Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-30
NOTCARNEClE'SNO NOTE.
Financier Repudiates Mrs.
Chadwick's Paper.
SAYS absurd, DOESSOTKNOW HER"
Carver. Agent For Plaintiff In suit,
says,"vVcl DO Not Contradict state-l
mcnt That 5000, 900 Note Bears
Andrew Carnegte's Name.y

Says, eve DO Not Contradict State
imcnt That S5Ob,O 900 Note Bears
Andrew Carnegte's name"
NEW YORK, Nov, 80.-"Mr. Carne-
gle has read this report and has pro
hopnced it absurd. Mr.. Carnegie does
not know the. woman at all"
This statement was made at Andrew
Carnegie.s residence in this city by his
SECRETARY and has to do with the re
port that The financier's name was on
the note for 100000 given by Mrs.
Leroy s.. Chadwick of Cleveland us col
lateral for n loan Of $102,000 from tie
Citizens National bank of Oberlin, o.,
which has closed its doors.
This report seems TO have arisen
from Il statement made by George Ry-
all, the local, attorney for Herbert d..
Newton of Brookline, Mass, who has
begun suit in Cleveland against Mrs.
Chadwick for loans aggregating $3.50,
$50. Mr.. Ryall, who is a member of
the law firm of Baggott & Ryall, said:
There was d conference ut my of
flee ut which were present Mr.. New
ton, Mr.. Carver of Boston, Judge John
Albaush of Canton, of counsel for Mrs.
Chadwick, and myself. On behalf of
Mrs. Chadwick, Judge .Albaugh re-
quested that the receivership proceed
ings be put off until Friday, at which
time lie will have her affairs in some
kind of shape. This was agreed to.
"AGr. Newton said that he had seen
n note for S500,000 which was given
by Mrs. Chadwick as collateral for a
loan from the Citizens National bank
of Oberlin, @0!A My client. told me. that
this note carried the signature An
drew Carnegie This will have to
come out sooner or later, SOL tell it
now.
whether the signature is genuine or
not is, however, another question. |
understand that Mr.. Carnegie declares
1t is not his signature
Herbert d. Newton of Brookline,
Mass, the plaintiff in the suit against
Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick, refused last
night to discuss the case in any phase,
but referred inquirers to his counsel,
Percy w. Carver.
At his home in Newton Mr.. Carver
said that important developments in
the CASES of Mrs, Chadwick were. eX-
! pected within a few days. Referring
particularly to tie nete for 100000,
said to have been signed with the name
pfl ANDREW Carnegie, Mr.: Carver said:
b. I'm Mr.. Newton's bill of complaint
which has been filed inithe suit against
Mrs. Chadwick Mr. Newton alleges
that as an inducementnfor him to loan
Mrs. Chadwick, Sl90sS90q AIRS. Chad
wick showed him n note for $500.000,
which was signed by a man whom, Mr..
Newton believed, to be, fully response
Die as one who could stand behind
such Il loan as was requested. | pre-
fer not to state what name was signed
to this note, but you can say that we
10 not contradict the statement that
the note bore the signature of Andrew
Carnegie"
Mr.. Carver stated, in conclusion, that
Mr.. Carnegie's Republication of the note
for 100000 was not atuall unexpected.
l.. T.. Whitney, a director of the Citi-
zens' National bank of Oberlin, o.,
which institution closed its doors on
account of the large amount of paper
which it holds against Mrs. Cassie l..
Chadwick. said that the bank had
loaned Mrs. Chadwick $240,000, which
IS four times the banks capital stock.
Mn. Beckwith had personally loaned
ner 5000 more.
Mrs. Chadwick is already being sued
Loy various banks and individuals for
over a quarter of a million dollars. and
Yesterday in the COMMON pleas court
Of Cleveland Ira Reynolds, secretary
and treasurer of the Wade Park bank
Iof that city, was to have brought in
to court all certificates and securities
Of Mrs. Chadwick nov, in his posses
sion.