River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-09-27

and happened to lock down on the
main deck and saw my trunk with my
full name staring me right In the face
nearly tainted. got down as soon
as possible and sat on the name for
the rest of the voyage"
Stensland's life of exile was hell on
earth, according to Stensland. From
the moment he left Chicago his every
waking thought was pregnant with
fear and his every sleeping moment
filled with terrifying visions.
Stenand's Life in Tangier.
Stensland's life in the Moroccan
seaport had not been one of unalloyed
happiness. He arrived in Tangier July
% by the steamer Gibel from Gibral-
tar. He apparently made previous in.
quiries regarding the hotels, avoiding
the large and prominent ones. He
climbed the hill on which the quaint
Moorish town is built, entered the city
gate, and walked to the Grand Hotel
Oriental
Stensland evidently thought himself
absolutely safe from pursuit or, like
the majority of fugitives, became care
less as soon as he set foot on foreign
soil. The day after his arrival he
amazed Proprietor Sterwind by ex.
hibiting, as Sterwind said, IAN awful
lot of money and great number of
big bills
AS banker Stensland knew which
was the best, bank in Tangier, and,
mounting mule, with small satchel
in hand, rode to the Compton Nation
al d'Escompte, where he said he want
ed to make a deposit and open an ac-
count.
When he dumped $4,000 on the
counter the eyes of the clerk bulged
out, and he called M. Gaurant, the gov
ernor who questioned the prospective
customer. Stensland, in answer to M.
Gaurant's inquiries, said he came from
America, and when further questioned
as to why he carried money in such
shape and had no letter of credit, said
be thought he would get the worst of
exchange and concluded it was best to
carry currency.
Stensland soon became a conspicu-
GUS figure in Tangier The Oriental
hotel stands just between the Mosque
Dramakebir and the Cafe Franchise.
Stensland gave the mosque the cold
shoulder, but the Cafe Franchise, the
Cafe Imperial, and the Cafe Turkesque
found good customer in him. Every
night he climbed the hills and wound
his tortuous way through alley-like
streets, from one to the other. Nine.
Yvette, at the Franchise, was his fa-
vorite chanteuse
Spanish Dancer His Favorite.
But his real favorite was Senorita
Vittoria, Spanish dancer from Sc
vile, who performs with exceptional
abandon the fandango at the Cafe I'm
perial Her partially for him aroused
feeling of jealousy in the breast of
an Arab chief who enjoyed the smiles
of the danseuse until Stensland ap-
peared on the scene.
After his arrest and confession
Stensland was a broken down, aged
man. All night he wept continuously
and at times his paroxysms of tears so
alarmed the guards they were on the
point of calling a doctor. Stens1and
suffered also severe physical pain in
addition to his mental agony
On Friday, September 6, instruc-
lions from the state department at
Washington were received by Minister
Gummere to surrender Stensland to
the custody of James Kelley and
Harry Olson as the officially appointed
agents of theUnited States" We gave
a formal receipt for the prisoner,
Stensland himself signing it as wit
ness to our signatures.
The first step after receiving the
prisoner was to arrange for safeguard
ing him. Accompanied by an attache
of the United States consular office, we
at once rode to the Kasbah, which is
the joint Moorish prison and admins
trative building. The basha, Sid Ca
dor Belghasi, was found sitting in the
messooar, or "saIon of complaints"
where he receives those who are
wronged and want stern aud instan-
taneous Moorish justice.
Through an interpreter we informed
the basha that Stensland had been
turned over to us and that we wished
to make arrangements for porperly
safeguarding him until the tins of our
departure.
The basha expressed great apprecia-
ton of the honor done him in asking
his aid and said that cell in the pris-
on was at our immediate disposal, at
the same time calling an officer of the
guard to show it to us.
Declined Offer of Cell
The cell was extremely uninviting,
and we had heard horrible stories of
what had taken place behind the ram
parts of the Kasbah We decided it
would be neither humane nor polite
to confine .Stensland there, as Assist
ant States Attorney Olson wanted to
bring home liveman, not corpse.
Arrangements finally were made for
a guard of six soldiers under the abso-
lutte orders of ourselves. Two were to
be placed on the roof. two at the only
door, and two inside. The prisoner
was moved to his new quarters at
once, there to remain until arrange
ments for transporting him to the
United States had been made.
September II Stensland and his cap.