New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
WALKER WHISKED
OUT OF PRISON
Rule as to Leaving Time
Waived to Accommodate
Paroled EmbeZZler.
FORGET 1T! PLEA
OF FREED BANKER
Disposition Of Stolen Bonds Re-
vealed Marketed by Con-
dorf Garg for 100000.

From stat Co-respondeh, o, The Tr1bursl
New Britain, Conn, Dec. 4.-"Forget
it,"
That is the message William F.
Walker, bank embezzler, sent TO all re-
porters who called at the home of his
bro;her-in-law, Judge John H. Coats,
today.
In delivering the message Judge
Coats added emphasis Of his own.
Forget il! forget IT," he insisted.
Talking about this thing will not
bring back the pas. or bring back the
money of the bank. Forget it. We
want to forge, it. The sooner you stop
writing abou. it the sooner the public
will forget it.
mir. Walker wants to forget 1t; every
one wants to forget it. He has none o.
the money. and the bank folks know it.
Why not. then. forget t?'
Walker. who insisted on remaining at
the prison in Wethersfeld last night
because he feared photographers would
ge. his picture. w4s hurried ouJ Of the
jail ,his morning. 10 the last the same
consideration which Cor seven years
saved him he humiliation OF sleeping
H. cell vas shown INN. For him the
rule which saws no prisoners shall be
discharged from The prison before 9
o'clock in the morning was waived and
he left before the prison was really
astir.
And. lest he suffer annoyance
through using an ordinary Vehicle, the
prison automobile was plsccd a, his
disposal. In il he made the run TO the
home Of his brother-in-lsw in Vine
Street. where his sister. Mrs. Goats.
was awaiting MIN. At Judge Coats's
home he had another breskfast-hc
had eaten one in the prison-snd then
settled himself in the sunny parlor to
read the morning papers.
Walkers Programme Changed.
Last minute changes have served to
keep Walker in Connecticut for few
days at least. The programme up TO
last night was 10 take Walker at once
to friends in Northern New England.
But the clamor aroused BY his release.
and the possibility that he might De
called back soon 70 plead to the stand
ing indictments against him served to
change matters. On the advice Of =
member of the Parole Board Wake
will stay here for few days or until
States Attorney Hugh F. Alcorn. of
Hartford. decides whether he wants
him.
II Alcorn yields TO the wishes Of
those in charge Of the Savings Bank
Of New Britain. from which Walker
took $565.000. he will let the old in
dictments stay in pigeon holes. Like
Walker and Judge Goats, E. II. Stanley,
treasurer and active mead Of the bank,
is DESTROYS that the public "forget it,"
"This publicity" he declared, sis not
doing this bank any good. We are in
good shape now. with larger deposits
than VIC ever had in Walkers day
100000 more. in act-though more
than 81 $4,000 was drawn out in the
runs that followed the discovery of his
defalcation. Our surplus has been
built up until at the last report il stood
at $40, 900. Renewed publicity does
not help us in our work.
But has the bank no interest IN
the funds that were taken and OF which
the states attorney even now does not
know what disposition was made p
Then. for the first time since Walk
ers arrest. eight years ago. the 'lisposi-
tion Of all the bonds taken b" the
cashier was made known.
Stolen Bonds Marketed.
an ALL" said Mr. Stanley, Walker
took 375 bonds. OF this number. 245
are in the hands Of innocent purchas-
ers for value. or the rest, we recov-