The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-03-19
CHICAGO BANKER DENIED A NEW
TRIAL ON CHARGES OF
MISREPRESENTATION.
Given Five Years-AIi Points Raised
by Attorneys for F%lnancier Are
overruIed-stay Granted for Free.
dom Until October.

Chicago. Mar. 14.-John R. Walsh
was denied a new trial by Judge A.
B. Anderson in the federal court Fri.
day and was sentenced to five years
in the government prison at Fort
Leavenworth.
The sentence was five years on each
count on which the president of the
old Chicago National bank was con.
victed, but it is to run concurrently.
All the points raised by the attor.
neys for the defense in their plea for
a new trial were overruled by the
court, who, in his opinion, reviewed
at some length the events during the
trial and after the return of the ver-
dict. An appeal to the upper court
is expected to stay the execution of
the sentence he now faces.
Assent of Juror Called Clear.
In making his ruling Judge Ander.
son first took up the Palmer incident
when that juror hesitated before reply
Ing to the poll Of the jury. Judge An
derson recited In detail what occurred
and said that counsel for the defend.
ant had not objected at the time and
that it was clear that Juror Palmer
assented to the verdict. This finding
was directly against the argument in
support of the motion for a new trial.
On the question of the misconduct Of
the jury and officials in charge Of it
the court held that nothing prejudicial
to the defendant had occurred, that
no improper communication with the
jury took place.
Involved Large Sums of Money.
The Walsh case involved large sums
of money and presented many ques.
tions OF banking and financial meth
DDS rarely called to the attention of
q court.
The main contention of the govern.
ment in the prosecution of the case
was that Mr.. Walsh in his capacity
of president of the Chicago National
bank had misapplied certain amounts
from the funds of the bank by in.
vesting them in railroad and other
enterprises with which he was con.
nected.
Memorandum notes bearing the
names of clerks and others and Sc
cured by bonds of the three railroads
termed by the government "Walsh
railroads" figured in the trial. All
the books of the Chicago National
bank and many of the records of the
Illinois Southern, the Southern In
diana and the Wisconsin and Mich
igan Railway companies were offered
in evidence and difficult questions OIL
bookkeeping were presented for solu
ton in the trial.
Stay Order on Appeal.
Little time was lost by Attorney
Miller In presenting the assignment
of errors, already drawn up, to Judge
Grosscup, as a Judge of the United
States circuit court Of appeals. At
torney Miller asked the court to gram
q writ of error and issue a writ Of
su%persedeas staying the execution o.
the sentence Of the federal district
court until after the appeal had been
determined. The stay order was en-
tered without question by Judge
Grosscup and the bond was fixed al
$50, 900, the same amount which has
held through the trial. The bond was
signed by the Illinois Surety company
which was on the old bond. The ap
peal is expected to be taken up at the
October term of court and at leasI
until then Mr.. Walsh will be free from
the necessity of attending court o.
serving sentence behind barred doors