The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-10-14
MILLIONS ON
THE FUGITIVE
YACHT
NEW YORK BANKERS SAID THAT
SiLvEiRA MADE A BIGGER
SETAL.
SLEUTHS HUNT IN VAIN
For the Missing Cuban Whose Alleaed
DefsIcations May Affect Many
Houses Charges Might Mot
Stick.

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/ Stick.
New York. Oct I3. lnvestiga Io1
Iof the records of the wrecked Cuban
promoting firm Of j MI Ccllabos AMI
i Company and the hooks Of other brink
ing firms in this city which bad deal
/ ings with Manuel Silveira 81 Havana.
who IL sappt aed 10 be ailing the trnp
ical seas In a runaway steamer show
ed today that the treasure siisp cess
Ia rs nearer 81 100000 than sl.aG1.010
in gold coin. some Of il belonging 10
others than CehalIos
Every financial house ;aat mas had
Ianydealings with Cuba was IRVING
ito obtain from its correspondents III
! Havana me idea Of the exact total
OF the money that Silyeira took with
him on his mysterious voyage All
heir efforts, however, were in vain
and up to midnigdt he exact amount
was not asceriaIncd.
Robert Webbcr Jr, Of the firm or
William Salomon and Company pf
this city. tonight said
/ Bankers in this city have been W
ing in vain 60 ascertain from their
agens in Cuba the exact amount of
coin that $ lyeira has with him. Tut
that Il known or until We obtain an
authentic report from Silyeria's firm
In Havana, the extent Of the losses
uriffarpd t4t NFAus Wax h0,,og.s ,s.u,xat
he ascertained"
Another banker said: III must be II
remembered that Silgeira bad rereiv
ed vast amount Of money from &c
| falles AMI others la iha city fssr the
purchase + Cntan veterans pay way
rants. lie also had cashed IN ennr-
mon member OF them How rlunh
actual money be had In bis nossessitn
WHOM he boarded his sh u cannat to
laarned, and unless he appears IN
some port aud chooses 70 tell. Il may
neyet bo known
Driven 20 the Wall,
That tlo failure of Cchallos and
company Ks likely III be more far.
relchiug IN its effects than at first sup
30 ed. was demonstrated today when
Tho Seville Packing Company, of No.
coz Franklin street filed pcsitioa ir
bankruptcy as a direct result of that
suspension The Seville Company Ii
The first concern 70 20 under by rea-
son of the ia lure OF the Cebalos firm.
but judging by the number of mer
chants aud men Interested IN sugar
plantations and ether undertakings In 4
Cuba. who caller At the offices OF that
firm today It is feared that othed cal-
lapscs may result
In the meantime Sllveira and hts
treasure ship remain free on the seas.
That fine force of detectives which
Mr. Cromwell, attorney for the as
iEneeof CobslloB announced he had
aat on the trail of the Morgan ne
Cuba. as Silycra was called in Ha-
vana has net been able to- h7d the
slightest trace Of him 4 runoF that
he was hidden la ihia city WAS rid
ruled bv Mr. Cromwell and the Cabal
lo" They believe hc is in Vcnezuels
nr is heading for that country Why
they have MOI heard concerning hlm.
although the steamer Carmeline. IN
which Do loft Havana. should have
reached Venezuela long before this.
aud bad or hoard only q 70 days SUP
ply of coal they are unable 10 expi1 n
They frankly admit they have not
he slightest idca what has bec-me OF
him.
wen known intern 8tional LAWYER
said today +If Silvclrs ahould walk
nto New York tomorrow be could moi
be- arrested. The ofIense If he has
sommttod aHy. was cosamitied IN ca.
18 No warrants have been issued os
wen applied for in ih-5 country 81 Tar
krowu Even 1 warrant bad
,ecn issued fer him there be could
be- arrived here and bad The mnnes
,fh him say be ma- mercy been
delayed Then again ne might prove
haf Dee was partner If Cebsiles
nd he money he had with him was
IS that reason practically his ossa
q fact ihe case IS most compiicatsa
nd interesting from legal point ef
iew."
In the meantime Silveira's firm n
lavsua is coHtinu ug 70 do bus nsss
When that fact was bro ght ~ ths
uention of Mr Cromwell trdsy the
lwyer issued the following state.
rent.
Gables today shoW thai Silyeirs
as no, landed at any po7t in S7u'h
merica or the United Sfa-es aad rs
IS still nuknonn. Cefsi-
IS and Company representing three
,urths of the liabilities o, $ ivelra
"a Cmpsuy have entire cuuddenae