Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-13
JUDGE O[COT1
ALSO A VICTIM
Ex-Governor Blacks Law Firm
Had an Experience With the
Notorious Mrs. Chadwick
SHE BORROWED SOME MONEY
Later Judge Lamb Became Suspicious
and Made Her Repay It-sensationa
Developments Expected at Pitts
burs-Dr. Chadwick May Have Been
an AccompIice.
dee Lamb Became Suspicious

New York, Dec. 13-T was a lamb,
and regret to say that for fifteen days
1 believed in Mrs. Chadwick and was
one of her many victims" said ex-
Judge William M. X. Olcott, of the
law firm of which Ex-Governor Will
lam S. Black is member. today.
He continued: Mrs. Chadwick
came to our office on March 2. last,
and told the governor she wanted him
to go to Cleveland, as his position
would help her settle her affairs. She
drew from her reticule a thousand dol
lars and laid it in front of Black for
his expenses to Cleveland. The govern
or concluded not to go and it was f1n-
ally decided that should go and for
my fee for one day in Cleveland, she
paid $500.
"The object Of her visit was to have
us relieve her from threatened at
LdCIlulcIlI aSalIlSI ueT NOME III NleNe-
land. which had been levied upon by
Oberlin College for claim of $4,000.
paid, but not thru this firms auspices.
Mrs. Chadwick in that slow, impressive
manner of hers. said to Governor Black
and me: I am a very rich woman. I
have s5,000.000 in a trust fund We
were naturally impressed. In order to
make good her statement, she produced
sIri Reynolds certificate for s5,00O,00
securities held by him. This nature
ally led US to believe that the woman
spoke the truth. went to Cleveland
and remained there all day of March
4. On my arrival asked Mrs. Chad
wick to show me her securities, but
under one pretext and another she
evaded the proposition and did not
show them to me. When l insisted up
on seeing either the securities or 1ri
Reynolds, she got Reynolds on the
telephone, and l talked with him. He
acknowledged to me having these se-
curities in his possession. Armed with
this information saw the lawyers Of
Oberlin College and inquired about a
settlement. They wanted to know
from me if I had any assurance of a
settlement other than what Mrs. Chad
wick had shown me. told them that
l had not. They replied to me:
why, you don't know any more
about this case than we do
II had to admit the soft impeach-
ment. AS far as my accomplishing
anything with Mrs. Chadwick and the
Oberlin people was concerned, my visit
was futile"
Olcott said that before he left Cleve-
land Mrs. Chadwick borrowed $1,500
from him, making out a check for that
amount. II then became somewhat
suspicious, but not entirely So" said
,Olcott. II still had confidence in her
and would probably have believed her
to this day, were 1t not for the fact I
had heard from Cleveland she had been
representing that was Carnegie's
representative. Letters to this effect
came to me and then lost faith in
Mrs. Chadwick and determined to get
my money back. On March is went
to Cleveland and demanded from Mrs.
Chadwick immediate payment. She
replied: why, am siCk woman and
cannot pay you today i told her
that I came to Cleveland to get that
money and should not leave without
it. If did not get-the money | would
take legal steps against her. She said
If Insisted she would have the money
inside of two hours. At the expiration
of two hours | returned and she paid
me fifteen hundred dollars. That ter
minated the firms connection with
Mrs. Chadwick. Since that time Mrs.
Chadwick has made repeated efforts to
again retain this firm to help her out
of her difficulties, but we have always
refused to have anything more to do
with her. Even not later than yester-
day we We're again asked to be her
counsel and refused. I cannot reveal
the secrets of my client, but / want to
say she gave me reasons for the in
ception of the trust fund which have
not yet been told and which impressed
both Governor Black and myself, and
which am not at liberty to disclose"
Mrs. Chadwick was in cheerful spir-
it's this morning and talked somewhat
freely in the Tombs. She said that it
is her positive determination to go back
to Cleveland today, but before she
made formal announcement she would
confer with her lawyer, Carpenter.
Mrs. Chadwick did not appear in the
least disturbed at the outcome of the
Investigations in Ohio yesterday.
Looking Toward Pittsburg.
Lawyer Powers announced later,
however all intention to secure bail
for Mrs. Chadwick had been abandon
ed in view of yesterdays Indictment in
Ohio. At the present time the atten-
ton of those most interested in the
case is directed toward Pittsburg
where some interesting developments
are anticipated. 1t is more than hint
ed that if the full facts are ever known
1t will be found some of the paper ne
gotiated by Mrs. Chadwick is lying in
the strong boxes of Pittsbung financial
men. 1t is possible the missing five
hundred thousand dollar note. which
President Beckwith said is signed with