Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-09-27

by New York detectives, Paul y. |
Stensland, the former president of the |
Milwaukee Avenue State bank at
Chicago, who stands indicted for |
heavy embellishments from that insu- |
tuition, arrived in New York last night |
He was taken from the steamer |
Prinz Adalbert, on which he came |
from Morocco to which country he |
had fed after the wrechng of the |
bank, and according to his son, Theo-
dore Stensland, he will plead guilty |
to several of the charges brought |
against him.
Stensland has made a complete col
fession, according to Assistant States |
Attorney Olson of Chicago who went |
to Tangier Marocco, to take the form |
er bank official into custody and in |
his confession implicated other prom |
inent Chicago men. Mr.. Olson de-
clined 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 |
which constitute embezzlement under |
the Illinois laws. To some of the in
dictments for embezzlements, his |
father would plead guilty, he said |
and in others he would turn states |
evidence and implicate all others who |
should be indicted in connection with |
the banks failure. Stensland made |
the son that If the shortage in the |
bank was over 100000, the money in
excess Of that amount had been taken |
by Henry w. Herring, former cashier
who was Jointly indicted with Stems
land on the charges of stealing over
$1,OOO,O0O from the bank and for
forgery.
Shows Signs of Much Worry.
Stensland arrived in New York
weak physically and showing much
evidence of strain which has attend !
ed his extraordinary fight through |
many countries, his desperate but in
effectual try for freedom down the |
west African coast and his final cap
ture in Tangier, from which place
United States authorities were per
mitted to remove him by the govern.
ment of Morocco. There was an af-
fecting scene between the father and
son on board the tug Catherine Nor
an, which the prisoner boarded at
quarantine.
Denies Attempt to Suicide
Stensland was removed to police |
headquarters last night and it was
planned to keep him there until this |
morning, when he will be removed to !
the district attorneys Office and later |
formally turned over to the Chicago |
authorities and taken to Chicago
Prinz Adalbert was met by a tug
on board of which was the Junior |
Stensland, a friend, Herman Banner,
Johnstown, Pa, Detectives Kinder |
and BinneS of Chicago, and two New |
York detectives.
Waves Hand at Son.
1t was 4:3O o'clock when the health |
officers boarded the steamer. At
that time the docks of the Prinz Adal |
bert were lined with passengers, prom ,
inent among them being States At |
torney Olson and James Kelley, man
aging editor of the Chicago Tribune, |
who went to Tangier with the States |
attorney to bring Stensand back to |
America. The first seen of Stensland |
was when he waved his hand from |
the stateroom window at his son.
No little excitement and eommo- |
ton attended the departure of Stems |
land together with Olson and Kelley |
from the steamer, a step which they |
were permitted to take at quarantine /
by special ruling of the authorities. |
All baggage of the three men was
transferred at the same time
Detectives Take Him in Charge.
Stensland was pale and seemed |
very weak as he passed slowly from
the steamer TO the tug and then into
the cabin. Here he was formally
placed under arrest by New York de-
tectiyes, 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 seemed
quite unable TO talk, and when he did
so 1t was In tones so low he could
scarcely be heard.
While the father and son were Ia
conference, Mr.. Olson was telling OF
the capture of Stensland at Tangier
and Of how persistently Stensland had
labOred to reach some place where
the arm Of the law was not a menace.
The story was practically the same
as that published at the time Of Stems
lands arrest in Tangier. y
IrpIieses Several Men.
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