The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-12

Fugitive Bank President May
' Seek Protection Of Ameri-
can Crooks.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. .e~
F., Fort w Worth Te5s "a Aug 1i-B sni
beautiful, who came in on the same
train Thursday night from New Orleans
with Paul o. Stensland, the Chicago
bank wrecker, declared in an interview
today that she knows Stensland we'll,
as she had met him many times in Chi
| cago. -..- . b.
The Wentworth woman said she did
not leave Chicago with Stensland, but
after the announcement that the bank
had failed. She,- too, intended going
west and came this far on the train
with Stensland When asked why she
did not proceed on her Journey she
said Colorado was quite good enough
and she would go there. She left for
Denver this evening. >.
Mexico His Goal.
land left the train. here it is the opin-
ion of police that he Immediately
caught an interurban car to Dallas
and from there made for Galveston.
1t is believed that Beatrice Went
worth was travelling with him altho she
stoutly denied the charge. She said
Wentworth was her maiden name, and
| TS1uSeQ TO give uST OCQcE.
II Stensland is in Texas and success
fully crosses into Mexico and makes
for the Sierra Madra mountains all
the detectives and officers in the United
States could not get him. That portion
of the country is hotbed Of crooks
from the United States and they have
the strongest protection possible.
Herring Now in Jail.
Chicago, Aug. 11.-He nry w. Herring,
cashier of the wrecked Milwaukee
this afternoon on eight bench warrants
as he left Assistant Chief Schuettler g
office in the city hall and taken in a
carriage to the criminal court build
ing.
Failing to furnish bonds of $6S,OOO
Herring was taken to the county Jail.
In a dramatic scene in Judge Ker-
stems court he declared himself limo
cent while his wife and eldest daugh-
ter sat weeping Oh a bench.
The warrants had been issued at the
instance of States Attorney Healy and
embrace charges of forgery, conspiracy
perjury, larceny and embezzlement.
Herring had been in the office of the
assistant superintendent Of police for
some time, undergoing examination by
the police department. AS he stepped
out of the door after the ordeal he was
, met by the representative of the
sheriff's office who placed him under
arrest.
Serious Charges Made.
Herring was not visibly disturbed by
the new turn of affairs. He smiled anc
remarked: "All right, I'll go with
you.
; court building he was taken before
J Judge Kersten and thereupon the
warrants were formally read to the
prisoner.
Attorney John J. Coburn represented
: Herring and he argued for $4,000 bonds
The judge thought differently and sup
ported the plea Of Assistant State s
.. Attorney Barbour for larger amount
The bonds are thus apportioned:
Three for forgery $4,000 each, $50,
900; two for perjury, $4,000 each
2e0f oi afcd fer sS3sRfaey 1904 de
bezzlement, $4,000; total $4,000.
Bench warrants were issued for Pau
o. Stensland, the fugitive bank presi
dent, his son Theodore and others wht
;, are supposed to be implicated in the
forgeries, conspiracy, larceny, etc. bu
: the public for the present.
: Others May Be Drawn In.
t It was intimated that every offcia
II and many employees of the bank woult
& be drawn into the net now being con
c structed by the states attorney to ali
: in the investigation.
s In the meantime the conference witt
t the federal authorities was sought b.
k the state 8 attorney and it was admitte
that arrangements for extradition o
u Stensland was the object. This CAV
d rise to the rumor that the state 8 at
t, torney had been informed of the where
d abouts of Stensland.
e Assistant States Attorney Oleso
% refused to say whether or not he ha
IS learned where Stensland is hiding, bu
Il said dryly that he would be captured
Depositors Organize.
10 More than 500 Polish residents Q
r the Northwest Side, all of whom wer
!. depositors in the mulched milwaukee
70 Avenue bank, met at 3 pm. today /
a Walsh's hall, Milwaukee avenue an
n Emma street, to organize the Polls
- Depositors Protective association c
Chicago. -
Il More than half of those present wei
~ women any many Of them we're wee]
* ing.
Il Il The meeting was called by the Re
- Francis Gordon, pastor of st. Stani
e. e, laus church. The Polish National all
10 ance was represented by Marion Stem
e. zinski, president, and Adam Maiewsk
20 cashier. Leo Szotinski of the Roma
Catholic union, which has membe
C. ship of $4,000, represented that orde
n. Hooting at Funeral.
Crowds of hooting, yelling me
women and children today surround
Au- the house at 800 North Carpenter stree
ia: wherein, lay the body of Frank
'ar Kowalski, teller of the milwaukee, Az
nue. State bank, who shot himself Ia
evening as result f the taunts
neighbors, involving his name in t
net work of fraud and crime in viii
the bank is wrapped. Maledictions
, several languages were uttered agar
r'c' the dead man.
Women stormed the door and childr
tore away the modest wreath OF Howe
and the black Grape, trampling the
"a sacred signs Of death beneath tn
~ feet.
p Men gained admittance to the HOT
under the guise of friendship and tn
I'M in the face Of weeping women sist
gan and cousins, who surrounded the c
and ket, hurled monstrous accusations
It, the pale, dead body, shaking their Il
one one and storming like bedlamites
lble police were finally summoned to ke
sed sanctuary for the bod.
ely ONE DEAD, TWO HURT ~
vul- AFTER ALTO CRAS