Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-09-03

Chicago. Sept. 3-A cablegram to
THE Tribune announces that Paul ..
Stensland, president of the Milwaukee
Avenue State Bank was captured today
ut Tanriers. Stensland was arrested
/ 1t this morning by a Tribune repre-
sentative and Assistant States Attor-
mey Olson, of Chicago, in an English
postoffice. Stensland agreed to return
peaceably. Assistant States Attorney
barbour received cablegram from
Assistant States Attorney Olson, stat-
ang that stensland was arrested at
sTangier, Morocco.
Steneland left Gibralter for the east
ern coast of Africa at 5 yesterday aft
ternoon, just one hour and forty min>
utes before the representatives. Of the
Tribune and Assistant States Attorney
b Olson arrived. after trailing him from
America to England thence to Glib,
raltar, and thence to Ronda, where he
eaw q bull fight, to Bobadella, Granada.
Seaville,, and other Spanish towns
Stensland was travelling under the
alias Of p. Olsen, Of Norway. STEMS
lands capture was practically certain.
Tho Tribune correspondent and Olson
left in private torpedo boat, and eth
er came up with the Quarry in twenty
four hours or arrived at the farthest
point ahead Of the fugitive.
Grummere, American minister to
MOROCCO wan on the watch to receive
Instructions from the state department
{ fs6&rding the. capture of the banker. X =.
IsEtensland chose Morocco. as a sperma-
nerlt residence because there is no ex-
tradition treaty with that country. The
sultan at Fee. where Mr.. Grummere is
going on his first official mission in
i two weeks, will do anything for Presi-
dent Roosevelt The mere matter Of
4hrowing a man In jail and keeping
him there indefinitely, is so small res
quest that 1t is granted before 1t is
asked. Two weeks in Moorish prison
would make q. man willing to go any
where else.
steamer Oldenburg. The fact that he
: thinks he was not followed was shown
by the directions he left at the hotel,
telling the clerk where to forward his
mail for the next two months He fig.
ured on spending October at Teneriffe,
Canary Islands. It was an old story OF
q woman scorned that led to the find
4ng Of the Sasland trail. One Of his
numerous Il tlds who thought she had
been shabbily treated put the Tribune
in possession of the first hint of the
6ugitive's whereabouta Her first in-
formation was indefinite, but investi-
cation proved its probable accuracy.
FINALLY, on August IS, 1t became GER
tain he was in Tangier, and had been
for sixteen days He fed from Chica-
go Sunday, July -, went direct to New
York, sailed Tuesday for Liverpool, and
stayed in that town two days. He then
took boat for Gibraltar. reaching
there July q. There he Immediately
took boat for Tangier.
At the Office Of the states attorney
all information regarding the name of
the woman who Indirectly caused the
arrest, was refused. 1t is announced
that Assistant States Attorney Olson
had, since embarlsing on pursuit Of
Stensland. posed as the son of "Ol-
son." the name used by stensland, de-
claring he was anxious to overtake his
father who was travelling just ahead
Of him. AS Stensland apparently
made no effort to conceal his trail, fol-
lowing was not difficult.
Many Drive6 Insane.
The closing of the doors of the Mil
waukee Avenue State Bank, which
occurred August s, probably caused
more anguish, suffering and trouble
than any similar event in the west in
many years. 1t was followed by sew
eral cases of suicide, and number of
people were driven to insanity. Stems
land lived fast life. spent money
recklessly, speculated wildly, and in
one way and another made way with
about e1.0oo,oo0 of the money of the
bank before the crash came. More
than twenty-five thousand families
had money deposited in the bank and
the failure came as crushing blow to
the majority of them. The vast ma
3ortty Of the depositors were wage
sarners and the money they had In the
bank represented all that they had