Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-13
HOW SHE FOOLED oLCoTT.
Mrs. Chadwick's Impressive Manner
An Attorney Talks.

NEW YORK, December 13.-'I was
lamb, and l regret to say that for fifteen
days that l believed in Mrs Chadwick and
was one Of her many victims, said ex-
Judge William NJ X Olcott of a law firm
of which ex-Gov. Frank S. Black is men,
Der today.
My connection and the firms connection
with Mrs. Chadwick he continued. came
about In this way: Mrs. Chadwick came to
our office on March 9, 1904, and saw ex-
Gov. Black and myself She told the gov
ernor that she wanted him TO go to Cleve-
land; that his position as former governor
of the state of New York would help her to
settle her affairs, and she drew from her
reticule $1,000 and laid ii in front of Gov.
Black for his expenses to Cleveland.
The governor concluded not to go, and it
was finally decided that | should go, and
for my fee for one day in Cleveland she paid
$500
THE object of her visit to us was to have
us relieve her from threatened attachment
against her home In Euclid avenue, Cleve
land, which had been levied upon by Oberlin
College for a claim of $4,000. This claim,
l understand was later paid. but not
through this FIRMS auspices.
Impressed Her Hearers
Mrs. Chadwick. in that slow, impressive
manner of hers, said to Gov. Black and me:
i am very rich woman. / have 5000, 600
in trust fund We were naturally i'm
pressed. In order to make good her state
ment she produced Iri Reynolds certificate
for the s. 100000 of securities held by him.
This naturally led us TO believe that the
woman spoke the truth.
Il went 10 Cleveland that night, on the
night of March 3. and remained there all
day March 4, returning on March ). On my
arrival In Cleveland L asked Mrs Chadwick
to show me her securities, but under one
pretext or another she evaded the PROPOSE
tion and did not show them to me. Her
excuse at the time that Iri REYNOLDS
out of town and finally, after banking
hours, when l insisted upon seeing either
the securities or Iri Reynolds she got
Reynolds on the telephone. i talked with
him and he acknowledged to me having
these securities In his possession. At that
time i believed that they were all right.
ARMED with this Information l saw the
lawyers OF the Oberlin College and Treasur-
er Severance. and inquired about a settle
ment. They wanted to know from me II /
had any assurances of settlement other
than what Mrs. Chadwick had told me.
told them that / had not. They replied to
me, Why. you don't know any more about
this case than we do l had to admit the
soft Impeachment. AS far my accom-
plishing anything with Mrs. Chadwick and
the Oberlin people was concerned, my visit
was futile. and my trip TO Cleveland ended
right there"
Mr. Olcott then said that before he left
Cleveland Mrs Chadwick borrowed 81, 500
of him, making out a check for that
amount. She promised he said, that the
not later than March g. but she did not
do
Became Suspicious of Her.
II then became somewhat suspicious, but
not entirely So said Mr.. Olcott. II had
still confidence I'm her and would probably
have believed her TO this day were 1t not
for the fact that | had heard from Cleve-
land that She had been representing it
about town that l was Mr.. Carnegie's rep
resentative Letters to this effect. asking
me II | We're really Mr.. Carnegie's repre-
sentative came to me. and then | lost faith
In Mrs. Chadwick and determined TO get my
money back.
ION March 15 | went to Cleveland and
demanded from Mrs. Chadwick immediate
payment OF the Sl.J0O / had loaned her.
She replied; Why, | am a sick woman and
l cannot pay you today l told her in re-
ply that / came to Cleveland to get that
money: to get 1t that day, and that /
should not leave without it; that If / did
not get the money | would take legal steps
against her. She said that If insisted she
would have the money inside of two hours.
AT the expiration of the two hours L re-
turned. and she paid me Sl.50o That ter
nina ted this 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. In spite of these repeated
refusals on our part Mrs. Chadwick per-
sisted in her efforts to secure the firms
assistance and even on the day of the ar