The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-09-25

| arrest by New York detectives, Paul o.
Stensland. former president of the Mil
waukee Avenue State bank, Chicago,
who stands indicted for heavy embez-
elements from that institution, arrived
in New York last night. lie was taken
from the steamer Prince Adalbert. on
which he came from Morocco, to which
country he had fed after the wrecking
OF the bank.
Stensland has made complete con-
| fession, according to Assistant States
Attorney Harry Olsen OF Chicago who
went to Tangier 10 take the former
pank oncial into custody, and In his
| confession he implicated other promi-
| nent Chicago men. Attorney Olsen de-
| clined TO name these men.
Theodore Stensland. who gave out an
| ohcial statement for his father, de-
| clared that the letter had made no
| signed confession, but that he had ad-
mitted committing certain offences
| constitute embezzlement under the H.
! linois laws. To some OF the indict-
ments for embezzlements his father
would plead guilty. he said, and in the
case OF others he would turn states
! evidence and implicate all those who
should be indicted in connection with
| the failure OF the bank.
| WILL GO TO CHICAGO.
Stensland was taken to police head
| quarters last night and II was planned
J to keep him there until a. m, today,
/ when he probably will be taken before
the district attorney and later formally
! turned over to the Chicago authorities
| and started for Chicago.
! The Prinz Adalbert was met at quar-
| antine by the tug Catharine Moran, on
! which were the Junior Stensland, his
| friend Herban Bannern OF Johnstown,
| sentatives. Detective Sergeant Joseph
| ]. Kinder of Chicago and Charles l..
| Binns OF the Illinois states attorney s
| office were on the tug TO take stems
! land in charge after the formality had
! been gone through with. New York ofii-
GERS were also on hand TO make the
| formal arrest
IL was late yesterday afternoon when
! the steamer dropped into quarantine.
| At that time the decks of the Prinz
| Adalbert were lined with passengers,
prominent among them being States
| Attorney Olsen and James Keeley or
| Chicago, who went 10 Tangier TO bring
| Stensland back TO America. Stensland
| himself was not a member OF the
throng. remaining in his stateroom and
| waving his hand TO his son when the
| tug came alongside.
No little excitement and commotion
| attended the departure OF Stensland, to-
Mr. Keeley from the steamer. All the
| baggage of the three men was trans
ferred at the same time and II was
noticed that the trunks OF the indicted
| bank president att bore Tn print the
full name of Stensland.
BANKER ILL AND WEAK.
stensland was pale and seemed very
weak as he passed slowly from the steam
| er TO the tug and then into the captain
| cabin. Here he was formally placed un-
| der arrest by the New York detectives,
and here also after few momehVs ne ne
| received his son. Both father and son
were completely overcome and made no
effort 10 restrain their emotions. Ihe
| elder man semed quite unable 10 talk at
| all. and when he did so IL was IN tones
| so low that he could scarcely be heard.
| While father and son were in confer
| ence Olsen told OF the capture or stems
land at .Tangier and now pds persis'snns snr1s
place where the arm OF law wan not a
| menace. He told OF the hurried nlgnt
from New York to Gibraltar, the passase
| TO Tangier. the refuge in the dens IN thc
mountains of Spain and then the return
TO Gibraltar a.
There the fleeing official boarded the
German steamer Olbenburg, when Was was
hound for the Canary Islands, but when
was stopped by pursuing steamer p1 py
fore she reached her destination. Inc ol-
benburg put into Tangier, where her cap cap.
tanned purposely delayed for three days
pending the settlement OF the case
Stensiand was arrested on Tangler
street and finally decided 10 waive extra
dtion rights when he found that the
Moroccan authorities had agreed to allow
his removed.
FULL CONFESSION.
"Stensland confessed TO me- the at
torney said. "He talked freely about tne
| bank and all its affairs, and Implicated
/ several men in the wrecking. / cannot
name the men, but their names VIII come
out at the proper time. | believe that
| he will do everything possible In wlndlnS
| up the affairs of the lnstltuuon, tltuu., s,acn Wacn
| Stensland said he hoped to get II soon
| from a certain man whose name ne save
me This stock has figured somewhat IN
the discussion of the banks afalrs.
on the way up the bay StenSland the
detectives and the others officially con-
nected with the case posed for variety
Of pictures. The effort by Stensland,
however, apparently exhausted him ana
he retired to the cabin In parual state
of collapse. -. 49,,
lust before the tug reached the city the
younger Stensland gave out his fathers
statement
"Nfy father is exceedingly sorry" he
said FOR the depositors OF the bank IL
they lose any money, but he does not be-
Hove they will lose unless someone else
Is doing a whole lot OF crooked work.
my father is exceedingly sorry for his
own family and for the loss OF his for-
tune. lie is is SdllSlltu lidN lN AloS NuihNN
over everything which he had and II
ANYTHING is discovered later which can
be turned over he will turn It over imme-
diately and gladly.
Gle wants II understood that his heart
Goes out first of all TO the depositors and
secondly TO his own family. He was
treated with extraordinary good Will and
Kindness by Mr.. Olsen and Mr.. keeley
and he is willing TO abide by their advice
absolutely, and especially by the advice
OF Mr.. Olsen.
OTHERS TO BE EXPOSED.
my father will examine the indict-
ments which have been returned against
him and he will plead guilty TO such
Of these as he thinks he should plead
guilty to. Moreover, he will turn states
evidence in the case OF other indictments
and he will implicate all those persons
who should be indicted.
''Ho is not guilty of forgery. he says,
but he will offer a plea OF guilty 10 those
indictments which, In n general way, are