The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-10-13

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Chicago.-The story o. tAe pursuit.
and capture of Paul O. Stensland
president of the wrecked Milwaukee
Avenue State bank, is one of the
most dramatic in the history of those
&lI too frequent events. Traced from
ahfs city to Tangiers, Morocco, he was
apprehended there by Assistant
States Attorney Olsen, who was &C
companied by a representative OF the
Chicago Tribune. Not less interesting
as Stensland's account OF the circum-
stances leading to the wrecking Of
the bank and the despoiling Of thou
sands of depositors of the poorer class
of the savings of their lifetime. Told
In detail by the Tribune representative
ahe story IS as follows:
It was the old story of a woman
scorned that led to the fn6ing OF
Stensland's trail One Of his numerous
friends who thought she had been
shabbily treated put the authorities
ia possession of the first hint as to
She fugitive's whereabouts. Her infor-
nation was indefinite, but inyestiga-
3on proved its probable accuracy.
Finally, on August 13, it became
certain that he was in Tangier and
had been for Is days. The facts were
bald before. States Attorney Healy
He was asked II he could send a
man with representative OF the Trf-
bune to an unknown destination,
where it was expected to find Stems
land Or his trail Mr.. Healy accepted
abe proposition and Assistant States
Attorney Harry Olsen was ordered tc
meet the representative of the Tribune
in New York on Monday, August 20.
The next day Mr. Olsen aud the Tri-
bune man sailed on the liner Kaiser
Wilhelm II.
Paris was reached Monday, August
n. and was left Tuesday at noon
Madrid was reached Wednesday after
moon. August 20. and Gibraltar Is
hours later. On Saturday morning.
September /. the boat was taken for
Tangier, the Moorish city being
reached early In the evening.
Back to Gibraltar.
All Saturday night and until four
o'clock Sunday afternoon, September
z. the Investigation proceeded. At
every town Stenslands tracks were
uncovered and the last clew pointed to
Ghe Grand hotel at Gibraltar. It was
rs follows: Assistant States Attor-
Rey Olson had represented himself to
the keeper of the hotel where Stems
land stopped at Tangier as his son.
Stensland, as has been stated, is trav-
cling under the alias Of P. Olsen. The
names were the same and the two
men do not look unlike. The hotel
keeper believed the story, but could
give no direct information as to
Stensiand's whereabouts.
AS he was riding 90 the hotel at
midnight after getting the governor of
the French bank out Of bed. voice
srom Moorish cafe sung out:
I 81 say, Olson, l think 1 know where
your governor IS
We dismounted as the hotel man
continued:
You left the old man in Glib A
friend of mine just come over on the
might boat says Ae saw Aim at the
Grand hotel
When we left Tangier Sunday after
noon, September 2, for Gibraltar to
run down the Grand hotel clew we left
25 Moorish and Arab scouts to guard
all the entrances and exits.
Less than an hour after the o1den-
burg, the German steamer bearing
Stensland from the Rock to the Moor
Ssh coast, reached port our Arab chief
of scouts sent a cable to us at Gibral-
aar announcing the arrival 81. the boat
and the presence on board Of the man
we wanted.
! Hiree. Special Steamer.
! We began negotiations for a special
steamer to bring US back to Tangier.
Finally a small steamer was chartered
and permission obtained from the Of
ficer of the guard to leave port.
At midnight we turned tail on the
Rock and headed across the straits.
1t was four o'clock ia the morning
when we rounded Malabat Point and
saw the red light above the gate of
khe city Of Tangier.
The steamer oldenburg lay half a
mile off shore. We hauled alongside
and asked If the passengers had land
ed. 1t was great relief to hear that
they haa not. as we feared that if SO
stensland might have been warned
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