The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-01-22
ADLER CONVICTED
Verdict of Guilty Unexpected-Surprise
to Defendant and His Friends-Sec-
ond Conviction by Jury of His Peers.
Released on $50, 1000 Bond.
people.

Released on $4,000 Bond
New Orleans Picayune Jan. 10: Will
liam Adler, former president of the
State National Bank, who for ten days
has been on trial i'll the United States
Court on various charges of misappIying
the funds of the bank, was yesterday
evening convicted for the second time
by jury of his peers.
The most hopeful of his friends do
not now see anything ahead of him but
to pay the penalty of his crime, for they
all concede that this trial was conducted
without any of the elements which tend
ed to cause the reversal of the last YER
dict. Even Adler himself, after the
stunning blow had fallen, and when the
average man would have forgotten those
little amenities to those who had been
kind to him, walked over to Judge
Grub and feelingly expressed his graf
itude for his uniform fairness through
out the trial and especially in the charge
to the jury
1t is not to be expected that Adler
will fail to take advantage of every
possible chance to get another trial, in
the hope eventually of getting mis-
trial and wearying the government with
prosecuting him. The first step was
taken with pro forma motion for a
new trial, which permitted his release on
his existing bond of $4,000. This mo-
ton may be heard Monday, when it is
filed in due form, or it may be delayed
If this is overruled, and there is every
reason to expect such a decision by
Judge Grub, then there will follow a
motion to stay the sentence, and this
also being disposed of, the next is an
appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals,
as was made in the last case. The de-
tense will have to prepare its various
bills of exception, which will be passed
on by Judge Grub, and then the matter
will be up to the higher court.
The verdict of guilty was surprise
to a great many persons in the court
room, and there was large crowd pres
ent Even standing room was at a pre-
MUM A mistrial was the very worst
that was expected by Adler and his
friends, so they were prepared to expe
rience long wait before the jury
finally reported that it could not agree.
When, two hours after the jury had be-
gun to deliberate, word was sent to the
Judge that they were ready to report,
the general impression was that it meant
a verdict of acquittal This impression
was apparently confirmed when, at the
instruction of the court, Marshal Loisel
cautioned every one in the court to re-
frain from demonstration There was
no apparent change in the demeanor of
he accused beyond a lighting UP of his
But his friends, who had
stood by him so faithfully, gave ex-
preston to their hope by glad smiles
and prepared to overwhelm him with
their congratulations.
And when the first part of the verdict
was read, it came like bolt from a
lear sky Adler himself, however,
showed no emotion His countenance
,aled a trife, but he stood stolidly, i'm
,assively, and listened to the remainder
If the verdict and the polling of the jury
IS though he was a mere spectator, and
lot the one most concerned in the pro-
eedings. On one side of him was his
on and on the other his brother-in-1aw
md cousin. His aged mother, his wife
nd his daughter, who had been in
ather constant attendance on the trial,
lad, fortunately, failed to return to the
curt room, and SO were spared the pain
# the final scene.
When the fornalities were finally !
yer, and he knew that he could return |
. his home, instead of being incarcer-
ted in the parish prison, as had been !,
he case on his last conviction, he moved |
yer to the judge. The great crowd !
nelted away, and even the hum and
uzz of conversation was subdued in the j
ealzation that the relentless hand of
ustice had srnitten one who at one time
coupled high estate, but whose over
teening ambition had led him into the
ortuous paths Of high finance and
rought him to the. level of the common
la1efactor.