor himself actually physically put this cap on Bediuzzaman's head, and according to another, he tried to, but could not. In any event, some three years later he came to a sorry end, by committing suicide by putting a bullet through his own head. [^226] Bediuzzaman was then taken to the station and put on the train for Isparta. Governor Tandoğan however did not give up at this point and went also to the station together with some police with the intention of catching Bediuzzaman red-handed. But the moment they were going to seize him, Bediuzzaman whipped off his turban and climbed into the train. They stopped in amazement, how had he known they were there and what they intended to do? Bediuzzaman later said they they had been defeated by a flea. For just as he was about to board the train, a flea alighted on his head, and he had taken off his turban to scratch it! So they could do nothing. Bediuzzaman said it had been an instance not of his own but the Risale-i Nur's keramet. [^227]

[^226]:Ibid., 340.

[^227]:Bayram Yüksel, in Son Şahitler, i, 446.

According to the gendarme İsmail Tunçdoğan, a large crowd gathered to greet Bediuzzaman at Isparta. Also on the train was one of his students from his days in Barla, Çaprazzade Abdullah. He had come and spoken with Bediuzzaman on the journey and as a result was held for questioning for two days in Isparta on arrival. [^228] Bediuzzaman was taken from the station to the prison, where Risale-i Nur Students from a number of regions had already been brought. As in all his stays in prison, Bediuzzaman was put into solitary confinement. Then he and the other students were subject to intense questioning and interrogation. They were to remain less than a month in Isparta before being transferred to Denizli Prison for the trials. The Ministry of Justice in Ankara specified Denizli, since it was where the first arrests had taken place.

[^228]:Çaprazzade Abdullah, in Son Şahitler, ii, 116; Şahiner, Said Nursi, 341.