The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-03
GRAND JURY MAY
 HANDLE WALSH Stolen Letters Give Cause For
 Investigation MISS M'LEAN TELLS STORY Woman stenoerapher Who Is In Jail Declares She Never Received
 Any Money for Taking
 the Letters.
MISS M'LEAN TELLS STORY

Chicago, November 2.--(Special)- )--John R. Walsh the Chicago banker accused of
 wrecking three banks, and John s. Miller,
 his chief attorney. may be called before
 the grand jury as witnesses in the n-
 vestlgation of the theft of letters from
 the United States district attorneys office in the Walsh case
 This was the report today following q
 conference of Attorney Sims, Chief Por- ter of the United States secret service,
 and their aids in connection with the
 arrest of Miss Etta L. Mclean and Alex ander B. Gordee, charged with stealing
 the letters.
 The federal grand jury will seek to
 learn of reported interviews between Cor
 dee and men said to be agents of John R. Walsh.
 Questions To Answer. The grand jury investigation. directed
 against Gordee and the Mclean woman
 will be to find answers to these ques-
 tions:
 Were Gordee and Miss Mclean in the employ of Walsh or his agents?
 Did Gordee receive money for copies of letters stolen from the district att torney's office and if so, how much did
 he receive and by whom was it paid?"
 Did Miss Mclean steal only Wash
 documents?"
 Where did Gordee obtain money to live lavishly, the government declaring he had no visible means of support?" That Gordee and Miss Mclean have been spending money far in excess of their incomes in the last few months be- came known today.
 Secret service men declare that they have learned Gordee had not worked for year and had no source of revenue He and Miss Mclean are known to have enjoyed expensive dinners, theatre par oes and automobile parties. The federal authorities are now work ing on the theory that Miss Mclean g theft of the letters from District Attor- ney Sims office, in which she was em- ployed as a stenographer, was done at the instigation of Gordee, who was act | ing for some other person, Miss Mclean Talks. Miss Mclean when seen at the county jail said:
 ''I met Gordee in Boston some time be- fore l came to Chicago. When I came here we renewed our acquaintance. Of course it is Q personal question. but 1 do love him. I have been married, but , was divorced in Boston My maiden name
  Gordee a long time after had been di- vorced and of course he had nothing to do with my family affairs. When l took the letters which con cerned Mir. Walsh's affairs, 1t was not a theft as at various times since I have been working for MT. Sims have taken home letters of importance. just to read them over.
 q talked with Mir. Gordee, just as a girl would talk to her beau. I was n- , terested in my work and talked about | it to him and naturally talked about the Walsh case. I felt proud over the fact | that MT. Sims would trust me with such l important work, so I told MT. Gordee about the work.
 .I never thought of wrong-doing. If Gordee has turned against me, as I am told will suffer alone. I never thought of the papers being sold. I never thought of getting any money; but if they were sold and if money was got-well, I didn't get any I was not offered any, and l didn't know anything about it.