The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-27
STENSLAND
PLEADS GUILTY
Banker IS Given Long
Sentence.
IS NOW In PENITENTIARY
Wept as He Stood Before Bar Of
Court.
Crowd Mt Railroad station Was Demons
strntiye, But No attempts
Were Made to Harm
.Looter of Bank.
IS NOW In PENTTENTIARY

Chicago, Sept. 26.-Paul O. Stensland.
TO whose self confessed embezzlement
of $500, 900 was due chiefly the COLLAPSE
of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank.
was given an indetermtnate sentences
in the penitentiary within three hours
after mis- arrival in Chicago today from
the East and before another three hours
had elapsed he had begun service OF
the sentence at Joliet.
Stensland pleaded guilty on two In
dictments on the charge of embezzle-
ment and the other violation OF the
State banking laws. A fine of $l20 was
imposed on the latter charge which
was based upon the acceptance Of $50
in deposits after the bank was insofv-
ent. The sentences which will operate
concurrentiy are from one to hve years
and one to ten years. making the long,
est term the prisoner will be cons
PEELED to serve ten years.
Crowd at station.
Stensland's arrival was awaited by
several hundred persons who watched
for the Twentieth Century Limited, on
which the prisoner and his captors
were passengers. To reach the cabs
which were TO convey the party to the
Criminal Court building 1t was neces-
sary to wait for the police to clear
demonstrative although offering no vio-
lence and the effect upon Stensland waa
noticeable. L
lie seemed apprehensive of bodily
harm. At the Criminal Court building
States Attorney Healy was waiting and
the prisoner was hurried. haggard and
trembling. between a double line OF
police Into the private ONCE. The doors
were closed to outsiders and a confer
| ence lasting an hou% ensued. Toe COR
ridors were crowded. until an additions
al force of police and deputies was
summoned and the oniookers were driv-
en- out
What Stenslap4 made known to
! States Attorney Heaiy was not di-
vulged. After the conference Mr.. Healy
said: t.s.s.
'stensland made a fun confession OF
everything connected with the affairs
OF the bank. He has told US OF his own
acts and OF the acts of others. What
| he has revealed makes the bank AFFAIR
less dark for himself"
Banker In Tears.
The court proceedings which follows
ed were conducted hurriedly. silence
| fell over the court room as StensIand
faced the bar. His form was shaken
with emotion and he kept handker%
chief in his hand and frequently
brushed away the tears that sprang TO
his eyes.
Judge kersten before whom the pro-
ceedings were conducted. addressed
the prisoner, whom he had known for
| many years as citizen and business
man. He reviewed the case briefly and
| asked If Stensland had any defense to
offer. Upon receiving a negative reply
the court passed sentence and without
further ceremony. Stensland the depu-
| ty sheriffs and the state attorneys fil@
ed out of the court room. Stensland
was unaccompanied by friend or at
torney during the entire procedure.
Preparations for tho journey to
Joliet were begun forthwith. Stems
| land was Joined by his daughter, Mrs.
Inga Sandberg. as he left the court
room and after having had dinner at
nearby restaurant, they, accompanied
by Jailer J. L. Whitman and Deputy
Sheriff Mcmahon went to the railroad
station. Four hours after his arrival
in the city Stensland left for Joliet.
The party left the train at a station
five minutes walk from the peniten-
tiary entrance and before three o'clock
all the routine necessary to commit
the convicted man to n cell had been
completed.
| Mrs. Sandberg, who seemingly was
much moved by the evident distress OF
her father. tainted in the wardon's re-
ception room at the penitentiary.