The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-03

his mail under the name OF Paul Olsen
to Mogador, 400 miles southwest of
Tangier. AS he entered the postoffice
he was recognized by Assistant State Is
Attorney Olsen, who at once placed him
under arrest. { -, = 81. y
STORY OF PURSUIT. y
stensland Careless of Covering. Trail
After He Reached Africa, ''' ..
journal Special Service. Il .s'J'' 80
Chicago, Sept. "a staff correspond
emit cables the Tribune from Gibraltar
as follows:> g. : a.. >, ft.A-. Z :.
Paul o: Stensland, president and
wrecker Of the Milwaukee Avenue bank,
left Gibraltar for the coast of Africa
at O'Clock yesterday afternoon, just
one hour and forty minutes before a
representative of the Tribune and As
sistant States Attorney Olsen arrived,
after trailing him from America to-
England, thence to Gibraltar, to Tan
gier, M orocco, back to Gibraltar, and
thence to Ronda, where he saw bull:
and other Spanish towns. 49,, -
Stensland, travelled under the alias of
p. Olsen of Norway. Either he4wa
absolutely sure that he was not being
followed, or he had become extremely
careless, for he left trail as wide as
one made by herd Of buffalo OF the
plains. -
Gummere, the American minister to
Morocco, was on watch, and the. mo-
,ment he received instructions from the
state department he sent detail Of
the. sultan s soldiers to make captive
of the biggest financial brigand in the
history Of Chicago. -
4 Chose Morocco as Residence. =
. Stensland chose Morocco, as a ,perma-
'nent residence, thinking he would be
safe, because there is no extradition
treaty with that country..:-Ehere ism It
any treaty, but it is less safe than
anywhere, The sultan at Fez will do
anything for his great, good friend,
President Roosevelt. The mere matter Of
ing him there indefinitely is so small
a request that it is, granted before it
is asked Two weeks In a: Moorish
sprison would make a man willing to go
anywhere else. --s .>.o:~. 49,
I The bank wrecker was on the Ger
man tramp steamer Oldenburg.' He
first it was thought the Oldenburg
would not sail until today, and if it
had not, we would have pulled him off
at daylight.
+ ~~r- Missed by an Eyelash. 49,
We missed him by an eyelash: We
went to- Tangier yesterday, and he ar
rived at Gibraltar two hours after we
sailed. The boat on which we We're
returning passed the boat on, which he
:swas going. six miles out of Gibraltar.
&We passed so CLOSE that we could dis
%tinguish tho passengers on the deck.S ~
The fact that he thought he was not
being followed was shown by the di-,
,rections he left: sat. the Grand hotel,
telling the clerk where to forward his
mail for; the nextrtwo months. He fig
sured on spending the month Of Octo-
Der at Tenerife, in the Canary islands.
He has some correspondent or friend
in London, for he ordered his mail
sent to the Metropole hotel.
:. If he had '~euded capture for the
next few. days he would have come to
a sudden halt inqshds travels because
of lack of money. We discovered that
Steps were at once taken by Assistant
States Attorney. Olsen to tie this
money up and if possible restore it to
the swindled depositors. 49,.
: Woman Gave Clue.
( 1t was, the old story of woman
ascorned: that led to the finding Of
GUS friends who thought She had been
.sshabbily treated put the Tribune in
possession of the first hint as to the
fugitive whereabouts. Her informa
stion was indefinite, but investigation
proved it's probable accuracy: Finally,
Jon Aug; 10, it became certain that he
fwas in Tangier and had been for six:
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. Stems
land = then took the Peninsular g.
Oriental boat, reaching Gibraltar
ON July 27. There he immedi-
loriginal haven of the Moorish pi rates
of olden time, who held the record for
free booting until the modern thieving
bank president, put them far in: the
background.
: At every town Stensland's tracks
were uncovered and the last clue
pointed to. the Grand hotel at Gibraltar.
Assistant State IS Attorney Olsen had
represented himself to the hotelKeeper
where. he stayed; at 5Tangier as. P.
been stated, was travelling under the
alias Of P. Olsen. The names were
the same and the men do not look I'M
like. The hotelkeeper believed ! the
story, but could give no. direct infor:
J. .ns s5th the ;, urgency of finding ing his
{ Pursuers Got Warm. ~ 3.
! As,,we were riding to the: hotel at
the French bank out Of bed, a voice
from Moorish cafe sung out:
= IT say, Olsen, I think I know
where your governor isl = -
We dismounted as the hotel man
continued: "You left the old man in
Z Glib A, friend of mine, Just come
over on the night boat, says he saw
him at the Grand hotel.'
f:The" man was positive SO we decided
to- return to Gibraltar at once. There
was no steamer. so we called to- Glib.
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