The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-27
STENS[AND IN
JOLIET PRISON
Bank WreCker Went From the
Train to Criminal Court
in Chicago.
ENTERED PLEA OF. GUILTY
JUDGE IMMEDIATELY PASSED
SENTENCE.

chicago, Sept. 26.-Paul o. Stensland,
TO whose self-confessed embezzlezment
OF 100000 was due chiefly the col
lapse of the Milwaukee Avenue State
pank' was given an indeterminate SEN
tence In the penitentiary within three
hours a.ter his arrival in Chicago to-
day from the east. and before another
three hours had elapsed the convicted
bank president had begun service of the
sentence at Joliet Stensland pleaded
guilty on two indictments, one charging
embezzlement and the other charging
violation of the state banking laws. A
line OF 3l20 was imposed on the latter
charge, which was based upon the &C
ceptance of $50 in deposits after the
bank was insolvent. The sentence i'm
posed which will operate concurrent
", are from one to five and one to ten
years. making the longest term the
prisoner will be compelled to serve not
more than ten years.
From Train to Court.
steusland's arrival I'm Chicago was
greeted by a crowd of several hundred
persons who awaited the coming of the
twentieth Century Limited. on which
the prisoner and his captors were pas
.F''ieNAo- ~ reach lne t0DS WnlCn were
10 convey the party to the criminal
court building 1t was necessary to wait
FOR the police TO clear passage from
the entrance of the baggage room
highway of which the prisoner was
conveyed TO the street. The crowd was
demonstrative, although Offering no
violence, and the effect upon Stensland
was noticeable. He became nervous
and seemingly apprehensive of bodily
.IrNNn IVsw~ 4
building was accomplished without in
cident States Attorney Healy was
waiting in his private office for the ar
rival of Stensland and the prisoner
was hurried haggard and trembling.
between a double line OF police into Mr..
Healy's presence. A conference last
ing over an hour ensued between stems
land. Healy, Assistant States Attor-
;neys Olson and Barbour, and several
attaches of the office.
Made Full Confession.
What Stensland made known to the
states attorney was not divulged.
After the conference Mr.. HeaIy said:
'Stensland made full confession OF
everything connected with the affairs
of the bank. He has told us of his
own acts and OF the acts Of others.
What he has revealed makes the bank
affair less dark for himself
The court proceedings which followed
Immediately, were conducted hurriedly
Silence fell over the court room as
'Stensland faced the bar. His form was
shaken with emotion, and he kept a
handkerchief in his hand and frequent
.ly brushed away the tears that sprang
to his eyes. Judge Karsten. before
whom the proceedings were conducted
addressed the prisoner, whom he had
known for many years as a citizen and
business man. He reviewed the case
briefly and asked if Stensland had any
defense 20 offer. Upon receiving a neg
ative reply, the court passed sentence
and without further ceremony stems
lend the deputy sheriffs and the state
attorneys filed out of the court room.
Stensland was unaccompanied by
friends or attorney during the entire
procedure.
Taken to Joliet.
Stensland was joined by his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Inga Sandberg. as he left the
court room, and after having had din
ner at a nearby restaurant they, ac-
cCmpanied by Jailer Whitman and
Deputy Sheriff Mcmahon, were con-
veyed TO the railroad station, where a
train was taken for the penitentiary
at Joliet.
Before 3 o'clock all the routine neces-
sary 10 commit the convicted man to a
cell had been completed. Mrs Sand
berg. who seemingly was much moved