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

Chicago.-The story of the pursuit
and capture of Paul o. Stensland,
president of the wrecked Milwaukee
Avenue State bank, is n 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 ac-
companied by a representative of the
Chicago Tribune. Not less interesting
is 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
the story is as follows:
1t was the old story of a 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 10, it became
certain that he was in Tangier and
had been for 16 days. The facts were
laid before States Attorney Healy
He was asked if he could send a
man with a representative of the Tri-
h,,rn RI IN 1,plynnun Hnctinatiny
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
27. and was left Tuesday at noon.
Madrid was reached Wednesday after
noon, August 30, and Gibraltar 26
hours later. On Saturday morning,
September /, the boat was taken for
Tangier, the Moorish city being
tSdCuSu carly Ill LH6 SN6uluS.
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 tc
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
Stensland's whereabouts.
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:
81 say, Olson, I 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 we on the
night boat says he saw him at the
Grand hotel"
When we left Tangier Sunday after
noon. September 2, for Gibraltar tic
run down the Grand hotel clew we left
Is 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 chic
of scouts sent a cable to us at Gibral
tar announcing the arrival of the boa
and the presence or board of the mar
we wanted.
Hired Special Steamer.
We began negotiations for a specia
steamer to bring us back to Tangier
Finally a small steamer was chartere,
and permission obtained from the oil
ficer of the guard to leave port.
At midnight we turned tail on tn
Rock and headed across the straits
1t was four o'clock in the mornin
when we rounded Malabat Point an
saw the red light above the gate c
the city of Tangier.
The steamer O%ldenburg lay half
mile off shore. We hauled alongsid
and asked If the passengers had LIANT
ed. 1t was great relief to hear tha
they had not, as we feared that If S
Stensland might have been warne