Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-12-14
TELLS AN INTERESTING STORY.
Ex-Judge Oicott of New York Dis.
&f cusses Chadwick Case.

cusses Chadwick Case.
s4s#s New York, Dec 4 4sst;I was o. lamb
and regret to, say tor fifteen days !
believed in Mrs. Chadwick }and was
one OF her many Victims" said ex-
Judge William E. Olcorts Of the law
firm Of which Ex-Governor Frank IS.
Black Is a member. -@. =
Hss Mrs. ChasAWlclls came TO- our Office
on March .. 1904, andTsaw exc Governor
! Black and myself -,She. told the gov
Cleveland; that his position as former
governor Of sthe state of New York
would help her to settle her affairs
and she drew from her reticule s 900
and laid it in front OF Governor Black,
for his expenses, to Cleveland. taThe
governor concluded not to 60 and it
was finally decided that I should 20;
and for my fee for one day ID Cleve-
land she paid, $780,. &c. - =.
The object Of her visit to us was
to have us relieye4he from threatened
attachment against her home in Euclid
avenue, ClevelaMla which was to be
levied upon bXsDherlin college for "a
claim of SIS, my arrival in
Cleveland asked Mrs: Chadwick to
show me her securities, butsunder one
pretext or another she evaded the
proposition ard did not show them to
me and finally, after banking hours,
when insisted upon seeing either the
}1ecurities or. Iri Reynolds, she got
Reynolds on the telephone. talked
with him and he acknowledged. to me
having these securities in his posses
Sion. Nil y "a ss n.
Armed with this information i saw
the lawyers OF, the Dberlin college and
Treasurer Severance and inquired
about a. settlement They wanted to
know from me if Ishad any assurances
OF settlement other than: what Mrs.
Z Chadwick had given me. s:t .f,as'. .tss !:
Failed TO Accomplish Anything.
s # told them that i had not. They
replied to me-: Why. you don't know
any more about this case than we do
AS far as my accomplishing any
thing with Mrs. Chadwick and the
Oberlin people was concerned my
visit was futile and my trip to Cleve-
land ended right there. 5,>@
1 Mr.. Olcott hen said that before he
left Cleveland Mrs. Chadwick Dor
rowed 81 500 Of Y him, making out a
/ check for that amount. She promised,
he said, that the check would be sent
Or the money paid not. later than March
6. but she did not de, so. s5 s. . ts$,
Il then became somewhat suspicious,
but not entirely so,' said Mr.. Olcott.
ST still had confidence in her and
! would have believed her to this day
were it not for the fact that had
heard from Cleveland that, she had
been representing about town that /
was Mr.. Carnegie s u representative
/ Letters to- this effect, asking me sif |
were really Mr.. Carnegie's representa-
Il tive came to me and then IHlost5 faith
4 In Mrs. Chadwick and determined to
1 get my money back On March IS i
j went to Cleveland and demanded from
Mrs. Chadwick Immediate payment Of
{ the 81, 500 4 had loaned her. She re
!. pliede Why, Il am a sick. woman and
i ] cannot pay you today told her in
kreply that / came to Cleveland to, get
( that money to get 1t that day, and
\ that 4 should not leave without 1T;
I that If did not get the money I
/ would take legal steps against her.
/ She said that IL I insisted she would
I have the money inside Of two hours.
SAt the expiration OF two hours re.
turned and she paid me 81, 800