Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-09-26
PRISON
CELL TO EXILE
Stensland Willing To Give Up DobS
ing the Law.
AN ACCUSING conscience
ony Companion of the Chicago Bank
Wrecker-A Woman Scorned Was
His Undoing.

Freedom seems sweeter than the
prison in the abstract, but under some
circumstances the cell Is more vel
come than being a wanderer ON TIE
face of the earth with an accusin-
conscience aS an only companion and
the terror OF detectives at every
turn. '-Stensland' ; words after ar.
rest.
Chicago, Sept. 25.-Folowing the
tailed account Of the persuit and cap
ture Of Stensland. as he was travel
ing under the name of p. Oleson, is
the account of Stensland's converse
lion;
StenSland was obstinate and de.
claled we could not take him, and that
he would not 20 voluntarily,
Anyway. want my liberty AS
long as possible, y said he, "and | am
going to have it, y
Stensland," said Oleson, lyon
did a dirty, cowardly thing to run
away. As a Norseman | am ashamed
of you. You have disregarded oui
common blood You were a coward
to leave your son, Theodore, to bear
the brunt your crimes, The ""ner
thing for You to do is to 20 back, face
the music and take your music like a
man.
The news that his son Theodore had
been arrested was d surprise to him.
He eagerly asked what the charges
against Theodore were and if he were
ont ON bail.
As matter of fact. Stensland
/ had little information of the failure
| He had seen no American "oners and
did not know on what day the BANK
closed, and when told the loss was
over two million dollars he expressed
no surprise. He insisted he was only
responsible for half a million, and
while admitting that Herring had stoi-
en vast amount, the immensity Of
| the total sum staggered him.
/ We then told him the story ol
Frank Kowalski's suicide and the
other two deaths resulting from the
bank 5 failure. This made monen-
tary impression upon him, but it soon
passed away and Stensland resumed his
stubborn attitude
No Right To Arrest Him.
As a matter of fact, we had no
legal right to stop him. Technically,
we were guilty of kidnapping and the
situation began to look serious. The
American minister could not Ordef
Stensland 5 arrest until he had re-
ceived instructions from Washington.
These had been cabled for the night
before, but they had not arrived. If
Stensland had only known this ha
could have walked out and told us to
90 to bazes. He could not have es-
capped ultimately but could have
, caused us lots of trouble.
Just as we were about to take re-
course to arguments and threats, tel
ling him that we would follow him to
the ends of the earth andcapture him
eventually salvation came from Min
lister Gummere. James Martin, of the
American legation staff, appeared with
note from the minister saying if |
had notified the State Department he
would take the responsibility of de-
tanning Stensland pending advices
from Washington.
Stensland Begins to Yield.
Then Stensland, for the first time
saw his fancied security on Moroccan
soil was fraud and a delusion. He
offered to 90 to the hotel and talk the
matter ever, a proposition he had
calmly rejected short time before.
We told him we had had no sleep and
little to eat for As hours and asked
him to 60 to breakfast with us.
81 have had my breakfast, but
there is nothing to prevent you gentle
men from eating when and where you
please - said he, with the utmost
politeness. "Pray. don't let me de
tain you. "
Stensland now sang another tune.
He was told that it was too late. that
all unofficial negotiations were at an
end, and that Uncle Sam had taken
charge
The procession Cor the American
embassy was forl. ID, with soldiers in
front beating off the mob and others
behind beating off the rear guard of
natives. When the building over
which the American flag was flying
was reached, Stensland was ushered
into a room in the consul-general 5
office, where he was told he would BE-
detained pending word from Wash
ington.
By this time the fugitive banker
had wilted, and he agreed to return
to America with us anyway we chose
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