The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-19
JOHN R, WALSH IS
 SENT ID PRISON Aged Banker Must Serve His Term of Five Years LAST EFFORT OF LAWYERS Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Peti- ton For New Trial and Walsh
 Begins Trip to Prison
 at Leavenworth.
LAST EFFORT OF LAWYERS

Chicago, January 1S-John R. Walsh, P years old, who began his business career as a newsboy and later controlled millions of dollars in banks railroads. newspapers and coal fields. left for the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kas, at o'clock tonight to begin a five years sentence for misapplying the funds os the Chicago National bank, of which he had been president.
 MT. Walsh's journey followed a denial by the United States circuit court of ap- peals of his petition for new trial on the ground of alleged misconduct of the jurors who found him guilty.
 While MT. Walsh was on his way to Leavenworth, in charge of United States Marshal L. T. Hoy and Deputy Marshal Thomas Middleton, a lifelong friend, and accompanied by John w. Walsh, his son, and Lee Babcock, and Dr. L Blake Baldwin. his son-in-law, and At torney E. T. Ritsher, his financial coun- sel, rumor was circulated that a des- perate effort would be made to get the prisoner off the train by habeas cor pus proceeding.
 It was reported that Judge A. L. San born of the United States district court had been summoned from Madison. Wis, and that James Hamilton Lewis would endeavor to obtain a writ for him.
 The ground on which the writ might be asked was not revealed, but it was reported that the allegation would be made that other than members of the grand jury were present in the jury room when Walsh was convicted.
 It was learned, however, that Judge Sanborn's Jurisdiction ended at the H. linos boundary line with the train that carried MT. Walsh. It was scheduled to cross at Rock Island at 10:45 o'clock to- night.
 After that time, it was said, as the prisoner neared Leavenworth, action to obtain his liberty would have to be brought in the Kansas district on the ground that MT Walsh was under .sil- legal restraint"
 The train also passes through Iowa and Missouri, but it was thought inn probable that any action could be ob- tained in those jurisdictions.
 By a coincidence, Walsh started to pris- on exactly two years after he had been found guilty. It was January 1s 1908, it is declared, that a jury in Federal Judge Anderson's court brought in It's verdict
 The scene in the court room when Judge Landis ordered Mir. Walsh to be present at the formal entering of the com mitment was dramatic.
 Keep up your spirits,'' said his friends.
 q wil1,' replied the aged prisoner.
 "I will go down there with the same spirit I have shown right along"
 Walsh was hurried in an automobile to his home to bid his wife goodby and was then taken to the station.
 Judge Sanborn arrived in Chicago at o'clock tonight. He said he had heard that writ of habeas corpus might be asked for but he said he had not been asked to issue one.
 John S. Miller, chief of counsel for MT. Walsh, said he had heard nothing of such a proceeding.
 For good behavior MT Walsh may ob- tain a nitgiation of sentence to three years and eight months The building of the Chicago Chronicle company, which housed Walsh's newspaper of that name. was sold today to Lewis M. Alexander of Port Edwards. Wis.
 MT Walsh started the Chronicle in 1895 and suspended publication in 1907. fol- lowing the failure of his banks.