The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-25

In NEW YORK
He VIII Return to
Chicago.
BANKER TO PLEAD GUILTY
Affecting Meeting Of Father and
Son at Dock.
Bank Embezzler Claims Cashier Her
ing Is rs Much I'm Mud
As He Ia In

NEW 1OTk, bcpt 6fs-I auA W OhchS7
land of Chicago. bank embezzler, who
arrived from Tangier. Morocco. today
on the steamer Prinz Adelbert. was
brought to this ci.y at o'clock to-
night from quarantine and locked up
at police headquarters here.
He will be taken 10 Chicago tomor-
row morning. Harry Olsen, Assistant
States Attorney of Illinois. who ac-
companied Stensland. stated tonight
that the prisoner had made a confess
sion to him while en- route from Tan
gier.
Theodore Stcnsland, the bankers
son, Immediately afterwards, issued
statement in which he said that his
father would plead guilty to certain
of the indictments charging violation
of the Illinois State banking laws az
ter he had examined tho indictments.
He would not plead guilty to forgery
but would reveal everything leading
up to the wrecking Of the Milwaukee
Avenue State Bank and in so doing
would implicate other men prominent
in financial circles of Chicago.
He added that II there was short
age OF more than 100000 in the az
counts of the bank, mis- father would
prove that Cashier Herring was re-
sponsible for everything above that
amount.
stenslcnd arrived In New York weak
physically and showing much evidence
of the strain which has ATTENDED MS
extraordinary flight through many
countries, his desperate but tnerec-
tual try for freedom down the West
African coast, and mis- 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.
Meeting with SON.
| Their. was an affecting meeting De-
tween father and son on board the tug
| Catherine Moran. which the prisoner
boarded at quarantine Seensland
denies the report that he tried TO COM
| nniF suicide while in Morocco. He says
a sudden fainting spell there was IN
| terpreued by the Moroccan soldiers
las an attempt of self destruction.
stensland was removed TO PORES
headquarters toright ana u was pIan
ned to keep him until o'clock Somor-
row when he will be removed to the
district attorneys office and later
formally Turned over to the Chicago
officers and taken to Chicago
The Prince Adelbert was severa
hours later than expected in arriving
at quarantine and was met by tus
on board NJ which was the Junio'
stensland, a friend, Herman Banner
OF JohnSloWn' d. -,
and Bnns of Chicago ana Two NS"
York detectives
n was 4:3O o'clock when the health
| cheers boarded the steamer. AT tina
| time the decks of the Prince Adeloer
were lined with passengers, prominen
among them being states attorre!
Olsen and James keeley, managing
editor CT The Chicago Tribune wh'
went to Tangier with the states at
| -, 80 hrIoz 1tsnsland back q
America.
No little excitement and commotiol
attended the departure of Stenslano
together with States Attorney Olsei
and Mr. Kelley from the steamer
step which they were permitted to tax
at quarantine by special ruling OF tn
authorities. All the baggage OF IN
three men was transferred at the sam
time and it was noticed that the trunk
of the indicted banker all bore tn
! print OF the full name of Stensland.
stensIand Seemed Weak.
, Stensland was pale and seemed yer
weak as he passed slowly from tn
steamer to the tug and when into tn
cabin. Here he was formally place
under arrest by the New York detec
tives and here also after a few min
; utes he received his son.
| Both father and son were complete
| Nv overcome anu no SAAOib " AN
} strain their emotions. While father an
, son conferred. Attorney Olsen was tell
l ing of the capture of Stensland a
/ Tangier and how persistently Stems
} land had tried to reach some plac
where the arm of the law was no me
mace
"Stensland went to Tangier." Mr. o.
sen said because from his experienc
e as a sailor many years ago he under
stood that Tangier was not treaty so
y and that he would be perfectly sal
II there"
e 'stensland confessed to me-" the al
o torney continued. HE talked freel
u about the bank and all its affairs an
l. implicated several men in the wreck
: Ing. / cannot name the men," he d.
u clared. "but their names will come OF
! at the proper time believe he wi
y do everything possible TO aid in wine
= ing up the affairs of the institution