| Show PRISON FR BANKER WALSH Judge Anderson Denies Motion Moton for New Trial and Arrest of Judgment WILL SERVE FIVE YEARS Former of Chicago 1 Penalty In Ft U for flir Illegal rl Chicago March 13 John R n Walsh former formel president of or the Chicago Na National Ni NiI I tonal bank of ot this city who ho was waB con COI of Illegal uso of o tho funds of or orthe the tho Institution was today denied a now new trial by b Judge JUdKO In tho l States district court and sentenced to sero live le years yeal in the tho federal penitentiary tar at Fort Leavenworth As soon as ns the court had announced tho refusal to grant a new le trial the attorneys for tor the defense entered n I motion moton In arrest anost of ot Judgment on which they thoy argued for tor some somo time It I was generally thought about abut tho Iho court courtroom COlt room Toom that they would consume consumo or four more molo hours hour Mating their rf reK a hons fons for fol the granting of oC this motion but Ally At Hart who presented pr It ed in about 30 Judge Jule Anderson then promptly over oer overruled ruled tho motion and aud sentenced tho moton tl worth banker to live fl In II Fort lt Leavon LaVOI SIOn ONE OiE HOUR HOUn JUle Anderson In denying the tho mo motion tion Uon for tor u I now spoke without notes note his decision requiring about ono ouo hour laur In Hn 1 first look up the tha question queston of ot tha tho alleged al ged UI to tio verdict ot oC Juror JUrl reciting tho y from 1101 the Hie record rl of ot tho court and Ind declaring It cannot bo said for fora forI a moment that Palmer dissented from om I tho verdict To 0 my mind there Is but ono 10 construction to bo ho placed upon tho Ihu whole matter nd that la Is that he ho to tho verdict If I It hud hod ap 8 to 10 consul for tOl tho defendant tha ho did 1 not lot do no O thoy the should have that the tho Jury jur 11 KJ tant buck back for lor further deliberation or that It be b discharged No such Hueh request wan made tho thu court Is I Justified in I haying counsel took at that tho name view as U wan held by tho court COUI and that was that Iho tho was IS entirely regular NO MISCONDUCT SHOWN HOWN Tho ho coutt further declared dod led that charges of oC misconduct ml on 01 tho Iho put part of ot tho jury jur were not founded on fact counsel for the tho that tIll Id In open court that thoy tu had ha no 10 ol lo tn offer oler to t whatever degree of at liberty the tho court might allow Ilow Iho th Jury jU at It times court curt wan not In 8 This being holn the tho COM ho du II that counsel waH from claiming that too Iou liberty Ib hod Ion allow od particularly when It had hadnot not bOI hown that any Improper u UIO o inid liven mado ot oC tho freedom 11 t Il It 1 U II claimed by tho tl defense that while In II a n 1 11 u t ono OIB of tho in 11 thin trial removed the th lt an al hit h ha to 10 do with hi cuso 1 I and ond why counsel should hauld bring It Into 1111 till caso IMI IH beyond my 1 lon It 1 him no 10 logical or Il rela relation rein tion to 10 Ihl of Ihu II jury lo Much hit hilI been hl about tho th incon H It of tl dd i Iha lint tha thu defendant WU found gull upon 0 rn I which the theMI th MI inn C nC to 10 havu Ji to mo In II fo Ilu In tho thoaN Din all II the 11 canu aN and Ild Hint Ilat lt th nf 1101 ft U b cn no 10 Incon InlOW ax IU i On tho Iho point of t aliened mor commit committed ted leJ th n Ul II 1 Alt A 11 Im it I Wilt to le IlL ay naw w that tha 1111 thin def has ha had a 1 lair fair did Hi tho f curt urt Plow plo evi evl evidence dence to go till Jury which was Il alone M the Iho ia ne e of or th defendant In my no man ronld hr I r tho tl iu lu cRe cReul ani ul Il doubt lUt tha Intended to do tha tho thing that are charged against him In the Indictment For more moru than 30 yearn I have taken part In II legal procedure as I a 11 lawyer I er erald ald a and Ild It U Is my conviction that a more lore reckless utter Ilter of ot law has hl never neel been shown In any 11 I within my I experience Keeling Ie ln thus It wan with wih considerable con misgiving if Ir I may mi so 10 speak spek that I sat for tor more than three hero h re Ihn hour Ild heard counsel for the thi defend defendant I ant Int arguo that tho government had failed to tu criminal TOO roo I Ilo I had lo occasion to 10 Sl In III ruling up upon lP on a n motion muton by h coun pi l I that no man can tervo two Tu T my lY mind that In lo the key of ot whole situation The defendant nan a I banker and president of ot a n national bank bank Tho rho proof prot that ho loaned to tn practically of ot of ot tho nUl of oC this national or 01 eighteen million which was Wil invested not in properties which had been b developed but hil In and nd properties which ho he hoped to develop Tho bani ur or WIl wan loat oal in the tha th speculator lator tho railroad The rhe clearly clearl |
