The Western news., 1904-12-14
NOTORIOUS MRS. CHADWICK
SHE WORKED EASTERN BANKERS
FOR LARGE SUMS OF MONEY.
Claims Asgregating $61e,oo0 Are Now
Being Pressed Against American
Queen Of Frenzied Finance-Attor-
ney Admits She Has Borrowed at
Least a Million Doliars-Is in Jail.

The names of Mrs. Cassie Chadwick,
who seems to have worked" eastern
bank presidents for sums totalling
million dollars, giving worthless paper
as security, have been many.
She began life on little Ontario
farm at Elizabeth Bigley. Afterwards
she was known as Louise Bigley, then
as Mrs. c. l.. Hoover, Lizzie Hoover,
Mary Hoover, Nine. Rosa, Nine. De-
vere Mrs. Wallace S. Springsteen,
Mrs. J. R. Scott, Lydia Scott, Lydia
Clingan, and last Oh all. Mrs. Leroy
D. Chadwick.
! Here are some of the statements she
has given out in order to secure loans.
! They are only samples:
That she was the heiress of mil
lions of dollars and feared that unless
suit was settled without publicity
the rich uncle" in New York would
cut her off without cent.
! That her husband was i'll at Carls-
unfortunate Endorsement of Cleve-
lander's note left her temporarily with
out funds.
That an uncle. the father of an imbe-
cile son. at death left fortune in
Andrew Carnegie's trust to fall to her
at the sons death.
That at death the rich uncle had left
her $500, but money was needed to
secure absolute possession of the for
tune.
That the wealthy father of her ille-
gitimate child had settled upon him
bonds and securities worth $5,O00,OOO.
There is no means of knowing how
much money she has borrowed by tell
ing the several tales referred to. But
here is list of the debts which are
being pressed for a settlement at the
present time:
H. D. Newton, Brookline, Mass,
$19O,OOO
Citizens National bank, Oberlin, O.,
$24O. 900.
G. T. Beckwith, president of the Cit
liens National bank at Oberlin, o.,
(personal loan), 100000.
|
cleveland, O., $4,000.
Euclid Avenue Savings and trust
company, Cleveland, $38,O0O.
Savings Deposit bank, Elyria, o.,
$4,000.
J. d. Chadwick, Franklin, Pa, $4,000.
These claims foot up a total OF
$61S,S00. There may be many more.
Mrs. Chadwicks attorney admits she
owes a million dollars, and perhaps
more. All this Indebtedness is based
on mysterious security-so mysterious
that bankers who have seen it declare
they would rather die than describe it
81 Mrs. Chadwick, whose mysterious
power to obtain loans from eastern
bankers for enormous amounts, has
daZen the financial world, conjured
with the name of Andrew Carnegie. In
many details her methods tally with
those of the notorious Humbert family
of Paris, which borrowed millions or
the hypothesis that a sealed safe con
tained securities representing a vast
sum, when in reality the safe was
practically empty. By cunningly en-
listing the sympathy of clergymen, at
torneys and other influential men, al
the same time allowing the impression
to go forth that the Wade Park bank
, held securities aggregating millions
she was able to get sums of money
. that are already known to reach 9
t million dollars. To make it an OBJ
3 ject for her banker dupes to accom-
/ modate her, she offered tremendous
l.. bonuses, paying to the personal &C
} counts of the bank presidents. Tht
alleged securities held by Iri Reynolds
3 an agent who also appears to nave
, been duped, aggregate between $12.O
r 100000 and $13,0O0,0OO. Andrew Car
. negie's name is attached to them, ant
3 another document found purports tt
r be trust agreement which make!
Carnegie the holder of over $4,000,
| 900 worth OF property owned by Mrs
J. Chadwick. Every one of these secu
rites, the duped bankers believe, ART
: worthless, and it is almost certail
the name of Carnegie has been forget
! to all OF them.
Mr.. Chadwick.
New York.-Just what has becom,
of the money Mrs. Chadwick is ALLEGED
to have raised on loans is a question
which Is interesting the persons con
nected with the case. 1t has beel
claimed that more than three year
ago she settled $2,5OO.OO0 on her hus
band. Dr. Leroy S. Chadwick. ant
that since that time she had borrowed
over 100000. A rumor is current tina
efforts will be made to locate DIR. Chad
wick and his daughter, who sailed TO
> Havre, France, on the steamer Savol'
. from this port November 8. They hav'
been reported from several places il
Europe, but DR.. Chadwick is said t,
have given Herbert B. Newton O
Brookline. Mass, two checks aggre
9 eating $4,000, in part payment TO