Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-25
.STENSLAND ANXIOUS
TO EXPLAIN THINGS
Chicago Bank DefauIter in New
York Court Today.
HE WILL TELL EVERYTHING
Officials Showed Him Every Consid-
Grafton Possible.
DUE ATTITUDE OF CONFESSION
A Voluntary Statement to Police In
spector-charges Wrongs to
Bad Investments.
DUE ATTITUDE OF CONFESSION

NEW YORK, September 25-The discom-
fort of night in a narrow and bedless cell,
which was experienced by Paul o. Stems
land the former president of the Milwaukee
Avenue State Bank of Chicago, who was re-
turned from Morocco last night a prisoner
on the charge Of wrecking the institution,
was followed today by additional unpleas-
ant details of police examination.
Stensland was lined up at police head
quarters with a score of alleged pickpock-
cts and others who had been arrested dur
ing the night and was subjected to the GUS
tomary examination by the detective ser
eeants. This ordeal over he was removed
to the Identification bureau, where he was
measured in accordance with the Bertillon
system. and later his photograph was taken
to be placed on file at police headquarters.
An early visitor to Stensland's cell was his
son Theodore. The two conversed together
until the summons came for the father IN
appear before the central office men, The
former bank president spent a sleepless
nlent and was In condition of semi-pros-
traton He tottered rather than walked
from his cell to the various offices and
leaned heavily upon the supporting arm of
his son. ~ Va
+, II was planned to remove Stens!and dur.
ing the forenoon to the Office of the district
attorney, where the formalities incident to
his removal to Chicago were to be carried
out.
Wanted to Return to Chicago.
stensland during the night told one of the
ohcefs VINO We're watching him that he
wanted to go back to Chicago, and would
had
Tangier, Morocco.
Il want to straighten out matters" said
Stensland. There is good deal behind
this case, and 1 want to show the nuhiic
that am not the black sheep have been
painted" eA
Stensland made a voluntary statement to
Police Inspector Mclaughlin today. Trem
ping with emotion and with tears falling
down his cheeks, the ex-bank president
said:
Il made some bad investments and thew
did not act as quickly as l thought thew
would They were not paying The man
under me-the cashier 1 mean-took adj
vantage OK the situation, and he got more
than L. All got was 100000, but don't
know what the other man got The money
l went away with was few thousand dol
lars that made in real estate speculation
last summer. mad been always in hope of
paying the money back, but l suppose all is
lost. am suffering from asthma. l want
to get back to Chicago just quickly as
possible
The Journey to the Court Building.
Stensland. who had recovered somewhat
from his prostratfon, was able to walk with
detectives from police headquarters to Sd
avenue, where street car was boarded on
the way to the criminal court building. The
trip was made without special incident
Arrived at the district attorneys office .
the detectives and their prisoner were
shown into the office Of Assistant District
Attorney Charles Lockwood. Sergt. Diefen-
thaler had the extradition document, which
had been signed by the governor of New
York and the governor of Illinois. These
were placed before Assistant District At
torney Lockwood, as that official proceeded
to waive the rights of the state of New
York to hold Stensland, and formally turn
him over to Detective-Sergeant Kinder Of
Chicago.
The official treatment of Stensland on
the way to the criminal court building was
in sharp contrast to the method in which
he had been booked, measured and photo
graphed earlier in the day. He was not
handcuffed and was permitted to walk by
himself beside officers. In this connection
it was stated that everything would be
made as agreeable possible for the in
dicted official from now until he reaches
Chicago. This procedure, 1T is understood,
is partly due to StenSlandS general atti-
tude of confession and his willingness to
help the authorities in clearing up the af-
fairs Of the wrecked bank.
Chicago Official to Meet Stensland.
CHICAGO, September 25.-States Attor-
ney Healy announced today his intention Of
sending Assistant States Attorney Barbour
from his office to meet Paul O. Stensland
and Assistant States Attorney Olson, who
has him in charge, when they arrive at
Buffalo Mr. Barbour will take with him
all the forged checks and documents found
in Stenslands bank after the failure of the
institution, and the prisoner Will be Ques-
toned regarding them.
The states attorney admitted that this
would be done with the idea of getting as
much information as possible from Stems
land before he reaches Chicago and GOES Its
with his attorneys.
The Extradition Conference.
The extradtion conference at the district
attorneys office lasted until after the noon
hour. Assistant States Attorney Olsen of
Chicago, who brought Stensland to this
country from Tangier, was present until
the formalites were completed. The prin-
cipal act of Stensland was that of signing
a waiver of his extradtion rights and his
signature of a document which set forth
that his removal from New York state
was not under duress Just before Stems
land left the criminal court building he
consented to sit for a newspaper photog-
rapher, and he was photographed in two
different positions. He was more composed
by this time, and when the sitting was
over he dryly remarked to the photog
rapher:
II suppose my friend you'll send me a
proof
After leaving the criminal court building
Stensland, accompanied by Detective Kin
der and Detective Sergeant Downing, en-
tered a hanson cab and was driven to the
Hotel Breslin for another conference
shortly before the departure of the Twen-
tieth Century Limited for Chicago.
Duke of Fitz-James Dead.