The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-25

(Continued from First Page,) had heard nothing from any of his friends or relatives except his wife and that he had seen but one newspa- per that had made mention of his crime. He says that when he left home on February 8, 1907 he attempted to re- turn but he lost his senses in New York about noon on February g. and the next he remembers was when he came to realizing sense of what he had done in small town in Nevada a short distance from Tonopah. He had been in Ensanada since May, 1907, he said
 Trying Experiences.
 Walker has had many trying exper- fences since the Friday of February 8, 1907, when he left his home in New Britain, promising members of his family that he would be back home the following Sunday at noon. Instead of his return there came . telegram from New York which read: MT. Walker was killed by the cars this forenoon Letter follows" The telegram was signed D. R. Merriman. There was much mystery surrounding the whereabouts of Walker after that until information came that he was arrested on Tuesday December 10, of last year in q mining camp about 150 miles from Ensenada. Lower Cali fornia.
 When the telegram was received that Walker had been killed by the cars in New York, his son and Andrew ] Sloper hurried to New York. They found that he had been stopping at the Hotel Cumberland, but that he had left the hotel Sunday noon. The hotels and morgues were searched but there was no trace of Walker, living or dead. The police of New York were appealed to, but they could throw no light on the whereabouts of Walker.
 News of Disappearance.
 On February Il was published the first disappearance of Walker, and the announcement came as q great shock to the people of New Britain, and a description of him was sent by his rel atives to the police in different sec tions of the country. The mystery of the disappearance was added to when on February 12, there was received by express in New Britain Walkers coat and vest, the address on the package being evidently in the same handwriting as that on the letter re- ceived by Andrew J. Sloper the same afternoon, and the letter had the same signature as that on the telegram re- ceived Sunday. When Walker went away the vaults of the New Britain Savings bank were locked by the com bination. After much effort the di- rectors got into the vaults and discov- cred that Walker was an embezzler, and it later developed that he had embedded about $565,000 of the money in the bank and securities, and that he had taken about S56, 900 from the Baptist convention of Con nectcut, of which he was treasurer The report that Walker was an em- bezzler caused run on the bank. Seillng securities.
 As the investigation by the officers of the bank progressed it was learned Chat Walker had sold two of the se- curities In New York on the day he fled and by this time the state po- lice and the Pinkertons were put to apprehend him while officers of the bank and relatives made frequent trips to New York in the hope of b. eating him. The clerk of the New York hotel, which Walker left on the Sunday afternoon, said that Walker did not have beard while at the hotel, but the man who sent the tele- gram had to beard People In many sections of the country believed that they had seen Walker these rumors were run down and the New York po- lice finally came to the conclusion that Walker had headed for Mexico
 A warrant for the arrest of Walker was issued by the authorities in New Britain and Mayor Landers wrote Governor woodruff letter asking for the removal of George F Kendall as a bank examiner
 Two Walkers Arrested.
 Two men, each supposed to be