Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-11-09
"A YEARS FOR H. ". Herring
crENsLAND GETS AN ADDITIONAL
SENTENCE OF FOUR YEARS
IN CHICAGO.
TWO WEEP ON STAND.
Efforts Made to Arouse Pity for wreck
ers of the Milwaukee Avenue
State Bank.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 6.-Henry w.
uor;no was sentenced to the penltentl-
orv Yesterday on pleas of guilty 10
pmbezzlement and forgery for concur
rent terms not to exceed fourteen years
Paul O. Stensland, arralgned ane" ohl
Joint charge of forgery with 11erli,e'
suffered the addition of four years 10 tne
sentence inflicted when. September 20
he faced Justice alone and pleaded gull'y
to embeZzlement.
It was a broken. trembling old man
who painfully mounted the witness
stand when States Attorney Healy re-
nuested Stensland to come forward. One
month in the penitentiary had stahpGu
the prison pallor on his face, BIS closely
/ cropped head gave him an appearance
vastly different from that when he was
arraigned in September.
He gave his age as 10 years. told MS
oft-repeated story of unfortunate invest
ments, which had driven him to wreck
! the bank, of his sacrifice OF all OF ms
possessions in restitution and, reluctan1!-
ly, Of the part played by Herring III III
recting the embellishments.
Says He Lived Plainly.
He reiterated that he lived trugally
and that none of his fraudulently ac-
|
than in unfortunate investments. lie
went over the Frantzen defalcation ana
! denied that any in the bank, save hlm-
self and Herring, had positive knowledge
of the irregularities until the crash came:
1t was after Stensland had told OF
sleepless nights preceding his fight, his
fainting on the TRAIN which. sped MN
away from Chicago, and his arrange
ment to sacrifice all his possessions IN
restitution, that he broke down on the
| stand and sobbed.
Il pleaded guilty September 70 to two
charges and received sentence. am
| now serving serving che sentence, ne
| said. st does not make any difference,
your honor, how long OF short time L
shall remain. The shame and humllla-
ton is the knowledge that thousands ana
thousands trusted me and that l. be-
trayed their trust l shall not feel my
sins atoned until those deposltors nave
received 100 cents on the dollar. When
! / get out, if there is anything left for
me, my sole ambition will be to work
| for those people,.
! Questioned by Mr.. Heaiy as to his
determination to plead guilty and his
| willingness to return to chicago WHeh
captured. he said:
81 knew I ought to be punished, and l
| insisted on paying my own expenses re-
turning. Isn't that so, Mr.. Olson!
Herring Breaks Down.
Stensland's captor nodded. Other
questions were put, calculated to elicit
| statements serving to soften the punish
ment, and then Herring was called to the
stand He, too, broke down and wept.
He said:
II sought to help Mr.. Stensland. Con-
sequently | am here l was the servant
of my master. | tried to help him out.
I don't think I want to say any more,
| unless the states attorney wants to ask
me some questions" He was questioned
along the line followed in the examina-
ton of Stensland and broke down again
when asked about his family.
Both men again were brought before
the bar, and sentence was imposed.
They will reappear, but only in the mi
nor roles of witnesses against the direc-
! tors and other attaches of the bank who
remain to be tried. States Attorney
Healy announced after sentence was pro-
nounced, that both would be held in the
custody of the sheriff a week or ten
| days.
BY stipulation, both sentences in Her
ing's case run from the day he is sent
to the penitentiary, so that he will serve
not more than fourteen years. The SEN
tence imposed on Stensland in Septem-
Der for embezzlement, was not to- exceed
ten years. By stipulation, the sentence
of not to exceed fourteen years, imposed
yesterday, dates back to September 26,
| its effect being to add four years only
| to that already imDOSed.