The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-12
Reynolds Says He Believed th8 Story Told Him by Mrs
 Chadwick
AUTHORITIES UNITE ID
 KEEP PRISONER IN JAIL
Determined That She Shall Not Leave the Tombs-Creditors VIII Get About One Mill and a Half
 on the Dollar.

Cleveland, O., December 11.--Secretary ri Reynolds of the Wade Park bank de- olared tonight that his implicit belief in the statements made to him by Mrs. Chadwick in which she declared herself to be the daughter of Andrew Carnegie, was the lmpelling cause of his financial dealing with her.
 She told me-" said MT. Reynolds, that she was the illegitimate daughter of An drew Carnegie, and I believed her. never doubted her story until on the oc- casion of my last visit to New York, when MT. Squire came to me and declared that all the securities she had given me as the notes of Andrew Carnegie were worthless. It was only then that I doubt ed her. Before that l had refused to say anything about her or her affairs, because l deemed 1t my duty to protect her in the story of her birth, as she had given it to me. l never once doubted her until l was shown that the securities she gave me were worthless. After that of course, 1 could not believe her any more. When she told me the story of being the daugh- ter of Andrew Carnegie her husband, Dr. Chadwick, was present and he believed the story as 1 did. The stories of her giving large sums of money to her hus- band are false. He Is now in Europe and is penniless
 Mrs. Chadwick Offered Notes.
 Just to show the methods of Mrs. Chadwick, 1 will tell what she offered to do for me one year ago. She came to me in my office and said that she was grateful for all I had done for her, and that she wished me to accept a present from her. She then offered me S100000 in four notes of $25,O00 each. The notes were drawn by her, and she declared that ] they were as good as gold. They may have been, for I know that her notes for similar amounts hao been negotiated in banks of this city, and had been taken up at maturity. Of course as an officer of the bank 1 could not accept such a present and remain in the institution. l was compelled either to resign or decline the present of the notes, and decline the notes."
 The directors of the Wade Park bank have to a man determined to stand by Secretary Reynolds and insist that he re- main with the bank. He has offered to resign repeatedly during the last two weeks, but the directors have refused to accept the resignation and declare that he shall retain his position.
 Will be Kept Imprisoned.
 Both the federal and state authorities l have united in the determination to keep Mrs. Chadwick behind the prison bars until she Is brought before either the federal grand jury or the grand jury of this county to answer to the charges l against her. The determination emphat- ically to resist the release of Mrs. Chad 1 wick on a bail bond. was reached today after telephone conference between United States District Attorney Sullivan and County Prosecutor Keeler. Following the conference MT. Sullivan wired the New York officials suggesting that If bondsmen appeared for Mrs. Chadwick tomorrow that the amount Of bond in which she is now held be- increased to s25,Oo0. and s5OOOO if necessary to keep her in jail. It is explained that the authori- ties have power either to increase or decrease the amount as they see it.
 In addition to suggesting bond in- crease, and the kind of bond. other steps have been taken calculated ab- solutely to prevent Mrs. Chadwick from I securing her freedom before she has been brought to trial