The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-08
THINK ABSCONDERS
MAY Be IN CANADA
Thought Arrests of Missing
Officials of Milwaukee will
Soon Be Made.
WARRANTS ARE MADE OUT
CIRCULATION OF RUMOR THAT
SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS
HAVE BEEN TAMPERED WITH
NEARLY CAUSED RIOT.
WARRANTS ARE MADE OUT
Publishers Press1

Chicago, Alg. 7.-President Paul o.
Stensland of the Milwaukee Avenue
State bank will probably be arrested
as soon as he enters Chicago OF can
be found Bank Examiner Jones, who
closed the bank, said that Mr.. Stems
land surely had guilty knowledge Of
the looting OF the bank. The $4,000
depositors in the bank Are gradually
losing hope of recovering the $4,000
900 they entrusted to Stensland S
care. Detectives are now seeking
Cashier Henry W. Herring, alleged en-
bezzler. Detective Cannon, who has
the warrant for Hering's arrest charg-
ing embezzlement has information to
the effect that the missing cashier
was in Detroit. Il secured tnforma-
ton from reliable sources that Her
ing left for Detroit Saturday night
said Cannon. His destination, | I'M
derstand, is Canada
Police in Detroit will be communi-
Gated with, and detective will take up
the search for Herring in earnest.
ueI z was d Slo"u vi SCFCt al nun
dred working people around the bank
during the day Notwithstanding that
the doors were closed. and there was
no prospect of recovering funds. the
people persistentls remained. Their
evident misery was accentuated by a
drizzling rain.
1t was learned that the peculations
Of the banks funds began before the
year 1901. At the beginning of that
year a shortage of s25O,00O is now
said to have existed. 1t was also
learned that Theodore Stensland now
holds power OF attorney from his
father. The son is said to have been
to dispose Of all property, including
| real estate, belonging to him (the
father) in order to make good as far
as possible the populations. Members
Of the clearing house committee ex-
pressed their belief that both Cashier
Herring and President Stensland are
now in Canada.
A rumor that Theodore Stensland
had also disappeared grew out of his
failure to keep an appointment with
officials of the police department and
search for him was begun. Judge
Brentano Of the superior court ap-
pointed John c. FetZer receiver for
the closed bank. The bill of complaint
filed in court alleges Encouragement
by officials.
The call for additional police was
| caused by the fear that depositors
| and their friends would storm the
bank and cause a riot when rumors
| spread that the contents of some OF
| the safety deposit vaults had been
| tempered with. Persons with money
| in the vaults were said to have found
| their savings gone.
Later the assistant chief of police,
with Inspector Shippy and Bank Elk
aminer Jones, went to Justice Sever.
son and had him issue a warrant for
the arrest of President Stensland.
The charge in the complaint is fraud.
| for the issue of the warrant is fraud
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
A girl that Is too cute for any thing
usually dresses in a style that is per
| fectly all right"
This age might justly be called the
age of hot air
When you no longer need 1t 1t Is hare
to forgive d man for having done 20,
a favor.
A wise man always asks his wife's
advice and sometimes appears to take
It.
Getting let dowr
| TA0 hard is usually