Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1909 — PRISON FOR TAFT SECRETARY [ARTICLE]

PRISON FOR TAFT SECRETARY

Former Aid of President Passed Soma Worthless Checks. New York, Oct. 22.—Grace Maidof and Ralph H. S. Whitney, found guilty of passing worthless checks, were before Judge Mulqueen for sentence. On being sent to Auburn for three years the woqian collapsed. When Whitney was then called to the bar, his attorney said the prisoner had once been private secretary to W. H. Taft when the president was head of the Panama Canal commission. Judge Mulqueen sentenced Whitney to not less than five years in Sing Sing.