From The Past: Chicago Fugitive Banker Stensland Thought To Be Spotted In Midway According To Prominent Business Man
Suspect Not Arrested
Police Constable Charged With Neglecting His Duties
Is Not Stensland But Prominent Californian Visiting Province With Wife
Wrecking Of A Chicago Bank
Romancer, Miner and Promoter: James F. Wardner
FROM: Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill., February 12, 1899 and The Tribune, Nelson, B.C., February 13, 1899.
Note: The above referenced newspapers carried the same article from the New York World, with the following differences: The Tribune titled their article, “An Expert Liar: ‘Jim’ Wardner Admits That He Has A Wonderfully Good Memory”; and, the final paragraph, which appeared in the The Tribune but not the Chicago Tribune. The original article appeared in the New York (Evening) World on February 3, 1899.
Wardner, B.C. was named after James Wardner.





























