The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-08
Mrs. Chadwick Said 70 Be a Noted
Female Forger.

Cleveland. o., Dee when shown
the Associated Press bulletin which
told of the arrest of Mrs. Chadwick in
Rev York. United States District At
tcrney Sullivan gave the particulars Of
the way the case has been handled
during the past week.
Mrs. Chadwick's arrest has been I'M
DER contemplation for the last week,
he said. Il was going to cause her ar
rest Sunday when the warrants Tor
Reckwith and Spear were sworn out,
tut 1 thought il we'll to go show in the
matter. At o'clock last night in To-
ledo, United States Marshal Chandler
appeared before United STATES Commits
s.oner Brough and swoTe to an affidavit
charging Mrs. Chadwick with aiding
and abetting in the misapplication of
the funds of national bank. 1t was
specifically stated in the affidavit that
Mrs. Chadwick had aided President
Beckwith and Cashier Spear of the
Citizens National bank of Oberlin, O.,
IN the misrepresentation Of $12, 500 on
Aug 20. 1903, at which time the woman
received from Cashier Spear a certified.
check for the amount stated
Warrant Was Asked.
This affidavit was sent in the mail.
/ by special delivery to United States,
District Attorney Burnett Of New York.,
| with instructions to issue a warrant
upon 4 and arrest the woman forth
with. The announcement that the woF
man has been arrested is a great RELIEF
! to me, as l have been working night
aHd day on the case for over a week.
| have been in constant Communication
with the federal authorities in New
/ York for over a week At my request
! the attorney general caused secret ser
vice officers to be placed on guard at
the Holland house with instructions not
to let her get out of their sight for
minute. I also advised District Attor-
ney Burnett to have additional surveii-
lance placed upon her, and he has acted
! as ] requested. -. esa @ - y
Said to Be Madame Devere.
i am not sure as 10 the witnesses
/ I will summon in the case. l can only
Egme one of them at present. This per
son will be Irving Bedford, now clerk
o. the United States court for the
northern district Of Ohio. who IN Toledo
defended Joseph Lamb. who was arr
rested with Madame DeTere for forg-
( ing $4,000 worth of notes, Lamb being
]
i held i'm the WOman's power and did not
5 knowingly commit a crime. Mr.. Bel
ford viii be asked to identify Mrs.
! Chadwick as Madame Devere. which
/ he declares he can do. As TO the rest
OF the case which we have prepared, 4
can not talk at present. The notes
I signed with tee name of Andrew Car
Inegie win enter INTO ii. / suppose. As
/ to whether forgery can be proved, ]
5m not now prepared TO state.
! Regarding the arrest of Mrs. Chad
wick by the federal officials, the re-
ceiver of the Chadwick property. Ma
! than Loeser. said that il need not nee
/ essarily interfere with the bankruptcy
] petition; that she can be proceeded
against in bankruptcy and her assets
distributed among her creditors.
Case Against the Woman.
In order to make as strong a case
as possible against Mrs Chadwick the
J federal officials viii subpoena. as soon
as service is possible. a number OF witt
1.csses who have known Mrs Chadwick
for twenty years The witnesses will
attempt TO prove that Mrs. Chadwick
and Madame Devere are the same per-
son. Among those for whom sum
! nlonses have been Issued are DR.. H.
! W. Kitchen. u banker OF CleVeland:.
J Charles Brosie. superintendent of the
/ Pacific Express company at Chiea go,
who was employed by that company IN
Toledo when Madame Devere was tried
! FOR forgery in 1899. and a Toledo banker
whose name is not given. Warden
! Gould of the Ohio penitentiary viii be
asked TO furnish guards who were in
} the employ OF the state at the time of
! Madame Devere's imprisonment. They
/ wiz called anon to testify for the
/ government in the matter Of identity.