The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-04
STENSLAND MAKES
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forged the notes to help out Stems
land s bad investments, and in return
Herring helped himself to the cash as
he needed it to play races, drink wine
and support women. Herring domin-
ated Stensland, and the master became
the puppet in the hands of an unscru-
pulous servant. ss...
Banker Shows Nerve.
The old man showed wonderful nerve
in the early part of the day. He never
once lost his self-possession or temper
during hours Of trial such as come to
few men. He was always pol tie and
courteous, even when undergoing the
third degree in a public place.
But in the afternoon, when there was
no longer any necessity for an iron will,
he wilted. Several times the tears
stole down his cheeks, and he presented
the picture of strong, masterful man
In bitterest agony.
Capture Picturesque.
The capture of Stensland was pic
turesque, in the extreme and exciting,
even for this warlike town. There has
not been such hubbub here since Bal
suli made his last raid:
When we left Tangicr yesterday at
ternoon for Gibraltar to run down the
Grand hotel clew,ewe left twenty-five
Moorish and Arab scouts to guard, all
the entrances and exits. The turbaned
mediately at Gibraltar if any trace had
been obtained of the fugitive.
Less than an hour after the Olden-
burg, the German steamer bearing
Stensland from the Rock to the Moorish
coast, reached port, our Arab chief Of
scouts sent a cable to us at Gibraltar,
announcing the arrival Of the boat and
the presence on board Of the man we
wanted.
As soon as last night s dispatch had
been placed on the wire we began ne
gotiations for special steamer to bring
this tn NOR morning ry we founded Malabat point
and saw the red light above the gate OF
the city of Tangier. The steamer Old
enburg lay half mile off shore. We
hauled alongside and learned that the
landed, special arrangements having
been made to open the city gates for
u.s..
At 7:1O am, a boat put off from the
German steamer. In the stern sat Stems
land, looking fat and hearty. He
started for the postotfice and bank. We
trailed slowly behind. When the Brit
tered.
The Critical Moment.
"Any letter here for P. Olsen9' he
aS NNo sir.u
eff any comes want you to please
forward it,
"All right, sir. Please write your
forwarding address, said the clerk,
pushing forward the book in which
such instructions are written.
In firm hand Stensland had written
fP. Olsen, British postoffce.' When
Olsen and stepped up I tapped him on
the left shoulder and said:
- "Write your own name, Stensland,
and instead of Mogador, where you
think you are going, write Chicago,
where you really are going.'
stensland Turns Pale.
stensland rocked on his stocky legs
q moment, and turned CHASTITY pale I'M
der, the tan. Then Olsen slapped him
on the right shoulder and said: - =~s,e#,'
eyes, Paul, write your own name,
and Chicago, for the state Of Illinois
wants you, and we are going to take
you there.' ~ -: =; II
Then occurred a sublime fash of
nerve on the part Of the husky Morse
ing as if with palsy he forced the pen
across the paper and wrote "Mogadoro
after the name he had written before |
had interrupted him. Then he turned
like wolf at bay and by supreme
effort, retaining control Of his voice and
features, said:
"No, no, I think not. You cannot
take me. will not go.''
''But you will CO., he was answered.
s'Listen. We have trailed you for
three weeks. We have tied up your
"You think this is protected coun-
try. It is not. You made a big mis-
take. You will be arrested here, thrown
into Moorish prison, then taken aboard
a United States warship and shipped in
irons to the United States. The ques-
ton is, do you want to 20 back as a
gentleman or as felon7'
II don It believe it, said Stenslanl
doggedly. "You can't touch me. You
are bluffing.'
Suicide or Flight?
Stensland said he had made up his
mind to flee on the Thursday preceding
the Sunday in which he left Chicago.
the problem whether to blow his brains
out or run. In the hours of darkness;
he decided to kill himself, but post
poned the act until dawn and with the
sunlight came the primal instinct to
hold on to life and flight won over
death.
His preparations were hurried. He
had surrendered his life insurance poll
cy for $4,000 and had received $4,000 as
commission on the sale of the property
of the cooperative store to the North
western Life Insurance company which
had held a mortgage lien on the prem
Uses. He drew $500 as salary from
the Mount Oivet Cemetery association.
This was all the money taken from him.
"Why, with a million of dollars cash
IN the bank, did you not take more?'
'Could Not steal.''
81 could have taken quarter of a
million dollars without trouble,V said
he, "but [ did not want to. I never
took one cent of cash from the bank
and put it in my own pocket. l never
took a dollar belonging to other peo-
pie.
Stensland s health at first was not
the best. When he boarded the train
on the start of his flight he tainted and
was unconscious for awhile. On board
ship he was again stricken, and for four
days was on his back. In his first few
days at TaDgier he was far from we'll.
The climate and surroundings here were
repugnant to him. and he went to Spain,
knowing the risk he took in moving
from what he regarded as protected soil.
he knew it would not be safe, but he
took the chance.
Stensland made no attempt to deny
ms guilt and only tried to minimize it.
his confession began with a statement
mat ne was surprised to learn that the.