The Washington herald., 1906-10-13
VENEZUELA AS REFUGE
Silyiera. Who Fled with Mil
lions. Friend Of Castro.
NO EXTRADITIeN WITH CUBA
Havana Fugitive Believed safe
should He Reach south america.
Another CebalIpS Concern Fails.
Capacity of Cuhans for seIf-gov-
ernmcnt Questioned by bankers.

New York. Oct. 12.-Senor Manuel Sill
viera, in command Of u cattle snip with
100000 aboard was ten days out o.
Havana at the close Of business to-day
OF. exact knowledge of his whereabouts
there was the same discrepancy as on
previous days
William Nelson Cromwell, the legal rep
resentatve OF the assigned firm Of J. n.
CebeilCs * Co, said cables received
in the afternoon showed that the
alleged absconder had not get landed at
any port I'm Southern America or the
United States, and that his whereabouts
was still unknown. Yet every member of
the firm is still Of the belief that their
missing agent IS already in Venezuela.
'-Silviera was not only friend Of
President Castro. Of Venezuela" said q
member Of the firm to-day, but he was
partner of President CastTo's brother
In the cattle business. Castro bought the
cattle in Venezuela, Silviera took them
on his line Of steamers to Cuba and sold
them there. What is there more prob
able than that he has sought n refuge in
that country?
safe IN venezuela.
In Venezuela. Silviera, we fear, could
secure better protection than anywhere
else. There Is no extradition treaty be
tween that country and ours, and it is
extremely unlikely that Castro would
give up u fugitive tied to him by bonds
Of friendship and relationship. and with
large sums OF money in sold, az the re
/ quest of this country.
"Silviera would have another strong
| impelling motive for seeking a refuge
there. Obviously it would have been a
! precaricus undertaking for him TO ship in
one cargo one million dollars and the
unknown amounts belonging TO other
| bankers without attracting attention.
I The TRANSPORTATION Of the money in a
| single shipment 20 Venezuela would not
! have been necessary. He had these cat
! tie ships constantly plying between Cuba
and Venezuela, and It may very well be
( that every one of them leaving Cuba dur
/ ing the past two months has carried gold
/ to be seereted by his business associates
/ In Venezuela"
( In reply 10 inquiries as to whether any
/ order of arrest had anywhere been Sc
cured or any other legal proceeding be
! gun. members Of the firms said al mat
I ters of the kind were IN the hands OF
/ William Nelson Cromwell and he was
I doing the best he could 20 get hold OF
4 the fugitive. Il Is not believed that Mr.
/ Cromwell is acting through the CubaT
| government, but that he relies entirely
/ on private detectives.
CabeIIOs Issues Statement,
For the first time since the day of tnt
firms failure. ]. NJ. Ceballos made a publ,
statement to-day. he expressed a belief
that the missing agent was in Venezuela
and added:
-Au that Silviera was in the world.
made him. I trusted him, and he be
trayed my confidence.
The Silviera sugar plant and mills ar,
separate properties. and also the ianC
developing company. Just outside Havana
was not bought cheaply. but is a high
priced piece of land and very valuable I
{ Silviera has not disposed CT his stock Il
/ his friends he cannot dispose of it now, q:
we have made an attachment on it
Accountants have worked far into the
night every day since the failure, but
viii probably not be ready with the sched-