The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-09-04
StenSland Is Prisoner in Tan
gier, Morocco
IN POST OFFICE
Pursued from Gibraltar in Torpedo
Boat--Fugitive Used the Name
Of P. Olsen Woman
the Clue.

Chicago, Sept "A special cable
gram to the Tribune says that Paul Q.
Stensland, the fugitive Milwaukee
avenue Bank president, was arrested at
5 o'clock yesterday morning by Tri-
hume representative and Assistant State
Attornev Harry Olsen Of Chicago, in the
English postofIice at Tangier, Morocco.
Stensland agreed to return peaceably.
Assistant State Attorney Barbour has
received cablegram from Olsen con
fFming this.
According TO an earlier despatch TO
the Tribune from Gibraltar StensIand
left that place for the eastern coast Of
Africa at ) O'Clock Sunday afternoon,
Just one hour and forty minutes before
the representative OF the Tribune AMI
Olsen arrived, after trailing him from
america To England, thence to Gibral-
tar, to Tangier, Morocco; back to Glib
iaitar, and thence to Ronda, where he
Saw bull fight, to Bobadella, Granada,
Seville, and other Spanish towns.
Stensland travelled under the alias Of
IL Olsen Of Norway. Either he was abb
Solntely sure that he was not being fol-
lowed or he had become extremely care
less for he left wide trail.
The pilrsrers left on private torpedo
boat after warning Mr.. Gumnere, the
American minister to Morocco, to be on
watch.
StensIand chose Morocco rs per
nianent residence, because there Il no
4ir4..4 Axv
The sultan at Fez, however, to whom Mr..
GWnmere il going on bis first official
mission Id two weeks win 40 anything
fol President Roosevelt The matter Of
throwing man into Jail and keeping
him there indefinitely is 50 small re-
quest that II ii granted before II Is
asked. Two weeks in a Moorish prison
would make man willing to 90 any.
where else.
As Stensland has decided to return
peaceably. all Is well and good. Other
wise one Of the United States warships
that viii be in Gibraltar IN ten days
probably. would cross to Tangier, the
fugitive would be thrown on board and
ieadedA for Chicago.
The bank wrecker was on the German
tramp steamer OIdenbnfg. The fact thar
he thought he was not being followed
was shown By tine directions he left at
The Grand Hotel, telling The clerk
where @ forward lis mail for the next
two months. He figured on spending
the month OF October at Tenerifes in
the Canary Islands He had some cor
respondent Of friend in London, for he
ordered his mail sent 10 the Metropole
Hotel.
Ii has been discovered that he had
S1a,O0 in d bank in Tanqicr Steps
have been taken BY Olsen to tie this
money up and il possible restore it to
the swindled depositors.
It was The old story Of woman
seorned that led 10 the finding Of stems
lsud's trait One of his numerous
niends, who thought she had been shah
lhitv treated put the Tribune in pos
session Of the first hint as TO the fugI-
tive's whereabouts. Her information
was indefinite, but investigation proved
its probable accuracy. Finally, on Aug,
10, il became certain that he was in Tan.
.gier and had been for sixteen days. He
fed from Chicago on Sunday, July ~,
went direct to New York and took the
White Star boat sailing on Tuesday for
Liverpool and stayed IN that town two
days. Stensland then took the p. and
lo. boat, reaching Gibraltar on July II.
There he Immediately took the boat for
Tangier