The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-09-06
STENSlAND IS
TAKEN CAPTIVE
The Chicago Bank Wrecker Is
Arrested at Tangiers,
Morocco.
WOMAN LED TO CAPTURE
Friend Of Woman He Had sha"biiy
Treated Gave First Hint Of Bank
er's whereabouts-WM Re-
turn Peacefully.

Chicago. Sept. 5.-A cablcgram To the
Tribune announces In Paul o. stems
land. president OF the Milwaukee Az
enue State bank. was captured today
nj Tangiers. Stensiand was arrested
NJ s o'clock this morning by n Tribune
representative and Assistant states
Attorney Olson. OF Chicago. In the Eng
llsh p~ostofice. stensland agreed TO re-
turn peaccably. Assistant States At
torney Barbour received "A cablegram
from Assistant States Attorney Olson
stating that stcnsland was arrested at
Tangier. Morocco.
stensiand left Gibraltar for the east
ern coast OF Africa mt 5 o'clock yester-
day afternoon, Just one hour and forty
minutes before the representative OF the
Tribune and Assistant States Attor-
ncy Olson arrived.
Was a Long Chase.
After trailing ~Stensland from Ameri-
IN To England, thence To Gibraltar. ana
thence 20 Ronda. where he saw "A bull
fight, to Bobadeila. Granada, Seaville.
and other Spanish towns. Stensland
trnNRll0K unutI tic lin w . aStt "
Norway, his capture was practically
certain. The Tribune correspondent
and Olson left In n private t~orpedoboat
and either came up with their quarry
In twenty-four hours or arrived ut the
farthest point ahead OF the fugitive.
Grummere. the American minister To
Morocco, was on h watch tn receive
instruction. from the state department
regarding the capture of the banker.
Stensiand chose Morocco not AZ q
permanent residence. but because their
il no ~extradition treaty with that coun-
try. -,
The sultan at Fee, to whom Mr..
Grummere is going on his first official
mission In two weeks. will do any
thing for President Roosevelt. The
mere matter OF throwing n man In jail
and keeping him there Indefinitely "
ao small "A request that u IL granted be-
fore II is asked. Two weeks In n Moor
ish prlson would make "A man willing
To 20 anywhere else.
Stensiand was on the German tramp
sten,ner O%idenburg. The fact that he
thought ne Ma cot ollowed was shown
nv directions 30 left nj n hotel telling
the clerk where To forwnrd his mall
.for the next two months. He figured
ON spending October nj Tenerine. Ca
nary island
Old Story Of Woman seorned.
II was the old story OF n woman
scorned that led To the finding or
Stensland's trail. one OF his numerous
friends. who thought she had been
shnbbily treated. put the Tribune In
possession Of the FIRST hint OF the fugt-
lives whereabouts. Her information
wa indefinite. but Investigation proved
its probable accuracy. Finally. on Au-
gust i3th. Il became certain Standard
-. A.. sfs.n.t.r aud had ham fhar. fnr
sxtecn days.
He lied from Chicago on Sunday.
July IL. and went direct To New York.
He sailed Tuesday for Liverpool and
stayed In that town two days. Then
he took n boat for Gibraltar. reaching
there July -. There he Immediately
took boa for Tangier.
May Make a Fight.
: Later advices received AT the office
OF the states attorney threw consider
able doubt on the statement that
Stensland would return pcaceably.
Onicials at the office after the receipt
OF the cablegrum contents. which they
declined Ia divulgc. became suddenly
busy In preparation Of ~extradition pa
pers.
IL is now expected that the fugitive
viii make a nght for his freedom. The
states attorney declared. however,
there Is no doubt that Stensland VIII be
brought back.
r Ask State Department TO Act.
Governor Denecn directed that ex-
tradition papers be prepared at once
and forwarded 20 Washington.
Assistant States Attorney Barbour
sent the following message To- the state
department at Washington: Notify
Minister Grummere. Tangier. To hold
Stensland. wanted fo. forgery and en-
beZzlcmcut. My assistant. Olson. cables
your Immediate instructions to the
minister are Imperative"
At the office OF the states attorney
all information regarding the name OF
the woman who Indirectly caused the
arrest was refused.
Olson Posed as Son.
1T was announced that Assistant
States Attorney Olson had since en-.
barking On the pursuit OF Stensland.
posed as a son OF Olson" the name
used by Stensland. declaring hc was
anxious TO overtakc his father" who
was travelling just ahead OF him. AZ
Stensland apparently made no mo To
conceal his trail the following was not
difficult.
The closing OF the doors OF the Mil
waukcc Avenue State bank. which oc-
CURED August 6. probably caused more
anguish, suffering u trouble than any
similar event In the west I'm many
years. II was followed by several cases
~ suicide and "A number OF people were
driven TO insanity. Stensland lived "A
fast life and spent money recklessly.
speculated wildly and in one way and
another made away with q s i.000.-
OO0 u the banks money before the
crash came.
1900 Families Had Deposited Money.
More h $4,000 families had money
deposited I'm the bank. and the failure
cgfne as "A crushing blow To "A majority
OF them. The vast majority OF the
depositors were wage cnrncrs. and the
money they hnd In the bank repre-
scented all that they had been able TO
save from the earnings OF years.
Oyster Bay, NJ. YIN a letter To-
Charles A. Stillings. public printer at
washingt n, made public today. Pres
ident Roosyelt wrote that the