The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-03-19
PRISON Sentence
FOR ]. R. Walsh
CHICAGO BANKER DENIED A NEW
TRIAL ON CHARGES OF
MISREPRESENTATION.
Given Five Years--All Points Raised
by Attorneys for Financler Are
overruled-stay Granted for Free
dom Until October.

Chicago, Mar. 14.--John r. Walsh
was denied 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
victed. but 1t is to run concurrentlg.
All the points raised by the attor
neys for the defense in their plea for
a new trial we're overruled by the
court, who, in his opinion. reviewed
at some length the events during the
trial and after the return of the YER
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 II was clear that Juror Palmer
assented to the verdict This finding
was directly against the argument in
support OF the motion for new trial
On the question of the misconduct Of
the Jury and officials in charge of II
the court held that nothing prejudlcial
to the defendant had occurred tha;
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.
tlons OF banking and financial meth
DDS rarely called to the attention Of
a 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
testing them in railroad and other
enterprises with which he was con-
nCcted.
ipNNo btdl NhV
names of clerks ana others and Sc.
cured by bonds of the three railroads
.ermed by the government walsh
r7ilroads" 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
lgan Railway companies were offered
in evidence and difficult questions of
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 grant
writ of error and issue writ of
supersedeas staying the execution Of
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 at
$4,000, 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 least
until then Mr.. Walsh will be free from
the necessity of attending court or
serving sentence behind barred doors