The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-15
COLOMBIAN EMERALDS HELD
CASTILLO StIS THEY'RE ms
tOLDNBI I TItIHS THEV.
Tho Mines Down There Are Gev~rnm rnt
Monopo, Now. hat lie says The,
We're Not When lie Got Gems warm
inS From " ashinS ton To stop Tncn,.

ms fFoh W aNihstoh 10 stop fhcn,.
pario del CA>silln IL merchant 81 Bosota
Colombia arrived Yesterday by tn. Ham.
burg American hncr rrinz August Vii
helm with slO.cOO worth 81 ameralds and
diamonds. cut and uncut. that h. failed ~
declare but mad. no effort To conceal
He said he was bound for PARIS 10 di-po -
OF tho i"w.,Is
/ Inc customs mon had received u tin
from Washington. Though the American
Consul a. Bogor.. that Senior Castillo was
coming here with m. "m-r..lris end III.
monds. and they were ON the lookout
Also the Colombian Govcrnm"nt through
ats Consul here. Rafael del C9.tIllr. who q.
not related TO IN. man with the gems had
notified IA" police e this civ ani ,0I-
iector Loeb that Sh- gems We're coming
( When the Priu1 Angus, WiLhsl'n doc',"i
a detective from Polio. HaAiuILrt.rS v.-s
on IN" pier AMI SAW IN" Customs mon
examine the basEa-" rt S-hor Castl,ll.
( Tn" seNor was Very narl u'S arr ar-rtlv
expecting trnuul. II" sad altar -.
customs mrn hal Id IN th, "m-raldN md
diamonds from "a rnH ,lar l." h.li tot
gou-n Ia say In his DECLARATION THAT u"
Nant"i them passed through thls port in
bond to Paris rhl> neglect and the fact
that h" has. not lntlnat-! n HIS d",la~a.
zion that h- had any hing ,.utIahI., III his
baggage caused him To b" taken before
Surveyor Hcnrr and special n"purv
surveyor SmyLh Tho t"'"r'Iv" from
Police headquarters went along
Tn" colombian Con-II Wa- ur..-"nt
AZ III. bearing and solicitor VI T. An
dr-Ns r"uro-.nt,i the collector II
cam" nut that Senior Ca>'ill, was ,.,.,~i-.I
bv III" Colombian Government Of akin:
out Of III" country things tina ne wa- not
entitled - AXE "Vt under = laws
Tho tonsu! said that S-for castillo
should he d.ttIR as a r"rsln who had
stolen things nat rIghtigllv belonged -
Colombia Finally rh.. sur, "yor and m"
rest IT the customs men harmed that m"
Colombian Government hal monopoly
oi ~" diamond and emerald mines Il
Colombia and thai anybody except An
author. 1"I agent Of tho Government TAX
ing products ~ these mines from IN"
country vas r" Saris down Their" a. n
ersun v,tn stolen goods
Tn" dstecIIv" from H-adquart.rz said
he Supposed that s-"iy translated rh.
accusation against >eipr CASTILLO OF
BogoIa was that he had stolen ia"
geins. and h" suggested that Il the
Consul would MAKE ~ compliant 10 that
effect he would arrest senior castillo
Consul Castillo d- lined 10 commit
himself to TINS "N'ren- uu'il h. had
had talk with m" Colombian Nrl~'"r
Cnd-r the aivIc" ~ Solicitor Andrews
Sur eyer Henry h-rIt.d ~ hold th,. gems
until It WAS shown that they had nor been
stolen Their" Wa 20 .ylieny,. that
SENIOR Castillo had Intended :, -'ou her..
and sell IN. gem. and rh"g"for" hey
were not seized
The two Ca,tri'os Mold earnest CON
versatlon IN Sparls". rh.. up>hpr "f which
=, ~ tina, T." Bpgo-L m"r"hanr promised
- app..ar t-for.' any tribunal TIA, NIGH
.,I IN IN" cas-. and - d..'. ni no, rights
~" declared that h. had acquired N"
gems several years ago. v hon the COLON
bIan government had 20" k-iu fnin"-
10 British syudlc4t,. ,-u! therefor"
b" present law ON rN.' subject did not
IN hm m" Brush -yndira,. Wa
forced ~ CIV" up -" Coro'--Ir'. accord
ng t., tn" CoIumhiAn- ai'"r making
OF ~ money put - It
Wnu"v.r owns the gems will hav"
~ prov" tIrl" orucIl.sIy"!v h.frr- cob
.,rnr Lu-.h viii surr.nd"r them \
young American Woman ~ H." tu.om-
1lan Consulai" said shn know nothing
4 'h.. cas-. .vc.'ur that ~" "rr"rGlis -
'plombIa w"T.' tN" finest % the world