Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 November 1907 — TRIAL OF JOHN R. WALSH [ARTICLE]

TRIAL OF JOHN R. WALSH

Bis Counsel Fights an Order to Produce Certain Bank Books Before the Court. Chicago, Nov. 13.—Disobeying the order of Judge Anderson, directing that the booksof thedefunctCblcago National bank, the Equitable Trust company and the Home Savings bank, be brought Into court, the attorneys for John R. Walsh, whose trial for the misappropriation of funds of his banks has begun, laid the foundation for the first battle of what will be the most stubbornly contested case ever heard In the federal courts of Chicago. After a long argument the Judge ruled against thedefendant and abruptly adjourned court after advising compliance with the subpoena. On the books demanded hinges the entire case of the government. With them. It Is the averment of the attorneys for the prosecution,the conviction of Walsh will be secured; without them, the contention of the government will fall. Walsh is charged with diverting the funds of the bank to his own use on insufficient security. There are 100 counts in the indictment, and the penalty in case of conviction is from five to ten years in prison.