National Affairs: Brother Mal

"Ten years in the penitentiary and a fine of $5,000."

Such was the sentence pronounced last week at Washington Court House, Ohio, upon aging, broken Mal S. Daugherty, brother of onetime Attorney General Harry Micajah Daugherty. Judge & jury had found him guilty of stealing funds from his own Ohio State Bank until it collapsed last year with heavy losses to 4,000 depositors. Even $90,000 which Brother Harry had poured into the bank could not save it from the effects of Brother Mal's juggled accounts and false statements.

Ten years ago Mal Daugherty could have...

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