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Show ! TO SE RVTE HIS IF E 1 NPRISON Supreme Court of the United States Refuses to Grant a Writ of Certiorari The Bank Wrecker is 72 Years Old Washington. Jan. 17. The petition for a writ nf certiorari in the case ol John H Walsh, farmer president ot the Chicago National Bank of Chicago under sentence to five years' imprls onmcnt In the federal prison at Leavenworth, Leav-enworth, Kas., on the charge of mis applying the funds of tho bank, was denied today by the supreme court of the United States. This means that Walsh must serve hiB sentence. 1 Chicago. Jan. 17. The denial of John R. Walsh's petition for -a writ if certiorari by the supremo court of the United States closes tho last chapter chap-ter in the history of his long fight for freedom. Tbe convicted banker now !s powerless to proceed further In his efforts to escape the prison bars, ulilrh have loomed before him ever since his Indictment three years ago, rind which he had also successfully evaded through the different channels of legal procedure. The one-time bank president and railroad financier, who Is now 72 years old, will. In a few dajs, be a convict In the federal prison at Leavenworth, Leav-enworth, Kansas, where ho will begin the sentence of five ears Imprisonment Imprison-ment Imposed upon him by United States District Judge Anderson in March. 1905 After the United States circuit court of appeals had refused a rehearing and denied his petition for a slay of judgment, ball with withdrawn, and at the request of his counsel tho court placed him In the "special custody" of a United States marvhaJ where he remained pending the outcome of his petition to the Bupremo court of tht United States. |