St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-02-26
THE STEAMER BERMUDA WAS THE
COSTLIEsT OF THEIR FILL
BUsTE-,ING EFFORTS.
SEIZED BY OLNEY'S ORDERS
FINAL PREPARATIONS TO
SAIL.
All the Others Are Released Because
of Insufficient Grounds for
Their Arrest.

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Commissioner
Shields has ordered the release Of all
the men arrested in connection with
the Bermuda alleged filibustering ex-
pedition, with the exception Of Gen.
Garcia, Capt. Hughes and two other
leaders. These will be arraigned before
the commissioner at once.
The prisoners were released because
their arrest was in violation of the in
structions sent out from Washington
last week by Attorney General Har-
mon that suspicion merely was not
sufficient grounds for arrest, but that
evidence Of intention to violate the
neutrality laws was required. Besides
the charge that the United States
makes against the prisoners, of vio-
lating the neutrality laws, the Spanish
consul general accuses them of the
same offense in connection with the
expedition on board the J. w. Haw-
kins. When the prisoners were brought
before Commissioner Shields, United
States District Attorney MacFarlane
took charge of the case. Gen. CaliXto
Garcia was first arraigned. The charge
of having violated the neutrality laws
was read to him, after which his case
was set for hearing on March 8, and
on the two complaints, the bail was
placed at $4,000. Similar action was
taken in the cases of Capts. Samuel
Hughes and John Brabzon. John D.
Hart asked for speedy examination
1t was set for Friday next. The fifth
prisoner, Benjamin J. Guerra, was also
charged with violating the United
States statutes in taking part in a
military enterprise against the king
dom of Spain. AS there was but one
complaint against Guerra, bail was
fixed at $1,500, and the examination
adjourned until March 8.
Many of those whom the marshals
took into custody last night are sur
vivors of the expedition which set out
for Cuba on board the steamer j. w.
Hawkins, which craft sank almost as
soon as she put to sea, a number of
the party being drowned.
John D. Hart, of J. D. Hart & Co.,
of Philadelphia, was a prisoner at the
barge Office all the forenoon. He ex-
pressed
at the treatment he had received from
the marshals. 81 chartered the Ber-
muda, which vessel, understand. was
recently sold by Outerbridge & Co. to
firm in Germany. 1 went aboard the
vessel at o'clock last night, hearing
that there was some trouble. When l
went up the gangway 1 found about $50
Pinkerton men, marshals and newspa-
per men on board. I was at once placed
under arrest. l am still under arrest
The captain and steward were taken off
last night" said Mr.. Hart, land so was
about $4,000 in silver, which has not
been returned.
Mr.. Hart denied all knowledge Of
what the cargo Of the vessel consists,
or that the people on board were fill
busters.
Among those who were arrested on
board the Bermuda was Benjamin J.
Guerra, treasurer Of the Cuban junta in
this city. The money captured amount
ed to $4,000 in silver in four bags. The
money was in Spanish soles and pesos.
Tags on the. bags showed that they had
been put up by Handy & Harmon, brok-
ers Of this city. Being questioned on
the subject, Mr.. Handy said: I'VE are
continually supplying silver currency
of the South and Central American re-
publics to exporting houses in the city,
in amounts of all sorts, and it would be
next to impossible for us to trace the
four bags that the United States mar
shall holds. The amount in the cap
tured bags, $4,000 in soles and pesos. is
worth in American money about So, coo,
the sol being the South American dol
lar and the pesos the dollar Of Central
America and the West Indies'
A. C. Gonzales, a lawyer of this city,
connected with the Cuban junta, esti-
mated that the expedition had cost
about 100000. The Cubans, he said,
were by no means discouraged by the
present disappointment in carrying out
their plans. There was no way, he
said, of discovering who had given the
information to the representatives Of