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Show SLEFIILL No Sign of Breakdown on Part of the Banker i Leavenworth, Kas., Jan. 20. "I 1 slept very well, thank you." replied 'John R. Walsh, the former Chicago 'banker. In response to the greeting of a guard this mornlns at tho federal fed-eral prison here. The aged banker had arisen after his first night as "Convict G8C1," had made up the little cot In his cell and stood, as did the other 900 prisoners awaiting the order to march to breakfast It Is planned that, for several days to come, Mr. Walsh will be permitted permit-ted to rest before entering ai.pon the regular routine of prison life. If the prisoner was on the verge of collapse, this morning, ho covered up 'the symptoms. His chief concern seemed to be that he should folate none of the rules of the Institution. He was eager to carry out to the letter let-ter ever.;," order that might be given him and this he did. with cheerfulness cheerful-ness that made his keepers, who had seen many a stout heart give, way when finally merged Into the existence exist-ence of hundreds of fellow prisoners, marvel. After he bad retired last 'night, his relatives, having bidden him food bye nnd started back to Chicago, Chi-cago, no sound came from Mr. Walsh's c-fll to lndkate that restlessness was taking hold of him. |