Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-25
D.fsulting President Of Chicago State Bank
Reaches New York.
WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO FEW CHARGES
he Says If Over 100000 l, Missing
Cashier Herring Took 1t.
CONFESSION WILL lMPucATE OTHERS
WILL MpucA1t OTHERS
District Attorney Has Names Of Accused
Of sharing in Loot.
WILL Be TAKEN TO CHICAGO TO-DAY
No Attempt win he Made TO
Fight Extradition Proceedings
Attempt at Suicide
Denied.

NEW YORK, sept. 2L-Inder arrest oy
New York detectives, Paul o. Stensland.
former president OF the Milwaukee Avenue
State bank, Chicago, who stands indicted
for heavy embezzlements from that insti-
tuition, arrived in New York tonight. lie
was taken from the steamer Prinz Adai-
bert, on which he came from Morocco, 20
which country he had fed after e wreck
ing OF the bank. and according Us son.
Theodore Stenslsnd he will pk ~ silty
TO several OF the charges brought % ~ st
him. n
stensland has made a complete cois
sion, according to Assistant States ATTIC,
new Olsen of Chicago, who went to Tan
gier. Morocco. to take the former bank
oficiai into custody, and in his confession
he implicated other prominent Chicago
men Attorney Olsen declined to name
.hese men.
Theodore Stensland. who gave out an Of
ical statement for his father, declared
that the latter had made signed con-
ression, but that he had admitted commit
ting certain offences which constitute en-
bezzlement under the Illinois laws.
TO some OF the indictments for embezzle-
ment his father would plead guilty. he
said. and In the case of the others he
would turn states evidence and implicate
others who should be indicted in connec-
stole Only 100000.
Stensland made the further statement,
according to the son, that IL the shortage
In the bank was over $4,000 the money In
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
H,000,0o0 from the bank and for forgery.
Efqnaland arr a.. Nav YnrE N
physically and showing much evidence of
the strain which has attended his extraor-
dinary flight through many countries. his
desperate but ineffectual try for freedom
down the West, African coast and his final
capture in the Moroccan city of Tangier.
from which place the United States author
tiles were permitted to remove him by the
government OF Morocco.
There was an saffectingsmeatinE between
father and son-pn board the tug Cath
crime Moran. which the prisoner boarded
at Quarantine.
stensland denies the report that he tried
TO commit suicide while In Morocco He
says that a sudden fainting spell was
interpreted as an attempt at self-destruc-
tion by the Moroccan soldiers.
Stensland was removed to police head
quarters tonight and II was planned to
keep him there until tomorrow when he
will be removed to the district attor-
ney's office and later formally turned
over to the Chicago authorities and taken
to Chicago.
story OF stensIand's fright.
While father and son were In conference
Attorney Olsen was telling OF the capture
OF Stensland at Tangier and OF how per-
sistentiy stensland had labored to reach
come place where the arm of the law was
not a menace. He told OF the hurried
night from New York to Gibraltar. the
passage to Tangier. Morocco. the refuge
don In the mountains Of Spain and then
the return to Gibraltar. There the fleeing
official boarded the German steamer Olden-
burg which was bound for the Canary
islands, but which was stopped by pur-
suing steamer before It reached its destina-
ton. The Oldenburg put into Tangier.
where Its captain purposely delayed for
three days pending the settlement of the
case of his passenger, Stensland Then
followed the arrest OF Stensland on
street In Tangier and his final decision to
waive extradition rights when he found
that the Moroccan authorities had agreed
to allow his removal
Many Others Implicated.
''Stensland went to Tangier," Mr.. Olsen
said because from his experience as a
sailor many years ago ne understood that
Tangier was not a treaty soil and that
he would be perfectly safe there.
''Stensiand came IN me i" tha .,,o-,o,,
continued. HE talked freely about the
bank and all its affairs and Implicated sew
erai men In the wrecking OF the bank.
cannot name the men he referred to, but
,heir names win come out at the proper
une. believe that he win do everything
possioie In winding up the AFFAIRS Of the
institution With reference to the Elm
~ooa cemetery stock, stensland said he
eonsioerea IL valuable and that he hoped
~ se' " soon from certain man whose
name ne save me The stock has hg-
ureu somewhat In the discussion Of the
SAhA aHaiss'
Part OF Blame Placed ON Hertn~
Jost before the hoat r..ob.a ~. -.