The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-25
AGAIN
ON AMERICAN SOIL
Chicago EmbezzIer Will be
Started Home Today
PRISONER PALE AND WEAK
He Expresses Sorrow for Depositors
In Bank and Says That others
Will Be Implicated When
Truth Is Known.
PRISONER PALE AND WEAK

New York September A.-Paul o. STEMS
land of Chicago, bank embezzler who ar
rived from Tangier Morocco today on
the steamer Prinz Adelbert, was brought
to this city at 6 o'clock tonight from
quarantine and locked up at police head
quarters here. He will be taken to Chi
cago tomorrow morning.
Harry Olsen, assistant states attorney
who accompanied Stensland, stated to-
night that the prisoner had made con-
fession to him while en- route from
Tanger. Theo Stensland the bankers
son. Immediately afterwards issued
statement in which he said that his IA
Their would plead guilty to certain of
the indictments charging violation of the
Illinois state banking laws after he had
examined the indictments. He would not
plead guilty to forgery, but would re-
veal everything leading up to the wreck
ing of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank,
and in so doing would implieate other
men prominent in the financial circles of
Chicago.
He added that If there was a shortage
of more than 100000 in the accounts of
the bank, his father would prove that
Cashier Herring was responsible for ey-
erything above that amount
Denies Suicide Story.
Stensland arrived in New York weak
physically and showing much evidence of
the strain which has attended his extra
ordinary flight through many countries,
his desperate but Intellectual try for free
dom down the west Africa coast, and his
final capture in the Moroccan city of
Tangier, from which place the United
States officers were permitted to remove
him by the authorities of Morocco.
There was an affecting meeting between
father and son on board the tug Catherine
Moran on which the prisoner boarded at
quarantine,
Stensand denies the report that he tried
to commit suicide while in Morocco. He
says sudden faintlng spell there was
interpreted by the Moroccan soldiers as
an attempt of self-destruction
Stensland was removed to police head
quarters tonight, and it was planned to
keep him until 8 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing when he viii be removed to the dis
trict attorneys office and later formally
turned over to the Chicago authorities
and taken to Chicago
The Prinz Adelbert was several hours
later than expected in arriving at quar-
antine and was met by a tug on board
OF which was the junior Stensland,
friend, Herman Banner of Johnstown,
Pa; Detectives Kinder and Blnns of Chi
cago and two New York detectives.
1t was 4:30 o'clock when the health Of
ficers boarded the steamer. At that time
the decks of the Prinz Adelbert were
lined with passengers, prominent among
them being States Attorney Olsen and
.E h.
Chicago Tribune, who went to Tangier
with the states attorney to bring Stems
land back to America.
Excitement Attends Departure.
No little excitement and connection at
tended the departure of Stensland, to-
gether with States Attorney Olsen and
Mr.. Kelley from the steamer, a step
which they were permitted to take at
quarantine by special ruling of the au-
thorities. All the baggage of the three
men was transferred at the same time,
and it was noticed that the trunks of the
indicted banker all bore the print of the
full name of Stensland.
Stensland was pale and seemed very
weak as he passed slowly from the steam
er to the tug, and then into the cabin.
Here he was formally placed under ar
rest by the New York detectives. and
here also after a few minutes he received
his SON. Both father and son were COM
pletely overcome and made no effort to
restrain their emotions. While father and
son conferred Attorney Olsen was tell
ing of the capture of Stensland at
Tanger, and how persistently Stensland
had tried to reach some place where the
arm of the law was no menace.
Thought Tangier Was Safe.
"Stensland went to Tangier,' Mr.. Olsen
said because from his experience as
sailor many years ago hesunderstood that
Tangier was not a treaty soil, and that
he would be perfectly safe there
"Stensland confessed to me-" the attor-
ney continued. He talked freely about
the bank and all its affairs and impli-
Gated several men In the wrecking. | can
connect the men, he declared, but their
names will come out at the proper time
| believe he will do everything possible
to aid in winding up the affairs of the
institution"
Just before the boat reached the city,
the younger Stensland gave out state
ment on behalf of his father.
my father is exceedingly sorry" he
said slowly, "for the depositors of the
bank if they lost any money, but he did
not believe they will lose unless some one
else is doing whole lot of crooked work.
my father is extremely sorry for his
own family and for the loss of his for
tune He is satisfied that he has turned
over everything he had, and If anything
over he will turn it over Immediately and