Show SEVEN YEARS 1 JUSTICE AT LAST OVERTAKES EMBEZZLER EM-BEZZLER FLOOD 1 I IB Supposed That He Got Array With the Sung Little Sum of 1GT000 His Hopes Shattered San Francisco May 10 John W Flood excashier of the DonohueKelly bank who in the last two years has been twice I tried for embezzling the banks funds and twice for falsifying its books was today sentenced by Judge Wallace to seven years Imprisonment at San Quentin Flood is accused of embezzling 16T000 The jury disagreed at the first trial Then a verdict of guilty was set aside by the trial judge for error On a third charge he was acquitted Two weeks ago Flood was again on trial on a bad jury indictment dictment charged wIt making a false entry for 50000 In his Book of records of certified checks passed through the bank To this charge Flood upon the advice of his counsel refused to plead Judge Wallace Wal-lace construed his silence as a plea oC guilty and today in spite of appeals for mercy from the defendants counsel and friends inflicted almost the maximum penalty Flood hoped to be punished for misdemeanor only |