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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-09-28
HOW STENSLAND
WAS CAPTURED
Story Of the Pursuit and Apprehension Of the
President Of the Wrecked Milwaukee Ave-
nue. State Bank of Chicago.

AS he was riding to the hotel at
| midnight after getting the governor of
the French bank out of bed, a voice
from a Moorish cafe sung out:
Il say, Olson, think l 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
night boat says he saw him 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 Olden-
burg, the German steamer bearing
Stensland from the Rock to the Moor
ish coast, reached port our Arab chief
of scouts sent a cable to us at Gibral-
tar announcing the arrival of the boat
and the presence on board of the man
we wanted.
Hired Special Steamer.
We began negotiations for special
steamer to bring us back to Tangier.
Finally 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 in the morning
when we rounded Malabat Point and
saw the red light above the gate of
the 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 had not, as we feared that if so
Stensland might have been warned
and started for the interior. This
would not have prevented his capture,
but would have delayed it and made
lots of trouble.
Stensiand Comes Ashore.
Forty minutes later boat put of
from the German steamer and headed
for the pier. In the stern sat Stems
land, looking fat and hearty. He
climbed up the steps to the wharf
chatting gayly with four German fel.
low passengers.
We trailed slowly behind Stensland
up the steep, hilly streets. When the
British post office in Soko Chico
square was reached Stensland entered
ANY letter for P Olsen?" he asked
mo, SIR
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If any comes I want you to please

If any comes want you to please
forward 1t.
"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 writ
ten "P. Olsen, British post Office"
when Olson and stepped up. I
tapped him on the left shoulder and
said:
Write your own name, Stensland,
and instead of 'Morgador,' where you
think you are going, write it Chicago
where you really are going"
Then occurred sublime flash of
nerve on the part of the husky Morse
man. Gripping the pen in hand and
shaking as If with palsy he forced the
pen across the paper and wrote "Mo-
gador' after the name he had already
written there before I had interrupted
him. Then he turned like wolf at
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noon, August 20, and Gibraltar rs
hours later. On Saturday morning,
September l, 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
2, the Investigation proceeded. At
every town Stensland's tracks were
uncovered and the last clew pointed to
the Grand hotel at Gibraltar. 1t was
as follows: Assistant States Attor-
ney Olson had represented himself to
the keeper of the hotel whore 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
s'tensland's whereabouts.
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customer. Stensland, in answer to NJ.
Gaurant's inquiries, said he came from
America, and when further questioned
as to why he carried money in such
shape and had no letter OF credit, said
he thought he would get the worst of
exchange and concluded it was best to
carry currency.
Stensland soon became a conspicu-
Gus 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 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 Senorita
Vittoria, Spanish dancer from Sc
Vile who performs with exceptional
abandon the fandango at the Cafe I'm
perial Her partially for him aroused
a feeling of jealousy in the breast of
an Arab chief who enjoyed the smiles
of the danseuse until Stensland ap-
peared on the scene.
On Friday, September G. instruc-
lions from the state department at
Washington were received by Minister
Gummere to surrender Stensland to
| the custody of James Kelley and
Harry Olson as the officially appointed
agents of theUnited States" We gave
formal receipt for the prisoner,
Stensland himself signing it as wit
ness to our signatures.
The first step after receiving the
prisoner was to arrange for safeguard
ing him. Accompanied by an attache
of the United States consular Office, We
at once rode to the Kasbah, which is
the joint Moorish prison and admins
trative building. The basha Sid Ca
dor Belghasi, was found sitting in the
messooar, or "salon of complaints"
where he receives those who are
wronged and want stern and instan-
taneous Moorish Justice.
Through an interpreter we informed
the basha that Stensland had been
turned over to us and that we wished
to make arrangements for porperly
safeguarding him until the time of our
departure.
The basha expressed great apprecia-
ton of the honor done him in asking
his aid and said that cell in the pris-
on was at our immediate disposal, at
the same time calling an officer of the
guard to show it to us.
Declined Offer Of Cell.
The cell was extremely uninviting,
and we had heard horrible stories of
what had taken place behind the ram
parts Of the Kasbah We decided 1t
would be neither humane nor polite
to confine Stensland there as Assist
ant States Attorney Olson wanted to
bring home liveman, not corpse.
Arrangements finally were made for
a guard of six soldiers under the abso.
lutte orders of ourselves. Two were to
be placed on the roof, two at the only
door, and two inside. The prisoner
was moved to his new quarters at
once, there to remain until arrange
ments for transporting him to the
United States had been made.
September IL Stensland and his CAP
tors left Tangier for New York on q
German liner which had called at the
port by request of the state authcri
ties at WASHINGTON.
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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 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
When he dumped $4,000 on the
counter the eyes of the clerk bulged
out, and he called M. Gaurant, the gov
ernor, who questioned the prospective
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Run to Earth at Tangier, Morocco,
the Man Chiefly Responsible
for the Ruin of Thousands of
Poor Depositors in His lnstitu-
ton Comes Back to the United
States to End His Life in the
Penitentiary-Days and Night.
of Misery Since His Flight from
Chicago.

Chicago-The story of the 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
all too frequent events. Traced from
this 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
is Stensland's account of the circum-
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
the story is as follows:
1t was the old story of woman
scorned that led to the finding Of
Stensland's trail. One of his numerous
friends who thought she had been
shabbily treated put the authorities
in possession of the first hint as to
the fugitive's whereabouts. Her infor-
nation was indefinite, but investiga-
ton proved it's probable accuracy.
Finally, on August Is, 1t became
certain that he was in Tangier and
had been for Is days. The facts were
laid before States Attorney Healy
He was asked If he could send a
man with a representative OF the Tri-
bune to an unknown destination,
where it was expected to find Stems
land or his trail Mr. Healy accepted
the proposition and Assistant States
Attorney Harry Olsen was ordered to
meet the representative of the Tribune
in New York on Monday, August 20.
The next day Mr.. Olsen and the Tri-
bune man sailed on the liner Kaiser
Wilhelm II.
Paris was reached Monday, August
H. and was left Tuesday at noon.
Madrid was reached Wednesday after
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upon. This is less than was looked
for by some enthusiastic western peo-
pie, who maintained that increased
acreage necessarily meant an in
creased aggregate. Still, 90,000,000
bushels of wheat is 100000 better
than what was looked upon last year
as a good crop, and we do not think
Western Canada has much cause to
feel down in the mouth because the
acme of its anticipations on the wheat
crop may not have been realized.
Taking one year with another, that
country has demonstrated that it can
be depended upon as a great wheat
growing territory, and has to be reck-
oned with in the markets of the
world.
The yield in oats has been in.
creased this year by nearly 1,5O0, 900
bushels, the aggregate estimate being
75,725.600, with the average at 41.2
bushels to the acre. The estimated
crop of barley is placed at 16,980, 500
bushels, which is a slight increase
over the total Of last year. OF fax the
estimate given is 690,1S4 bushels,
which is a material increase upon last
years figures.
Following are the figures in detail
for wheat, oats, and barley in West
ern Canada for the three years last
past:
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he would not go voluntarily.

AS matter of fact, we had no legal
right to stop Stensland. Technically
we were guilty of kidnapping, and the
situation began to look serious. The
American minister could not order
Stensland' sarrest until he had received
instructions from Washington. These
had been cabled for the night before,
but had not arrived. If Stensland had
only known this he could have walked
out and told us to go to blazes. He
could not have escaped ultimately, but
he could have caused us lots of trouble.
Just as we were about to take re-
course to argument and threats, tell
ing him we would follow him to the
end of the earth and capture him
eventually, salvation came from Min
lister Gummere. James Martin, of the
American legation staff appeared with
a note from the minister saying if |
had notified the state department he
would take the responsibility of de-
tanning Stensland, pending advices
from Washington.
BY this time the fugitive banker had
wilted and he agreed to return to
America with us any way we chose
without process.
During the long afternoon in the of.
flee of the American consul Stensland
talked broken heartedly with us and
finally made full confession to AS
sistant States Attorney Olson in my
presence.
Puts Blame on Cashier.
He said: II cannot understand how
the shortage can be $2,00O,0O0 To my
certain knowledge my liability to the
bank does not exceed 100000 Any
thing over that must have been stoler
by Herring.
my Indebtedness began a Ions
while ago, in 1896. 1t was a small at
| fair, small amount, and God knows
l never intended to steal I was in {
tight hole and needed money. l pu
my own note, genuine, not forgery
in the box. Then it was suggested tt
me that the bank examiner woult
stand for It, and he did.
81 never threw away money in an!
| direction in my life. / never spen
over $4,000 a year. I always was :
worker. never loafed in my life.
always was the first man at the banl
and the last to leave it.
! The money | took was invested
year after year, in an endeavor tt
make good. Every dollar went int,
real estate or business
They were bad investments and to
day / am arrested, a fugitive, with tn
certainty of prison cell. And I an
nearly 60 years old. God! God! God!
AS a matter of fact Stensland faile'
to take the most simple measures t.
hide his identity. In his trunk wer
found four volumes of Ibsen, all witt
Stensland's full name on the flylea1
His key ring bore the tag of the Mi
waukee Avenue State bank.
The most amazing blunder of al
was across the end of his big trunk il
white letters three inches high, Pau
o. Stensland."
II did not notice this" said he It'll
crossing from Gibraltar. was lear
ing over the rail of the upper dec
and happened to look down on tn
main deck and saw my trunk with m
full name staring me right in the face
I nearly tainted. I got down as 500
as possible and sat on the name 70
the rest of the voyage"
Stensland's life of exile was hell O.
earth, according to Stensland. Fror
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after 20 days with a somewhat better
report and gave reasons for the faith
that was in them. They had travelled
all through the spring wheat district;
had driven 1,400 miles through the
grain country, besides travelling thou
sands Of miles by rail; and they had
visited SO localities and knew where
of they spoke. They reported: Wheat,
90,250, 900 bushels, on 4,750,000 acres,
with an average yield of 10 bushels
per acre. The western division of
the Bank of Commerce also investi-
gated with the following result:
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bay, and, by a supreme effort retain.
ing control of his voice and features,
said:
mo, no, think not. You cannot
take me. l will not co."
But you will co." he was answered.
Listen. You think this is protected
country. 1t is not. You made big
mistake. You will be arrested here,
thrown into a Moorish prison, then
taken aboard a United States warship
and shipped in irons to the United
States. The question is, do you want
felon?"
Prisoner Is Obstinate.
Stensland was obstinate and de-
clared we could not take him and that
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An Odious Comparison.

doesn't Scrubbly look cheap beside
that magnificent, well-dressed wife OF
his?'
II should say 30! He looks like .
bar-tender's shirt>stud beside the Koh.
i-noor."-Judge.
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1904.
Manitoba g, 1872 1853 3e,2S9, z1s Hits go
Saskatchewan Ia, 1870 10,756,35o sos, 1886
Alberta 7s6,075 5,eo9,4e6 1,60s,2I
55,sss.2es 52,e55,12 1888, ST
Manitoba .......557@,41e 454s4,o25 14.oe4,o2s
Alberta s25s H s51a,1sS T s 81
s4.1ss,22s 74.211,26o 1873, s25
This year, the lowest returns, as we
have stated, are estimated at: Wheat,
S7,2o3,Oo0 bushels; oats, 1885, 900,
and barley at 16,9S0,6O0 bushels, which
is very satisfactory, if not absolutely
satisfying. To better appreciate this
fact, all that is necessary to do is to
go back rs years in the history OF
Western Canada. At t1a: time the
agricultural product of the whole
| country was confined to Manitoba,
and consisted of 100000 bushels Of
wheat, on an acreage Of $1,000 and
1,270,268 bushels of oats. The enti-e
crop was at that time required fox
local purposes, and the export trade
allowing nearly 20,000,O00 bushels of
| wheat for local consumption and seed
ing, there will be about 100000
bushels for export, which at 70 cents
per bushel will bring in outside money
to the extent of nearly $50,000,0 900.
The barley and oats exported are
good for an additional $25,0o0,000, and
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$685., 263 52,655,125 13.ss4,547
1905.
. .55, 761, 416 45, 4,025 14,064, 02s
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903.

Wheat Oats Barley.
Manitoba ..... 0,116.S7S 33,G35,7H 800, 252
Saskatchewan Is 121 ,O15 91c4,0W 665 1893
Alberta ...... 1,118,1SO 51S7, su 1,077,N4
ke.s56,03 A.3s7,3a 1o,45o.11s
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-10
GOOD HALIBuT NEWS.
Enormous Catch Arrives In Tacoma
From Hecate Grounds.

From Hecate Grounds.
TACOMA May ., What Is said I,
be the largest cargo OF fresh hollbu'
ever brought into any port In the world
came to Tacoma last night on the
| Tacoma built steamer XOporn of the
International Fisheries company. fleet
The we'll known vessel had IN her holds
10000 pounds Of ilsh which IL the rec
ord hnlibut catch for her and for al
other fishing craft, according to II. u
Pool president OF the international
company. What makes the sisc Of th,
catch more astonishing than II would
otherwise he, Is the fact that the oil
burner has been absent from port but
seven days, which Is nm unusually
smart cruise.
The hest previous catch made by the
Xapora was on Il cruise which she ended
March Is, when she came into port
with 26000O pounds, That was eonsid'
cred phenomenal, On this trip she wa.
out shorter time and brought back
10000 pounds more.
The catch was made on the ishinp
grounds at llccate straight., which Is
south OF Dixon entrance. where the
greatest number of halibut were found
formerly, As the fishing banks nre
hundreds OF miles from Tacoma the
steamer spends several day" on route
going and coming, Thus her fishermen
had to do all their work during the re-
naming four or five days they were
out.
Captain Johanson states that the
weather during part Of the cruise was
rough. but while the steamer lay on
the fishing banks il was ideal for catch
ing the big white fish,
! Hf lNNl l'N HbHAHS HNNF u''h we
hest ever experienced by the halibnt
fishermen aud they have never failed in
getting large catches. Every cruise
made by the Zapora and the Edith. OF
the same fleet, this spring has resulted
In extraordinary large catches and the
company has been enabled to send
enormous shipments to It's Eastern mar
KITS. The International has steadily
grown in the last few years until now
Il ia the largest fresh fish company in
the country. Regular shipments In car
load lots are made from Tacoma TO
Gloucester Mass. which was once rec
ognized as the center Of the fishing in
dustry for the United States
The steamer Edith. which has been
making repairs and undergoing thor
ough ovcrhauling during the last two
weeks, will be ready to 60 TO sea to-
morrow on another cruise,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-05-10

Secretary Of the Navy Charlc' J.
Bonaparte, in striking speech at At
hntc City. \. j.. made strong APP
peal for higher salaries for public
officers. He maintained that the pres
cnt tendency is 10 keep poor men and,
~ rule, the better element Of Amcri.
can citizenship, out Of the government
service. None but such men can afford
to hold any of the higher offices In the
public service these days at the pres-
cnt rate OF pay.
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Complaint having been made to the
court that portion of road No, II
lOneyl has been fenced in by one OF
the settlers. The county surveyor |,
instructed to relocate the road accord
ing to the survey and report same ia
the court, in order that the court may
act on same.
That he is instructed to write chair
man of the Judges of election of Sven
sen precinct, and request them to ad'
ourn the polls to the hall on the hill
as the Red Men object to having their
hall used for election purposes,
Written opinion OF Harrison Allen,
district attorney, as to what interest
any contractor, architect or materiamOn
has in he new court house building,
Ordered placed on file,
Ordered that an election be held on
Monday the +th day OF June, 1906, to
vote for or against prohibition of thr
sale OF intoxicating liquors for bevcr'
aye purposes for John Day Precinct
No. |. of Clatsop County.
Ordered that an election be held on
Monday the 4th day Of June, 1906 TO
vote for against prohibition OF the sale
OF Intoxicating liquors for beverage
purposes for Astoria Precinct No. I,
only, OF Clatsop County.
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THE PERFECT WAY.
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Fortunate Missourians.

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toria people. Call at Chas, Rogers
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Faith in human perfectibility is al.
most shaken by the spectacle Of an in
grained all wool anti-paternalist like
the Hon. John Wesley Gaines champion
ing the cause of free government dis
tribution of prize packages of garden
seeds Jefferson must Tieve in his
Monticello tomb at such a lapse from
strict construction virtue. Or must we
be driven to believe that the Hon. John
Wesley considers that the federal gov
ernment has no more right to withhold
seed supply from the honest agricul-
turalist than it has to cut off his in.
alienable title to air and sunshine?
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What's the good Of keeping from him
Any good things you may see,
That will lift his load of labor
Like Rocky Mountain Tea.
Frank Hart, druggist.