The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-10
LIFE STORY OF
MRS. CHADWICK
AS Told BY Her Sister, Mrs.
Alice York.
WAS MADAME DEVERE.
According to Mrs. Alice York of San
Francisco, Who Is a Sister of Mrs.
Chadwick, That Woman Has Had
Most Amazing Career.
WAS MADAME DEyERE.

AOIhy VIM lives dL 1Uou Otdf3 SLieett
is sister Of Mrs. Chadwick. She de-
clares that Mrs. Chadwick is the mad
anne Deyere~ who served term in the
Ohio penitentiary for forgery. She adds
that Mrs. Chadwick in former years
was known under many aliases and at
one time, while unmarried, was tried on
a charge of forgery and acquitted
Mrs. York is a widow with two daugh-
tiers and has been living in this city for
the past eighteen months. She came
here from Cleveland Ohio, which for
many years was her home. She frankly
admits her relationship to Mrs Chad
wick. She, however, denies that Mrs.
Chadwick is in possession Of any hyp-
motto powers, but AYERS that at times
she has seemed TO he in trance and
al such times was deaf to every one.
"Dr. Chadwick il rich, very rich, said
Mrs. York, "and think my sister will
Be able to get out Of this trouble, She
is a smart woman and must have known
what she was doing
Mrs. York said that during the time
that Mrs. Chadwick, then known as Mime.
Deyere, was serving her term in the
peuitentiary she had Charge Of her only
child, and that after her sisters release
she gave the boy back to her
There were eight children in our fam
ily," Mrs. York said, "and our early
home was near London, Canada. My
maiden name was Alice NJ. Bigley and my
father was Daniel Bigley, my mothers
name being Mary, Mrs. Chadwick's maid
en- name was Elizabeth, and she was
born in London, Canada. She Is now
about AZ years old. There we're six
girls and two boys in our family, and
all are living.
From London, while was still a
girl, my father moved 10 Eastwood, On
tario, and then to Woodstock. / was
married to s. NJ. York, who was in
the machinery business in Cleveland, and
went there to live.
'Ycs, it is true that my sister Eliza.
beth, while still unmarried, was arrest.
ed and tried in Woodstock on a charge
of forgery. She was acquitted on the
ground that she was insane.
About 1882 she came to live with
me at my home in Cleveland. About
that time was compelled to leave the
city TO 50 to Woodstock for my health
left my sister Elizabeth in charge Of
the house and in my absence size mort
gagged all the furniture, giving her name
as Alice Nj Bestedo. came back and
learned Of her doings but lid nothing IN
the way Of prosecuting her. She Went
to live IN several rooning houses, and
even there borrowed money BIZ mort
gaging furniture that did not belong
to her.
From one house to another she went
and repeated the operation, using differ
emf names. paid many 0f her debts
and SQUARED matters f0r her At that
time | began to think that hse vas I'M
balanced.
Elizabeth was married IN my home
to DR.. w. $. Springsteem ia 1882 She
lived with him only u short time and
then they quarreled and separated. A
divorce was finally granted and my sis
ter returned to Woodstock to live on
the farm with my mother. Then she
took the freak of writing letters to
friends 70 say that Elizabeth Spring
stcen WAS dead Many people believed
she MAS dead
About three years later she came
from Woodstock % live In Cleveland.
She lived under the name ii Mrs. Scott,
as She did not wish to he known ls the
former wife of Springsteen. SPRING
steen's fun name was Wallace scott
Spriugstcen, and she sometimes called
herself Mrs. Wallace and sometimes Mrs.
Scott.
1T WAS in Toledo, where She was
known MS Nine Bevpre that she got
into The trouble that landed her in
prison She WAS arrested and charged
With obtaining 9 large amount Of money
by forgery A man named Joseph Lamb,
an express agent, was arrested with her.
He was acquitted, but she was sentenced
to term Of nine years IN tie peiten
tiary IN Ohio. They said that she had
= hypnotic influence over Lamb, but
that was untrue.
Before my sister was sentenced she
had married, g 4. Hoover, who | believe
Was y newspaper man. That WITS about
1856. There WAS one child, i boy, and
when my sister was sent To prison /
had charge 81 the boy part 81 the time
and part Of the time he stayed with my
mother ut Woodstock
1--WE heard frequently from my sister
while she was in prison She was re-
leased in 1893, being paroled by William
Mckinley. She then lived with me for
a time in Cleveland with her boy. She
travelled some as saleslady for a
millinery house. She was then known
as Mrs. Hoover
"ln 1897 she met Or. I. E. Chadwick
and was married to him in Windsor,
Ont. lie was very wealthy and had a
daughter about the same age as her
son. They came to Cleveland and lived
in a magnificent house on Euclid Avenue.
She had everything she wanted, went
about in an automobile, and dressed in
the finest Of raiment. She lived happily
with Dr. Chadwick and travelled about
with him good deal.
She II certainly Il strange woman.
often asked her why she did such sense.
less things and she would answer that
she could not account for her notions.
SHE knew that the things she did would
be found out, yet she did not hesitate
in repeating the actions that would cause
trouble 10 her This in my mind was
proof that she was mentally strange
At times ! have seen her sit for hours
as Il in trance. She seemed bewil-