Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-09-25
Weak and Haggard From DeS-
perate Flight From Justice
EmbezzIer Is Brought Back
to Pay Penalty
SAYS HE'S SORRY FOR
THE POOR DEP0SIT0RS
Will Turn States Evidence and
ImpIiCate Other Prominent
Chicago Masters Of Finance
in Looting,
BANKER DENIES THAT
HE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
Declares Cashier Herring Is
Responsible for Any Short
age Over S400,O0O-Af-
feCting Meeting With Son.

New York, Sept. 24.-Under arrest
by New York detectives, Paul Q.
Stensland, forme president of the Mil
waukee Avenue State bank Chicago
who stands indicted for heavy embez-
Elements from that institution, arrived
in New York tonight. He was taken
from the steamer Prinz Albert. on
which he came from Morocco, to
which country he fled after wrecking
the bank, and according to his son.
Theodore Stensland, he will plead
guilty to several of the charges
brought against him.
Stensland has made a complete con-
fession. according to Assistant States
Attorney Olson of Chicago, who went
to Tangier. Morocco, to take the for
mer bank official into custody, aud in
his confession he implicated other
prominent Chicago men. Attorney
Oltorney Olson declined to name these
men.
Theodore Stensland, who gave out
an official statement for his father,
declared that the latter had made no
signed confession, but that he had ad-
mitted committing certain offenses
which constitute embezzlement under
the Illinois laws. TO some of the in
dtctments for embeZzement his father
would plead guilty he said. and in
the case of the others he would turn
stateevdence and implicate all others
who should be indicted in connection
with the failure of the bank.
Stensland made the statement. ac-
cording to his son. that if the short
age in the bank was over 100000
the money i'm excess of that amount
had been taken by Henry w. Herring
the former cashier of the bank, who
was jointly indicted with Stensland
on charges of stealing over $1,000, 600
from the bank and for forgery
Stensland arrived in New York
weak physically and showing much
evidence of the strain which has at
tended his extraordinary flight
through many countries, his desperate
but Intellectual trip for freedom down
the west African coast, and his final
capture in the Moroccan city of Tan
gier, from which place the United
States authorities were permitted to
remove him by the government Of
Morocco. There was an affecting
scene between father and son on
board the tug Catherine Moran. which
the prisoner boarded at quarantine.
Didn't Try Suicide.
Stensland denies the report that
he tried to commit suicide while
in Morocco. He says that sudden
fainting spell was interpreted as an
attempt at suicide by the Moroccan
soldiers. Stensland was reported to
police headquarters and 1t was
planned to keep him until tomorrow,
when he would be removed to the dis
trict attorneys office. and later for
mally turned over to the Chicago au-
thorities and taken to Chicago
Stensland was pale and seemed
,,a,.,r xunaL 10 paeGa1 slowly from
the steamer to the tug and then into
the cabin. Here he was formally
placed under arrest by the New York
detectives and here also after a few
moments he received his son. Both
father and son were completely over
come and made no effort to restrain
their emotions. The elder man SEEM
ed quite unable to talk and when he
did so IT was in tones so low that he
could scarcely be heard.
MY father Is exceedingly sorry,
he said slowly for the depositors OF
the bank, If they lose any money, but
he does not believe they will lose un-
less someone else is doing whole lot
of crooked work"
'My father Is exceedingly sorry for
his own family and for the loss Of his
fortune. He Is satisfied that he has
turned over everything which he had
and II anything is discovered later
which can be turned over he will turn
II over Immediately and gladly.
"He wants II understood that his
heart goes out first of all to the depos-
itors and secondly to his own family.
He was treated with extraordinary
good will and kindness by Mr.. Olson
and Mr.. Keeley, and he Is willing to
abide by their advice absolutely"