Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-09-27

and happened to look down on me
main deck and saw my trunk with my
full name staring me right in the face.
/ nearly tainted. l got down as soon
as possible and sat on the name for
the rest of the voyage"
S~tensland's life OF exile was hell on
earth. according to Stensland. From
the moment he left Chicago his every
waking thought was pregnant with
fear and his every sleeping moment
filled with terrifying visions.
Steniand's Life in Tansier.
Stensland's life in the Moroccan
seaport had not been one of unalloyed
happiness. He arrived in Tangier July
2S by the steamer Gibel from Gibral-
tar. He apparently made previous in
quiries regarding the hotels, avoiding
the large and prominent ones He
climbed the hill on which the quaint
Moorish town is built, entered the city
gate, and walked to the Grand Hotel
Oriental.
Stensland evidently thought himself
absolutely safe from pursuit, or, like
the majority of fugitives, became care.
less as soon as he set foot on foreign
soil The day after his arrival he
amazed Proprietor Sterwind by ex.
hibiting, as Sterwind said, IAN awful
lot of money and a great number Of
big bills"
AS a banker Stensland knew which
was the best bank in Tangier. and,
mounting a mule, with a small satchel
in hand, rode to the Compton Nation
al d~'Escompte, where he said he want
ed to make a deposit and open an ac-
count.
When he dumped ST., 1000 on the
counter the eyes Of the clerk bulged
out, and he called M. Gaurant, the gov.
ernor, who questioned the prospective
customer. Stensland, in answer to M,
Gaurant's inquiries, said he came from
America, and when further questioned
as to why he carried money in such
oiluPO III hdu liz lCIJCl il SlOulI, odiu
he thought he would get the worst of
exchange and concluded it was best to
carry currency.
Stensland soon became a conspicu
Il figure in Tangier. The Oriental
hotel stands just between the Mosque
Dramakebir and the Cafe Franchise
Stensland gave the mosque the cold
shoulder, but the Cafe Franchise, the
Cafe Imperial, and the Cafe Turkesque
found a good customer in him. Every
night he climbed the hills and wound
his tortuous way through alley-like
streets, from one to the other. Nine
Yvette, at the Franchise, was his ia
vorite chanteuse.
Spanish Dancer His Favorite.
But his real favorite was Senorits
Vittoria, a Spanish dancer from Sc
vile, who performs with exceptions
abandon the fandango at the Cafe I'm
perial. Her partially for him aroused
a feeling of jealousy in the breast o
an Arab chief who enjoyed the smiles
Of the danseuse until Stensland ap
peared on the scene.
After his arrest and confession
Stensland was a broken down, aget
man. All night he wept c%ontinuousl!
and at times his paroxysms of tears 81
alarmed the guards they were on tn,
point of calling a doctor. Stenslant
suffered also severe physical pain il
addition to his mental agony.
On Friday, September 6, instruc
lions from the state department a
Washington were received by Ministe
Gummere to surrender Stensland II
the custody of James Kelley ant
Harry Olson as the officially a~ppointe'
agents of theUnited States" We CAV,
a formal receipt for the prisoner
Stensland himself signing it as a wit
ness to our signatures.
The first step after receiving tn
prisoner was to arrange for safeguard
ing him. Accompanied by an attach
of the United States consular Office, W
at once rode to the Kasbah, which l
the joint Moorish prison and admins
trative building. The basha, Sid CT
dor Belghasi, was found sitting in tn
m%essooar, or salon Of complaints,
where he receives those who ar
wronged and want stern and instar
taneous Moorish justice.
Through an interpreter we informe
the basha that Stensland had bee
| t,,rrnI 1uar IN Yro ond thot ua uytchA
to make arrangements for porperl
safeguarding him until the time of on
departure.
The basha expressed great appreci,
ton OF the honor done him in askin
his aid and said that a cell in the pril
, on was at our immediate disposal, 6
the same time calling an officer of tn
guard to show it to us.
,, Declined Offer of Cell.
! The cell was extremely %uninvitini
l and we had heard horrible stories
what had taken place behind the ran
; parts of the Kasbah. We decided
would be neither humane nor polit
; to confine Stensland there, as Assis
ant States Attorney Olson wanted
bring home a liveman, not a corpse.
Arrangements finally were made fl
, a guard of six soldiers under the abs
lutte orders of ourselves. Two were
J be placed on the roof, two at the on,
door, and two inside. The prison,
was moved to his new quarters
once, there to remain until arrang
ments for transporting him to IL
United States had been made.
September IL Stensland and his ca
tors left Tangier for New York on
German liner which had called at IL
port by request of the state autho,