New-York tribune., 1921-02-28
|0,1ick Justice
For Clerk Who
Took $4,000
s,alI,'s Indictment To-day
and Sentence This Week
Expected; ''Will Be Bank
President Vet" He Saws
l,s;sts He'll Make Good
Gar Veteran Who Made Cap
,ure Gets S26,0 600; Will
Give 500 TO Buddy"
sn.o,a, ptspatcII e &c rr4b..ns

q S,ec,dl Dispatch to The Tribune
4 CHICAGO, Feb. 27.-Quick justice
4 =, forecast for William Dalton, six
..,a.yesr-old bank clerk brought back
!, Chicago with all but $500 of the
4 80 zoe in bonds he stole from the
gorthern Trust Company, attorneys for
i.,ss, which insured the bank against
s. md States Attorney Grove said
4 s-dsy.
ghile Dalton was being taken to the
4 i,.eption home No. /, after some
4 rhst exciting trip through the loop
sstrct. the forces of the States Attor-
s4ys Office were already rounding up
illnesses and preparing details of the
! ,ase for submission TO the grand jury
! ,amorrow. He will in all probability
j, indicted before night. He will be
.rsigned before Judge Fisher to face
.be charge Of embezziement set forth
!. sac warrant for his arrest.
Lords insists that the bank, whatever
+, sympathy for the lad, interfere in
10 vsy with the course of the law. The
bsnk recognizes the necessity of such
action and States Attorney Grove ex-
swsses mis- conviction that an example
aust be made in bank cases of this
sfrd at once.
Dalton saw his mother for the first
,ime since arrest late to-day at the
States Attorneys Office, where he was
aken tc be questioned by the chief
isrestigator, Ben Newmark. The boy
fell into his mothers arms, sobbing,
yaile she stroked his head, tears falling
from her eyes.
Swift Action Expected
Whatever the future may hold for
William Dalton, it appeared that his
prediesment is serious, with indica-
tons Of long period of repentance
Tor crime impulsively committed. 1t
seems that action in the case will be
s. swift that the punishment for the
crime will ne pronounced well within
tns week starting with the boys dis
appearance on last Thursday.
The assurance of the bank officials,
mace to Mrs. Dalton, regarding their
desire to treat the youth ieniently
we're made in good faith, but John
Lord, attorney for Lloyds, voided them
to-day when he said:
Il have Impressed upon the officials
Of the Northern Trust Company their
responsibility in this case. It is a
situation not affecting the bsnk alone,
bu, situation in which all banks
are involved. '@
Il am sorry for the boy, ana the
bank officials have expressed sympa-
thy for him, but the case is up to the
states attorney, without any bias
and the law must take its
interest in Heyworth and Blooming
ton and on MS way TO and through the
Ihicago loop district, took the entire
matter stolidiy.
After night conference at the jail
= -
wee president of the Northern Trust
Company, William s. Miller, head of
the banh's legal department, and Mr.
lord, in which he convinced them that
ne had no associates in the crime, he
talked unemoUlonally with reporters
aatll nearly , o'clock, after which he
got ready for the train trip to Chicago.
he did not sleep at any time; insisting
upon playing cards on the train with
the detectives.
Card Game Cheers Him
DaItons interest in the game cheered
1im up considerably, and as the train
vas pulling into Chicago he was ap-
parntly entirely oblivious to or disin-
crested in his plight.
:! hope that any other fellow who
.hinks Of doing what / did will use his
rams" Dalton said. al didn't feel
,ghy from the rninute I did it, and
nc first time that I've felt decent since
iaursdsy il right now, when all the
money has been taken away from me
md the whole darn thing is over. All
wish is that | get a chance to make
,ood and make people forget what a