| Show ANIER JOHN R. R WALSH AT LAST MUST GO TO JUSTICES JUSTICE'S MR R J fOR TRIAL CHICAGO Sept 20 John O John R R. Walsh charged with wrecking the Chica Chicago o National National Na Nn I bank the Equitable Trust company com com- company pany and the Home Savings bank lank can canno canno canno no io longer loiter er fi fight ht off ocr the law This white haired man of 70 O. O who dreamed dreame dreams of railway empire and to whom age has only come during the wrenching soul days of the last lut two I years ears must go to to trial at the bar of I justice for the fins pins he is is alleged to have ha committed against his and the law Jaw There are art founts counts to the indictments indictments indict indict- ments against Walsh The shortest sentence possible on one ODe count is five years and that would probably bo be life for lor him For two years pars John S. S Miller the tho famous defender of the Standard Oil company has fought every inch of the ground to keep Walsh from trial The fight began beg with the jury which voted tho the first indictment Common Common Com Coin mon moo citizens who Rr are under investigation tion by a federal grand jury do cIa not begin begin begin be be- gin the fi fight ht until they are char charged ed with nth some fome cr crime mc The government gO was convinced con con- convinced on vinced that attempts were be being ng made to get to the th jury lury so tho the jurors were guarded everywhere e the they went s so were witnesses Walsh T was as brought into court to hear the charges a against him Because thousands thousands thou thou- sands of depositors who had bad trusted him wanted to see the man he asked to be smug smuggled lcd into the tho room through h a secret passage lIe Ho heard himself accused ed of using the peoples people's money mone to promote his railroads in Indiana an and i Illinois s. s After that ho he was spirited away A few months later Inter another indictment indict ment meat charging misappropriation b by means of memo notes and accusing Walsh of falsifying bank statements was returned J After ter a series of delays motions to quash to annul to give s a Ii ahill ahill hill of particulars particulars delays so 50 exasperating ing that Judge Anderson once reprimanded reprimanded man ed Walsh Walsh's a s the attorneys the ex ex- hanker banker closely guarded appeared in incourt incourt incourt court again gain and pleaded leaded not guilty His defense defense- wH will be he lar largely ely a technical on one Ever since the failure of Walsh with liabilities E E. P. P Uncle Sams Sam's expert bank hank examiner ha has been working on the mass of figures to prove pro Walsh Walsh's a 8 guilt As Assistant District Attorneys Fletcher Dobyns and amI F F. F S. S Hanchett t have havo piled up nearly nearly half a aton aton aton ton of documentary evidence The gov r. r government v. v t is read ready y There 3 are re no moro more preliminary mot motions ons that Walsh can ma make ke Two years after the alleged crime he be must answer the accusations |
